Kelsey Robinson

Kelsey Robinson (born June 25, 1992) is an American indoor volleyball player, a member of the United States women's national volleyball team and Turkish club Fenerbahçe, a participant of the 2016 Summer Olympics,[1] bronze medalist of the 2016 Olympic Games, 2015 World Cup, and a gold medalist of the 2014 World Championship.[2]

Kelsey Robinson
Personal information
Full nameKelsey Robinson
NicknameKe$ha
NationalityAmerican
Born (1992-06-25) June 25, 1992
Elmhurst, Illinois, U.S.
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight165 lb (75 kg)
Spike120 in (306 cm)
Block120 in (300 cm)
College(s)University of Tennessee
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Volleyball information
PositionOutside Hitter / Libero
Current club Fenerbahçe (2021-2022)
National team
2014– United States
Medal record
Volleyball
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
FIVB World Championship
2014 ItalyTeam
World Cup
2019 JapanTeam
2015 JapanTeam
FIVB World Grand Prix
2015 OmahaTeam
2016 BangkokTeam
FIVB Nations League
2018 NanjingTeam
2019 NanjingTeam

Early life

She was raised in Bartlett, Illinois. She attended St. Francis High School and graduated in 2010.

Career

She played college women's volleyball at University of Tennessee and University of Nebraska–Lincoln.[3][4] In 2014, while at Nebraska, Robinson was named as one of the four finalists for the Honda Sports Award in volleyball.[5][6]

Robinson was part of the USA national team that won the 2014 World Championship gold medal when their team defeated China 3-1 in the final match.[7][8]

Robinson won the 2016–17 CEV Champions League silver medal with Imoco Volley Conegliano after losing the final match 0-3 to the Turkish VakıfBank Istanbul[9] winning also the Best Outside Spiker award.[10]

Clubs

Individual Awards

Club Awards

References
  1. http://www.nptelegraph.com/sports/husker_sports/three-former-huskers-named-to-u-s-olympic-women-s/article_f3c2eb62-4866-11e6-a25b-17abe65f5964.html
  2. Waltemeyer, Carrie (July 6, 2016). "Q&A with Kelsey Robinson". NBC. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
  3. http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=206179860
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2014-10-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Kelsey Robinson Named Finalist for Honda Sports Award". KLKN-TV. 2013-12-23. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  6. "Washington's Vansant Named 2014 Honda Volleyball Sport Award Winner". CWSA. 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  7. Benedetti, Valeria (2014-10-12). "Volley, Mondiale: Usa batte Cina 3-1". La Gazzetta dello sport (in Italian). Milan, Italy. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  8. "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  9. "VakifBank take 3rd Champions League title after 3-0 win against Imoco". Treviso, Italy: CEV. 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  10. "Champions League: Le migliori della Final Four. Zhu MVP" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
Awards
Preceded by
Liu Xiaotong
Miyu Nagaoka		 Best Outside Spiker of
FIVB World Grand Prix
2015
ex aequo Natália Pereira		 Succeeded by
Sheilla Castro
Kimberly Hill
Preceded by
Kim Yeon-Koung
Kimberly Hill		 Best Outside Spiker of
CEV Champions League
2016–2017
ex aequo Kimberly Hill		 Succeeded by
Zhu Ting
Kimberly Hill
Preceded by
Brankica Mihajlović
Tatiana Kosheleva		 Best Outside Spiker of
World Cup
2019
ex aequo Zhu Ting		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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