Rhea Dimaculangan

In this Philippine name, the family name is Dimaculangan.

Rhea Katrina Karla Dimaculangan (born March 21, 1991) is a Filipino professional indoor volleyball athlete, and a former member of the Philippines women national volleyball team and the club Petron Tri-Activ Spikers. Dimaculangan played setter for and was a former captain of the UST Golden Tigresses.

Rhea Dimaculangan
Personal information
Full name	Rhea Katrina Dimaculangan
Nickname	Rhea, D-Mac, Kat
Nationality	Filipino
Born	(1991-03-21) March 21, 1991 (age 31)
Hometown	Batangas, Philippines
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Spike	275 cm (108 in)
Block	270 cm (106 in)
College / University	University of Santo Tomas
Volleyball information
Position	Setter
Current club	Petron Blaze Spikers
Number	12 (club), 19 (national team)
Career
Years Teams 2014 RC Cola Air Force Raiders 2015 Philippine Air Force 2015–2017 Foton Tornadoes 2017–2019 Petron Blaze Spikers 2020 Generika-Ayala Lifesavers 2021–present PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters
National team
2014–present Philippines
Last updated: June 2017

Personal life

Dimaculangan 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]

Career

Beginnings

Dimaculangan 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 under UST-CRS, and continuing with the UST Golden Tigresses.^{[citation needed]}

In 2009–2010, the UST Golden Tigresses achieved a historic "Grand Slam" after sweeping the major Philippine collegiate women's volleyball conferences.^{[citation needed]} (Shakey's V-League Season 6 1st Conference and 2nd Conference, the 2009 University Games, and UAAP Season 72).^{[citation needed]}

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

Dimaculangan 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

Dimaculangan's 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 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.

Early 2017, Dimaculangan moved clubs and signed a year contract with the Petron Tri-Activ Spikers.^[5] With Petron Blaze Spikers, she won the 2017 PSL Grand Prix Conference silver medal.^[6] The following year, she together with Lindsay Stalzer, Katherine Bell and Aiza Maizo-Pontillas led Petron to the 2018 PSL Grand Prix Conference championship.^[7] Dimaculangan won the Most Valuable Player award of the 2018 PSL All-Filipino Conference.^[8]

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 PSL All-Filipino "Best Setter"
• 2017 PSL All-Filipino "Best Setter"
• 2018 PSL All-Filipino "Most Valuable Player"
• 2019 PSL Grand Prix "Best Setter"

Clubs

• UAAP Season 70 -   2nd Runner-Up, with UST Golden Tigresses
• 2008 Shakey's V-League 2nd Conference -   1st Runner-Up, with UST Golden Tigresses
• UAAP Season 71 -   2nd Runner-Up, with UST Golden Tigresses
• 2009 Shakey's V-League 1st Conference -   Champion, with UST Golden Tigresses
• 2009 Shakey's V-League 2nd Conference -   Champion, with UST Golden Tigresses
• 2009 University Games -   Champion, with UST Golden Tigresses ^[9]
• UAAP Season 72 -   Champion, with UST Golden Tigresses
• 2010 Shakey's V-League 1st Conference -   Champion, with UST Golden Tigresses
• UAAP Season 73 -   1st Runner-Up, with UST Golden Tigresses
• UAAP Season 74 -   2nd Runner-Up, with UST Golden Tigresses
• 2016 Philippine SuperLiga All-Filipino Conference -   1st Runner-up, with Foton Tornadoes
• 2016 Philippine SuperLiga Grand Prix -   Champion, with Foton Tornadoes
• 2017 Philippine Super Liga Invitational Cup -   1st Runner-up, with Petron Tri-Activ Spikers
• 2017 Philippine SuperLiga All-Filipino Conference -   Champion, with Petron Blaze Spikers
• 2017 Philippine SuperLiga Grand Prix Conference -   1st Runner-up, with Petron Blaze Spikers
• 2018 Philippine SuperLiga Grand Prix Conference -   Champion, with Petron Blaze Spikers
• 2018 Philippine SuperLiga All-Filipino Conference -   Champion, with Petron Blaze Spikers

References

1. "UAAP's Most Valuable Siblings". ABS-CBN News. March 21, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
2. "UAAP volleyball: Year of the Tigers and Tigresses". ABS-CBN News. March 1, 2010. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
3. "Daquis wins shakey's V-League MVP award". Manila Standard. August 31, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
4. "Army wins third straight Philippine SuperLiga title". Rappler. July 26, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
5. Escarlote, Mark (January 14, 2017). "Former, current Tigresses reunite in Petron". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
6. Lozada, Bong (December 16, 2017). "F2 completes comeback, wins PSL Grand Prix title at expense of Petron". The Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
7. "Petron gets payback, snares PSL Grand Prix crown". Rappler. May 5, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
8. Naredo, Camille (December 20, 2018). "PSL: After leading Petron to glory, Rhea Dimaculangan claims MVP plum". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
9. "UAAP bets shine in UniGames". November 4, 2009.

External links

• Rhea Dimaculangan | Volleyverse