Rhea Dimaculangan
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| Full name | Rhea Katrina Dimaculangan | ||||||||||
| Nickname | Rhea, D-Mac | ||||||||||
| Nationality | Filipino | ||||||||||
| Born | 21 March 1991 | ||||||||||
| Hometown | Batangas, Philippines | ||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||
| Spike | 275 cm (108 in) | ||||||||||
| Block | 270 cm (106 in) | ||||||||||
| College(s) | University of Santo Tomas | ||||||||||
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| Position | Setter | ||||||||||
| Current club | Petron Tri-Activ Spikers | ||||||||||
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| Last updated: June 2017 | |||||||||||
Rhea Katrina Dimaculangan is a Filipino professional indoor volleyball athlete, a member of Philippines women national volleyball team and the powerhouse club Petron Tri-Activ Spikers. Dimaculangan played setter for and was a former captain of the UST Golden Tigresses.
Personal life
Rhea was born in a family of five siblings in Batangas. She is the younger sister of Ray Karl Dimaculangan, also a volleyball player and used to play as a setter for the men's volleyball team of the UST Golden Tigers.[1]
Volleyball Career
Beginnings
Rhea started her career in volleyball early in her elementary days in De La Salle Lipa. She was originally a hitter for her team, and only transitioned into her current position in 5th grade. [1]
Collegiate days
She moved in the University of Santo Tomas High School for her high school education where she became the playmaker for the girls' volleyball team. Later on, she pursued her tertiary education in University of Santo Tomas, majoring in Sports Science, and continuing with the UST Golden Tigresses.
Together with the likes of Aiza Maizo, Angeli Tabaquero, and Maika Ortiz, she led her España-based squad to several victories. In 2009-2010, the UST Golden Tigresses achieved a historic "Grand Slam" after sweeping the major Philippine collegiate women's volleyball conferences. (Shakey's V-League Season 6 1st Conference and 2nd Conference, the 2009 University Games, and UAAP Season 72).
In UAAP Season 72 where her team won the championship, she claimed the Best Server and Final's Most Valuable Player award .[2]
Post-graduate career
Shakey's V-League
Rhea also made a name in several Shakey's V-League conferences. In Shakey's V-League Season 6 1st Conference, she was entitled the Final's Most Valuable Player and Best Setter. She also snatched the Best Setter award in Shakey's V- League Season 11, Open Conference.[3]
Philippine Super Liga
Rhea's first debut in the Philippine Super Liga was in the 2014 Philippine Super Liga All-Filipino league where she snatched the Best Setter award and led her team, RC Cola Air Force Raiders, to a championship silver medal.[4]
She then transferred to the powerhouse club team Foton Tornadoes together with Maika Ortiz in mid-2015 where she brought the team into a first-runner up finish in the 2015 Philippine Super Liga All-Filipino. With the aid of the imports Lindsay Stalzer and Ariel Usher, she helped the team bag its second championship gold medal in the 2016 PSL Grand Prix Conference.
As of 2017, it has been reported that Rhea moved clubs and signed a year contract with Petron Tri-Activ Spikers together with her fellow teammate, Cherry Rondina.
Awards
Individuals
- UAAP Season 72 "Final's Most Valuable Player"
- UAAP Season 72 "Best Server"
- Shakey's V- League Season 6, 1st Conference "Final's Most Valuable Player"
- Shakey's V- League Season 6, 1st Conference "Best Setter"
- Shakey's V- League Season 11, Open Conference "Best Setter"
- 2014 Philippine Super Liga All-Filipino "Best Setter"
- 2017 Philippine Super Liga All-Filipino "Best Setter"
References
- 1 2 "UAAP's Most Valuable Siblings". ABS-CBN News. 21 March 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- ↑ "UAAP volleyball: Year of the Tigers and Tigresses". ABS-CBN News. 1 March 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ↑ "Daquis wins shakey’s V-League MVP award". Manila Standard. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ↑ "Army wins third straight Philippine SuperLiga title". Rappler. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2016.