Kelsey Robinson
Kelsey Marie Robinson (born June 25, 1992) is an American indoor volleyball player of the United States women's national volleyball team. Robinson won gold with the national team at the 2014 World Championship, the Rimini Volleyball Nations League, and the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, and bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. 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. 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 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. 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.