Career Highlights: Earned Second Team All-MEAC honors in 2011…Owns the Coppin State school record for digs in a match with 32…Is Coppin State's career leader in digs…Posted the second-best single-season dig total in school history in 2011 with 401…Her 343 digs in 2012 is the fourth-highest total in school history…Has 39 double-figure digs matches in her career.
2014 (Senior): Named to the All-MEAC second team… Named to the All-MEAC Academic Team and helped Coppin State advance to the MEAC semifinals for the second consecutive season…Played in 28 matches and 112 sets…Led the MEAC in digs per set (4.21)…Had double-digit digs in 25 matches, including Coppin State’s final 17 contests…She had seven matches in which she finished with 20 or more digs, including a season-high 30 against Manhattan(8/30)…She had 25 digs against UMES (11/2) and 23 against Hampton (11/22) in the MEAC semifinals, which was her final collegiate contest…She finished with 38 assists.
2013 (Junior): Named first-team All-MEAC. Named to the All-MEAC Volleyball Academic Team. Appeared in all 31 matches and played a total of 105 sets. Set the Coppin State single season record for digs with 465. She averaged 4.43 digs per set. Had double digit digs in 26 matches. She had a season-high 30 digs along with six assists against Florida A&M in a 3-2 win in the MEAC semifinals. Otero had a stretch in which she recorded at least 20 digs in four straight matches: 25 against Towson (Sept. 3), 25 against George Mason (Sept. 6), 29 against Princeton (Sept. 7) and 20 against Temple (Sept. 7). She had 23 digs against Bethune-Cookman in the MEAC quarterfinals. In the three MEAC tournament games, Otero had 71 digs. Had a stretch during the season in which she notched double-digit digs in 17 straight games from Sept. 1-Oct. 11.
2012 (Sophomore): Played in 23 matches and appeared in 78 sets…Led the team in digs and digs per set…Ranked second in the MEAC in digs per set (4.40)…Reached double figures in digs in 18 of the 23 matches during the season…Her 343 digs is the fourth-best total in school history…Had five matches with at least 20 digs…Posted a season-high 27 digs in the Eagles victory over Bethune-Cookman (10/21)…Had 26 digs in two matches…Had 26 digs against Chicago State (9/1) in the Coppin State Invitational…Posted 26 digs at Lafayette (9/15)…Notched 24 digs versus Morgan State (10/19)…Recorded 20 digs versus Youngstown State (8/31)…Tied her career high with four service aces against Lafayette (9/15)…Had four kills on the season…Also had 21 service aces and 41 assists…Had a career-high five assists against Delaware State (10/7)…Named to the Battle at the Bay All-Tournament Team.
2011 (Freshman): Earned Second Team All-MEAC honors…Played in all 29 matches and appeared in all 108 sets played…Led the team in digs and digs per set…Ranked second in the MEAC in digs per set (3.71)…Established a school record with 32 digs against Lafayette (9/9)…Her 401 digs tied for second in Coppin State single-season history…Posted 21 double-figure dig matches…Had five matches with 20, or more, digs…Was named to the all-tournament team at the ASICS/Quality Inn Invitational and the Battle of Baltimore Tournament…Also had 37 assists, 17 service aces and one kill on the season…Recorded 26 digs in her second match at Coppin State against Chicago State (8/26)…Notched 25 digs versus Hampton (10/28)…Had 20 digs against Bucknell (9/16) and Morgan State (9/25)…Reached double figures in digs in each of the final six matches of the season.
High School: Attended Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas…Lettered in volleyball at Incarnate Word…Helped lead Incarnate Word to the state tournament semifinals as a senior…She was named Second Team All-District…Earned First Team All-District honors as a freshman and also was named honorable mention all-state.
Personal: Gabrielle Marie Otero…Born November 20, in San Antonio, Texas…Daughter of Joseph and Mary Otero…Major is early childhood education.
