Among the countless superstars and Hall of Fame inductees ever to play for Morehead State volleyball, Cherelle Lampkins is still in a class of her own. Lampkins is still the only player in Morehead State history to record 1,500+ career kills and 2,000+ career digs.
 
The Muncie, Ind., native was the 2003 runner-up for OVC Player of the Year and finished her career fourth all-time in NCAA Division I women's volleyball history with 2,082 digs. That figure also broke both the Morehead State and OVC career records for digs.
 
During Lampkins career, which spanned both the end of Mike Swan’s MSU coaching tenure (1998-02) and the beginning of Dr. Jaime Gordon’s (2003-22), she helped the Eagles win 81 matches and claim the 2003 OVC championship.
 
At the time she finished her career, Lampkins ranked 10th all-time in the OVC and sixth at Morehead State in career kills with 1,585. It’s been more than 20 seasons since she wrapped up her playing time, but Lampkins is still seventh in career kills in the MSU record book. She also still ranks third in single-match total attacks when she produced 80 swings against Oklahoma in 2003.
 
Lampkins had the unique distinction of playing in two different eras in NCAA volleyball. She started her career in 2000 during the original 15-point-per-set or sideout era. In 2001, the NCAA changed to a rally scoring format, first using a 30-point-per-set format from 2001-07 during the final three seasons of Lampkins’ career at Morehead State.
 
In digs, Lampkins still owns three of the top seven single-season dig totals in program history, including her junior campaign in 2002 when she scooped 543 opponent attacks. She is one of only three players in program history to record three 500+ dig seasons, joining Kristina Schoo and Leslie Schellhaas Litmer (inducted into the MSU Athletics Hall of Fame class of 2023).
 
Lampkins was nationally ranked in digs per game in each of her four years (14th in 2003, eighth in 2002, fifth in 2001 and 26th in 2000), finishing with a 4.59 career average.
 
Lampkins twice earned First-Team All-Ohio Valley Conference honors (2001 and 2003) and was named second-team in 2002. She earned OVC Defensive Player of the Week five times in her career.
 
She was the 2004 Kentucky state winner of the NCAA Woman of the Year award and was a Second-Team Academic All-District recipient in 2003. She earned OVC Commissioner’s Honor three times. Lampkins earned Morehead State Dean's List in six semesters, was selected to Who's Who among Students in America's Universities and Colleges (2003-04) and was nominated for the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.
 
Lampkins earned her bachelor’ degree in exercise science from MSU in 2004. She went on to earn her Masters Degree in wellness management from Ball State. After graduate school, Lampkins went on to work for 12 years as a corporate fitness center director and personal trainer for Eli Lilly and Company before transitioning into her current role in sales. She currently works for Fitness & Exercise Solutions, selling commercial fitness equipment to a variety of markets throughout the Midwest and beyond.

Additionally, as of 2026, she works part-time as a coach for Orangetheory Fitness. In 2024, she moved to Hermosa Beach, Calif., where she continues both her sales and coaching careers.