Renee Robinson Class: Senior Hometown: East Palo Alto, Calif. High School: Sacred Heart Height: 5-6 Position: Guard Experience: 3L

1999
Started at point guard in 27 of 29 games ... led team in assists ... had a positive assist to turnover ratio (1:1.5) ... improved tremendously in decision making on the court in latter half of season ... scoring, rebounding and assists increased after playing injured in the North Carolina game (Jan. 18) ... got into early foul trouble in losses to Arkansas State (Nov. 22) and Virginia Tech (Nov. 30) and recorded only one total assist ... recorded a career-high seven rebounds vs. Wake Forest (Dec. 4) ... had a season-high four steals vs. Brown (Dec. 28) ... did not start the Maryland game (Jan. 8), but had five points and three steals ... regained starting role at point guard at N.C. State (Jan. 11) ... had three points, three rebounds and two assists in N.C. State win ... played a season-high 32 minutes in that win ... suffered a sprained left ankle in second half of Georgia Tech game (Jan. 14) while taking a charge ... played eight minutes in that game ... was listed as very questionable for North Carolina game (Jan. 18) and did not start ... had a gutsy performance against the Tar Heels and logged 24 minutes and dished out six assists, had three rebounds and two steals... played a season-high 36 minutes vs. Maryland (Feb. 8) ... matched her career-high with nine assists in that game ... played a career-high 39 minutes and scored six points and had three steals in N.C. State win (Feb. 10) ... recorded five rebounds vs. Wake Forest in ACC Tournament (Feb. 27), but did not score ... against North Carolina the next day (Feb. 28), scored a season-high nine points, had three assists and three steals in losing effort.

1998
Gained the starting position at point guard and was in the starting line-up until suffering a concussion in the Old Dominion game (Jan. 27) and missed the next two games ... played but did not start again until the NCAA tournament game vs. Southern Methodist (Mar. 13) ... started a total of 20 games ... averaged 26.5 minutes per game ... ranked second on team in assists and fourth in steals ... recorded a career-high nine assists vs. Maryland (Jan. 8) ... had five or more assists in seven games ... had six steals vs. William & Mary (Nov. 16) and vs. St. Francis (Dec. 3) ... was one of two players on the team with a positive assist to turnover ratio (the other was Katie Tracy).

1997
Named to the 1997 ACC All-Freshman team ... gained a starting role in third game of the season vs. St. Francis (Dec. 3) ... started 27 of 31 games ... went 5-7 from the field, scoring 10 points vs. Stanford in West Region semifinal of NCAA tournament (Mar. 22) ...scored eight points vs. Utah (Mar. 16) in NCAA second round game and was 6-6 from the free throw line ... in the NCAA first round against Troy State (Mar. 14), had a career-high five steals ... scored a career-high 10 points vs. Duke (Jan. 6) and suffered a broken nose in that game ... registered a 10-point performance vs. Clemson (Jan. 29) ... averaged 17.4 minutes per game ... was a defensive stopper for Cavaliers and had 43 steals to her credit ... recorded a career-high seven rebounds four times (vs. Utah, Georgia Tech, Clemson and Rider) ... ranked fourth on the team in steals.

High School
Started three years for Sacred Heart which posted a record of 132-4 with Robinson in the line-up and won four state championships ... named to USA Today preseason Super 25 Team as a senior ... rated the number 15 senior in the country by College Sports Magazine ... averaged 18.7 points, 7.7 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game as a senior ... California Player of the Year as a junior ... named San Mateo Player of the Year as a junior ... third team All-American and Nike All-American as a senior ...named Most Valuable Player of GPSL ... selected to GPSL first team four times ... named All-Bay Area Player of the Year as a senior ... chosen All-State four times.

Personal
Lajwan Renee Robinson ... born June 15, 1978 in Mountain View, Calif. ... daughter of Joe Robinson and Shirley McIntyre ... has four older sisters, Lucenette, Lenette, Sophornia, Jacynthia, one younger sister, Luvenia, and an older brother, Mandel ... major is Anthropology .

One-on-One...

• Nicknames: Na-Na or Dimes.
• My hobbies are: talking on the phone, shopping for CD's and shoes.
• My favorite food is: wings from the Outback Steakhouse.
• My favorite TV show is: Pretender, Profiler and Sports Center.
• My favorite sports figure is: Dawn Staley and Magic Johnson.
• The best thing about being an athlete is: the shoes.
• My primary inspiration in sports is: my family.
• My advice to youngsters is: an education is the first priority, athletics is second.
• The best thing about the University of Virginia is: you get a great education.
• My dream job would be: a college coach.
• The most important thing I learned in college is: communication is the key in any relationship.
• I spent my summer: working with kids of all ages at the E. Palo Alto and Millbrae Recreation Centers; helping them with basic basketball fundamentals and reading.
• The best advice I've ever received: Do things by feel, not by program.

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