2016-17 Women's Basketball Roster
Robinson, Alexis
Jersey Number 2
Alexis Robinson
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Ashland, Ky.
- High School:
- Ashland Blazer
Bio
- 2015-16 Pac-12 All-Freshman honorable mention (coaches)
- 2015-16 CU’s RISE Award (co-winner)
- 2016-17 CU Female Athlete of the Week (Dec. 7)
- 2016-17 honorable mention All-Pac-12 (coaches)
- 2017-18 CU’s 3-Point Award Winner
- 2018-19 honorable mention All-Pac-12 (coaches)
2018-19 (Senior): Robinson played in 28 games in her final season. She started all but three, missing time to due to a late-season knee injury. She helped CU with a career-high 33 points in the Buffs’ tight 64-60 loss to UCLA (2/8). She led the Buffs with 55 3FGM, matching he best total of her career. Tied her career-high with five 3FGM on five different occasions. She set a career-high with 10 FTM against UCLA. Helped lead Colorado’s comeback against Arizona State in the Pac-12 Tournament. She scored 14 of her 19 points in the second half, helping CU get to within one point of the Sun Devils. She scored in double figures in 17 games, including four 20-point performances. She led the team in scoring seven different times. Robinson averaged 12.2 points and 2.4 rebounds per game.
2017-18 (Junior): Robinson put together the best season of her career, despite spending her entire offseason recovering from ACL surgery. She returned to the court in October—just 6.5 months after surgery—and went on to average career bests of 12.1 points and 3.7 rebounds, while starting 29 of 30 games. Robinson shot 36.9 percent from the floor and totaled 362 points, 112 rebounds, 56 assists and 46 steals. She scored in double figures 17 times. She opened the season with 16 points in back-to-back road games, and was key in CU’s fourth-quarter comeback to open the season at Samford on Nov. 10. After missing a game with a head injury, she returned off the bench to score seven points in the second half of a win over No. 24 Miami (Fla.) on Nov. 18. Robinson really got going once Pac-12 play started, dropping 18 points and making four 3-pointers in a win over Arizona on Dec. 31. She led the Buffs to a win at Washington on Jan. 7 with a then-career high 22 points on 9-of-15 shooting, while grabbing seven rebounds. Robinson again had a monster game on the road on Jan. 19 at Arizona, scoring 26 points and hitting five 3-pointers. She had 20 points in the second half, including 15 in the fourth quarter of that game when she made 4-of-5 from the outside. Robinson scored 23 points and made 4-of-7 from deep against Utah on Feb. 4 at home and then scored 19 the following game at California on Feb. 9. She endured the best stretch of her career in mid-February, averaging 21.3 points over three games Feb. 16-22. She had 18 points in a win over Washington on Feb. 16, 15 in a win over Washington State on Feb. 18, and then dropped a career-high 31 points at No. 10/10 UCLA on Feb. 22. In that game, she had five assists and four rebounds, and made five 3-pointers.
2016-17 (Sophomore): Robinson was named All-Pac-12 honorable mention as a sophomore after averaging 11.4 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 2.0 steals, while starting 31 games. She shot 73.6 percent at the free throw line and 35.3 percent from 3-point range. For the season, she totaled 353 points, 108 rebounds, 81 assists and 63 steals. She scored in double figures 16 times and topped 20 points twice. Robinson led the Buffs to a season-opening win at Northern Colorado on Nov. 11 with 17 points on 7-of-13 shooting. She scored a career-high 22 points on 8-of-14 shooting and made all five free throw attempts, while also recording a career-high eight assists and four steals in a win over Air Force on Nov. 13. She led the Buffs to a win over No. 15/19 Kentucky with 19 points and four assists on Nov. 19. Robinson buried 4-of-7 3-point attempts and scored 16 points in a win over Idaho State on Dec. and then had 20 points and five rebounds in a win at Mississippi Valley State on Dec. 17. As the team moved into Pac-12 play, she had 12 points in a win over Arizona on Jan. 6 and scored 18 points against No. 24/23 California on Jan. 13. Robinson scored 18 points again on Jan. 22 at No. 11/12 Oregon State. Her best game in conference play came on Feb. 5 when she scored 19 points on 7-of-14 shooting in a four-point loss to No. 10 Washington. She was also key in a win at No. 24 California on Feb. 12, scoring 15 points and adding six assists. She nailed two important 3-pointers in the fourth quarter of that victory. Robinson added 14 points in a win over Oregon on Feb. 19. She led the Buffs in scoring in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament, hitting 5-of-6 3-pointers for 17 points with six assists against Washington State. She had 16 points in a WNIT first-round win over UNLV before missing the final two games of the postseason with an injury.
2015-16 (Freshman): Played in 30 games and made 20 starts, averaging 26.1 minutes on the floor. Robinson became a consistent starter at the beginning of Pac-12 Conference play, starting 17 of 18 games against league opponents. She averaged 7.6 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists. She ranked second on the team in assists, fourth in scoring and tied for fourth in rebounding. Robinson registered a career-best 21 points in Colorado’s opening game of the Omni Hotels Classic against UMass (11/27) and collected a career-best 10 rebounds at Long Beach State (12/6). The first-year Buff made 22 3-pointers (22-of-68), third-most on the team and had 25 steals, which also ranked third among her teammates. A strong debut season garnered honorable mention to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team for Robinson.
High School: Robinson was a 2015 graduate of Paul G. Blazer High School in Ashland, Ky. She capped off her storied four-year prep career by leading Ashland Blazer to its fourth consecutive Kentucky Region 16 championship. She averaged 14.8 points, 7.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists as a senior to help guide the Kittens to a 26-7 overall record and pulling off just the second four-peat in Region 16 since 1975. Robinson earned Region 16 Tournament MVP honors each of her four seasons. She was the 2015 Kentucky Association of Basketball Coaches Region 16 Player of the Year and a finalist for the Miss Kentucky Basketball award. Robinson led Ashland to four state tournaments, highlighted by a semifinals appearance in 2014. She is a two-time Area Player of the Year and a two-time member of the Lexington Herald Leader All-State team. Robinson is the school's all-time leader in assists (643) and steals (300) while ranking second in career blocks (219) and third in points (1,855). She was rated by ESPN HoopGurlz as the 91st best player in the nation and 21st guard. She played club basketball with the Kentucky Premier EYBL team and was a Ohio/Kentucky All-Star and an Indiana Junior All-Star.
Academics: Robinson is majoring in studio art and is interested in becoming a dietitian and owning her own gym after graduation.
Personal: Born on April 2, 1997, she is the daughter of Matt and Mary Robinson. She has three younger siblings, Mykasa (18), DeVaunte (15) and Khia (11). Mykasa will play basketball at Louisville as a freshman in 2018-19. Robinson enjoys fishing and shopping.
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