Will Rottman Season 2021

Career Accolades

• AVCA All-America first team (2022)
• AVCA All-America second team (2023)
• All-MPSF first team (2022)
• Two-time All-MPSF honorable mention (2020, 2023)
• Two-time All-MPSF Freshman Team (2020, 2021)
• Two-time MPSF All-Tournament Team (2022, 2023)
• AVCA National Player of the Week (April 12, 2022)
• Three-time MPSF Offensive Player of the Week (Jan. 10, 2022, March 14, 2022, Jan. 15, 2024)
• Off the Block - Karch Kilray Award finalist (2022)
• Off the Block Preseason All-America second team (2024)
• Three-time Off the Block National Outside Attacker of the Week (March 14, 2022, April 11, 2022, Jan. 22, 2024)
• Three-time MPSF All-Academic Team (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023)

As a Fifth Year (2024)

• Off the Block Preseason All-America second team
• MPSF Offensive Player of the Week (Jan. 15)
• Off the Block National Outside Attacker of the Week (Jan. 22)

As a Senior (2023)

• AVCA All-America second team
• All-MPSF honorable mention
• MPSF All-Tournament Team
• MPSF All-Academic Team
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Started 23 matches, appearing in 88 sets
• Ranked fourth in the MPSF and 20th nationally with 3.67 kills per set
• Ranked fourth in MPSF and 22nd nationally with 4.26 points per set
• Ranked fourth in the MPSF with 0.36 aces per set
• Recorded double-digit kills in 18 matches, including six 20-kill outings
• Career-best seven assists versus No. 15 Lewis (Jan. 20)
• Season-high 26 kills on .490 hitting and a career-high six blocks in the MPSF Tournament semifinal win over No. 6 BYU (April 20)

As a Junior (2022)

• AVCA All-America first team
• All-MPSF first team
• MPSF All-Tournament Team
• Off the Block - Karch Kilray Award finalist
• AVCA National Player of the Week (April 12)
• Two-time MPSF Offensive Player of the Week (Jan. 10, March 14)
• Two-time Off the Block National Outside Attacker of the Week (March 14, April 11)
• MPSF All-Academic Team
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Started all 28 matches at outside hitter
• Led the NCAA in total kills (472)
  • The sixth-most kills in the rally-scoring era in school history
• Led the MPSF and ranked fifth nationally with 4.37 kills per set
• Paced the MPSF and ranked sixth nationally with 4.88 points per set
• Led the team with 33 aces
  • Ranked 10th in the MPSF with 0.31 aces per set
• Registered three double-doubles
• Tallied 20 or more kills in eight matches, including two 30-plus kill outings
• Career-high 34 kills at No. 10 Grand Canyon (April 2)
  • Set a record for the most kills in a four-set match in the rally-scoring era in program history
  • The most kills in a match by an MPSF player since 2017
• Twice recorded a career-best 11 digs - vs. UC Santa Cruz (Jan. 22), vs. USC (March 26)
• Matched his career-high with four aces in a win over No. 1 UCLA (March 11)
  • Stanford's first win over a No. 1 ranked team since 2016
• Hit a career-high .680 (18-1-25) in a sweep over BYU (April 8)
  • Stanford's first three-set win over the Cougars since 2012
• Averaged 4.93 kills, 1.57 digs and 5.21 points per set in the MPSF Tournament
  • totaled 69 kills in three matches - 43 percent of the team's total

As a Sophomore (2021)

• All-MPSF Freshman Team (eligible due to 2020 season getting cut short by COVID)
• MPSF All-Academic Team
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Played in 12 matches, starting 11 and appearing in 40 sets
  • Spent time at outside hitter and opposite
• Led the team and ranked sixth in the MPSF with 3.43 kills per set
• Led the team and ranked seventh in the MPSF with 3.74 points per set
• Season-high 24 kills on .500 hitting in his postseason debut versus No. 5 Pepperdine (April 22)

As a Freshman (2020)

• All-MPSF honorable mention
• All-MPSF Freshman Team
• Started all 17 matches at outside hitter
• Ranked 12th in the MPSF with 2.67 kills per set and 13th with 3.16 points per set
• Tallied double-digit kills in eight matches
• Hit a season-best .500 (10-1-18) at George Mason (Jan. 11)
• Season-high 14 kills versus No. 5 Lewis (March 7)

USA Volleyball

• Selected to the U.S. National Team Volleyball Nations League (VNL) roster (2022)
• Fifth-place finish with the U.S. Men's National Team at the NORCECA Continental Championship in Durango, Mexico (2021)
• Named to the 2020 U.S. Collegiate National Team
• Selected to the U.S. Men's Junior National Training Team (2020)
• A1 U17 Beach National Team
• Trained and competed in HP Championships in Hermosa Beach in 2017

Prior to Stanford

• A 2019 graduate of Santa Barbara High School
• Four-year letterwinner, captained his team as a sophomore, junior and senior
• CIF semifinals appearance and state tournament bid as a senior
• Three-time Channel League champions (2017, 2018, 2019)
• Won Karch Kiraly Tournament of Champions (2019)
• VolleyballMag.com Fab 50
• All-CIF Division I as a senior
• Two-time Channel League MVP (2017, 2019)
• Three-time Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table Player of the Year (2017, 2018, 2019)
• Holds his high school's record for career kills
• Also lettered in basketball, earning all-league honors as a senior
• Played for Santa Barbara Coast Volleyball Club

Personal

• Son of David and Christina Rottman
  • Father was a two-time All-American at UC Santa Barbara, played for the U.S. National Team, professionally in France and on the AVP Tour
• Has two brothers, Jack and Alex
  • Jack played water polo at Santa Clara
  • Alex has signed to play volleyball with the Cardinal beginning in the fall of 2022
• Uncle, Steve Rottman, played volleyball at USC and professionally on the AVP Tour
• Born in Salt Lake City, Utah
• Full name is William Constantine Rottman  

Career Highs