[3] During her tenure with the national team, she competed at the 1986 Goodwill Games and the 1990 FIVB World Championship, earning a bronze medal in each event.

[3] Oden was the key player on Pacific's back-to-back NCAA national championship teams.

[3] Highlights of those seasons included defeats of UCLA and Stanford for the NCAA title in 1985 and the steamrolling of Texas and Nebraska en route to the 1986 crown.

[3][4] Oden is Pacific's all-time single season hitting percentage leader (.380 in 1985), and she was named PCAA Most Valuable Player in 1985.

[7] Oden's sisters, Kim and Beverly, were also outstanding volleyball players who played on the national team.