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- Lady 'Riders Coaches As a player, Robbins, a former Kodak Honorable Mention All-American basketball player at Missouri State University, brings in the best possible credentials. She played on four conference championship Lady Bear teams from 1991-94 and went 104-23 as a player. She led her team to a Sweet Sixteen appearance in 1993 and a Final Four appearance in 1992. During the 1992 Final Four playoff run, she was named the NCAA Midwest Regional MVP. In her senior season, she was named to the Kodak All-American team, Missouri Valley Conference Tournament MVP, and Academic All-District VII. In 1994, Robbins was named the Missouri Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Physical Education Major of the Year. She topped that award in 1995 by being named the National Association for Sport and Physical Education’s Outstanding Physical Education Major. She graduated from MSU in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education. Robbins received her Masters of Science degree in Physical Education from Emporia State University in 2005. Beginning in the fall of 1995, Robbins taught and coached at Joplin High School in Joplin, MO. She compiled a record of 52-50 and claimed one conference tri-championship. In 1999, she moved on to Glendale High School in Springfield, MO and served as the varsity girl’s head coach and the department head for Physical Education and Health. She led her teams to a 91-69 record, two undefeated conference championships and three second place district finishes while at Glendale. Robbins spent the past two years as the Head Women’s Basketball coach at LeTourneau University in Longview, TX. While at LeTourneau, she doubled the programs win total from the previous two years. Robbins coached 1 ASC East 2nd team member, 5 ASC East Honorable Mention members, 2 ASC East Freshman team members, and 7 ASC Academic All-Conference members in her two years at LeTourneau. Robbins
has been inducted into the Joplin Area Sports Hall of Fame (2001)
and the MSU Athletic Hall of Fame (2002). In 2007, by popular
demand, Robbins was also voted on to the All-MVC Centennial Team. Although, Katrina joins Crowder College just out of college, she nonetheless brings both experience and enthusiasm to the Lady ‘Rider Program. Upon playing multiple sports at LeTourneau, she also served as a student assistant to the women’s basketball coaches and as member and vice-president of the NCAA Student Athletic Advisory Committee. As a student assistant, she had a hand in basketball operations, camp operations, recruiting, marketing, and fundraising for the LadyJacket program. Although Katrina dedicated much of her time to the realm of collegiate athletics, she nevertheless upheld an honors standing at a highly technical school. Her academic accolades included 7 ASC Academic All-Conference Honors, a nomination to the National Dean’s List (03-04), the Letourneau’s Dean’s List (03-04), and a recognizable honor from Who’s Who among American College Students (06-07). In December 2007, Visina will graduate from LeTourneau University with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Secondary History Education, and will begin working on her masters in January. Katrina
is the daughter of Chuck and Jenny Visina and the second youngest
of four sisters.
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