{{Short description|American volleyball player (born 1992)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox volleyball player | name = Kelsey Robinson-Cook | image = Kelsey Robinson 2018 01.jpg | caption = Robinson in 2018 | nickname = Ke$ha | birth_name = Kelsey Marie Robinson | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|6|25}} | birth_place = [[Elmhurst, Illinois]], U.S. | height = {{convert|1.88|m|ftin|0|abbr=on|order=flip}} | weight = {{convert|75|kg|lb|0|abbr=on|order=flip}} | spike = {{convert|306|cm|in|abbr=on|order=flip}} | block = {{convert|300|cm|in|abbr=on|order=flip}} | college = [[Tennessee Volunteers women's volleyball|University of Tennessee]]<br />[[Nebraska Cornhuskers women's volleyball|University of Nebraska–Lincoln]] | position = Outside hitter / Libero | teamnumber = 23 (national team) 23 (LOVB Atlanta) | currentclub = {{flagicon|USA}} [[LOVB Atlanta]] | years = 2010– | clubs = | nationalyears= 2014– | nationalteam = {{flagicon|USA}} [[United States women's national volleyball team|United States]] | medaltemplates-title = Medal record | medaltemplates ={{MedalSport | [[Volleyball]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}} [[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|80px]] {{MedalGold|[[2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]]|[[Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Paris]]|[[Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]|[[Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship|World Championship]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship|2014 Italy]]|[[2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship squads#.C2.A0United States|Team]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup|World Cup]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup|2019 Japan]]|[[2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads#.C2.A0United States|Team]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[2015 FIVB Women's World Cup|2015 Japan]]|[[2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads#.C2.A0United States|Team]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB World Grand Prix]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2015 FIVB World Grand Prix|2015 Omaha]]|[[2015 FIVB World Grand Prix squads#.C2.A0United States|Team]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[2016 FIVB World Grand Prix|2016 Bangkok]]|[[2016 FIVB World Grand Prix squads#.C2.A0United States|Team]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League|FIVB Nations League]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League|2018 Nanjing]]|[[2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League squads#.C2.A0United States|Team]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League|2019 Nanjing]]|[[2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League squads#.C2.A0United States|Team]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2021 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League|2021 Rimini]]|[[2021 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League squads#.C2.A0United States|Team]]}} }}
'''Kelsey Marie Robinson Cook''' (born June 25, 1992) is an American [[volleyball]] player. She has been a member of the [[United States women's national volleyball team]] since 2014. A three-time Olympian, Robinson has a gold, silver, and bronze medal from the [[2020 Summer Olympics|2020]], [[2024 Summer Olympics|2024]], and [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016]] Olympics respectively.
==Early life== Robinson was raised in [[Bartlett, Illinois]]. She attended [[St. Francis High School (Wheaton, Illinois)|St. Francis High School]] and graduated in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Volleyball 2013 |url=https://huskers.com/sports/volleyball/roster/season/2013/player/kelsey-robinson |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=University of Nebraska - Official Athletics Website |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kelsey Robinson Cook |url=https://usavolleyball.org/athlete/kelsey-robinson/ |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=USA Volleyball |language=en-US}}</ref>
==College career== Robinson was recruited by coach [[John Cook (coach)|John Cook]] at the [[University of Nebraska–Lincoln]], but initially turned down the opportunity to play there due to believing she was not good enough to play at Nebraska.<ref>{{Cite web |title=How Nebraska Paved Right Road for Kelsey Robinson |url=https://huskers.com/news/2017/05/18/how-nebraska-paved-right-road-for-kelsey-robinson |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=University of Nebraska - Official Athletics Website |language=en-US}}</ref> She played for three years at the [[University of Tennessee]], where she was named the 2011 SEC Player of the Year.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Kelsey Robinson - Volleyball 2013 |url=https://huskers.com/sports/volleyball/roster/player/kelsey-robinson |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=University of Nebraska - Official Athletics Website |language=en-US}}</ref> She then transferred to Nebraska where she played for her senior year and also on the inaugural Nebraska beach volleyball team.<ref name=":1"></ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mewhirter |first=Travis |date=2024-06-05 |title=The indomitable will of Kelsey Robinson Cook, USA Volleyball's "fireball" |url=https://volleyballmag.com/kelsey-robinson-cook-usa-volleyball-sandcast-060524/ |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=Volleyballmag.com |language=en-US}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.klkntv.com/kelsey-robinson-named-finalist-for/|title=Kelsey Robinson Named Finalist for Honda Sports Award|date=2013-12-23|website=KLKN-TV|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/releases/2013-14/20140107vansant|title=Washington's Vansant Named 2014 Honda Volleyball Sport Award Winner|date=2014-01-07|website=CWSA|language=en|access-date=2020-04-04}}</ref>
== Pro and international career == Robinson Cook was part of the USA national team that won the [[2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship|2014 World Championship]] gold medal when their team defeated China 3–1 in the final match.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Volley/12-10-2014/volley-mondiale-usa-batte-cina-3-1-90723575433.shtml |title=Volley, Mondiale: Usa batte Cina 3–1 |newspaper=La Gazzetta dello sport |last=Benedetti |first=Valeria |language=it |location=Milan, Italy |date=2014-10-12 |access-date=2014-10-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=50092&Language=en |title=USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium |publisher=FIVB |location=Milan, Italy |date=2014-05-11 |access-date=2014-05-11}}</ref>
Robinson won the [[2016–17 CEV Women's Champions League|2016–17 CEV Champions League]] silver medal with [[Imoco Volley Conegliano]] after losing the final match 0–3 to the Turkish [[Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü|VakıfBank Istanbul]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://cev.lu/News.aspx?NewsID=25346&ID=5|title=VakifBank take 3rd Champions League title after 3–0 win against Imoco|publisher=CEV|location=Treviso, Italy|date=2017-04-23|access-date=2017-04-23|archive-date=2017-04-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424090352/http://cev.lu/News.aspx?NewsID=25346&ID=5|url-status=dead}}</ref> winning also the Best Outside Spiker award.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.volleyball.it/champions-league-le-migliori-della-final-four-zhu-mvp/|title=Champions League: Le migliori della Final Four. Zhu MVP|publisher=Volleyball.it|language=it|date=2017-04-23|access-date=2017-04-23|archive-date=2017-04-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424174352/http://www.volleyball.it/champions-league-le-migliori-della-final-four-zhu-mvp/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In May 2021, she was named to the 18-player roster for the [[FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League|FIVB Volleyball Nations League]] tournament.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://volleyballmag.com/usa-women-vnl-roster-051321/|title=Kiraly announces 18 USA Volleyball women on FIVB VNL Roster ||first=V. B. M.|last=Staff|date=May 13, 2021}}</ref> that was played May 25 – June 24 in [[Rimini|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://usavolleyball.org/story/usav-announces-u-s-olympic-womens-volleyball-team/|title=USAV Announces U.S. Olympic Women's Volleyball Team|publisher=USA Volleyball|language=English|date=June 7, 2021|accessdate=June 7, 2021}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kelsey Robinson Cook |url=https://usavolleyball.org/athlete/kelsey-robinson/ |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=USA Volleyball |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Huskers Earn Olympics Silver with U.S. Women's Volleyball |url=https://huskers.com/news/2024/08/11/former-huskers-earn-olympics-silver-with-us-womens-volleyball |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=University of Nebraska - Official Athletics Website |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Clubs== * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Beijing women's volleyball team|Beijing]] (2014–2015) * {{flagicon|PUR}} [[Leonas de Ponce]] (2015) * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Imoco Volley Conegliano]] (2015–2016) * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Beijing women's volleyball team|Beijing]] (2016–2017) * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Imoco Volley Conegliano]] (2017) * {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü|Vakıfbank Istanbul]] (2017–2019) * {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball|Fenerbahçe]] (2019–2020) * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Guangdong Evergrande Volleyball Club (Women)|Guangdong Evergrande]] (2020–2021) * {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball|Fenerbahçe]] (2021) * {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Toyota Auto Body Queenseis]] (2021) * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Imoco Volley Conegliano]] (2022–2024) * {{flagicon|USA}} [[LOVB Atlanta]] (2024–present) * {{flagicon|INA}} [[Jakarta Electric PLN]] (2024-2025)
==Awards==
===Individual=== * 2015–16 [[Italian Women's Volleyball League|Italian League]] "Most valuable player" * [[2016–17 CEV Women's Champions League|2016–17 CEV Champions League]] "Best outside spiker" * [[2015 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2015 FIVB World Grand Prix]] "Best outside hitter" * [[2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup|2019 FIVB World Cup]] "Best outside hitter" * [[2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship|2022 FIVB Club World Championship]] "Best outside hitter" *[[2025 Indonesia Volleyball League Proliga| 2025 Indonesia Proliga]] "Best Outside Hitter"
===Clubs=== * 2015–16 [[Italian Women's Volleyball League|Italian League]] – [[File:Simple cup icon.svg|16px]] Champion, with [[Imoco Volley Conegliano]] * 2016–17 [[Coppa Italia (women's volleyball)|Italian Cup]] – [[File:Simple cup icon.svg|16px]] Champion, with [[Imoco Volley Conegliano]] * [[2016–17 CEV Women's Champions League|2016–17 CEV Champions League]] – [[File:Gorm silver cup.jpg|16px]] Runner-Up, with [[Imoco Volley Conegliano]] * 2017 [[Turkish Women's Volleyball Super Cup|Turkish Super Cup]] – [[File:Simple cup icon.svg|16px]] Champion, with [[Vakıfbank S.K.]] * 2017–18 [[Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup|Turkish Cup]] – [[File:Simple cup icon.svg|16px]] Champion, with [[Vakıfbank S.K.]] * [[2017–18 Turkish Women's Volleyball League|2017–18 Turkish League]] – [[File:Simple cup icon.svg|16px]] Champion, with [[Vakıfbank S.K.]] * [[2017–18 CEV Women's Champions League|2017–18 CEV Champions League]] – [[File:Simple cup icon.svg|16px]] Champion, with [[Vakıfbank S.K.]] * 2018 [[Turkish Women's Volleyball Super Cup|Turkish Super Cup]] – [[File:Gorm silver cup.jpg|16px]] Runner-Up, with [[Vakıfbank S.K.]] * [[2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship|2018 FIVB Club World Championship]] – [[File:Simple cup icon.svg|16px]] Champion, with [[Vakıfbank S.K.]] * [[2018–19 Turkish Women's Volleyball League|2018–19 Turkish League]] – [[File:Simple cup icon.svg|16px]] Champion, with [[Vakıfbank S.K.]] * [[2020–21 Turkish Women's Volleyball League|2020–21 Turkish League]] – [[File:Gorm silver cup.jpg|16px]] Runner-Up, with [[Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's volleyball)|Fenerbahçe]] * 2022 [[Supercoppa Italiana (women's volleyball)|Italian Super Cup]] – [[File:Simple cup icon.svg|16px]] Champion, with [[Imoco Volley Conegliano]] * [[2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship|2022 FIVB Club World Championship]] – [[File:Simple cup icon.svg|16px]] Champion, with [[Imoco Volley Conegliano]] * 2022–23 [[Coppa Italia (women's volleyball)|Italian Cup]] – [[File:Simple cup icon.svg|16px]] Champion, with [[Imoco Volley Conegliano]] * [[2022–23 Italian Women's Volleyball League|2022–23 Italian League]] – [[File:Simple cup icon.svg|16px]] Champion, with [[Imoco Volley Conegliano]] * 2023 [[Supercoppa Italiana (women's volleyball)|Italian Super Cup]] – [[File:Simple cup icon.svg|16px]] Champion, with [[Imoco Volley Conegliano]] * 2023–24 [[Coppa Italia (women's volleyball)|Italian Cup]] – [[File:Simple cup icon.svg|16px]] Champion, with [[Imoco Volley Conegliano]] * [[2023–24 Italian Women's Volleyball League|2023–24 Italian League]] – [[File:Simple cup icon.svg|16px]] Champion, with [[Imoco Volley Conegliano]] * [[2023–24 CEV Women's Champions League|2023–24 CEV Champions League]] – [[File:Simple cup icon.svg|16px]] Champion, with [[Imoco Volley|Imoco Volley Conegliano]]
===National team=== * '''2014''' [[File:Gold medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship|FIVB World Championship]] * '''2015''' [[File:Gold medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[2015 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|FIVB World Grand Prix]] * '''2015''' [[File:Bronze medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup|FIVB Women's World Cup]] * '''2015''' [[File:Gold medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[2015 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship|Women's NORCECA Volleyball Continental Championship]] * '''2016''' [[File:Gold medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification|Women's NORCECA Olympic Qualification Tournament]] * '''2016''' [[File:Silver medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|FIVB World Grand Prix]] * '''2016''' [[File:Bronze medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Summer Olympics]] * '''2017''' [[File:Bronze medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup|FIVB World Grand Champions Cup]] * '''2018''' [[File:Gold medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League|FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League]] * '''2019''' [[File:Gold medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League|FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League]] * '''2019''' [[File:Gold medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournament|FIVB Women's Volleyball Intercontinental Olympic Qualifications Tournament (IOQT)]] - Qualified * '''2019''' [[File:Silver medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup|FIVB Women's World Cup]] * '''2019''' [[File:Silver medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[2019 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship|Women's NORCECA Volleyball Continental Championship]] * '''2021''' [[File:Gold medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[2021 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League|FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League]] * '''2021''' [[File:Gold medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Women's tournament|2020 Summer Olympics]] * '''2024''' [[File:Silver medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics - Women's tournament|2024 Summer Olympics]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Sports links}} * {{Instagram|krobin32}} * [https://www.youtube.com/@KelseyRobinson23/videos Kelsey Robinson YouTube!] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140809032419/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-volleyball/athletes/kelsey-robinson Robinson's official bio] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20120423051406/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Volleyball.aspx USA Volleyball]
{{s-start}} {{s-ach|aw}} {{succession box | before = {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Liu Xiaotong]] <br>{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Miyu Nagaoka]] | after = {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Sheilla Castro]] <br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Kimberly Hill]] | title = Best Outside Spiker of <br>[[FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|FIVB World Grand Prix]] | years = [[2015 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2015]]<br /> <small>ex aequo {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Natália Pereira]]</small> }} {{Succession box| | before = {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim Yeon-Koung]] <br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Kimberly Hill]] | after = {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhu Ting (volleyball)|Zhu Ting]] <br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Kimberly Hill]] | title = Best Outside Spiker of <br>[[CEV Women's Champions League|CEV Champions League]] | years = [[2016–17 CEV Women's Champions League|2016–2017]]<br /> <small>ex aequo {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kimberly Hill]]</small> |}} {{succession box | | before = {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Brankica Mihajlović]]<br>{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Tatiana Kosheleva]] | after = Incumbent | title = Best Outside Spiker of <br>[[FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup|World Cup]] | years = [[2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup|2019]]<br><small> ex aequo {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhu Ting (volleyball)|Zhu Ting]]</small> }} {{s-end}}
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