A native of Troy, New York, Robinson spent his prep years at La Salle Institute.[1] He then enrolled at Siena in 1986, where over the next four years he would become a Siena Hall of Fame player.[1][2] As a freshman Robinson averaged 9.8 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 2.7 assists and was named to the North Atlantic Conference (now called America East Conference) All-Rookie Team.[3][4] As a sophomore he increased two of his three averages while amassing 13.7 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 2.6 assists per game.[3] They won the NAC title regular season title but lost in the conference tournament, thus did not get a bid to the 1988 NCAA tournament.[5]
In 1988–89, Robinson's junior season, Siena repeated as conference regular season champions, but this time they won the NAC tournament and earned a berth into the 1989 NCAA tournament.[6] The 14th-seeded Saints pulled off one of the upsets of the tournament by defeating 3rd-seeded Stanford in the first round, 80–78.[6] They lost in the round of 32 to 11th-seeded Minnesota, 67–80, however.[6] For the year, Robinson averaged a team-leading and career-high 19.8 points per game, along with a career-high 5.8 rebounds, and 2.1 assists.[3] He was named to the All-North Atlantic First Team and was bestowed the honor of North Atlantic Conference Player of the Year.[1][3][7]
The summer between Robinson's junior and senior years, Siena left the North Atlantic Conference to join the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC).[8] While Robinson did not earn all-conference accolades in his new conference, he still averaged 14.9 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game.[3] On January 18, 1990, he scored 23 points to surpass Eric Banks (1,432 points) as Siena's all-time leading scorer.[9] Robinson finished his career with 1,657 points, which has since been surpassed as the number one spot at Siena but as of 2023–24 is still in the top ten all-time.[2]
Siena inducted Robinson into their athletics hall of fame in 1996.[2] In 2010, he was selected to the Upstate New York Basketball Hall of Fame.[2]