California State University at Bakersfield Athletics

Stevi Robinson-Trail enters her fifth season at CSU Bakersfield in fall of 2023. After serving as the Director of Volleyball Operations for the Roadrunner indoor squad and the beach volleyball team’s assistant coach in 2019, Robinson-Trail stepped into the indoor assistant coach/recruiting coordinator role in 2020. In February of 2023, she was named Associate Head Coach of the indoor squad.

CSUB earned an NIVC postseason appearance in 2021 while three `Runners on the indoor team took home All-Big West Conference honors.

As the beach squad's assistant coach, Robinson-Trail helped two `Runner pairs earn All-Big West honors in 2021, a first for the CSUB program. She now focuses solely on the indoor team.

Robinson-Trail came to Bakersfield after a season as an assistant coach for the Gonzaga volleyball team. While fulfilling her assistant coaching duties, Robinson-Trail also handled the Zags’ Director of Operations responsibilities. Focusing on the Gonzaga liberos and primary passers, she helped Tiyana Hallums become the program’s all-time digs leader.

Prior to her stop in Spokane, Robinson-Trail served two seasons as an assistant coach for The Citadel. Once again wearing many hats, Robinson-Trail took on Director of Operations duties despite being the program’s only assistant coach. Her coaching helped the Bulldogs achieve new heights, twice reaching their second-highest win total in the last 10 seasons.

During Robinson-Trail's time in Charleston, the Bulldogs saw several program firsts including the first-ever win over Mercer and the first-ever Southern Conference All-Conference selections: Moriah Smith (2016 All-SoCon Second Team) and Sharlissa De Jesus (2017 SoCon All-Freshman Team). The Citadel also saw several individual records fall during Robinson-Trail's tenure. Smith set the all-time record for career kills while sophomore Sarah Dobrich set the single-season blocking record. Robinson-Trail also helped the Bulldogs excel in the classroom as eight student-athletes were SoCon Academic Honor Roll selections in 2017.

A former professional and collegiate volleyball player, Robinson-Trail was a member of the United States Women’s National Team from 2014-16 and was the starting libero for Germany’s Allianz MTV Stuttgart in 2015. She also spent time on the USA Beach U26 Elite 8 Training Team in 2013 before heading overseas to compete in the World University Games in Kazan, Russia.

Robinson-Trail enjoyed a storied career with the Pepperdine University volleyball program. A two-time West Coast Conference Libero of the Year, Robinson-Trail finished as the Waves’ all-time digs leader with 1,750 playing in 111 matches and more than 400 sets. She earned All-WCC honorable mention honors for four consecutive indoor seasons and earned All-Tournament recognition at the NCAA’s 2011 Honolulu Regional.

In sand volleyball, Robinson-Trail helped Pepperdine capture the AVCA Sand Team National Championship after posting a 2-0 record in her matches. After graduating in 2012 with her bachelor’s degree, Robinson-Trail pursued her master’s at USC and completed her athletic eligibility with the Trojans’ sand volleyball team. During her time at USC, Robinson-Trail was the AVCA Pairs Sand National Champion and an AVCA All-American.

Robinson-Trail married Elijah Trail in summer of 2021 and the natives of Bakersfield enjoy spending time with their Australian Shepherd, Hagen.