#15 - Paul Lotman Position: Outside Hitter Height: 6-7 (201cm) Weight: 225 lbs (100kg) Hometown: Lakewood, Calif. College: Long Beach State Birth Date: Nov. 3, 1985

PERSONAL: Born Paul Michael Lotman on November 3, 1985, in Lakewood, Calif.… Parents are Albert and Kathleen Lotman… Has two older brothers, Mark and Steven and an older sister, Shelley… Attended Los Alamitos High School (1999-2003)… Played for the Surf City club team in Huntington Beach… Studied sociology at Long Beach State University… Chipotle is his favorite food… ”Angels and Demons” by Dan Brown is his favorite book… Favorite movie is Wedding Crashers and Entourage is his favorite TV show… Steve Nash is his favorite professional athlete and the Dallas Mavericks are his favorite team… Listens to hip-hop and house music… Enjoys beach volleyball… Admires his brother for his recovery from drug abuse… Likes to watch college basketball, volleyball, tennis and college football… His happiest moment in life was playing in his first collegiate volleyball game and his fondest sports memory is playing volleyball.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE: 2007 – Helped the U.S. men win the bronze medal at the World University Games in Bangkok, Thailand. 2005 – Played on the USA Junior National Team that finished eighth in the 2005 FIVB Men's U-21 World Volleyball Championships in Andhra Pradesh, India.

COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS: 2008 – Named AVCA Co-Player of the Year along with Penn State’s Matt Anderson… AVCA First Team All-American… Led Long Beach State to NCAA men’s semifinal where it lost to Pepperdine… MPSF Player of the Year… Averaged 5.46 kills per game while hitting .330 on the season… Led the nation in aces with 60, was tied for second in points per game with 6.47, and his 5.46 kills per game earned him the No. 3 spot in that category. Additionally, Lotman averaged 1.34 digs and just under one block per game… Season-high 28 kills in win at USC (2/15)… Ranked first in the MPSF in kills (5.68), service aces (0.57) and points (6.69)… Double-double vs. Hawai'i (26k/10d)… AVCA National Player of the Week (Jan. 22)… MPSF Player of the Week (Jan. 14)… MVP of Innisbrook Resort Invitational. 2007 – Named honorable mention All-MPSF after averaging 4.51 kills and 1.60 digs per game… Finished first on the team with 496 kills, 176 digs and 34 aces… Was third on the team with 88 blocks… Named the Most Valuable Player of the Active Ankle/Long Beach Guesthouse Classic (March 16-17) after helping the 49ers to a 2-0 record averaging a .387 hitting percentage, 4.8 kills, 1.5 digs and 1.4 blocks per game… Named the Sports Imports/AVCA Division I-II Men’s National Player of the Week and the MPSF Player of the Week on March 19… Tallied a career-high 29 kills against CS Northridge (January 5) and a career-high 11 blocks versus Hawai’i (April 6)… Recorded double digits in kills in 27 matches with seven double-doubles on the season. 2006 – Had a strong first year as a full-time starter… Averaged 2.00 kills, 1.66 digs and 0.72 blocks per game while hitting .234… Hit double digits in kills seven times… Career-high 18 kills in win at UC Santa Barbara… Also had nine digs and five blocks while hitting .615 (18-2-26) against the Gauchos… Had 16 kills and a career-high 12 digs in a home win over USC, hit lone double-double of the year… Had 13 kills in opener against USC and 13 kills at UC Irvine… Finished tied for second on the team with his 204 total digs… In MPSF matches he averaged 2.05 kills and 1.66 digs per game while hitting .230… Second on the team with 30 service aces… Against BYU in the MPSF quarterfinals he had seven kills, five digs and four blocks while hitting .455 (7-2-11). 2005 – Played in 23 matches and 64 games on the year… Averaged 1.23 kills per game while hitting .238… Seventh on the team with 11 service aces and tied for fifth on the squad with 88 digs (1.38 dpg)… 36 total blocks in 64 games (0.56 bpg)… Career-high 11 kills in 25 attempts vs. UC Santa Barbara (1/15)… Had seven kills against three opponents: USC (1/29), Hawaii (4/8) and UCSB (2/18)… Had five kills in 10 attempts in two separate matches against No. 1-ranked Pepperdine… Hit an impressive .778 (7-0-9) in win over USC… Hit .462 (7-1-13) vs. Hawaii… Career-best nine digs vs. UCSB and tallied eight digs on three other occasions… Season-high five blocks (1/4) vs. CS Northridge. 2004 – Redshirt season.