Russ Rose Then (1991): “Robbie is a very special player. She has improved more than any player in the program. She hangs in there. Hopefully, she’ll break through. She has always worked hard and been a very positive person.”
1991 Season (RS Junior) Highlights and Awards: All-Academic Big Ten … selected as The Ernest B. McCoy Award winner in 1992. This honor is presented annually to just one male and one female student-athlete who have demonstrated outstanding athletic participation alongside exceptional academic excellence … an electrical engineering major who boasts a near-perfect cumulative grade-point average, Robinson is a member of the Golden Key National Honor Society and National Society of Black Engineers … a nominee for Phi Beta Kappa, she is enrolled in the University Scholars program … has been awarded 6 scholarships since enrolling at Penn State, 1 each from General Electric Foundation, Dow Chemical and American Express … was the team’s representative to the Student-Athlete Advisory Board of the Academic Support Center for Student-Athletes.
Season Recap: Played in 12 of 32 matches and 13 of 121 sets … posted 13 digs and 6 kills for the season.
Before Penn State: Robinson was the captain of the volleyball, basketball and softball teams at Providence Catholic HS, where she won all-area and all-conference honors in all three sports … a leftside hitter, she was recognized in a listing of top 50 players by a Midwest volleyball publication … won athlete-of-the-year and scholastic-athlete awards.