2017 Men's Water Polo Roster
Roster
James Robinson
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Palos Verdes, Calif.
- High School:
- Palos Verdes HS
2017
Played in 12 matches, making zero starts … earned MPSF All-Academic honors and earned ACWPC All-Academic "excellent" honors ... also made the Director's Honor Roll in the fall quarter ... scored seven goals on 15 attempts, converting at a 46.7 percent rate … scored a season-high two goals in a 7-4 win over No. 20 Loyola Marymount (Sept. 22) … had at least one goal in six of the 12 games he played, including one multiple goal game … also had 11 assists, six steals, two earned exclusions and one field block.
2016
Played in 18 matches, making one start … earned 2016 ACWPC All-Academic "Excellent" accolades and MPSF All-Academic honors ... scored 12 goals on 27 attempts, converting at a 44.4 percent rate … scored a season-high two goals in a 14-4 win over Redlands (Sept. 4), in a 20-2 win over Chapman (Sept. 4) and in a 18-5 win over Whittier (Nov. 5) … he scored at least one goal in nine of the 18 games he played, including three multiple goal games … also had 16 assists (tied for 7th on the team), seven steals, four field blocks and one earned exclusion.
2015
Played in 14 matches, making one start … scored 16 goals on 28 attempts, converting at a 57.1 percent rate … scored a season- and career-high-tying four goals in a 24-3 win over Chapman (Sept. 19) … he scored at least one goal in 10 of the 14 games he played, including four multiple goal games … also had 11 assists, four steals, three field blocks and two earned exclusions.
2014
Played in 11 matches … scored nine goals on 16 attempts, converting at a 56.3 percent rate … scored a season-high four goals in a win over Whittier (Sept. 13) … also had two goals in wins over La Verne (Sept. 14) and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Sept. 14) … also had 10 assists, 18 steals (tied for 7th on the team), six field blocks and five earned exclusions.
2013
Redshirted the season.
High School
Three-year (2010-12) varsity water polo letterwinner at Palos Verdes High School under head coach Chris Murin (2010-11) and Patrick O’Brien (2012) … the Sea Kings won the Bay League Championship in 2010 and 2011 and reached the CIF SS D-III semifinals all three years he played (2010-12) … named first team All-Bay League as well as the League MVP as a senior in 2012 … also named first team All-CIF SS D-III in 2012 and second team All-CIF SS D-III in 2011 … served as the team captain in 2012 and was named Daily Breeze Player of the Year … set a PVHS single season record with 135 goals in 2012.
Personal
Full name: James Robert Robinson … born Jan. 5, 1995 in Torrance, Calif. … his parents are Edward and Anne Robinson … has two older sisters, Rachael and Suzanne and one older brother, Brian … his entire family has attended UCLA … his father was a four-time letterwinner on the Bruins’ water polo team (1977-80) while his brother played on the team in 2012 and redshirted at UCLA in 2011 … competed with the Stars and Stripes Bruin Water Polo Club out of Los Angeles, Calif. … says he chose UCLA because “I wanted to play water polo and study at a great institution” … lists the shortest player ever to play in the NBA, Muggsy Bogues, as the athlete he most admires … lists playing basketball as a hobby … majoring in political science.
| James Robinson's Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | GP/GS | G | ATT | PCT | AST | STL | BLK | EE |
| 2014 | 27/15 | 9 | 16 | .563 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 5 |
| 2015 | 14/1 | 16 | 28 | .571 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 2016 | 18/1 | 12 | 27 | .444 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 2017 | 12/0 | 7 | 15 | .467 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 71/17 | 44 | 86 | .512 | 48 | 35 | 14 | 10 |
