Jannetta Robinson is 2008 NCHSAA Athlete of the Year
Photo: Pender high school softball, 2007 championship team
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Jannetta Robinson of Pender High School was awarded as the 2008 female Athlete of the Year by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA).
Jannetta Robinson has been a star in three varsity sports for four years and recently added a fourth sport. She has played for five NCHSAA state championships in three different sports and has won two in her career.
Jannetta’s volleyball team had a 96-11 record during her four-year career. She was second on the team in kills and blocks and led her club in digs, earning all-Waccamaw Conference honors in that sport.
Janetta led the Pender basketball team to a 30-2 mark this year and state runner-up finish, averaging 17.1 points, 8.6 rebounds, 5.1 steals and 4.3 assists per game. She was Eastern Regional Most Valuable Player this season and made the Associated Press all-state second team. Her teams posted a 92-26 mark during her four seasons of play.
Softball is perhaps Jannetta’s best sport, as she is the leadoff hitter for the defending state 1-A champions who were 28-2 a year ago. Recently she was batting .545 with an on base percentage of .636. Her teams have posted a 79-12 record in her first three varsity seasons and she was selected as the 1-A Eastern Player of the Year by the North Carolina Fastpitch Softball Association.
And because the team needed her, Janetta Robinson tried track for the first time recently. In her second meet, she won the conference championship in the 200 and was second in the 100 and has qualified for the regionals in three different events. She plans to further her education at Barton College.
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