The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2014 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster

Paulina Prieto Cerame
- Position:
- OH
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Palmer Trinity School [Miami, Fla.]
- Prev School:
- Penn State
- Hometown:
- San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Major:
- Applied Learning & Development
HONORS AND AWARDS
2016 VolleyballMag.com Second Team All-America … 2016 AVCA All-America Honorable Mention … 2016 All-Southwest Region First Team … 2016 All-Big 12 First Team … 2015 AVCA All-America Second Team … named to the NCAA Austin Regional All-Tournament Team … 2015 All-Big 12 First Team ... NCAA Austin Regional All-Tournament Team ... 2015 All-Southwest Region ... named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week two times (Oct. 26 and Nov. 30) ... Named to the 2015 Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2016
Posted 12 kills vs. Nebraska (12-15-16) … had eight kills (.412) vs. Creighton (12-10-16) … recorded 16 kills and four blocks vs. BYU (12-9-16) … tallied 14 kills (.312) and four blocks vs. SMU (12-3-16) … posted 10 kills (.346) vs. UTRGV (12-2-16) … had 17 kills on a .355 hitting percentage and added four digs, three block assists, one service ace vs. Kansas State (11-19-16) … registered a .407 hitting percentage on 14 kills and added four block assists vs. Texas Tech (11-16-16) … equaled a season high of six digs and recorded 17 kills, two block assists, one block, and one service ace at Iowa State (11-12-16) … had 17 kills on a .444 hitting percentage with five block assists, and four digs vs. Baylor (11-9-16) … recorded 13 kills, three digs, and three block assists at TCU (11-2-16) … registered 13 kills, three digs, two block assists, and one assist at #6 Kansas (10-29-16) … had nine kills vs. Oklahoma (10-26-16) … posted career highs of 27 points, 24 kills, six total blocks, and six block assists and matched a season high of six digs at Texas Tech (10-21-16) … recorded 10 kills and one block assist vs. TCU (10-19-16) … registered 12 kills, four block assists, three digs and one assist at Baylor (10-12-16) … had 16 kills, three digs, one block, and one assist vs. Iowa State (10-8-16) … finished with a season high .500 hitting percentage on 20 kills and equaled a season high of six digs, adding two block assists, one service ace at Kansas State (10-16-16) … registered 16 kills, two digs and one block assist at Oklahoma (9-28-16) … contributed 12 kills, two digs, one block assist and one service ace vs. #8 Kansas (9-24-16)… posted 15 kills on a .419 hitting percentage and matched a career high of two assists, adding three digs and three block assists at West Virginia (9-20-16) … recorded 16 kills, two digs, one service ace, and one block assist vs. #6 Wisconsin (9-18-16) … set a season high of six digs and contributed 16 kills, one service ace, one block assist vs. #16 Texas A&M (9-14-16) … recorded a .385 hitting percentage on 11 kills, one service ace, and one block vs. Wichita State (9-10-16) … equaled career highs of two service aces and two assists, adding 9 kills, two digs at Colorado State (9-9-16) … posted 11 kills on a .375 hitting percentage while adding two blocks and one service ace vs. Miami (9-3-16) … had 12 kills, three digs, two block assists and one block vs. Army (9-2-16) … posted 10 kills, two digs and one block assist vs. UTSA (9-1-2016) … recorded 12 kills, two block assists and one service ace vs. Lipscomb (9-1-16) … contributed six kills, two digs and one block vs. #1 Nebraska (8-27-16) … had 16 kills and three digs in Texas’ season opener at Oregon (8-26-16).
2015
2015 AVCA All-America Second Team … named to the NCAA Austin Regional All-Tournament Team ... 2015 All-Big 12 First Team ... 2015 All-Southwest Region ... Named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 26 & Nov. 30) ... had a team-high 18 kills, four digs and three blocks vs. Florida (12-12-15) ... registered 12 kills and two solo blocks vs. UCLA (12-11-15) ... recorded eight kills and five blocks vs. Purdue (12-4-15) ... posted eight kills on a .583 hitting percentage vs. Fairfield (12-3-15) ... matched her career-high with 21 kills, hitting .439 at Oklahoma (11-27-15) ... registered 15 kills, nine digs and four blocks vs. Kansas State (11-21-15) ... had nine kills hitting .300 and three blocks at Iowa State (11-14-15) ... recorded a career-high 21 kills on a .543 hitting percentage at Kansas (11-11-15) ... posted 10 kills hitting a career-high .600 and added four blocks vs. West Virginia (11-5-15) ... registered 12 kills hitting .385 and three blocks at Texas Tech (10-30-15) ... had six kills at TCU (10-28-15) ... recorded a career-high 16 kills hitting a career-high .483 vs. Kansas (10-23-15) ... posted eight kills at Kansas State (10-21-15) ... registered six kills and two blocks vs. Texas Tech (10-17-15) ... had 10 kills hitting .350 and two digs vs. Oklahoma (10-11-15) ... recorded 10 kills hitting .389 at Baylor (10-7-15) ... posted seven kills, three digs and two blocks vs. Iowa State (10-3-15) ... registered seven kills and two digs at West Virginia (9-25-15) ... had a career-high .444 hitting percentage on nine kills and two blocks vs. TCU (9-23-15) ... recorded 13 kills and four digs vs. New Mexico State (9-19-15) ... posted 13 kills, four digs and four blocks vs. Arizona (9-18-15) ... added three kills on four attempts, two aces and three digs vs. Savannah State (9-18-15) ... registered a career-high 14 kills on a .414 hitting percentage vs. Colorado State (9-13-15) ... had six kills and four digs vs. Santa Clara (9-11-15) ... recorded seven kills and one block vs. UTSA (9-11-15) ... posted 10 kills and four digs vs. Florida (9-5-15) ... contributed seven kills, five digs and six blocks vs. Nebraska (9-4-15) ... recorded two kills and one dig vs. UCI (8-29-15) ... finished with nine kills and three blocks in Texas’ season opener vs. Rice (8-28-15).
2014
Posted six kills in the semifinal match vs. BYU (Dec. 18)…had seven kills and four blocks in the win over North Carolina in the regional final (Dec. 13)…recorded eight kills, four digs and three blocks vs. Colorado State in the regional semifinal (Dec. 12)…added four kills, three blocks and one dig vs. Arizona State in the second round of NCAA's on Dec. 5 ... notched six kills, two blocks and one dig against Northwestern State (Dec. 4) ... posted nine kills and three blocks against No. 8 Florida ... collected 12 kills and five blocks at TCU (Nov. 26) ... had seven kills and six blocks against Kansas (Nov. 22) ... contributed nine kills, four blocks, one dig and one assist in a 3-2 battle at No. 24 Oklahoma (Nov. 15) ... added seven kills and one block vs. West Virginia (Nov. 12) ... recorded eight kills and three blocks vs. No. 22 Kansas State (Nov. 7) ... collected seven kills, five blocks and one assist during a 3-0 sweep at Texas Tech (Nov. 5) ... had a career-high blocks (7) while adding six kills and one dig at Iowa State (Nov. 2) ... totaled six kills and two blocks vs. Oklahoma (Oct. 25) ... had one kill in two sets played vs. TCU (Oct. 22) ... led the team in blocks (3) while adding six kills and one dig at No. 25 Kansas State ... finished with a career-high five blocks while adding nine kills and three digs vs. Texas Tech (Oct. 9) ... collected three blocks and one kill vs. Baylor (Oct. 7) ... contributed three blocks and three kills at Kansas (Oct. 5) ... had six kills and one assist vs. Iowa State (Oct. 1) ... posted 11 kills, three blocks and two digs in the Big 12 opener at West Virgina (Sept. 24) ... totaled 22.5 points, 16 kills, 11 blocks, four digs and 1 assist in the 26 West Longhorn Classic ... added three kills and one block vs. Seattle U (Aug 30) ... had six kills and two blocks at New Mexico (Aug. 29) ... recorded two kills in her Texas debut in the season opener vs. UTEP on Aug. 29.
2013 (PENN STATE)
Played in 29 matches during the 2013 season, starting seven matches ... Earned Penn State Invitational All-Tournament Team honors for her performance against Syracuse and Louisville ... registered nine kills and two digs in her first collegiate appearance against Syracuse (Aug. 31) ... posted 10 kills, three digs and three blocks against No. 19 Louisville (Aug. 31) ... second on the team with 18 kills and added two block assists at No. 6 Texas (Sept. 7) ... recorded nine kills on .471 hitting with one dig and a block assist against No. 8 Florida (Sept. 8) ... recorded seven kills, one assist and one block against Marquette (Sept. 13) ... registered five kills, one assist, two digs and three blocks at FGCU (Sept. 14) ... notched four kills and an assist at Illinois (Oct. 18) ... set a career high in service aces with two and added two kills and two digs at Northwestern (Oct. 20) ... matched a career-high mark with three solo blocks and added four kills against Indiana (Nov. 8) ... had five kills and one ace in the NCAA Regional final against Stanford (Dec. 14) ... recorded one dig in the NCAA Semifinals against No. 3 Washington (Dec. 19) ... posted two kills in the NCAA Championship match against No. 12 Wisconsin (Dec. 21).
2012 (PENN STATE)
Redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Letterwinner and three-year team captain at Palmer Trinity School in Miami, Fla. ... helped her high school to the Miami Dade District 16 Championship five years in a row and the Regional championship in 2008 ... three-time All-Miami Dade County First Team selection ... two-time Miami Herald Player of the Year ... member of the Florida Region Junior High Performance Team and earned Best Attacker of the High Performance Championships ... Florida Coaches 2A First Team All-State selection ... Freshman of the Year finalist ... Top 79 Sophomore ... selected to the Junior Olympics 16 Open All-Tournament Team ... named a Top 50 Recruit as a junior ... AAU All-American ... member of the USA Youth National Team, which competed in the World Championships in Ankara, Turkey and placed ninth ... ranked No. 7 in her class by PrepVolleyball.com ... received “La Copa Dorada” as one of 70 most outstanding Hispanic Athletes in Florida.
PERSONAL
Born Paulina Prieto Cerame on Jan. 25, 1994 in San Juan, Puerto Rico ... parents are Carlos Rodriguez and Maria Cerame ... has two sisters, Nashali Prieto and Carola Rodriguez ... plans to play professionally overseas and hopes to become a member of the U.S. Women’s National Team ... lists reading, going to the beach, baking, eating and relaxing as her favorite hobbies, “A Course in Miracles” as her favorite book, “Friends” as her favorite television show, the U.S. Women’s National Team as her favorite professional sports team, all the Harry Potter films as her favorite movie, Michael Jordan as favorite athlete and sushi, shrimp and Puerto Rican food as her favorite foods ... Majoring in Applied Learning and Development with an Early Childhood concentration
MP |
SP |
K |
KPS |
TA |
PCT |
A |
APS |
SA |
SAPS |
DIG |
DPS |
BS |
BA |
TB |
BPS |
PTS |
PPS |
|
2013 |
29 |
66 |
89 |
1.35 |
210 |
.252 |
3 |
0.05 |
5 |
0.08 |
18 |
0.27 |
7 |
9 |
16 |
0.24 |
105.5 |
1.60 |
2014 |
27 |
86 |
166 |
1.93 |
407 |
.253 |
3 |
0.03 |
0 |
0.00 |
20 |
0.23 |
2 |
76 |
78 |
0.91 |
206.0 |
2.40 |
2015 |
32 |
109 |
337 |
3.09 |
832 |
.268 |
2 |
0.02 |
2 |
0.02 |
81 |
0.74 |
7 |
51 |
58 |
0.53 |
371.5 |
3.41 |
2016 |
32 |
118 |
413 |
3.50 |
1029 |
.262 |
10 |
0.08 |
9 |
0.08 |
71 |
0.60 |
10 |
54 |
64 |
0.54 |
459.0 |
3.89 |
TOT |
120 |
379 |
1,005 |
2.65 |
2,478 |
.267 |
18 |
0.05 |
16 |
0.04 |
190 |
0.50 |
26 |
190 |
216 |
0.57 |
1,142.0 |
3.01 |