Gabrielle Otero enters her third season at Morgan State as assistant volleyball coach.   A native of San Antonio, Texas, Otero is responsible for all aspects of recruiting and assists with monitoring player's academic success. She is also responsible for assisting with the development of the offense and defense.   Hired on Aug. 24, 2016, Otero joined the Morgan State staff after spending the 2015-16 season as an assistant volleyball coach at the University of New Orleans.    "I was definitely excited to get the opportunity to come coach at Morgan," said Otero. "Coming from Coppin I wasn't sure how people would react because of the rivalry, but everyone has been really helpful and nice.   "I remember the Coppin-Morgan matches were always really competitive and there was always so much energy. I think that really speaks on the type of program Coach Bozier runs here and I'm really excited to learn from her. It was always competitive and it was always fun. We knew we [Coppin] had to work hard because we weren't going to be given anything."    No stranger to Morgan State or the MEAC, Otero was a four-year starter for Coppin State. As a junior in 2013, Otero helped to lead the Eagles to the program's first winning season, as well as its first MEAC finals appearance, falling to Hampton in a five-set heartbreaker.   Under the guidance of former Lady Bear, Ashley Preston (2004-07), Otero would finish the historic 2013 season setting the single-season record for digs with 465 (4.43 digs per set) and was named to the All-MEAC first team. She would then set a new single-season record with 471 digs during her senior season, while leading the MEAC in digs per set (4.21). Otero would earn second-team All-MEAC honors in 2014 and helped Coppin State to its second straight winning season and a second consecutive MEAC semifinal appearance that season.   "I am looking forward to having Gabrielle "Gabby" Otero serve as the new assistant coach," said Morgan State head coach Ramona Riley-Bozier. "Gabby was one of the best Libero's in the conference during her time while competing for my former athlete and assistant coach, Ashley Preston. She brings four years of Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) experience and will be able to share with such a young and inexperienced team."    Otero concluded her career as Coppin State's all-time leader in digs with 1,680. She owns three of the top four single-season digs total in school history and set the school record for digs in a match with 32. She finished with 39 double-figure digs matches in her career and was twice named the team's most valuable player in 2011 and 2012. During her collegiate tenure, Otero has worked with different youth camps and players from ranges of 3rd through 12th grade. Otero also coached students at St. John Paul II Catholic High School in the summer of 2013 and '14 and worked in the same capacity at the Superior Sports Center in 2012. Otero graduated Magna Cum Laude from Coppin State in 2015 with a degree in Early Childhood Education, while maintaining a 3.68 GPA. She was a four-year MEAC All-Academic selection and was on the Dean's List seven out of eight semesters.