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Pronunciation
suh-RENO
Cerino's Cal Career Game Highs
Goals: 1 (twice, last at USC, 2019)
Assists: 1 (twice, last at USC, 2020)
Points: 1 (four times, last at USC, 2020)
Shots: 2 (twice, last at San Diego State, 2020)
Shot Percentage: .500 (11 times, last vs. USC, 4/26/2019)
Shots On Goal: 2 (at George Washington, 2019)
Shots On Goal Percentage: 1.000 (three times, last at Winthrop, 2020)
Free Position Shots: 1 (at San Diego State, 2020)
Ground Balls: 1 (three times, last at USC, 2020)
Caused Turnovers: 1 (twice, last at USC, 2020)
Cal Career (2018 – Present)
• Has played in 23 games all off the bench over the last two seasons after not seeing the field in her first campaign with the program as a 2018 freshman
• Has registered totals of four points on two goals and two assists, while adding seven shots, a .286 shot percentage, five shots on goal, a .714 shots on goal percentage, three ground balls and two caused turnovers
Junior (2020)
• Played in six games all off the bench in a season abbreviated to seven contests overall by the COVID-19 pandemic and contributed two points on two assists
• Added three shots, a .000 shot percentage, two shots on goal, a .667 shots on goal percentage, one ground ball and two caused turnovers, while she was 0-of-1 on free position shot attempts
• Had a single assist in two of her final three games at San Diego State and USC
• Added two shots, one shot on goal, one free position shot and one ground ball against the Aztecs, while she also had one ground ball and one caused turnover vs. the Trojans
• Added one shot, one shot on goal and one caused turnover at Winthrop
Sophomore (2019)
• Earned honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic honors
• Played in 17 games all off the bench and contributed two points on two goals
• Added four shots, a .500 shot percentage, three shots on goal, a .750 shots on goal percentage and one ground ball
• Scored both her goals on the road with one each at George Washington and USC, connecting on one of two shots both on goal against George Washington and the only shot she took also on goal against USC
• Also took a shot vs. Oregon
• Picked up one ground ball at Stanford
Freshman (2018)
• Did not play
Eastside Catholic HS (Class Of 2017)
• Helped her squad to state titles in each of her final two seasons as well as conference crowns in all four of her campaigns while combining for career totals of 91 points, 57 goals, 34 assists, 51 ground balls, 18 caused turnovers and 53 draw controls
• A first-team All-State and Academic All-State choice, as well as team captain as a 2017 senior when she played in 16 games and scored 41 points on 23 goals and 18 assists while adding 17 ground balls, 10 caused turnovers and 33 draw controls for a team that finished 12-2 overall and won the second of two consecutive state titles while finishing ranked second in the final state polls by MaxPreps
• Earned her first of two consecutive Academic All-State honors and also won her second of two straight Unsung Hero Awards during her 2016 junior campaign when she played in 16 games and scored 38 points on 24 goals and 14 assists while adding 21 ground balls, seven caused turnovers and 13 draw controls for a team that won the first of two consecutive state crowns, finished a perfect 16-0 and was ranked No. 1 in the state by MaxPreps
• Captured her first of two straight Unsung Hero Awards as a 2015 sophomore when she played in 15 games and scored 12 points on 10 goals and two assists while adding nine ground balls and seven draw controls
• Picked up Most Improved Player recognition during her 2014 freshman campaign when she played in 10 games and contributed four ground balls and one caused turnover
• Also a two-time All-State honoree in soccer, earning first-team honors as a 2016 senior after picking up second-team recognition as a 2015 junior while earning her team's Most Inspirational Award each season and spending her senior campaign as a team captain
• Played one season of basketball as a 2014-15 sophomore
• A member of the National Honor Society and her school's Associated Student Body all four years in high school, serving as the ASB Secretary as a senior
• Participated in GirlUp! Club, a campaign of the United Nations Foundation dedicated to securing equal opportunities for underprivileged adolescent girls in developing countries such as Ethiopia, Malawi, Guatemala and India
• Made the Honor Roll each semester
Club Lacrosse
• Played for XTEAM from 2013-15 and Seattle Starz from 2012-17, winning the 2017 Sandstorm Tournament with the latter
Other
• Born February 22, 1999
• Daughter of David and Jeanne Cerino
• Cousin, Colton Welker, is one of the top minor leaguers in the Colorado Rockies organization
• Uncle, the late Dale Welker, was a professional golfer
• Family continues to foster dogs on numerous occasions
• Interested in pursuing a career as a forensic scientist
• Has lived in five different states
• Has coached for her club lacrosse team the Seattle Starz and been a gym manager for Eastside Basketball Club, while working in the summer of 2020 as a QA engineer for Ridgeline Applications
• Major is cognitive sciences
Last Updated
June 22, 2020
