Hokie Club2022 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team
2022 Virginia Tech Classic All-Tournament Team
2021 Virginia Tech Invitational All-Tournament Team
2019 Amy Svoboda Memorial Classic All-Tournament Team
2022: Played in 28 games … Appeared in 100 sets … Recorded 283 kills across 939 attacks, averaging 2.83 kills per set … Scored 315 total points … Had 21 service aces … Had 185 digs … Recorded 21 blocks … Has a season-high 20 kills against UNC-Wilmington (8/28) … Had 17 kills vs. Wake Forest (11/2) … Had 16 kills against Coppin State (9/2) and vs. Virginia (10/28) … Had three service aces vs. Old Dominion (9/3) and vs. Norfolk State (9/15) … Member of 2022 ACC All-Academic Team … Named to College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team.
2021: Appeared in 26 matches, starting in 17 … Finished the season with 223 points, including 203 kills, with 2.56 kills per set and 2.33 kills per set, both ranking second on the team … Had 34 digs and 21 total blocks, adding four aces … Had a season-high 17 kills and 17.5 points in the win against Virginia (10/29) … Also posted a season-high 14 digs against Georgia State ( 9/3)
2020: Appeared in 16 matches, making the start in three of them … Finished the season with 52 points, including 46 kills … Had 11 digs and 13 total blocks … Had a season-high eight kills and eight points against Notre Dame (3/13) … Recorded two kills and a season-high five total blocks against Duke (10/24) ... Had four kills in the second contest against Virginia (10/18) ... Tallied two kills in the win over North Carolina (9/25/20) ... Powell had three kills in her opening match as a sophomore.
2019: Played in all 31 matches … Had three kills, five digs and two blocks against North Carolina (11/29) … Had seven kills, two blocks and five digs versus Clemson (11/15) … Had three kills, one dig and one block versus Syracuse (11/10) … Posted eight kills and seven digs against Miami (11/3) … Had 12 kills and two digs in the upset victory against No. 23 Louisville (10/20) … Posted 11 kills and two digs versus Notre Dame (10/18) … Owned eight kills, three digs and a block against Georgia Tech (10/13) … Tallied five kills, six digs and a season-high of two assists versus Clemson (10/11) … Posted 14 kills, four digs, and two blocks versus NC State (10/4) … Put together her best weekend yet, owning at least 14 kills in all three matches on Air Force’s campus (9/13-14) to make the all-tournament team … Opened the season with 12 kills, four digs and five blocks against USC Upstate (8/30).
High School: Four-year varsity letterwinner … Coached by Steve Thomas and Tania Stafford at Northwood HS … Played club at Triangle Volleyball Club … Three-time all-conference … Big 8 Player of the Year … All-Metro team … Led the Chargers to the third round of the 2018 NCHSAA state tournament … Two-time Student Council Class Senator … National Honor Society … Spanish National Honor Society.
Personal: Cera Latrice Powell … Born Oct. 22, 2000 … Daughter of Dedric and Cherice Powell … Sister of Deuce and Drake … Her great uncle, Walter Davis, played men's basketball at North Carolina and was selected to the USA men's basketball team at the 1976 Summer Olympics, and went on to become a 15-year NBA player and six-time NBA All-Star, having his number retied (#6) with the Phoenix Suns organization after being the Suns' all-time leading scorer … Majoring in human nutrition, foods and exercise … Hopes to become a physician assistant.