Paulina Prieto Cerame’s volleyball career has come full circle.
The recent Texas graduate announced on her Instagram account on Tuesday that she had begun her professional career with Las Valencianas de Juncos, a Puerto Rico-based professional team. Prieto Cerame attended high school in Miami, but she spent much of her preteen years in Puerto Rico. Prieto Cerame told the American-Statesman last year that she was introduced to volleyball by her uncle, who managed a professional team in Puerto Rico.
A 6-foot-2-inch outside hitter, Prieto Cerame was an all-conference performer for the Longhorns in 2016. Prieto Cerame’s 3.5 kills-per-set ranked in a sixth-place tie among Big 12 volleyball players this season, and she registered 12 kills in Texas’ sweep of top-ranked Nebraska in the national semifinals.
Prieto Cerame, who graduated this past December with a degree in youth and community studies, spent the last three years at Texas. She began her collegiate career at Penn State, and Prieto Cerame won a national championship with the Nittany Lions in 2013.
