UC Santa Barbara
2016 Big West All-Academic Team
2017: In her junior season, appeared in 91 sets and all 28 of the team's matches, operating as a setter, serving specialist, and defensive specialist ... Totaled 162 digs (1.78 per set), 148 assists (1.63), and 26 service aces (0.29) ... Ranked eighth in the Big West in aces ... Upped her aces average to 0.40 per set in conference play, good for sixth-best in the league ... Started three of the team's first four matches at setter, including a 60-assist, 10-dig double-double against No. 15 Florida State ... Those 60 helpers were tied for the fifth-most single-match assists by a Big West player in 2017 ... Had 10 or more digs in seven tilts ... Registered a season-high 14 digs at CSUN on Sept. 29 ... Had multiple aces in seven contests, including a season-high four against Cal State Fullerton on Sept. 23.
2016: As a true sophomore, played in 29 matches and 102 sets as a defensive and serving specialist ... Entered all but three of the team's sets ... Finished the year with 179 digs (1.75 per set) and 31 aces (0.30 per set) ... Ranked second on the team in aces per set (just behind Lindsey Ruddin's team-best 0.31) and fifth in digs per set ... Opened the season with one of her better all-around performances, narrowly missing a double-double with 10 assists and eight digs ... Picked up 10+ scoops in three matches, including a career-high 12 at Cal State Fullerton on Oct. 15 ... Recorded an ace in seven straight contests from Sept. 2-10, including a career-high four against St. John's in the USF Challenge ... Had multiple aces in 11 matches ... Drew starts in nine matches ... Added 94 digs and 13 aces in Big West action.
2015: Played in 43 sets through 22 matches … Recorded 32 digs and four service aces … Set a season-high with eight digs versus Long Beach State (10/3/15) … All four of her aces came in her performance against Hawai’i (11/21/15).
High School: Played for four years at Santa Barbara High School under coach John Gannon … Ended her prep career winning her second consecutive league title and was selected as the Women’s Volleyball Athlete of the Year and All-City … As a junior, was named MVP of the Channel League … Her high school team went to the CIF playoffs in four years … Rottmann also made history as being a member of Santa Barbara High’s first-ever sand volleyball team … She also had success in the classroom, as she was a member of the National Honors Society, the California Scholarship Foundation, and the CIF Volleyball Academic Team.
Club: At the club level, she competed with the Santa Barbara Volleyball Club and went to junior nationals three times ... With her 16s team, she helped them finish fifth in nationals and was voted to the all-tournament team.
Personal: Alexis Christine Rottman was born on June 25, 1997 in Santa Barbara, Calif. to parents Suzie and Steve ... Her stepmother is Lisa, and she has four sisters: Emily, Dani, Charlie, and Vivienne ... Her nickname is Cheese ... She roots for the Los Angeles Lakers, while her favorite athlete is Kevin Durant ... Lists sweeping Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo on Oct. 28, 2016 as her favorite moment at UCSB ... Her favorite pre-UCSB sports moment is getting fifth at junior nationals and being named all-tournament ... Her favorite movie is Sweet Home Alabama ... Enjoys listening to music by Bon Jovi ... Her top TV shows are Scandal and Gossip Girl ... Her favorite novel is To Kill a Mockingbird ... In her free time, she likes to play volleyball, body surf, and go to the beach.
