Paul Lotman
Position: Outside Hitter
Height: 6-7 (201cm)
Weight: 225 lbs (100kg)
College: Long Beach State University
PERSONAL: Born Paul Michael Lotman on Nov. 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… Graduated from Long Beach State in 2008 with a degree in sociology… 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… Played for PAOK in Greece during the winter of 2008-09.
MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: 2009 - Tour of Brazil... 2010 FIVB World Championship Qualifier for NORCECA Group F (Gold Medal). 2008 - Pan American Cup (Gold Medal). 2007 - World University Games (Gold Medal). 2005 - FIVB Men's U-21 World Championship.
INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: 2009 - Traveled to Brazil with a U.S. Men's Team made up of veterans and newcomers for five exhibition matches on Sept. 22-27. The team did not win a match. Paul was the high scorer in two of the matches with 12 points in each... Helped U.S. Men win the FIVB World Championship Qualifier on Aug. 15-17 in Irvine, Calif. Paul played in six sets and scored 10 points on nine kills and one ace. 2008 - Helped U.S. Men win the gold medal at the Pan American Cup in Winnipeg, Canada. 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 Championship in Andhra Pradesh, India.
COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS: 2008 - Named AVCA co-Player of the Year along with Penn State's Matt Anderson... Named AVCA First Team All-American... Named MPSF Player of the Year... Led 49ers to the semifinals of the NCAA tournament... Averaged a team-best 5.44 kills per game while adding 1.51 digs per contest, all while hitting 0.326... Paul tallied 20 or more kills 14 times in the season. He tallied double-figures in kills in 29 of the 30 matches... Paul led the team with 60 service aces, a 49er single-season record. Paul finished second on the 49er career service ace chart with 135 aces. He ranked seventh in career kills (1,408) and ninth in career digs (631). 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... 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... Finished tied for second on the team with his 204 total digs ... Second on the team with 30 service aces.
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).
2004 - Redshirt season.
