Katarina Rotta

Position:
Setter
Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
High School:
Big Foot
Hometown:
Harvard, Ill.

2015: Played 101 sets in 29 matches…Led the team with 696 assists…Her 6.89 assists/set ranked 10th in the OVC…Recorded 30 or more assists in eight matches, including a career-high 62 vs. Citadel (9/5)…Tallied nine double-doubles…Finished with 33 kills and a .246 hitting clip…Defensively, Rotta placed fourth on the team with 237 digs (season-high 15 vs. Eastern Kentucky (10/9) and at Eastern Illinois (10/17)) to go along with one solo block and 10 block assists…Finished second on the team with 23 service aces… Received the OVC Medal of Honor for a perfect 4.0 GPA…Named to the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll…Southeast Scholar-Athlete.

2014: Played 116 sets in 31 matches… Tallied 927 assists and averaged 7.99 assists per set… Named Setter of the Week (10/27)… Posted a .192 kill percentage on the season… Aced 17 serves, third-most on the team… Defensively, Rotta recorded 226 digs (1.95 digs per set) and 20 block assists… Recorded 10 double-doubles on the season… Eclipsed 50 assists in a match three times, including a career-best 58 assists vs. SIU (9/21)… Recorded five consecutive games of 30 or more assists in two different stretches… Set a career-high in kills with five vs. Mississippi St. (9/5)… Dug a career-best 14 balls vs. Austin Peay (11/7)… Southeast Scholar-Athlete.

2013: Played 29 sets in 12 matches in 2013... Tallied 111 assists while averaging 3.83 assists per set... Recorded six kills in 14 attempts for a .214 average... Had 35 digs on the season... Recorded a season-best 24 assists and eight digs at Murray State on Oct. 12... Named to the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

Prep/Club: Graduated in 2013 from Big Foot High School in Walworth, Wisconsin… Conference Player of the Year during her senior campaign… Four-time all-conference selection… Second-team all-state honoree… Edgerton Tournament Most Valuable Player… Led her team to the State Tournament her freshman and junior years… Played club volleyball for Club Fusion.

Personal: Daughter of Richard and Renate Rotta… Born on May 31, 1995… Majoring in Special Education.