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Marisa Cerchio Season 2021

PositionRS
Height6-3
ClassSenior
HometownCincinnati, Ohio
High SchoolTurpin

2021: Appeared in 29 matches, starting in 21 of them … Finished the season with 260.5 points (second on the team), good for 2.43 points per set … Had 219 kills on the season (second on the team) and a .214 attack percentage with 2.05 kills per set ... Recorded her 1,000th career kill in the win over Wake Forest (11/26), becoming the 17th Hokie in school history to do so … Ended the season with 80 total blocks and .75 blocks per set with only one error on the season … Recorded a season-high 22.5 points and 21 kills against Wake Forest (11/26) … Had 10 blocks against Boston College (11/19).

2020: Appeared in 15 matches, making the start in 14 … Finished the season with 177.5 points, good for 3.11 points per set (second on the team) … Had 152 kills on the season and a team-high .311 attack percentage … Had a hand in a team-high 46 blocks for .81 blocks per game, another team-high…  ... Ranks second on the team in kills with 110 ... Had back-to-back seven kill outings in the two NC State matches (10/29, 10/30) ... Notched a new career high in kills with 18 and had a total of 30 kills over the weekend at Duke (10/24, 10/25) ... Collected a season-high 17 kills in the first match against Virginia and 13 kills in the second (10/18) ... Registered 15 kills and had two solo blocks against North Carolina (9/25/20).

Liberty Invitational All-Tournament Team

2019: Played in all 31 matches …Recorded 13 kills, one block and one assist against North Carolina (11/29) … Posted six kills, four blocks and one dig versus Virginia (11/27) …  Had 10 kills, one assist and eight blocks against Clemson (11/15) … Posted 13 kills and two blocks against Miami (11/3) … Had five kills against Florida State (11/1) … Recorded 14 kills and a season high four digs versus Wake Forest (10/27) ... Earned her first ace of the season against Georgia Tech (10/13) … Posted 11 kills against UNC (10/6) … Tied her season high with 15 digs against UVA (9/27) …Finished with eight kills against Charlotte (9/21) … Earned double-digit kills in seven straight matches from Sept. 6-14, averaging 3.17 kills per set during that stretch … Tallied 12 kills, one assist, two digs and three blocks versus UC Irvine (9/13) … Racked up a season-high 15 kills at VCU (9/10) … Was on a tear at the Liberty Invitational (9/6-7), recording at least 13 kills and three blocks in all three matches to be named the top attacker of the tournament … Posted eight kills, two digs and three blocks versus Northwestern (8/31).

All-ACC Academic Volleyball Team
Hokie Invitational MVP
Hokie Invitational All-Tournament Team
Bobcat Invitational All-Tournament Team


2018: Played in all 30 matches and started all 30 … Hit north of .400 in all three matches at the Hokie Invitational, earning MVP honors and guiding Tech to three wins … Collected two double-doubles on the season … Racked up a career-high 15 kills at Charlotte (8/25) … Notched career-best three aces against Presbyterian (8/25) … Collected a career-high 11 blocks versus Clemson (11/21), tying the seventh-most ever in a match in school history … Scooped up a season-high four digs versus Robert Morris (9/1) … Marked a career-best hitting percentage of .831 with 13 kills on 16 swings against W&M (8/31), marking the third-highest clip in school history.

ACC Academic Honor Roll

2017: Played in 27 matches with nine starts … Set a new career-high in all major offensive and defensive categories … Posted 12 kills while averaging three kills per set against Virginia (9/27) … Led the team in hitting percentage with .833 against Toledo (10/9) … Tallied six digs against Notre Dame (10/8) … Assisted in three blocks against Ole Miss (9/1) … Ranked sixth on the team with 114 kills. 

High School: Three-time conference champion at Turpin HS … 2016 team MVP … District 16 All-City … Participated in the OHSVCA Senior All-Star Game … Three-time All-Conference Academic selection … Three-time scholar athlete … Won a USAV National Championship with NKYVC.

Personal: Daughter of Karen Cerchio and Anthony Cerchio … Has a sister, Gabrielle, and a brother, Ben ... Majoring in marketing ... Born on March 2, 1999.