Stevi Robinson-Trail - Women's Volleyball Coach

Stevi Robinson-Trail

Title:
Assistant Coach
Alma Mater:
Pepperdine, '12
Year at UCLA:
2nd in 2025
Email:
uclawvb@athletics.ucla.edu

UCLA Women’s Volleyball Head Coach Alfee Reft announced the addition of assistant coach Stevi Robinson-Trail to his staff on Jan. 11, 2024.

“I am thrilled to introduce Stevi Robinson-Trail as our next assistant to the Bruins’ women’s volleyball program,” Reft said. “Stevi has a decorated playing history and has won at many levels of our sport both in the indoor game and on the beach. She was a tenacious and fiery competitor and her experience as an athlete has provided a unique platform for her to help mentor and guide athletes with passion and conviction. I look forward to the impact she will make with our team in the near future.”

Robinson-Trail steered the Bruins through their debut season in the Big Ten, finishing with a 14-15 overall record and an 8-12 record in conference play. UCLA notched two victories against ranked opponents, including a thrilling five-set win on the road against No. 14 Georgia Tech in the season opener. The Bruins also completed a season sweep of Washington, extending their winning streak against the Huskies to four matches.

She guided outside hitter Cheridyn Leverette's breakout junior campaign that resulted in AVCA All-American honors. Leverette also received First Team All-Big Ten recognition and joined her teammate, Anna Dodson, on the AVCA All-Region squad. During the winter of 2025, Dodson went on to sign a professional contract with Cuneo Granda Volley based in Cuneo, Italy. The team competes in Serie A1, the highest level of Italian women's volleyball.

Robinson-Trail brings eight years of collegiate volleyball coaching experience to UCLA after spending the last five years (2019-2023) working on Cal State Bakersfield’s indoor and beach volleyball staffs. She has worked exclusively with the Roadrunners’ indoor squad the last three seasons for head coach Giovana Melo. Robinson-Trail was promoted to associate head coach for the 2023 season after serving two years as the program’s assistant coach and recruiting coordinator.

“I am incredibly grateful for this opportunity to work at UCLA,” Robinson-Trail said. “Alfee, Amir [Lugo-Rodriguez], Noah [Casaquit] and the team are building something special and I’m excited to be joining. Growing up in Southern California, it was always a dream of mine to play at UCLA, so to be starting this next chapter of my coaching career in Westwood is very exciting. I have been fortunate to know Alfee over the years. As a person and a coach, he is someone I have always admired and respected. He is one of the greatest volleyball minds in our game and truly knows how to develop athletes on and off the court. It’s an exciting time for UCLA women’s volleyball, especially with our move to the Big Ten. I look forward to getting to work!”

In her first year as assistant coach in 2021, Robinson-Trail helped the Roadrunners to an 18-11 record, including an 11-9 mark in Big West Conference play. Three of her student-athletes earned All-Big West honors that season. Two Roadrunners earned All-Big West in Robinson-Trail’s one season as the beach assistant coach in 2019.

Prior to Bakersfield, Robinson-Trail spent two years as the assistant coach and director of operations for Gonzaga University in 2018-2019 under head coach Diane Nelson and three seasons at The Citadel in 2016-2018 serving head coach Craig Mosqueda. While at The Citadel, Robinson-Trail’s coaching helped two Bulldogs to the program’s first-ever All-Southern Conference Selections in Moriah Smith (2016 – Second Team) and Sharlissa De Jesus (2017 – All-Freshman Team).

A former professional and collegiate volleyball player, Robinson-Trail was a member of the United States Women’s National Team from 2014-2016 and was the starting libero for Germany’s Allianz MTV Stuttgart in 2015. She also spent time on the U.S. Beach U26 Elite 8 Training Team in 2013 before heading overseas to compete in the World University Games in Kazan, Russia.

Robinson-Trail, a Hermosa Beach native, enjoyed a storied career at Pepperdine University from 2008-2011. A two-time West Coast Conference Libero of the Year, Robinson-Trail finished as the Waves’ all-time digs leader with 1,750 over 111 matches and more than 400 sets played. She earned All-WCC Honorable Mention honors four consecutive indoor seasons and earned All-Tournament recognition at the NCAA Tournament’s 2011 Honolulu Regional.

In sand volleyball, Robinson-Trail helped Pepperdine capture the AVCA Sand Team National Championship after posting a 2-0 record in her matches. After graduating in 2012 with her bachelor’s degree in public relations, Robinson-Trail pursued her master’s in communication management at USC and completed her athletic eligibility in the second year of the Trojans’ sand volleyball program in 2013. During her one season at USC, Robinson-Trail was the AVCA Pairs Sand National Champion and one of the Trojans’ first two sand volleyball AVCA All-Americans. She finished her USC career with a 21-3 dual match record.

Robinson-Trail married Elijah Trail in Summer 2021.