Paula Cerame

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Height:
5-8
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
San Juan, Puerto Rico
High School:
St. Thomas Aquinas

INDIANA CAREER STATS: 64 matches played, 994 digs, 231 assists, 47 aces

2022 (SENIOR): Started all 32 matches ... tallied 502 digs, 137 assists and 36 service aces ... finished her career at IU No. 14 in school history with 994 digs in two seasons ... broke the program's digs record for a Big Ten Season (353) ... became third Hoosier to score 500+ digs in a season (502) ... recorded 10+ digs on 26 occasions ... 19 of 20 Big Ten games saw her tally double-digit digs ... reached 20+ digs in eight different matches ... tallied 17 digs and five assists in wn over Sam Houston ... had 14 digs and five assists in victory against Texas A&M-CC ... recorded four assists and 22 digs in victory over Western Carolina ... tallied nine digs and two assists against NC State ... provided 12 digs and three assists over TCU ... combined for 29 digs and seven assists in games against No. 9 Penn State and Maryland ... rattled off 18 digs and four service aces in win over Iowa ... tallied 13 digs and four assists against No. 7 Wisconsin ... eclipsed 1,000 career digs with 18-dig game at Iowa ... dug 25 balls against No. 9 Purdue ... had 23 digs, five assists and three aces in win over Michigan State ... recorded game-high 20 digs in win at No. 25 Michigan ... poured in 12 digs and eight assists in victory over Michigan State ... dug game-high 18 balls to pair with eight assists in win over Rutgers ... had 14 digs at No. 12 Purdue ... recorded 11 digs, four assists and one kill at No. 4 Nebraska ... piled up a game-high 19 digs at No. 3 Wisconsin ... provided 10 digs and one service ace against No. 16 Penn State ... dug a game-high 13 balls at No. 9 Minnesota ... dug game-high 23 balls in win over Northwestern ... recorded double-double at No. 5 Ohio State with 29 digs and 12 assists ... 29 assists in win over Buckeyes were sixth-most in a single game in program history, second most in the rally era ... Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 21) ... scored 28 digs and 6 assists in win over Illinois ... managed 21 digs and 10 assists against Maryland.

2021 (JUNIOR): Started all 32 matches ... tallied 492 digs this season … saw her first start with the Hoosiers against UIC and recorded five digs and three assists … had a career-high 27 digs and three aces in the win over Bowling Green … also received a kill in the match vs. Bowling Green … saw 12 digs at Butler … recorded 20 digs at Western Michigan … tallied eight digs and saw a hitting percentage of .309 in the match against Purdue Fort Wayne … saw a season-high matching 27 digs against Southeast Missouri State … put up a team-high 28 digs in the match vs. Mississippi State … played all five sets against Oklahoma and recorded 13 digs … tallied 20 digs and three assists at Georgia Tech … saw 11 digs, an ace and a kill vs. Alabama A&M … had 12 digs and five assists against Chicago State … notched 18 digs and three assists in the match vs. Ole Miss … picked up six digs and five assists in the victory over Michigan State … tallied 17 digs in the match against Purdue … picked up 15 digs at Ohio State … secured 19 digs and 12 assists vs. Penn State … had 17 digs in the win at Rutgers … put up 13 digs at Maryland … saw a team-high 15 digs at Nebraska … picked up 13 digs on the road at Minnesota … tallied 13 kills and two aces at home against Michigan … aided in the win over Rutgers with 26 digs … recorded a team-high 19 digs in the match against Minnesota … put up 12 digs against Northwestern … had 12 digs in the matches at Iowa and Northwestern … picked up a team leading 19 digs in the match against Nebraska … secured 14 digs at Illinois and against Iowa at home … put up 24 digs on the road at Purdue.

2020 (JUNIOR) -- at Florida: Saw action in 15 matches and 49 sets during her junior season … registered a career-best 19 digs against South Carolina on Nov. 11 … had a career-high performance at Ole Miss (Jan. 30) recording one kill, 3.0 points, and two services aces … tallied a career-high seven assists versus Georgia (Nov. 21) … finished fourth on the team in digs and assists … finished the season with 127 digs, 34 assists, five points, four aces, and one kill.

2019 (SOPHOMORE) -- at Florida: Saw action in 23 matches and 55 sets during her sophomore campaign … recorded a career-high 14 digs against Dayton on Aug. 31 … dished out a career-high two assists on three occasions during the season (USF, JMU Alabama State)…finished seventh on the team in digs and assists … finished the season with 76 digs and 12 assists.

2018 (FRESHMAN) -- at Florida: Saw action in 29 matches and 77 sets during her freshman campaign, including seven starts … posted a season-high eight digs twice during the season (Mississippi State, Florida State) … recorded a season-best two service aces four times during the year (Northern Arizona, Ole Miss, Arkansas, Georgia) … finished sixth on the team in service aces (17) and seventh on the team in digs (73) … finished the season with 73 digs, 17 service aces and three assists.

PREP AND PERSONAL: 2017 Under Armour All-America Third Team … 2017 PrepVolleyball.com Senior Ace "The 150" … 2017 PrepVolleyball.com High School All-America Special Mention … 2017 All-State First Team selection … 2017 team captain … 2016 State Champion (team) … 2016 PrepVolleyball.com Defensive Dandies … led team in digs (259) serve receptions (274), and aces (46), in addition to ranking third in kills (104) during St. Thomas Aquinas' run to the 2017 state semifinals … 2014 and 2015 USA Volleyball A1 Select National Team … 3-time Tribe Club captain (2016-18) … also started at libero and played outside for Boomers Volleyball Club in 2015 … started at libero for the No. 1-ranked team in Puerto Rico in 2014 … member of the National Spanish Honor Society … involved in many initiatives, including Muscular Dystrophy Association, Red Cross, UNICEF, and the Special Olympics … volunteers at Patch Reef Tennis Center … volunteered with Make-A-Wish Foundation Puerto Rico ... had to choose between competitive tennis and volleyball at age 13 … cousin, Paulina Prieto Cerame, played for Penn State and Texas … also had family members play for George Mason and within the Puerto Rico National Program ... daughter of Frances and Jose Cerame ... born August 23, 2000.