2025 Volleyball Roster
Otten, Amanda
vs
Oakland
Sep 17 (Wed)
6 p.m.

Jersey Number 11
Amanda Otten
- Position:
- Setter/Right Side
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Batavia
- Hometown:
- Batavia, Ill.
Bio
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Bowling Green |
Career Highlights:
- 2024 First Team All-MAC
- 2024 Academic All-MAC
- Three-Time MAC Setter of the Week (Sept. 18, 2023; Oct. 7, 2024; Nov. 4, 2024)
- MAC Offensive Player of the Week (Aug. 28, 2023)
- Totaled 1,179 assists in 2024, seventh during Rally Scoring Era
- Landed 38 aces in 2024, tied for eighth during Rally Scoring Era
2024 | Sophomore
- Appeared in 34 of BGSU’s 35 matches with 32 starts, playing in 126 of the Falcons’ 133 sets
- Recorded a team-leading 1,179 assists, placing seventh during the program’s Rally Scoring Era for assists in a single-season
- Brought her career assist total to 1,436 to move into 10th on the Rally Scoring Era career assists list
- Landed 38 aces, third on the team, to tie for eighth during the Rally Scoring Era for single-season aces
- Led the Falcons in assists 30 times during the season with BGSU going 22-8 in those matches
- Led the team in aces three times (3-0), digs three times (2-1) and blocks once (1-0)
- Finished the season with a career-high 238 digs, finishing fourth on the team for the season
- Tallied a career-high 92 blocks for the Falcons, finishing fourth on the team
- Added a career-high 117 kills, coming in sixth on the team in the stat
- Registered a team-high seven double-doubles over the course of the season
- Logged a career-high 63 assists against Eastern Michigan (Oct. 10) to go along with 11 digs for a double-double
- Recorded a career-high 14 digs twice, coming against Central Michigan (Oct. 11) and Northern Illinois (Nov. 8), both aiding in double-doubles
- Landed a season-high five aces in the NIVC Semifinal match against St. John’s (Dec. 14)
- Totaled 16 aces for the Falcons in the NIVC across five matches
2023 | Freshman
- Played in 17 matches and 62 sets for Bowling Green
- Made her collegiate debut against ETSU on Aug. 25
- Finished second on the team with 257 assists
- Logged 42 blocks for the Falcons
- Landed 15 aces throughout the season
- Registered season-highs in kills (17), digs (11) and aces (3) against Colorado State on Sept. 7
- Concluded the season with two triple-doubles and two double-doubles
- Tied for 11th in the nation for triple-doubles
- Missed all matches after Oct. 7 due to an injury
Batavia High School |
Batavia, Ill. |
- Named to the AVCA Phenom List in 2019, 2020 and 2021
- Named First-Team All-State as a senior in 2022
- 2021 Honorable Mention All-State
- 2021 Honorable Mention All-America by Prep Volleyball
- Recorded 319 kills on a .274 hitting percentage in 2022. Added 254 assists, 187 digs, 60 aces and 59 blocks to her stat line.
- Two-time Batavia High School MVP
- 2022 AVCA All-Region
- 2022 UA Camp Invite
- Three-time All-Conference
- Played club volleyball with Team One
Personal |
- Daughter of Nicholas Otten and Karma Forrestal
- Both parents played basketball at Wheaton College
- Plans to major in business with the career ambition of owning her own business or bakery
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