Nate Robinson

National honors

  • Named Associated Press and National Association of Basketball Coaches third-team All-America in 2005.
    All-District in 2005.
  • Won the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (nation’s most outstanding player under 6-feet tall) in 2005.

Conference honors

  • First-team All-Pac-10 in both 2004 and 2005.
  • Pac-10 All-Freshman team in 2003.
  • Pac-10 All-Tournament team in 2004 and 2005.

Other athletic honors/awards

  • Three-year starter on the Men’s Basketball team.
  • Three-time UW leading scorer (2003, 2004, 2005).
  • Basketball team MVP in both 2004 and 2005.
  • Helped lead UW to NCAA tournament in 2004 and 2005; 2005 team earned a No. 1 seed and advanced to the Sweet 16.
  • Winner of football team’s Travis Spring Most Outstanding Freshman award in his lone season (2002).
  • Started six games at cornerback for the Football team in 2002.

Post-UW athletic accomplishments

  • Drafted by the Suns with the 21st pick of the first round of the 2005 NBA Draft (traded to Knicks).
  • Played 11 seasons in the NBA, for New York, Boston, Oklahoma City, Golden State, Chicago, Denver, Los
  • Angeles Clippers and New Orleans, averaging as many as 17.2 points per game (2008–2009).
  • Three-time NBA Slam Dunk champion.