Steven Charles Rotter (born April 16, 1998) is a Filipino American volleyball player currently playing for Cignal HD Spikers in the

Spikers' Turf The Spikers' Turf is the top-level men's semi-professional volleyball league in the Philippines organized by the Sports Vision Management Group, Inc. (Sports Vision), established in 2015. History The league had its beginnings in 2014, when t ...

Early life and education

Steve Rotter was born on April 16, 1998 in

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to Charles and Maria Rotter. He attended

St. John Bosco High School St. John Bosco High School (SJBHS) is a Salesians of Don Bosco, Salesian all-boys college preparatory high school located in Bellflower, California, and is operated by the San Francisco Province of the order. The school is named after the ord ...

graduating in 2016. For his college education, Rotter studied at

Long Beach City College Long Beach City College (LBCC) is a public community college in Long Beach, California, United States. It was established in 1927 and is divided into two campuses, the Liberal Arts Campus (LAC) in Lakewood Village and the Trades, Technology, an ...

from 2017 to 2018 before transferring to

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in 2019.

Career

College

Rotter played for

's volleyball team for two seasons from 2017 to 2018. He was named as part of the First Team All-Western State Conference and was recognized as the Western State Conference Most Valuable Player in his final year. He was also included in the All-Tournament Team for the California Community College Athletic Association in 2018. Rotter would move to

and join its team. He had to

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for his first year at Cal State before debuting for his new college on his second year. He was able to play in the US

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Club

Rotter would play club volleyball in the Philippines. He played for AMC Cotabato Spikers in the 2023 Open Conference of

National team

Rotter was included to the

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pool through try-outs held by Fil-Am Nation in

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. He was included in the squad that played in the

2023 Southeast Asian Games The 2023 Southeast Asian Games (, UNGEGN: ''Kar Brâkuŏt Keila Brâchéachéatĕ Asi Aknéy 2023''), also known as the 32nd Southeast Asian Games, or the 32nd SEA Games, and commonly known as Cambodia 2023, were the 32nd edition of the Southe ...

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. The team did not medal. He would play in the 2023 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup in

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and the first leg of the 2023 SEA V.League. He was named best opposite hitter in the latter.

Clubs

* AMC Cotabato Spikers (2023) * Cignal HD Spikers (2024–present)

Awards

Individual

Clubs

References

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