Paul Michael Lotman (born November 3, 1985) is an American former professional volleyball player. He was part of the U.S. national team, and a participant at the Olympic Games London 2012. The 2014 World League and the 2015 World Cup winner.
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Full name | Paul Michael Lotman | ||||
Nationality | American | ||||
Born | Lakewood, California, United States | November 3, 1985||||
Height | 6 ft 7 in (2.00 m) | ||||
College / University | Long Beach State University | ||||
Volleyball information | |||||
Position | Outside hitter | ||||
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Personal life edit
Lotman was born in Lakewood, California. His parents are Kathleen and Albert Lotman (his father died in 2011). He has two older brothers, Mark and Steven, and an older sister Shelley. He attended Los Alamitos High School (1999–2003). He graduated from California State University, Long Beach (better known as Long Beach State) in 2008 with a degree in sociology. In August 2011 he married Jasmine.[1] On December 20, 2016 his wife gave birth to their son Leif Albert Lotman.
Career edit
Clubs edit
In 2011 he joined the Polish club Asseco Resovia Rzeszów.[2] With the club from Rzeszów he won three titles of Polish Champion (2012, 2013, 2015), Polish SuperCup and the silver medal of CEV Cup 2012. On March 29, 2015 Asseco Resovia Rzeszów, including Lotman, achieved silver medal of the 2014–15 CEV Champions League.[3] He left Asseco Resovia in May 2015. In June 2015 he moved to German team Berlin Recycling Volleys.[4] In 2017 he moved to Indonesian volleyball club Jakarta BNI Taplus for 2017/2018 season.
National team edit
Lotman made his Olympic debut with the U.S. national team in 2012 Olympics in London.
Coaching edit
In 2019, Lotman began working as a volunteer assistant coach with the UC San Diego Tritons men's volleyball team.
Honors edit
Clubs edit
- CEV Cup
- 2011/2012 – with Asseco Resovia
- 2015/2016 – with Berlin Recycling Volleys
- National championships
- 2007/2008 Puerto Rican Championship, with Plataneros de Corozal
- 2011/2012 Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia
- 2012/2013 Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia
- 2013/2014 Polish SuperCup, with Asseco Resovia
- 2014/2015 Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia
- 2015/2016 German Cup, with Berlin Recycling Volleys
- 2015/2016 German Championship, with Berlin Recycling Volleys
Individual awards edit
- 2016: CEV Cup – Most Valuable Player
References edit
- ^ Lotman’s Wedding Pics – volleywood.net – August 23, 2011
- ^ Paul Lotman kolejnym przyjmującym w Rzeszowie Archived April 4, 2014, at archive.today – volley24.pl – 2011-05-18
- ^ Three is the magic number for Russian armada from Tatarstan! – cev.eu – March 29, 2015
- ^ Paul Lotman siatkarzem Berlin Recycling Volleys – onet.pl – June 18, 2015
External links edit
- Player profile at TeamUSA.org
- Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Player profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
- Player profile at PlusLiga.pl (in Polish)
- Player profile at Olympics.com
- Player profile at Olympedia
- Player profile at Volleybox.net