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A skilled big man with a strong face-up game, Ott transferred from Villanova in the second semester last season and has been practicing with the squad since January of 2008. He will be eligible to play for the Lions following completion of the 2008 fall semester and will have two-and-a-half years of eligibility remaining. Highly recruited out of Germantown Academy outside of Philadelphia, Ott saw action in four games following a red-shirt season in 2006-07 at Villanova. He brings size to the Penn State front line and well-honed passing and shooting skills and will compete for time at the "five" position in the second half of the 2008-09 season.
2007-2008 SEASON • FRESHMAN
After red-shirting the 2006-07 season at Villanova, Ott played sparingly in Jay Wright's guard oriented scheme at Villanova...He saw action in four games, a total of 16 minutes of action, and scored three points...He last played in an 81-71 Villanova win at Syracuse on January 19 before transferring to Penn State the following week.
HIGH SCHOOL
Ott was a 1,000-point scorer at Germantown Academy outside of Philadelphia, a school that produced such recent college standouts as Matt Walsh at Florida and Lee Melchionni at Duke...Helped a young team to a 17-12 record in his senior season...Averaged 14 points and 11 rebounds as a junior and improved to 19.2 points and 15 rebounds a game as a senior scoring 1,074 career points...Was recruited by Penn State, North Carolina, Wake Forest, Purdue, Notre Dame and Illinois among others out of high school...Familiar with the Big Ten, his older brother, Ryan, and father, Michael, both attended Purdue.
PERSONAL
Carries better than a 3.0 grade-point average in marketing.
