Kelsey Robinson

Kelsey Marie Robinson Cook (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.

Clubs

 * 🇨🇳 Beijing (2014–2015)
 * Leonas de Ponce (2015)
 * 🇮🇹 Imoco Volley Conegliano (2015–2016)
 * 🇨🇳 Beijing (2016–2017)
 * 🇮🇹 Imoco Volley Conegliano (2017)
 * 🇹🇷 Vakıfbank Istanbul (2017–2019)
 * 🇹🇷 Fenerbahçe (2019–2020)
 * 🇨🇳 Guangdong Evergrande (2020–2021)
 * 🇹🇷 Fenerbahçe (2021)
 * 🇯🇵 Toyota Auto Body Queenseis (2021)
 * 🇮🇹 Imoco Volley Conegliano (2022–2024)

Individual

 * 2015–16 Italian League "Most valuable player"
 * 2016–17 CEV Champions League "Best outside spiker"
 * 2015 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best outside hitter"
 * 2019 FIVB World Cup "Best outside hitter"
 * 2022 FIVB Club World Championship "Best outside hitter"

Clubs

 * 2015–16 Italian League – Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
 * 2016–17 Italian Cup – Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
 * 2016–17 CEV Champions League – Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-Up, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
 * 2017 Turkish Super Cup – Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Vakıfbank S.K.
 * 2017–18 Turkish Cup – Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Vakıfbank S.K.
 * 2017–18 Turkish League – Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Vakıfbank S.K.
 * 2017–18 CEV Champions League – Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Vakıfbank S.K.
 * 2018 Turkish Super Cup – Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-Up, with Vakıfbank S.K.
 * 2018 FIVB Club World Championship – Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Vakıfbank S.K.
 * 2018–19 Turkish League – Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Vakıfbank S.K.
 * 2020–21 Turkish League – Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-Up, with Fenerbahçe
 * 2022 Italian Super Cup – Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
 * 2022 FIVB Club World Championship – Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
 * 2022–23 Italian Cup – Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
 * 2022–23 Italian League – Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
 * 2023 Italian Super Cup – Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
 * 2023–24 Italian Cup – Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
 * 2023–24 Italian League – Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
 * 2023–24 CEV Champions League – Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano

National team

 * 2014 Gold medal with cup.svg FIVB World Championship
 * 2015 Gold medal with cup.svg FIVB World Grand Prix
 * 2015 Bronze medal with cup.svg FIVB Women's World Cup
 * 2015 Gold medal with cup.svg Women's NORCECA Volleyball Continental Championship
 * 2016 Gold medal with cup.svg Women's NORCECA Olympic Qualification Tournament
 * 2016 Silver medal with cup.svg FIVB World Grand Prix
 * 2016 Bronze medal with cup.svg Summer Olympics
 * 2017 Bronze medal with cup.svg FIVB World Grand Champions Cup
 * 2018 Gold medal with cup.svg FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League
 * 2019 Gold medal with cup.svg FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League
 * 2019 Gold medal with cup.svg FIVB Women's Volleyball Intercontinental Olympic Qualifications Tournament (IOQT) - Qualified
 * 2019 Silver medal with cup.svg FIVB Women's World Cup
 * 2019 Silver medal with cup.svg Women's NORCECA Volleyball Continental Championship
 * 2021 Gold medal with cup.svg FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League
 * 2020 Gold medal with cup.svg 2020 Summer Olympics