So I'm trying to make it so the post excerpt is always centered vertically no matter how long the text is. I can't figure out a way to do, help would be appreciated.
Centered Vertically in the top,middle or bottom? You could do something via css, like "position:relative" and then define the co-ordinates of where you would want it placed, i.e. top: 10px; left:10px; Which would place the object pixels from the top, and 10 pixels from the left. And so on.... Best i can do with your description and without a preview of the code.