Kelsey marie robinson

KELSEY MARIE ROBINSON

Kelsey Marie Robinson (born June 25, 1992) is an American indoor volleyball player. Robinson is a member of the United States women's national volleyball team and Turkish club Fenerbahçe. As part of her professional career she has won a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympic Games, and a gold medal at the 2014 World Championship.^[1]

Early life

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

Career

Robinson played college women's volleyball at University of Tennessee and University of Nebraska–Lincoln.^[2][3] In 2014, while at Nebraska, Robinson was named as one of the four finalists for the Honda Sports Award in volleyball.

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.

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^[8] winning also the Best Outside Spiker award.

In May 2021, she was named to the 18-player roster for the FIVB Volleyball Nations League tournament.^[10] that was played May 25-June 24 in Rimini, Italy. It was the only major international competition before the 2020 Summer Olympics in July.

On June 7, 2021, US National Team head coach Karch Kiraly announced she would be part of the 12-player Olympic roster for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. USA won the gold medal for the first time in history.