Kelsey Marie Robinson Cook (born June 25, 1992) is an American

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player. She has been a member of the

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since 2014. A three-time Olympian, Robinson has a gold, silver, and bronze medal from the

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, and

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

Olympics respectively.

Early life

Robinson was raised in

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. She attended St. Francis High School and graduated in 2010.

College career

Robinson was recruited by coach John Cook at the

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, but initially turned down the opportunity to play there due to believing she was not good enough to play at Nebraska. She played for three years at the

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, where she was named the 2011 SEC Player of the Year. She then transferred to Nebraska where she played for her senior year and also on the inaugural Nebraska beach volleyball team. In 2013, she was named the Big Ten Player of the Year, and was named as one of four finalists for the Honda Sports Award in volleyball.

Pro and international career

Robinson Cook 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

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silver medal with

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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

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in July. On June 7, 2021, US National Team head coach

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announced she would be part of the 12-player Olympic roster for the

in Tokyo. USA won the gold medal for the first time in history. Robinson was also a member of the US National Team during the 2024 Paris Olympics, where she won a silver medal with the team.

Clubs

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(2014–2015) *

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(2015) *

(2015–2016) *

(2016–2017) *

(2017) * Vakıfbank Istanbul (2017–2019) * Fenerbahçe (2019–2020) * Guangdong Evergrande (2020–2021) * Fenerbahçe (2021) * Toyota Auto Body Queenseis (2021) *

(2022–2024) * LOVB Atlanta (2024–present)

Awards

Individual

* 2015–16 Italian League "Most valuable player" *

"Best outside spiker" *

2015 FIVB World Grand Prix The 2015 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was the 23rd edition of the annual women's international volleyball tournament played by 28 countries from 26 June to 2 August 2015. This was the first time that the Group 1 final round was held in Omaha ...

"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

Champion, with

* 2016–17

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Champion, with

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Runner-Up, with

* 2017

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Champion, with Vakıfbank S.K. * 2017–18

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Champion, with Vakıfbank S.K. * 2017–18 Turkish League – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Vakıfbank S.K. *

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Champion, with Vakıfbank S.K. * 2018

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Runner-Up, with Vakıfbank S.K. * 2018 FIVB Club World Championship – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Vakıfbank S.K. * 2018–19 Turkish League – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Vakıfbank S.K. * 2020–21 Turkish League – Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with Fenerbahçe * 2022

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Champion, with

* 2022 FIVB Club World Championship – Simple cup icon

Champion, with

* 2022–23

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Champion, with

* 2022–23 Italian League – Simple cup icon

Champion, with

* 2023

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Champion, with

* 2023–24

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Champion, with

* 2023–24 Italian League – Simple cup icon

Champion, with

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Champion, with

National team

* 2014

FIVB World Championship * 2015 Gold medal with cup

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* 2015

FIVB Women's World Cup * 2015 Gold medal with cup

Women's NORCECA Volleyball Continental Championship * 2016 Gold medal with cup

Women's NORCECA Olympic Qualification Tournament * 2016 Silver medal with cup

* 2016

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* 2017

FIVB World Grand Champions Cup The FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup was an international volleyball competition contested by the senior men's and women's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The tournament was created in 1993 a ...

* 2018

FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League The FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The first tournament took place between May a ...

* 2019

FIVB Women's Volleyball Intercontinental Olympic Qualifications Tournament (IOQT) - Qualified * 2019 Silver medal with cup

FIVB Women's World Cup * 2019 Silver medal with cup

Women's NORCECA Volleyball Continental Championship * 2021 Gold medal with cup

* 2021

* 2024

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References

External links

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