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Emmani Robinson
  • Exercise Science
  • Class of 2018
  • Newburgh, N.Y.

Emmani Robinson Named 2018 Outstanding Senior Female Athlete

2018 Apr 25

Emmani Robinson of the basketball and outdoor track and field team won the Outstanding Senior Female Athlete Award which is given each year to the senior female athlete who has demonstrated outstanding athletic ability over the course of her entire career.

The recipient of this award is nominated by a coach and then selected by the Athletic Advisory Council. Nominees must be senior class women. The award is based solely on athletic talent, ability, attitude, performance, and success. It is a token of hard work, good judgment, understanding, and determination.

Emmani has been a dominant force on the track and field team since her arrival at Colby-Sawyer, amassing 12 individual wins throughout her career. In her first throw of her first meet as a freshman, she qualified for the New England Championship in the shot put. She went on to qualify for the ECAC Championship that year, finishing seventh and earning ALL-ECAC honors. As a sophomore, she qualified for both the New England and ECAC Championships, once again earning ECAC honors. Emmani's junior campaign was truly phenomenal, she not only qualified for these same postseason championships, but finished second in New England and first at the ECAC Championship. Her mark from ECACs not only reset her own school record, but also gave her an NCAA national ranking of 24th to finish the season. Her mark of 13.64 meters was only three centimeters short of a national championship qualification. Emmani has captured the shot put win at the NAC Championship each of the last three years, earning All-NAC honors. She also earned 2016 and 2017 USTFCAAA All-Region accolades.

Beginning her senior year, Emmani had a great debut, qualifying for the New England Championship in shot put right away. Currently that mark ranks her 16th in the NCAA.

In basketball, Emmani has been a contributing member of the team for all four years, and was rewarded during a stellar senior season with All-Conference accolades.

As a freshman, Emmani played in 25 of the 27 games and impacted the team with great rebounding and defensive pressure.

In her sophomore campaign, she showed steady improvement and more than doubled her points and rebounds from her first season. She was third on the team with 5.5 rebounds per game and fifth with 5.2 points per game.

She showed improvement once again in her junior year. Robinson was named to the NAC All-Tournament team for her efforts in the postseason and finished the year averaging 6.4 points and 5.0 rebounds per game. She was second on the team with 39 steals.

As a senior, Emmani had a break out season resulting in All-NAC Second Team and All-NAC Sportsmanship honors. She ranked third on the team with 11.8 points per game and second with 9.2 rebounds per game. She led Colby-Sawyer and the NAC with a 53.7 field goal percentage, which also ranked her 27th in the nation. She recorded nine double-doubles and had the program's first triple-double in a win over Thomas on January 6. She registered 17 points, 14 rebounds and 10 steals in the game. The 10 steals tied a Colby-Sawyer single-game record. She also ranked tied for 1st in the conference with 76 steals, 3rd in rebounds per game at 9.2, and 11th in points at 11.8.

Basketball Head Coach George Martin says, "Emmani has been a pleasure to coach over the last four years, always giving her all, putting in a tremendous amount of work in the off season, and practicing and playing with her trademark smile on her face. She will leave us with big shoes to fill, and a standard of play to live up to."