Caliya Robinson

Personal: Robinson majored in printmaking at Georgia. She has a cat named Boots and would be a tattoo artist if she was not played basketball. Her hobbies include bowling, fishing, and tattoos. She was involved in track and field as a child.

2023 Season: During the 2023 AU Pro Basketball season, Robinson accumulated 3,270 leaderboard points, securing the 25th spot in the league standings. She ranked fourth in the league with 3,250 win points. Throughout the season, Robinson notched four games with 300 or more leaderboard points. She posted 337 points against Team Cloud on February 26. In her 14 game appearances off the bench, she maintained an average of 1.5 points and 1.1 rebounds per outing. She achieved her season-high of seven points against Team Sims in Week Three and closed Week Two with a four-point contribution against Team Hillmon. She also secured a season-high four rebounds against Team Hillmon in the Week Four opener.

Other Professional Experience: Robinson was selected with the No. 28 overall pick by Indiana in the 2019 WNBA Draft. She has played in France, splitting her time between Toulouse in LF2 and Chamay in LFB during the 2021-22 campaign. She averaged 12.8 points and 4.9 rebounds across 17 games for Toulouse. Transitioning to Chamay, she netted an average of 7.2 points and 3.5 rebounds per contest over six outings. She has also played in Spain and Turkey.

College Experience: Robinson was a four-year letter winner at Georgia and appeared in 120 games from 2015-19. She garnered several accolades, including an Honorable Mention All-America recognition by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association during her junior season. She was named First-Team All-Southeastern Conference by the Associated Press in her senior year and received Second-Team notice during her junior campaign. Additionally, she earned Second-Team All-SEC distinction by the league’s coaches as a junior and senior. Robinson was a member of the 2015 Freshman All-SEC Team and a three-time SEC All-Defensive Team selection. She received SEC Player of the Week honors three times during her collegiate career. She claimed the 2019 Atlanta Tip-Off Club Georgia College Women’s Player of the Year award and emerged as a finalist for the 2017-18 Katrina McClain Award, an honor reserved for the nation's top power forward. Robinson graduated as one of only five players in program history to achieve the milestone of 1,000 career points, 800 career rebounds, and 200 career blocked shots. Amassing a total of 1,483 points, she holds the 18th place in the program's history. She averaged a school-record 2.4 blocked shots per game for the Lady Bulldogs, securing the second position on the career ledger with a total of 292 blocks. In her junior season, she became one of only two players in Georgia history to secure 100 or more blocks in a single season, amassing 101 rejections. She led the Lady Bulldogs in rebounding during both her junior and senior years. She was recognized as the ESPNW National Player of the Week on February 6, 2017, following a stellar performance of 28 points against Tennessee in a double-overtime victory.