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  Rochelle Robinson
Rochelle Robinson

Player Profile
Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Chesapeake, Va.

High School:
Indian River

Height:
4-11

Club Team:
Ocean Tumblers

2007: A First Team All-Big Ten selection ... The only Spartan to qualify for the NCAA Championships (all-around); only the eighth non-alternate individual qualifier in Michigan State history ... Shared or won an individual event on 11 occasions - vault (7), floor exercise (2) and bars (2) ... In collegiate debut against Arizona (Jan. 12), placed third in the uneven parallel bars with a career-best score of 9.850 ... Picked up her first individual titles in the next meet at Pittsburgh (Jan. 19), placing first on the bars, matching her career-high, and on the vault with a 9.850 ... Won the vault again at the Flip For The Cure Meet (Jan. 27) with a 9.950 ... Claimed three individual titles - the floor exercise with a career-best 9.925, the vault at 9.925 and the bars with a 9.825 - at the State of Michigan Classic (Feb. 3), earning her Big Ten Gymnast of the Week honors ... Named Co-Big Ten Gymnast of the Week the following week, after posting the first perfect 10 in Spartan history at the Fox Run Invitational (Feb. 10), en route to winning the vault ... It was only one of five perfect 10's on the vault in the nation ... Also second in the all-around (38.875) at Fox Run ... Finished second in the all-around (38.825) against Illinois (Feb. 17), including winning the vault (9.850) and tying for second in the floor exercise (9.800) ... Placed second in the vault (9.875) vs. Michigan (March 3) ... Won the vault (9.900) at No. 2 Florida (March 16) and also posted a career-best 9.825 on the beam ... Placed first on the vault for the second-straight week at Western Michigan (March 18) with a 9.875 ... Tied for first on the floor exercise in the regular season finale vs. NC State (March 23) with a 9.900 ... Finished second in the vault (9.875) at the Big Ten Championships ... Tied for eighth in the all-around with a career-high of 39.225 at the NCAA Central Regional; also tying for second on the floor (9.900) ... Finished 22nd in the all-around at the NCAA Championships with a 38.400.

Prior to Michigan State: Captured Junior Olympic National vault title in 2004 and 2006 ... Ninth-place finish on floor exercise at the 2004 Junior Olympic National Championships ... Level 10 competitor ... Trained at Ocean Tumblers Gymnastics under Diane Berry, Erin Berry, Rick Walker and Melissa Suter ... Qualified for 2006 Junior Olympic Championships ... Level 9 Eastern Nationals champion on the vault.

Personal: Born Aug. 29, 1988 in Virginia Beach, Va. ... Daughter of Ray and Gail Robinson ... Has two sisters, Jewel and Sabrina ... Has a niece, Aniya Skye ... Majoring in family and childhood ecology.


 
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