Tahnee Robinson
- January 11, 2024
- American Basketball Player
Quick Facts
Full Name | Tahnee Robinson |
Date Of Birth | Feb 2, 1988(1988-02-02) |
Age | 36 |
Birthplace | Fort Washakie |
Country | United States |
Birth City | Wyoming |
Horoscope | Aquarius |
Tahnee Robinson Biography
Birthday | Feb 2 |
Birth Year | 1988 |
Tahnee Robinson is one of the most popular and richest American basketball player who was born on February 2, 1988 in Fort Washakie, Wyoming, United States. Tahnee Robinson was born on February 2, 1988 , in Fort Washakie, Wyoming, to Tim and Sara Robinson. The mother of Tahnee Robinson is Pawnee as well as Shoshone as well as her dad is Cheyenne as well as Sioux. She was born in the Wind River Reservation in Fort Washakie, Wyoming with her two brothers. She is a as a member of the Northern Cheyenne tribe. Robinson started playing basketball when she was four. She then at the age six informed her mother that she wanted to play basketball at college. At the age of 16, Tahnee was named an one the McDonald’s high School All-Americans. Tahnee was a success in her high school experience; in her senior year, Robinson helped her team take home the Class 3A State title in 2006. She also she signed her formal letter to attend University of Wyoming. University of Wyoming.
In 2011, she was the first Nevada WNBA selection. She was also the first fully blooded and enrolled Native American woman drafted in the third round by the Phoenix Mercury. Tahnee was later transferred for the Connecticut Sun were she played with them in the ocean until she was let off the roster. After she was released from the team, head of the team Mike Thibault stated that he believed Robinson will eventually turn into an excellent athlete in the team. Thibault also said “Tahnee just hadn’t been able to beat out the people in front of her,” Thibault stated. “The players at our guard position are pretty solid veterans and there really isn’t a roster spot for her at this point. She has some work to do in a couple of areas of her game and hopefully she can go overseas also and work on them.” Robinson was then able to commit to for four years of pro basketball abroad. Over the course of four seasons, she played in professional basketball countries like Israel, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Poland and China, but she suffered an injury.
The first time she attended the University of Nevada she had an outstanding season as co-captain of the Wolf Pack in 2009-10. She was named by the Western Athletic Conference’s Youngcomer of Year and first-team All-WAC. For the entire season of 2010-11, she was ranked in the top 15 of the nation in scoring, finishing the season with the 9th-highest score of 22.1 scores per game. Then she earned her second All-WAC First-Team Nod and was selected on the WAC All-Tournament Team. In her senior year, Tahnee became captain and she went on to become one of Nevada’s twelve 1,000-point scorers who averaged 19.5 scores per match. Additionally she was chosen as one of five candidates in the Sullivan Award, given annually to the country’s best amateur athlete. Additionally, Robinson was also named an WBCA All-Region Honoree as well as WAC Verizon Wireless Player of the Week three times throughout the course of the season. Robinson was the leader of The Wolf Pack to a record of 22 wins during her two-year playing career. Tahnee was awarded the Bachelor of Science degree with a major in General Studies with emphasis in health Education Communication, Communication as well as Native American Studies at Nevada- Reno.
Tahnee Robinson Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | American basketball player |
House | Living in own house. |
Tahnee Robinson is one of the richest American Basketball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tahnee Robinson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Tahnee Robinson (born on February 2nd 1988) is an American former professional basketball player who is currently as a coach in NCAA Division I. She was the first Native American woman to be recruited into the WNBA as an enrolled member from the Northern Cheyenne tribe. Also, she was the very first athlete recruited into the WNBA from the University of Nevada-Reno (UNR).
After graduating in Lander Valley High School in 2006, she enrolled at The University of Wyoming. But, in her freshman year , she was unexpectedly pregnant and had one son when she was 19 causing her to drop out of the school. She was then offered the chance to play for Sheridan College, and took the chance. She tried to manage working full-time and a single mother, and an athlete in the same time but was overwhelmed and had to let her son go to her parents. Tahnee became the highest scoring player across the country in National Junior College Athletic Association schools, scoring more than thirty points per match (PPG). The team she led to their first ever participation in Nationals during 2009, her efforts garnered lots of attention from four-year colleges. She later completed her studies at Sheridan College with an Associate of Science degree from General Studies before she transferred to the University of Nevada for the 2010-11 season.
Tahnee then returned to the University of Nevada-Reno and became a graduate assistant for the Wolf Pack Women’s basketball team while she pursued her master’s degree in the University of Nevada’s educational leadership program. Robinson was then promoted to the Director of Player Development for the Wolf Pack. Making her one of three Native women coaching at the NCAA Division I level. Robinson is also a Nike N7 basketball ambassador and the national spokeswoman for “Let’s Move! In Indian Country,” a Michelle Obama, health initiative. Tahnee is also the national spokeswoman for Big Brothers & Big Sisters.
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Facts & Trivia
Tahnee Ranked on the list of most popular American basketball player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Tahnee Robinson celebrates birthday on February 2 of every year.