Eastern Washington University Athletics

Outstanding as a leader on and off the court, Kim Maxwell was an All-Big Sky Conference selection in 1998 (second team) and 1999 (first team) while playing for the Eagles from 1996-1999. She was also a two-time selection on the CoSIDA Academic All-District VIII Team, earning first team honors in 1998 and second team accolades in 1999. In addition, the setter was a Big Sky Conference All-Academic selection all four years she played for the Eagles and was EWU’s female recipient of the Big Sky Conference Scholar-Athlete Award in the 1999-2000 school year. Maxwell earned a total of five all-tournament awards in her career, including MVP of the Fresno State Tournament her senior season. She helped lead Eastern to a 72-20 record in her final three seasons, including a 38-10 Big Sky Conference record. Eastern won a co-Big Sky title in 1997 (22-6/13-3) and made NCAA Tournament appearances in 1998 (24-6/13-3) and 1999 (24-8/12-4). In all, Maxwell played in 99 matches and 329 total games, and was the team MVP as a senior. She was the first player in Eastern history and 13th in the Big Sky to reach 3,000 career assists, finishing her career with a school record 3,745 assists (11.38 per game) and also having 578 digs (1.76 per game). She set the school single season record in assists with 1,381 in 1999, and had a single match assist record with 90 versus Sacramento State on Sept. 30, 1999, in a thrilling five-game win over the Hornets during EWU’s season-best 10-match winning streak. Her career, season and match records for assists still stand (entering 2018 season), as well as her average of 12.64 assists per game in 1998. Her 1,340 assists in 1998 are currently third and her 12.01 average in 1999 rank second. In all, she had a school-record 45 matches with at least 40 assists, including 17 in 1998 and 16 in 1999. She had double-doubles in assists and digs on 20 occasions. She also finished her career with 260 kills and a .244 hitting percentage, with 81 ace serves and 186 total blocks. She was a member of Team Canada in 2001, and in the summer of 1997 she played for Team Alberta in the Canada Games and spent a week in Japan with her provincial team. She married former Eastern cross country/track and field competitor Greg Dempsey, and they now reside in Spokane with their family. Originally from Calgary, Alberta, she graduated in 1996 from William Aberhart High School. She was the MVP of the Alberta Provincial Volleyball Club Championships while playing club volleyball in Calgary. Her mother, Theresa Maxwell, was a former member of the Canadian National Team and one of the original inductees into the University of Calgary Hall of Fame in 1995. Together, Kim and Theresa are the only mother-daughter combo to play for Team Canada.