ACADEMIC HONORS
WKU President's List (Fall 2016)
WKU President's List (Spring 2017)
Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal (2016-17)
Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2016-17)
WKU President's List (Fall 2017)
WKU President's List (Spring 2018)
Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal (2017-18)
Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2017-18)
Conference USA Volleyball All-Academic Team (2018)
WKU President's List (Fall 2018)
WKU President's List (Spring 2019)
Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal (2018-19)
Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2018-19)
WKU President's List (Fall 2019)
Conference USA Volleyball All-Academic Team (2019)
WKU President's List (Spring 2020)
Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal (2019-20)
Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2019-20)
As a Senior (2019): Second Team All-Conference USA…C-USA All-Tournament Team…Conference USA All-Academic Team…C-USA Preseason All-Conference…C-USA Defensive Player of the Week…WKU Invitational All-Tournament Team…NCAA aces leader at 83 – a new WKU single-season record as well…Led the NCAA in aces per game at 0.70 – a new WKU single-season record…Closed her career with 180 aces, the second-most in program history…Played all 118 sets for the Lady Toppers, starting all 34 matches…Led WKU in blocks six matches…Career-high 6 blocks at Louisville (9/6) and in the NCAA Tournament against Kennesaw State (12/5)…Season-high 16 kills at No. 17 Rice (11/10)…Career-best .545 hitting percentage at Toledo (8/31) with 7 kills on 11 swings…Aces in 25 different matches with 21 multi-ace outings…Tallied 8 aces in WKU’s four-set win over Arizona State – the third-most ever in a WKU match and tied for the most in a four-set match across the 2019 NCAA season…Owned 228 kills on the season for a .248 hitting percentage along with 81 total blocks (6 solo, 75 assist), 93 digs and 33 assists…Matched her career high of 6 blocks twice during the season (Louisville and Kennesaw State)…Her 83 aces on the season ranked the senior ninth-most in the NCAA in the current scoring format (2008-present)…With a 0.70 aces per set rate, Cerino tied for seventh-best in the NCAA in the current scoring format (2008-present)…Four matches with double-digit kills…20 multi-ace matches, five with 5+ aces…23 multi-block matches, four with 5 or more blocks.
As a Junior (2018): Second Team All-Conference USA...Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 17)...WKU Invitational MVP...45 service aces ranked 39th in the NCAA and led Conference USA...Led WKU in kills in four matches and blocks in two...Appeared in all 30 matches and all 117 sets with 28 starts...Notched a career-high 19 kills in WKU's win over Northern Illinois along with a personal-best .526 hitting clip...15 double-digit kill performances...12 multi-ace matches and nine outings with 3 or more...Posted six aces in WKU's win over Florida Atlantic...Recorded her 300th career kill on Nov. 10, 2018...Finished with 289 kills on a .271 clip across the season...Registered 77 digs, 59 blocks and 45 aces.
As a Sophomore (2017): Recorded 5 service aces in one match (Oct. 1)…Racked up 36 service aces on the year for 0.35 aces/set…Appeared in 102 sets for WKU on the season…Tallied multiple aces in nine matches on the year…Owned an 87.4% service rate on the season in 238 attempts…Collected a career-high three blocks against ETSU on Sept. 8…Added a career-best three digs against [RV] Pittsburgh (Sept. 8)…Mark of 0.35 aces/set ranks fourth in Conference USA and 89th in the nation while leading WKU.
As a Freshman (2016): Saw action in all 33 of WKU's matches during her debut season, playing in 94 sets...Season-best eight kills at Austin Peay...Finished with 24 kills on the year...16 service aces on the year including a four-ace effort against UAB.
High School: Played all four years at Ravenwood High School in Brentwood, Tennessee...Helped her Ravenwood team to a 3A State Championship in 2012 as a freshman and a runner-up finish in 2013 as a sophomore...Was named a TSSAA All-District selection her sophomore and junior seasons...Earned TSSAA All-Tournament honors as a sophomore and junior....Played club volleyball with the Alliance Volleyball Club..Was named to the AVCA Phenom List as junior and was an AVCA All-American Watch List selection heading into her season season.
Personal: Born January 1, 1998...Daughter of Michael and Dawn Cerino...Her older sister, Stephanie, played collegiate volleyball at the University of Evansville...Younger sister, Victoria, plays collegiate volleyball at Chattanooga...Majoring in interior design.
