Javelina Hall of Fame
Michael Robins played one season for the Javelinas but he contributed greatly to the team accomplishing numerous “firsts” during that campaign. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2011.
Robins was a member of the 1991-92 Javelina squad that became the first to win a Lone Star Conference championship for the school.
It also became the first squad to advance into the NCAA Division II national playoffs, finishing third in the regional tournament in Topeka, Kan.
The Javelinas, under head coach Bill Carter, a Javelina Hall of Fame member, compiled a 21-12 season’s record and a 10-1 LSC mark.
Robins was named the most valuable player in the Lone Star Conference and was All-LSC first team. He made the LSC all-tournament squad.
Robins, from Paris, traveled throughout Mexico with the CBA all-star basketball team after finishing with the Javelinas.
He signed a contract with a team in Delicious, Mexico, for one year.
Robins returned to Texas A&M-Kingsville in 1995 and received his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology.
He worked with the Santa Gertrudis School District in 1995 and coached eighth grade boys and girls sports.
The Javelina center signed with the Namekia basketball team in Turku, Finland, in 1996 and played there for a season.
He returned to the United States and worked three years for CompUSA as a corporate internal help desk supervisor.
In 2000, he went to work for Computer Science Corp. as a workforce management manger, overseeing two technical call centers and a international center in Montreal, Canada.
Robins joined MillerCoops in 2008 and current has a position in packaging as the draft line manager.
He is working on his master’s degree at the University of Texas- Dallas.
Robins is married to the former Andrea Harmon, a member of the University of Iowa Final Four team in 1993-94.
They are the parents of two children: Reese (6) and Michael Brent (4). Robins lives in Arlington.
