Nominee Name: Josh Robinson
Student-Athlete
RMAC School Attended: Chadron
State
Years Attended: 1988-1992
Sports Played: Men's Basketball
Positions: Center
Athletic Accomplishments:
Josh Robinson is the leading scorer in Chadron State
College men's basketball history with 2,041 points. No one
else has scored more than 1, 646. He is the Eagles'
second-leading rebounder with 911. He also is Chadron State's
only Academic All-American in basketball.
Robinson led the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference in scoring as a
senior in 1991-92 with a 20.1-point average. The previous
year, he ranked fourth in the conference in scoring with a
21.7-point average.
Robinson is a graduate of Thompson Valley High School in Loveland,
Colo. During his four years at Chadron State, he averaged
18.7 points and 8.4 rebounds. He made 50.7 percent of his
field goal attempts. Chadron State began playing in the RMAC
in 1990-91 when Robinson was a junior.
Besides the career scoring record, Robinson also holds the Eagles'
single game scoring record of 51 points, which came against Dana
College in 1989-90. He had 19 double-doubles as a junior and
15 as a senior.
Robinson was second-team all-conference as a junior and was placed
on the first team as a senior. At the end of the latter
season, he also was elected as the Omaha World-Herald's Nebraska
NAIA Player of the Year and was second-team NAIN
All-American. No other Chadron State men's basketball player
had received more than honorable mention All-American.
Academic Accomplishments:
Josh Robinson was an NAIA Scholar-Athlete in both 1990-91
and 1991-92. After the latter season, he also was named to
the College Sports Information Directors of American Academic
All-American first-team. He is the only Chadron State
basketball player, male or female, to receive the latter
honor. He graduated with a 3.55 grade point average while
majoring in biology.
Administration/Coaching Accomplishments:
Josh Robinson, his wife and three children live in his
hometown of Loveland, Colo., where he has a lucrative woodworking
business.
Nominator Name: Con Marshall
Position: Assistant Sports Information
Director
School: Chadron State College