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2024 MIT Women's Volleyball Roster

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20 Ottavia Personeni

  • Position L
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • High School Walt Whitman
  • Hometown Bethesda, Md.
  • Major Mechanical Engineering with Computer Science

Biography

Career Highs
Kills 2 vs. Simmons (Oct. 5, 2022)
Assists 8 vs. WPI (Oct. 14, 2023) and Clark (Oct. 29, 2024)
Aces 6 vs. Keene State (Sept. 9, 2022)
Digs 33 vs. Coast Guard (Oct. 30, 2021)

Accolades:
 - AVCA All-America Honorable Mention (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) 
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-America First Team (2022) 
- NEWMAC Defensive Athlete of the Year (2022, 2024) 
- NEWMAC All-Conference Team First Team (2022, 2024)
- NEWMAC All-Conference Second Team (
2021) 
- NEWMAC Rookie of the Year (2021) 
- AVCA Region 2 All-Region First Team (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) 
- NEWVA All-New England First Team (2021, 2022) 
- NEWVA All-Rookie Team (2021) 
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2022, 2023, 2024) 
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team (2022, 2023, 2024) 
- NCAA Division III Women’s Volleyball Championship Cambridge, Mass. Regional All-Tournament Team (2021, 2023) 
- MIT Invitational All-Tournament Team (2022)
- Trinity Fall Classic All-Tournament Team (2023)

- Boston Invitational All-Tournament Team (2024)
- NEWMAC Defensive Athlete of the Week (Sept. 20, 2021; Sept. 27, 2021; Sept. 26, 2022; Oct. 3, 2022; Oct. 24, 2022; Oct. 31, 2022, Oct. 9, 2023, Oct. 23, 2023; Nov. 11, 2024)
- Graduates as the program's all-time leader in career digs per set (4.50) and ranks second all-time in career kills (1,997)

2024:
- Played in 119 sets, recording 523 digs, 116 assists, and 34 aces
- Led the NEWMAC in digs and ranked sixth in digs per set (4.39)
2023: 
- Played in 116 sets, recording 477 digs, 38 aces, and five kills 
- Ranked fifth in the NEWMAC in digs 

2022:
- Played in 109 sets, recording 503 digs, 43 aces, and 87 assists
- Ranked second in the NEWMAC in digs and third in digs per set (4.61)

2021:
- Played in 100 sets, recording 495 and 30 aces
- Led the NEWMAC in digs and digs per set (4.95)

Favorite Sports Memory:
- Surpassing conference and regional finals to reach Elite 8 in my first season!!

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Attending the Elite 8 Championships for the second year in a row (my second season)!!

Off the Court at MIT:
- Majoring in mechanical engineering with computer science

Why I Chose MIT:
- Other than the one-of-a-kind academics, the welcoming nature of the team and coaching staff reeled me into MIT. Playing volleyball, a sport I love, at an amazing institution that I’ve always dreamed to attend only made my choice easier. I cannot wait to join such a remarkable group of motivated, dedicated, and formidable athletes, students, and people, as I know MIT’s collaborative culture will only drive my growth forward. Go Engineers!

High School:
- Graduated from Walt Whitman High School
- Four-time varsity letterwinner
- All-State First Team
- Varsity Team MVP

Club:
- Virginia Juniors Volleyball Club
- Qualified for USAV Nationals every year since 2016

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2021First Year

    DS/L
    5'6"
    20
  • 20

    2022Sophomore

    L
    5'7"
    20
  • 20

    2023Junior

    L
    5'7"
    20
  • 20

    2024Senior

    L
    5'7"
    20