2023 Men's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Robinson, Cooper
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Jersey Number 11
Cooper Robinson
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Height:
- 6-7
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Pacific Palisades, Calif.
- High School:
- Loyola HS
Bio
2025
Saw action in 28 matches and made 28 starts … AVCA First Team All-American … MPSF Player of the Year … first-team All-MPSF selection … Ranked 10th in the NCAA in hitting percentage (.388) … Totaled 365 kills on the season to lead the team, and was 14th nationally in total kills … Named MPSF Player of the Year, and became the seventh Bruin all-time to earn the honors (last was Merrick McHenry in 2024) … AVCA Player of the Week (week of March 11, 2025) … Had double digit kills in 21 matches, had at least 15 kills on 13 occasions … Hit .500 or better seven times throughout the year … Recorded a career-high 25 kills on senior night in UCLA’s five set win over USC on April 17, also hit .537 on the night … Had 10 kills in the national championship match against Long Beach … Recorded 16 kills and 15 kills in a two-match series against Stanford on March 6 and 7, and added eight blocks en-route to earning AVCA Player of the Week for his performance that weekend … Tallied a team-high 41 service aces in 2024, with a career-high six at CSUN on Jan. 24 … Gad three or more service aces in eight different matches … Added 63 blocks on the season, including three solo blocks … Had 120 digs on the year, and tallied a season-high eight digs at CSUN on Jan. 24 and at Grand Canyon University on April 4.
2024
Saw action in 28 matches with 25 starts ... second-team All-MPSF selection ... honorable mention AVCA All-America pick ... ranked 20th in the NCAA in attack percentage (.332) ... double-digit kills in 14 contests with a high of 23 against UC Irvine ... first UCLA player to record back-to-back 20 kill matches since Jake Arnitz ... ninth in the MPSF in points per set average (3.36) after having 20 matches with double-digits in points ... seventh in the MPSF in aces per set (0.37) and registered at least three aces in 5 contests ... 20 matches with double-digit points... multiple aces in 11 matches ...3 aces v. USC, GCU, USC, Loyola, Ohio State ... 10 kills vs. Stanford ... 11 kills vs. Penn Stare ... 13 kills at BYU ... 10 kills vs. Pepperdine ... 10 kills in regular season win over Beach ... named AVCA National Player of the Week, OTB’s National Attacker of the Week and MPSF Offensive POW for his performances against UCI ... 9 kills off bench vs. UCSB; 11k, 6 blocks vs. Ohio State; 10 kills, 3 aces at Loyola.
2023
Saw action in 14 matches with 2 starts (UC San Diego and CSUN) ... had multiple kills in 5 matches with a season-high of 5 at CSUN ... served up a season-best 3 aces against UCSD ... credited with 6 digs at CSUN and 4 vs. UCSD.
2022
Did not see match action in his first year in the program.
High School
Named to the 2020 Boys 25 Underclassmen to Watch List by Volleyballmag.com. ... His Loyola High School team advanced to the CIF SS semifinals in 2018, 2019 and 2021.
Club
Played for SCVC ... was a member of 2019 gold medal winning SCVC team at Boys Junior Nationals (Open Div. 17’s).
Personal
Son of Bob and Leanne Robinson ... has two sisters, Julia and Charlie ... Charlie played women’s volleyball at Marymount HS and UC Santa Barbara ... dad played water polo at UCLA ... in his spare time, he loves going to the beach with friends, eating Japanese food, hanging out with family and playing beach volleyball ... favorite athlete is Kobe Bryant ... earned a spot on the Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Winter 2023 and Fall 2023 ... selected to the 2023 Pac-12 Spring Honor Roll.
Saw action in 28 matches and made 28 starts … AVCA First Team All-American … MPSF Player of the Year … first-team All-MPSF selection … Ranked 10th in the NCAA in hitting percentage (.388) … Totaled 365 kills on the season to lead the team, and was 14th nationally in total kills … Named MPSF Player of the Year, and became the seventh Bruin all-time to earn the honors (last was Merrick McHenry in 2024) … AVCA Player of the Week (week of March 11, 2025) … Had double digit kills in 21 matches, had at least 15 kills on 13 occasions … Hit .500 or better seven times throughout the year … Recorded a career-high 25 kills on senior night in UCLA’s five set win over USC on April 17, also hit .537 on the night … Had 10 kills in the national championship match against Long Beach … Recorded 16 kills and 15 kills in a two-match series against Stanford on March 6 and 7, and added eight blocks en-route to earning AVCA Player of the Week for his performance that weekend … Tallied a team-high 41 service aces in 2024, with a career-high six at CSUN on Jan. 24 … Gad three or more service aces in eight different matches … Added 63 blocks on the season, including three solo blocks … Had 120 digs on the year, and tallied a season-high eight digs at CSUN on Jan. 24 and at Grand Canyon University on April 4.
2024
Saw action in 28 matches with 25 starts ... second-team All-MPSF selection ... honorable mention AVCA All-America pick ... ranked 20th in the NCAA in attack percentage (.332) ... double-digit kills in 14 contests with a high of 23 against UC Irvine ... first UCLA player to record back-to-back 20 kill matches since Jake Arnitz ... ninth in the MPSF in points per set average (3.36) after having 20 matches with double-digits in points ... seventh in the MPSF in aces per set (0.37) and registered at least three aces in 5 contests ... 20 matches with double-digit points... multiple aces in 11 matches ...3 aces v. USC, GCU, USC, Loyola, Ohio State ... 10 kills vs. Stanford ... 11 kills vs. Penn Stare ... 13 kills at BYU ... 10 kills vs. Pepperdine ... 10 kills in regular season win over Beach ... named AVCA National Player of the Week, OTB’s National Attacker of the Week and MPSF Offensive POW for his performances against UCI ... 9 kills off bench vs. UCSB; 11k, 6 blocks vs. Ohio State; 10 kills, 3 aces at Loyola.
2023
Saw action in 14 matches with 2 starts (UC San Diego and CSUN) ... had multiple kills in 5 matches with a season-high of 5 at CSUN ... served up a season-best 3 aces against UCSD ... credited with 6 digs at CSUN and 4 vs. UCSD.
2022
Did not see match action in his first year in the program.
High School
Named to the 2020 Boys 25 Underclassmen to Watch List by Volleyballmag.com. ... His Loyola High School team advanced to the CIF SS semifinals in 2018, 2019 and 2021.
Club
Played for SCVC ... was a member of 2019 gold medal winning SCVC team at Boys Junior Nationals (Open Div. 17’s).
Personal
Son of Bob and Leanne Robinson ... has two sisters, Julia and Charlie ... Charlie played women’s volleyball at Marymount HS and UC Santa Barbara ... dad played water polo at UCLA ... in his spare time, he loves going to the beach with friends, eating Japanese food, hanging out with family and playing beach volleyball ... favorite athlete is Kobe Bryant ... earned a spot on the Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Winter 2023 and Fall 2023 ... selected to the 2023 Pac-12 Spring Honor Roll.
Highlights - Men's Volleyball vs. Hawai'i, NCAA Semifinals (May 10, 2025)
Sunday, May 11
Highlights - Men's Volleyball vs. Belmont Abbey, NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals (May 8, 2025)
Thursday, May 08
Men’s Volleyball - NCAA Travel Day Vlog ft. Matthew Aziz
Wednesday, May 07
Highlights - UCLA Men's Volleyball vs. #5 USC (4/17/25)
Friday, April 18
