Paul Lotman

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.

Personal life
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. On December 20, 2016 his wife gave birth to their son Leif Albert Lotman.

Club
In 2011 he joined the Polish club Asseco Resovia Rzeszów. 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. He left Asseco Resovia in May 2015. In June 2015 he moved to German team Berlin Recycling Volleys. In 2017 he moved to Indonesian volleyball club Jakarta BNI Taplus for 2017/2018 season.

National team
Lotman made his Olympic debut with the U.S. national team in 2012 Olympics in London.

Coaching
In 2019, Lotman began working as a volunteer assistant coach with the UC San Diego Tritons men's volleyball team.

Club

 * CEV Champions League
 * Silver medal europe.svg 2014–15 – with Asseco Resovia


 * CEV Cup
 * Simple silver cup.svg 2011–12 – with Asseco Resovia
 * Simple gold cup.svg 2015–16 – with Berlin Recycling Volleys


 * Domestic
 * 2007–08 Gold medal with cup.svg Puerto Rican Championship, with Plataneros de Corozal
 * 2011–12 Gold medal with cup.svg Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia
 * 2012–13 Gold medal with cup.svg Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia
 * 2013–14 Simple gold cup.svg Polish SuperCup, with Asseco Resovia
 * 2014–15 Gold medal with cup.svg Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia
 * 2015–16 Simple gold cup.svg German Cup, with Berlin Recycling Volleys
 * 2015–16 Gold medal with cup.svg German Championship, with Berlin Recycling Volleys

Individual awards

 * 2016: CEV Cup – Most valuable player