Editing David Robinson (section)

==College career and military service==
Robinson is widely considered to be the best basketball player in Naval Academy history.<ref>According to the following article about the city of Annapolis, Robinson won the "Eastman Award" in 1987 and the award is in Lejeune Hall. {{cite news |last=Bailey |first=Steve |title=In Annapolis, Md., the Past Is Always at Hand |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 22, 2008 |url=http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/08/22/travel/escapes/22american.html |access-date=March 18, 2010 |archive-date=July 30, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100730121206/http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/08/22/travel/escapes/22american.html |url-status=live }} See also the footnote at [[United States Naval Academy#Halls and principal buildings]] (at "Lejeune Hall").</ref> He chose the jersey number 50 after his idol [[Ralph Sampson]]. He began college with no expectations of playing in the NBA,<ref name="montville19960429" /> but in Robinson's final two years he was a consensus [[NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|All-American]] and won college basketball's two most prestigious player awards, the [[Naismith College Player of the Year|Naismith]] and [[John R. Wooden Award|Wooden Awards]], as a Naval Academy first classman (senior). In 1986, Robinson led Navy, a number seven seed, within a game of the Final Four before falling to Duke in the East Regional Final. Robinson played his first three years for the Midshipmen under [[Paul Evans (basketball coach)|Paul Evans]] (who left Navy to coach at [[University of Pittsburgh|Pitt]]) and his senior season under former [[Georgia Bulldogs men's basketball|University of Georgia]] interim head coach [[Pete Herrmann]]. Upon graduation, he became eligible for the [[1987 NBA draft]] and was selected by the [[San Antonio Spurs]] with the first overall pick; however, the Spurs had to wait two years because he had to fulfill his active-duty obligation with the Navy.

Robinson considered leaving the academy after his second year, before incurring an obligation to serve on active duty. He decided to stay after discussing with the superintendent the likelihood that his height would prevent him from serving at sea as an [[unrestricted line officer]], which would be detrimental to his naval career and might make it impossible for him to receive a commission at all. As a compromise, [[United States Secretary of the Navy|Secretary of the Navy]] [[John Lehman]] allowed Robinson to train for and receive a commission as a staff officer in the [[Civil Engineer Corps]]. As a result, Robinson was commissioned in the [[United States Naval Reserve|Naval Reserve]] and was required to serve only an initial active-duty obligation of two years. After graduating from the Naval Academy, Robinson became a civil engineering officer at the [[Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay]] in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].<ref name="gao198709">{{cite web | url=http://gao.justia.com/department-of-defense/1987/9/military-personnel-nsiad-87-224/NSIAD-87-224-full-report.pdf | title=Treatment of Prominent Athletes on Active Duty | publisher=United States General Accounting Office | date=September 1987 | access-date=March 28, 2012 | author=Report to the Honorable Gordon J. Humphrey, U.S. Senate | archive-date=July 24, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724205639/http://gao.justia.com/department-of-defense/1987/9/military-personnel-nsiad-87-224/NSIAD-87-224-full-report.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref> He was regularly featured in recruiting materials for the service. Despite the nickname "Admiral", the highest rank Robinson earned during his military service was [[lieutenant (junior grade)]].<ref name="military">{{cite web |url=http://www.gijobs.net/gijobs/index.cfm?event=Columns&id=187 |title=Information on Military to Civilian Transition Employment, Civilian Jobs for Veterans |publisher=G.I. Jobs |access-date=August 4, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060310050511/http://www.gijobs.net/gijobs/index.cfm?event=Columns&id=187 |archive-date=March 10, 2006 }}</ref>