PULLMAN, Wash. – Jervae Robinson (6-2, 175, Guard, Aurora, Colo./Otero JC) has signed a National Letter of Intent to play basketball at Washington State University beginning in the fall of 2018, head coach Ernie Kent announced Thursday.
“Jervae is a very solid, heady point guard that we need in this program,” Kent said. “He’s very well-coached and an excellent team leader and we look forward to him being a part of this program.”
Robinson is finishing his sophomore year at Otero JC in La Junta, Colo., where he led the Rattlers in scoring for as a freshman and was second on the team in scoring as a sophomore, averaging 13.3 ppg and 4.1 apg over his two-year career.
As a sophomore in 2017-18, he started 25 of 26 games played and averaged 12.5 points and 4.3 assists with a 3.4 (113/33) assist/turnover ratio, while shooting .398 (35-for-88) from 3-point range. Otero advanced to the NJCAA DI Men’s Basketball Championship first round, falling to No. 14 Motlow State to finish with a 29-5 mark. Robinson had a season-high 22 points Jan. 8 against Northwest Kansas Tech, going 5-for-6 from 3-point range.
In his freshman year (2016-17), Robinson averaged 14.0 points and 3.9 assists per game, leading his team to a 20-9 record, advancing to the Region IX Quarter-finals, where the Rattlers fell to eventual champion, Gillette College. Robinson had a career-high in his first career game, scoring 30 points on 10-for-25 from the field, Nov. 4 at Sheridan.
Robinson graduated from Overland High School in 2016, where he averaged 13.1 points and 3.1 assists per game as a senior helping lead his team to a second-consecutive State championship.
Robinson becomes the fourth member of the signing class that includes incoming freshmen Charles ‘CJ’ Elleby (6-6, 195, Forward, Seattle Wash./Cleveland High School) and Aljaž ‘Jaz’ Kunc (6-8, 190, Small Forward, Ljubljana, Slovenia/Impact Academy-Fla.), as well as incoming junior Isaiah Wade (6-7, 215, Power Forward, Minneapolis, Minn./Iowa Western Community College).
