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Jersey Number 10
Natalie Robinson
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Mercer Island, Wash.
Bio
2023 AVCA First Team All-American
2023 All-Pac-12 First Team
2023 AVCA Top-Flight Award
2022 AVCA National Pairs Championship Semifinalist
Graduated in 2023 as UW career overall and dual wins leader
Robinson Features
>> Robinson Representing (GoHuskies.com; May 7, 2020)
2022-23 (As A Senior)
Completed the best partnership in UW Beach history to date with Chloe Loreen, as the two became the first AVCA All-Americans in school history, both making the First Team โฆ also both voted All-Pac-12 First Team โฆ broke every wins record, finishing as the Washington career leader in overall wins with 74, and in dual victories with 68 โฆ with Loreen, finished career with 49 dual wins, a school records for a pair โฆ played every dual match at No. 1 with Loreen, going 28-7, a single season wins record, plus a 14-5 fall tourney record โฆ the duo also won an AVCA Top-Flight Award for the No. 1 flight โฆ named to the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.
Partnered With Loreen: Ten of their 28 dual wins came against the No. 1 pairs from Top-20-ranked teams โฆ went 4-0 in the season-opening Seminole Beach Bash to earn AVCA National Pair of the Week and Pac-12 Pair of the Week, highlighted by a 24-22, 16-21, 20-18 marathon win over the top pair from No. 2-ranked Florida State, Anderson/Kalkhoff โฆ at the Pac-12 South Invite, earned wins over No. 17 Arizonaโs Parkhurst/Blacker, and No. 7 Stanfordโs Ekstrom/Reilly โฆ beat No. 11 Californiaโs top pair of Gessner/Dreibholz, 22-20, 21-16, on Mar. 10 โฆ went on a 14-match win streak from Apr. 2-27 โฆ another big win over No. 9 Calโs top pair of Caffo/Waters-Legia, 18-16 in the third, on Apr. 7 โฆ knocked off No. 4 UCLAโs number ones, A. Van Winkle/Brennan, 21-17, 21-16, on Apr. 8 โฆ led the 3-2 win over No. 20 Pepperdine with a 21-11, 21-11 win at No. 1 over Thomas/Clermont โฆ defeated 5th-ranked Loyola Marymountโs top pair, Paul/Prithi, 21-17, 17-21, 15-12, on Apr. 22 โฆ in the fall, advanced to the semifinals of the first ever AVCA National Pairs Championships, placing fourth overall โฆ at AVCA Pairs Nationals, went 3-0 in pool play beating teams from Southeast Louisiana, South Carolina, and Florida International, then beat Ebertin/Peters of Tulane in the round of 32, Loker/Santer of Hawaii in the round of 16, and Ekstsrom/Reilly of Stanford in the quarterfinals before falling to TCUโs Mactavish/Vergara in the semis.
Additional Fall Partnerships: Went 7-1 with Piper Monk-Heidrich, reaching the finals of the Alki Pairs tournament, falling to teammates Loreen/DeFalco, and getting a big win together at the West Coast Pairs Championships, 15-8 in the third over Arizonaโs Rennie/Russell.
2022 (As A Junior)
Tied for most dual wins in a single season in UW history with 19, with 18 of those coming with Chloe Loreen at the No. 1 position โฆ was 18-9 with Loreen at the No. 1 spot, 1-1 with Scarlett Dahl at No. 1, 0-1 with Olivia Mikkelsen at No. 1, and 0-1 with Audra Wilmes at No. 2 โฆ finished the season ranked No. 31 nationally in the MoVR individual player rankings, highest on the squad
Partnered with Loreen: wins at the No. 1 spot were instrumental in UWโs first ranked wins since the 2018 season, as they beat No. 11 Calโs Radell/Costa, 21-16, 21-19 in the Mar. 27 3-2 win, and on Apr. 16 they beat No. 8 Hawaiiโs top pair of Van Sickle/Glagau, 21-15, 15-21, 15-8 in another 3-2 win โฆ first big win was a 21-18, 21-23, 15-13 win over Evans/Vastine of No. 7 Grand Canyon โฆ another hard-fought win over No. 17 Arizonaโs Parkhurst/Rennie, 15-21, 21-14, 16-14 โฆ beat No. 9 Stanfordโs Ekstrom/Kriz, 21-17, 21-18, on Apr. 9 โฆ went 2-0 against Arizona Stateโs top pair of Sweeney/Flood โฆ a 3-1 record against Oregonโs No. 1 pair of Nuneviller/Hope โฆ all but one loss came against a No. 1 duo from a team ranked 11th or better
Partnered with Dahl: ended the season with Dahl as Loreen dealt with an injury, getting a win at No. 1 over Utahโs Patchell/Messier, 21-5, 21-16, and going three sets with ASUโs top pair in an unfinished match on Apr. 28.
2021 (As A Sophomore)
Played every match but one at the No. 2 spot for the Huskies, going 13-14 overall and 7-11 in dual matches โฆ played the first dual of the year at the No. 1 spot with Scarlett Dahl, then went 1-3 at the No. 2 position together โฆ subsequently teamed with Avie Niece, going 6-7 at No. 2 โฆ with Niece, went 2-0 against Arizona Stateโs No. 2 tandem Fitzgerald/Anderson including a 21-19, 21-15 win in the season-ending Pac-12 tournament dual โฆ with Niece, was 2-0 against Oregonโs No. 2 team of Cole/Lima and also had a 21-18, 21-9 win over Utahโs No. 2 Patchell/Teerlink โฆ nearly upset No. 1-ranked UCLAโs second pair of Monkhouse/Van Winkle, falling 21-23, 23-21, 15-8 โฆ a 21-13, 21-15 win with Dahl at No. 2 over Utahโs Lee/Smalls โฆ made the semifinals of both Corban Pairs Tournaments with Dahl, losing both times to UW teammates Loreen/McPherson โฆ a Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll selection.
2020 (As A Sophomore -- Season Canceled After 7 Matches Due To Covid-19)
Started every match, playing all seven matches with Chloe Loreenย at the No. 2 position and going 3-4 ... a win in the season opener, 21-12, 21-19, over Stephen F. Austin's Schieferstein/Beckham ... a straight-set win at No. 2 over Colorado Mesa on Feb. 29 ... lost a heartbreaker to Cal's No. 2 team of Polo/Schafer, 18-21, 21-11, 16-14 at the Pac-12 South Invitational ... had a win over Utah's Villela/Sproule, 21-19, 21-15ย ... named to the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2019 (Redshirt)
Redshirted the season to preserve a year of eligibility.
2018 (As A Freshman)
Started every match for the Dawgs in her first season, going 11-16 overall, all in dual matches โฆ went 8-9 with Anna Crabtree in the first part of the season and then teamed with Samantha Drechsel to go 3-7 in the second part of the year โฆ biggest win with Drechsel came at the Pac-12 Championships, as they beat Stanfordโs Richardson/Sharp, 21-16, 21-14, at No. 5 in the 4-1 win over the 13th-ranked Cardinal โฆ first win with Drechsel was a 21-16, 21-13 decision over Oregonโs Hall-Poirier/Hanawahine on Apr. 15 โฆ also had a close loss with Drechsel against Stanfordโs Sharp/Richardson on Apr. 15, 21-19, 21-23, 17-15 โฆ with Crabtree, had two wins over LMUโs Culo/Leiphardt at the No. 4 spot on Apr. 7 and 8 โฆ a 21-18, 21-14 win over Utahโs Gauta/Choy on Apr. 7 โฆ first win with Crabtree a 21-14, 21-17 win over New Mexicoโs Long/Willison on Mar. 3 โฆ a three-set loss vs. No. 2 UCLAโs May/Zappia on Mar. 25, 21-16, 18-21, 15-4.
High School and Personal
Born in Seattle โฆ parents are Jill and Eric Robinson โฆ has one younger sister, Nina โฆ named the 2016 Most Valuable Player in the KingCo League as a senior โฆ a Seattle Times โStar Timesโ selection in 2016 โฆ a MaxPreps Medium School First Team All-American in 2016 and an Underclass All-American in 2014 and 2013 โฆ an all-area and all-state selection all four seasons โฆ helped her team to four top-five finishes at the 3A state championships including first as a freshman and third as a senior โฆ an AVCA Underclass All-American as a freshman โฆ a PrepVolleyball.com Frosh 59 and Soph 79 selection โฆ played four years of club for Sudden Impact Volleyball Club โฆ also an experienced beach volleyball player, winning the Seaside Beach Volleyball Tournament four years in a row โฆ a finalist at the International DECA Conference โฆ considering a Business major.
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INDOOR
2018 (As A Sophomore)
Appeared in 19 sets in her sophomore season spread over 11 matches ... checked in as a server in 2 sets in loss at Colorado on 10/28 ... had 2 kills on 2 attempts with 3 assists in setback at Arizona State (10/7) ... checked into final set of sweep of Sacramento State (9/14) and had 2 assists and 3 digs ... notched 6 assists in the 3-0 win at Boise State (9/13) ... appeared in 3 sets in the 3-1 win over Kennesaw State and had 1 dig ... saw State Had an ace and a dig in the 3-0 win over No. 14 San Diego (8/25) ... in the season-opener, checked in as a server in one set as UW beat San Diego (8/24).
2017 (As A Freshman)
Played in 7 matches as a freshman, starting one, playing well when pressed into action due to injuries on the squad ... averaged 4.57 assists per set and 1.65 digs per set with 4 aces ... posted 22 assists and 6 digs in 2-3 setback to Oregon State on 10/13 ... first double-double in 3-2 win over No. 15 Oregon (10/11) with 29 assists and 10 digs ... got first start and helped the Dawgs to a 3-0 win over No. 25 Colorado (10/8) with 20 assists and 9 digs as the team hit .283 ... stepped into lineup in a 6-2 rotation for match with No. 17 Utah on 10/6 and responded with 34 assists and 9 digs despite a five set loss ... subbed in during second set at No. 20 USC (10/1) for first extended setting run when Bailey Tanner suffered a hand injury, and got her first career kill ... scored first point with an ace against Wyoming on 9/9 and had 4 digs ... made her collegiate debut as a serving sub in the four set loss to No. 9 Creighton, appearing in one set and serving twice.
2023 All-Pac-12 First Team
2023 AVCA Top-Flight Award
2022 AVCA National Pairs Championship Semifinalist
Graduated in 2023 as UW career overall and dual wins leader
Robinson Features
>> Robinson Representing (GoHuskies.com; May 7, 2020)
2022-23 (As A Senior)
Completed the best partnership in UW Beach history to date with Chloe Loreen, as the two became the first AVCA All-Americans in school history, both making the First Team โฆ also both voted All-Pac-12 First Team โฆ broke every wins record, finishing as the Washington career leader in overall wins with 74, and in dual victories with 68 โฆ with Loreen, finished career with 49 dual wins, a school records for a pair โฆ played every dual match at No. 1 with Loreen, going 28-7, a single season wins record, plus a 14-5 fall tourney record โฆ the duo also won an AVCA Top-Flight Award for the No. 1 flight โฆ named to the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.
Partnered With Loreen: Ten of their 28 dual wins came against the No. 1 pairs from Top-20-ranked teams โฆ went 4-0 in the season-opening Seminole Beach Bash to earn AVCA National Pair of the Week and Pac-12 Pair of the Week, highlighted by a 24-22, 16-21, 20-18 marathon win over the top pair from No. 2-ranked Florida State, Anderson/Kalkhoff โฆ at the Pac-12 South Invite, earned wins over No. 17 Arizonaโs Parkhurst/Blacker, and No. 7 Stanfordโs Ekstrom/Reilly โฆ beat No. 11 Californiaโs top pair of Gessner/Dreibholz, 22-20, 21-16, on Mar. 10 โฆ went on a 14-match win streak from Apr. 2-27 โฆ another big win over No. 9 Calโs top pair of Caffo/Waters-Legia, 18-16 in the third, on Apr. 7 โฆ knocked off No. 4 UCLAโs number ones, A. Van Winkle/Brennan, 21-17, 21-16, on Apr. 8 โฆ led the 3-2 win over No. 20 Pepperdine with a 21-11, 21-11 win at No. 1 over Thomas/Clermont โฆ defeated 5th-ranked Loyola Marymountโs top pair, Paul/Prithi, 21-17, 17-21, 15-12, on Apr. 22 โฆ in the fall, advanced to the semifinals of the first ever AVCA National Pairs Championships, placing fourth overall โฆ at AVCA Pairs Nationals, went 3-0 in pool play beating teams from Southeast Louisiana, South Carolina, and Florida International, then beat Ebertin/Peters of Tulane in the round of 32, Loker/Santer of Hawaii in the round of 16, and Ekstsrom/Reilly of Stanford in the quarterfinals before falling to TCUโs Mactavish/Vergara in the semis.
Additional Fall Partnerships: Went 7-1 with Piper Monk-Heidrich, reaching the finals of the Alki Pairs tournament, falling to teammates Loreen/DeFalco, and getting a big win together at the West Coast Pairs Championships, 15-8 in the third over Arizonaโs Rennie/Russell.
2022 (As A Junior)
Tied for most dual wins in a single season in UW history with 19, with 18 of those coming with Chloe Loreen at the No. 1 position โฆ was 18-9 with Loreen at the No. 1 spot, 1-1 with Scarlett Dahl at No. 1, 0-1 with Olivia Mikkelsen at No. 1, and 0-1 with Audra Wilmes at No. 2 โฆ finished the season ranked No. 31 nationally in the MoVR individual player rankings, highest on the squad
Partnered with Loreen: wins at the No. 1 spot were instrumental in UWโs first ranked wins since the 2018 season, as they beat No. 11 Calโs Radell/Costa, 21-16, 21-19 in the Mar. 27 3-2 win, and on Apr. 16 they beat No. 8 Hawaiiโs top pair of Van Sickle/Glagau, 21-15, 15-21, 15-8 in another 3-2 win โฆ first big win was a 21-18, 21-23, 15-13 win over Evans/Vastine of No. 7 Grand Canyon โฆ another hard-fought win over No. 17 Arizonaโs Parkhurst/Rennie, 15-21, 21-14, 16-14 โฆ beat No. 9 Stanfordโs Ekstrom/Kriz, 21-17, 21-18, on Apr. 9 โฆ went 2-0 against Arizona Stateโs top pair of Sweeney/Flood โฆ a 3-1 record against Oregonโs No. 1 pair of Nuneviller/Hope โฆ all but one loss came against a No. 1 duo from a team ranked 11th or better
Partnered with Dahl: ended the season with Dahl as Loreen dealt with an injury, getting a win at No. 1 over Utahโs Patchell/Messier, 21-5, 21-16, and going three sets with ASUโs top pair in an unfinished match on Apr. 28.
2021 (As A Sophomore)
Played every match but one at the No. 2 spot for the Huskies, going 13-14 overall and 7-11 in dual matches โฆ played the first dual of the year at the No. 1 spot with Scarlett Dahl, then went 1-3 at the No. 2 position together โฆ subsequently teamed with Avie Niece, going 6-7 at No. 2 โฆ with Niece, went 2-0 against Arizona Stateโs No. 2 tandem Fitzgerald/Anderson including a 21-19, 21-15 win in the season-ending Pac-12 tournament dual โฆ with Niece, was 2-0 against Oregonโs No. 2 team of Cole/Lima and also had a 21-18, 21-9 win over Utahโs No. 2 Patchell/Teerlink โฆ nearly upset No. 1-ranked UCLAโs second pair of Monkhouse/Van Winkle, falling 21-23, 23-21, 15-8 โฆ a 21-13, 21-15 win with Dahl at No. 2 over Utahโs Lee/Smalls โฆ made the semifinals of both Corban Pairs Tournaments with Dahl, losing both times to UW teammates Loreen/McPherson โฆ a Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll selection.
2020 (As A Sophomore -- Season Canceled After 7 Matches Due To Covid-19)
Started every match, playing all seven matches with Chloe Loreenย at the No. 2 position and going 3-4 ... a win in the season opener, 21-12, 21-19, over Stephen F. Austin's Schieferstein/Beckham ... a straight-set win at No. 2 over Colorado Mesa on Feb. 29 ... lost a heartbreaker to Cal's No. 2 team of Polo/Schafer, 18-21, 21-11, 16-14 at the Pac-12 South Invitational ... had a win over Utah's Villela/Sproule, 21-19, 21-15ย ... named to the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2019 (Redshirt)
Redshirted the season to preserve a year of eligibility.
2018 (As A Freshman)
Started every match for the Dawgs in her first season, going 11-16 overall, all in dual matches โฆ went 8-9 with Anna Crabtree in the first part of the season and then teamed with Samantha Drechsel to go 3-7 in the second part of the year โฆ biggest win with Drechsel came at the Pac-12 Championships, as they beat Stanfordโs Richardson/Sharp, 21-16, 21-14, at No. 5 in the 4-1 win over the 13th-ranked Cardinal โฆ first win with Drechsel was a 21-16, 21-13 decision over Oregonโs Hall-Poirier/Hanawahine on Apr. 15 โฆ also had a close loss with Drechsel against Stanfordโs Sharp/Richardson on Apr. 15, 21-19, 21-23, 17-15 โฆ with Crabtree, had two wins over LMUโs Culo/Leiphardt at the No. 4 spot on Apr. 7 and 8 โฆ a 21-18, 21-14 win over Utahโs Gauta/Choy on Apr. 7 โฆ first win with Crabtree a 21-14, 21-17 win over New Mexicoโs Long/Willison on Mar. 3 โฆ a three-set loss vs. No. 2 UCLAโs May/Zappia on Mar. 25, 21-16, 18-21, 15-4.
High School and Personal
Born in Seattle โฆ parents are Jill and Eric Robinson โฆ has one younger sister, Nina โฆ named the 2016 Most Valuable Player in the KingCo League as a senior โฆ a Seattle Times โStar Timesโ selection in 2016 โฆ a MaxPreps Medium School First Team All-American in 2016 and an Underclass All-American in 2014 and 2013 โฆ an all-area and all-state selection all four seasons โฆ helped her team to four top-five finishes at the 3A state championships including first as a freshman and third as a senior โฆ an AVCA Underclass All-American as a freshman โฆ a PrepVolleyball.com Frosh 59 and Soph 79 selection โฆ played four years of club for Sudden Impact Volleyball Club โฆ also an experienced beach volleyball player, winning the Seaside Beach Volleyball Tournament four years in a row โฆ a finalist at the International DECA Conference โฆ considering a Business major.
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INDOOR
2018 (As A Sophomore)
Appeared in 19 sets in her sophomore season spread over 11 matches ... checked in as a server in 2 sets in loss at Colorado on 10/28 ... had 2 kills on 2 attempts with 3 assists in setback at Arizona State (10/7) ... checked into final set of sweep of Sacramento State (9/14) and had 2 assists and 3 digs ... notched 6 assists in the 3-0 win at Boise State (9/13) ... appeared in 3 sets in the 3-1 win over Kennesaw State and had 1 dig ... saw State Had an ace and a dig in the 3-0 win over No. 14 San Diego (8/25) ... in the season-opener, checked in as a server in one set as UW beat San Diego (8/24).
2017 (As A Freshman)
Played in 7 matches as a freshman, starting one, playing well when pressed into action due to injuries on the squad ... averaged 4.57 assists per set and 1.65 digs per set with 4 aces ... posted 22 assists and 6 digs in 2-3 setback to Oregon State on 10/13 ... first double-double in 3-2 win over No. 15 Oregon (10/11) with 29 assists and 10 digs ... got first start and helped the Dawgs to a 3-0 win over No. 25 Colorado (10/8) with 20 assists and 9 digs as the team hit .283 ... stepped into lineup in a 6-2 rotation for match with No. 17 Utah on 10/6 and responded with 34 assists and 9 digs despite a five set loss ... subbed in during second set at No. 20 USC (10/1) for first extended setting run when Bailey Tanner suffered a hand injury, and got her first career kill ... scored first point with an ace against Wyoming on 9/9 and had 4 digs ... made her collegiate debut as a serving sub in the four set loss to No. 9 Creighton, appearing in one set and serving twice.
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