Athlete All-American
Wil Robinson
- Honors:
- Men's Basketball ()
From nearby Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Wil Robinson was named West Virginia's seventh first-team All-American in 1972 after becoming the third highest career scorer in Mountaineer basketball history.
In 1972, the 6-1 guard forged the highest season scoring average in WVU history when he scored 706 points in 24 games (29.4), breaking a record set by Jerry West. The flamboyant Robinson scored 1,850 points in his career. Other career marks include a 24.7 points-per-game scoring average, 733 field goals and 199 assists.
The three-year letterman (1970-72) held the WVU Coliseum record for points in a game by a Mountaineer player (45 vs. Penn State in 1971) at the end of his career, and six of the Mountaineers' top seven all-time single game scores in the arena. Robinson and his teammates opened the WVU Coliseum with a 113-92 victory against Colgate on Dec. 1, 1970.
Following his senior season, he was named first team All-America by Basketball Weekly, United Savings and Helms Foundation, second team by Converse and third team by the Associated Press.
Robinson was already a rising star when he came to WVU out of Laurel Highlands High School in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. He was a high school All-American with a 30 points-per-game scoring average and led Laurel Highlands to the 1968 Pennsylvania state championship.
A two-year WVU team captain, Robinson was selected in the fourth round of the NBA draft by the Houston Rockets and the fourth round of the ABA draft by the Pittsburgh Condors. He played one year in the ABA (1974) with the Memphis and Utah teams.
Following his ABA career, Robinson returned to WVU to complete his bachelor's degree in 1975. He finished his master's degree in safety in 1984.
In the summer of 2017, Robinson was inducted into the Pennsylvania state hall of fame.
He was named an inaugural member of WVU’s Mountaineer Legends Society in 2017.
In 1972, the 6-1 guard forged the highest season scoring average in WVU history when he scored 706 points in 24 games (29.4), breaking a record set by Jerry West. The flamboyant Robinson scored 1,850 points in his career. Other career marks include a 24.7 points-per-game scoring average, 733 field goals and 199 assists.
The three-year letterman (1970-72) held the WVU Coliseum record for points in a game by a Mountaineer player (45 vs. Penn State in 1971) at the end of his career, and six of the Mountaineers' top seven all-time single game scores in the arena. Robinson and his teammates opened the WVU Coliseum with a 113-92 victory against Colgate on Dec. 1, 1970.
Following his senior season, he was named first team All-America by Basketball Weekly, United Savings and Helms Foundation, second team by Converse and third team by the Associated Press.
Robinson was already a rising star when he came to WVU out of Laurel Highlands High School in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. He was a high school All-American with a 30 points-per-game scoring average and led Laurel Highlands to the 1968 Pennsylvania state championship.
A two-year WVU team captain, Robinson was selected in the fourth round of the NBA draft by the Houston Rockets and the fourth round of the ABA draft by the Pittsburgh Condors. He played one year in the ABA (1974) with the Memphis and Utah teams.
Following his ABA career, Robinson returned to WVU to complete his bachelor's degree in 1975. He finished his master's degree in safety in 1984.
In the summer of 2017, Robinson was inducted into the Pennsylvania state hall of fame.
He was named an inaugural member of WVU’s Mountaineer Legends Society in 2017.
