Career Accolades
- MPSF Defensive Player of the Week (Feb. 2, 2026)
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2024)
As a Redshirt Junior (2026)
- MPSF Defensive Player of the Week (Feb. 2)
As a Junior (2025)
- Redshirted his third season on The Farm
As a Sophomore (2024)
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
- Appeared in 11 matches, making nine starts at outside hitter
- Averaged 2.14 kills, 1.49 digs, 0.57 blocks and 2.57 points per set
- Career-best seven digs at No. 14 UC Santa Barbara (Jan. 13)
- Matched his career-high with 15 kills versus No. 7 UC Irvine (Feb. 17)
- Career-best five assists at No. 11 Pepperdine (Feb. 23)
- Career-high 6.0 blocks at No. 11 Pepperdine (Feb. 24)
As a Freshman (2023)
- Played in eight matches, appearing in 16 sets
- Averaged 2.44 kills on .383 hitting, 0.88 digs and 2.88 points per set
- Career-high 15 kills on .560 hitting in a sweep at UC Santa Cruz (Jan. 28)
- Season-best four digs to go with four kills versus Concordia (April 1)
USA Volleyball
- Selected to the 21-man roster for the U23 National Team to train for the NORCECA U23 Pan American Cup
- Named to the U21 World Championship Team which competed in Manama, Bahrain (2023)
- Member of the U21 NORCECA Pan American Cup roster, competing in Havana, Cuba (2023)
- Selected to the U21 National Training Team in Anaheim (2022)
Prior to Stanford
- A 2022 graduate of Santa Barbara High School
- Captained his team as a junior and senior
- CIF Southern Section Division 2 champions (2021)
- VolleyballMag.com Fab 50
- 2022 CIF D1 first team
- 2022 JVA All-America first team
- 2022 Channel League MVP
- 2022 Santa Barbara Round Table Player of the Year
- 2022 Team MVP
- 2021 CIF D2 first team
- 2021 Channel League first team
- Also lettered in basketball
- Played for Santa Barbara Coast Volleyball Club
- Captained his club team from 2017-22
Personal
- Parents are 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 older brothers, Jack and Will
- Jack played water polo at Santa Clara
- Will was a three-time AVCA All-American, playing for the Cardinal from 2019-24
- Uncle, Steve Rottman, played volleyball at USC and professionally on the AVP Tour
- Born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Full name is Alexander Joel Rottman
Career Highs
| Statistic | Career High | Opponent | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kills | 15 (2X) | last vs. UC Irvine | Feb. 17, 2024 |
| Attempts | 36 | vs. UC Irvine | Feb. 17, 2024 |
| Hitting Percentage | .560 (15-1-25) | at UC Santa Cruz | Jan. 28, 2023 |
| Assists | 5 | at Pepperdine | Feb. 23, 2024 |
| Service Aces | 1 (6X) | last vs. at Pepperdine | Feb. 23, 2024 |
| Digs | 7 | at UC Santa Barbara | Jan. 13, 2024 |
| Blocks | 6.0 | at Pepperdine | Feb. 24, 2024 |