Rhea Katrina Karla Dimaculangan (born March 21, 1991) is a

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professional indoor

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athlete, and a former member of the Philippines women national volleyball team and the club

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. Dimaculangan played setter for and was a former captain of the

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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.

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.

Collegiate days

She moved in the

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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

. 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 .

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.

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. She then transferred to the club team

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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

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. Early 2017, Dimaculangan moved clubs and signed a year contract with the

. With Petron Blaze Spikers, she won the

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silver medal. The following year, she together with Lindsay Stalzer, Katherine Bell and

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led Petron to the

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championship. Dimaculangan won the Most Valuable Player award of the 2018 PSL All-Filipino Conference.

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 UAAP Season 70 was the 2007-08 season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, which was hosted by the University of Santo Tomas. The theme of season 70 was "Winners All, Recreating the Value of Honesty through Sports" It opened ...

- 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 * 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

* 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 The Petron Blaze Spikers were a professional women's volleyball team that played in the Philippine Super Liga (PSL) from 2013 to 2020. After the cancellation of the 2020 season of the PSL due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the team took a lea ...

* 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

External links

Rhea Dimaculangan , Volleyverse
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dimaculangan, Rhea Living people University of Santo Tomas alumni University Athletic Association of the Philippines volleyball players 1991 births Setters (volleyball) Philippines women's international volleyball players Filipino women's volleyball players Sportspeople from Batangas Academic staff of De La Salle University Competitors at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games Southeast Asian Games competitors for the Philippines