Celine Ottah

Position:
MF
Class:
Junior
Height:
5-3
Hometown:
Aba, Nigeria
High School:
Parkway Christian Academy
Prev School:
Polk State College

2024: Did not see any game action while recovering from injury.

Prior to Pitt: Played her freshman season at Polk State College for head coach Jess Belli...scored 15 goals and added 14 assists for 44 points, second-most on the team...netted two hat-tricks vs. Georgia Military (10/15) and Pasco-Hernando State (10/10)...had 10 points against Pasco-Hernando, finishing with four goals and two assists...All-Region 8 Honorable Mention...Polk State Freshman of the Year...NJCAA All-Academic Third Team...helped the Eagles to an 18-2 finish, their first NJCAA Region 8 championship in 13 years and South Atlantic District championship...Polk State was the No. 4 seed in the NJCAA Tournament, their first appearance since 2009...a member of the senior Nigeria National Team since 2018...Ottah most recently featured for the Super Eagles after receiving a call up in 2021 to take on the United States...played for Tormenta FC of the USL W League in the summer of 2023.

High School: Attended Parkway Christian Academy in Lakeland, Florida.

Personal: Daughter of Blessing Ottah ... Barcelona supporter ... nickname is CeeCee ... hobbies include cooking and listening to music ... studying nursing.