Rob Robbins is a 6'4" guard/forward from around Muncie, Indiana. Robbie is a pure shooter. He attended Delta High School, where he played and stood out in tennis, basketball and baseball. He played three years of Varsity basketball and four of baseball and tennis. Robbins averaged 29.1 points, 7.9 rebounds as senior in high school basketball. He was a starter as a sophomore on the 1997 Delta basketball team that was the state runner-up in the last year of non-class basketball. One season at Delta Rob missed just one free throw. As a senior in 1999 Rob was made an Indiana high school All-star. Rob was two time all state.

Rob decided to go to Ball State University, where he was able to play both basketball and baseball. Also a plus about BSU was be able to rejoin former Delta teamates, Billy Lynch, who also plays football and Patrick "Petie" Jackson. In Rob's first year at BSU he averaged 1.2 points in limited action in basketball and was redshirted in baskeball. In his second year of basketball at Ball State he averaged 6.5 points.