2016 (JUNIOR): Appeared in 28 matches for the Lady Tigers, making 14 starts … Knocked down 154 kills (1.62 kills per set) and took part on 62 blocks during the season … Her .229 hitting percentage ranked second on the team and fifth in the Southwestern Athletic Conference … Had eight matches in which she hit .400 or better and tallied at least five kills … Turned in season-high totals of 10 kills and five digs in a four-set win at Prairie View A&M (Oct. 27).
2015 (SOPHOMORE): Played in all 35 of TSU’s matches, while making 12 starts … Knocked down 148 kills, good for an average of 1.29 kills per set … Was in on 59 total blocks (11 solo, 48 assisted), which ranked second on the team … Knocked down 10 kills in a match twice, at Arkansas–Pine Bluff (Sept. 26), and against Alabama A&M (Nov. 21), hitting at least .400 in both matches … Hit .889 (eight kills on nine attempts) in a three-set sweep of Texas College (Oct. 20).
2014 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in every one of TSU’s 30 matches, making 12 starts in her first year … Tied with Taylor Dickerson for the team lead in sets played, with 102 … Knocked down 144 kills (1.41 kills per set), which ranked fourth on team … Hit .126 for the season … Ranked third on the team with 39 total blocks (seven solo, 32 assisted) … Tallied a career-high 11 kills in a four-set match at SMU (Sept. 6) … Knocked down 10 kills and hit better than .300 twice during the season, in a non-conference win over Prairie View A&M (Aug. 30), and in a five-set win over Jackson State (Sept. 27).
BEFORE TSU: Was a four-year letterwinner and starter for head coach Rose Gullick at Tolleson Union High School in Tolleson, Ariz. … Hit .357 during her senior season, which ranked fifth in the Arizona Interscholastic Association’s Division I … Ranked 12th in the state in kills during her senior season … Earned All-West Valley region honors as a freshman in 2010 … Earned all-state Honorable Mention as a senior in 2013.
PERSONAL: Is the daughter of Sonya Cooper and Jerell Robinson … Has a brother, Shay, and a sister, Ashley … Is a finance major … Involved in Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Future Business Leaders of America, and Girls State in high school … Has worked for multiple members of Congress … Plans to attend law school after graduation … Has played the piano and alto saxophone since age 11 … Is the president and founder of TSU’s Pre-Law Society.
FAVORITES
Team: Arizona Cardinals (NFL), Phoenix Mercury (WNBA)
Athletes: Diana Taurasi, Kobe Bryant, Lebron James
Food: Mexican food, particularly burritos
Movies: Belly, 13th, Dream Girls
TV Shows: Scandal, Power
Musical Artists: Kanye West
Book: Dreams of My Father, by Barack Obama; Memoirs of a Geisha, by Arthur Golden
Vacation Spot: Los Angeles, Calif.
Favorite Moments as an Athlete: Helping the Lady Tigers reach the SWAC volleyball championship match for the first time in more than a decade