Missouri State

Honors: Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024)...MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award (2023-24)...MVC Academic Honor Roll (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)

Senior (2024)/Career Summary
• Appeared in 25 matches and 93 sets in her final season
• Ranked third on the Bears with 2.86 kills per set and a .237 attack efficiency
• Had 16 double-figure kill matches with a high of 20 at Valparaiso (10/12)
• Ended MSU career with 469 kills on .223 hitting, 2.65 kills per set and 90 total blocks in 177 sets

Senior (2023)
• Suffered an injury prior to the season and was afforded an injury redshirt to play a sixth season in 2024

Senior (2022)
• Started 22 of her 23 appearances, hitting .205 with averages of 2.42 kills and 0.60 blocks per set
• Had 25 kills on .422 hitting Oct. 22 against UIC, the first MSU player since 2017 to hit above .400 with at least 25 kills
• Hit .300 or better six times
• Reached double figures in kills 11 times
• Had 16 kills on .282 hitting against Murray State (10/14) and 15 kills versus Kansas City (9/16)
• Season high of seven blocks came against Belmont (10/15), and recorded four or more stuffs in six matches

Background
• Three-time All-American at Cowley County Community College in Arkansas City, Kan.
• Cowley Female Athlete of the Year for 2021-22
• Accumulated 1,583 kills on .380 hitting, 462 digs, 107 blocks, 145 aces and nearly 1,800 points in 102 career matches at Cowley
• Helped the Tigers to a 41-1 record and national runner-up finish in 2021, hitting .450 on the year with 605 kills (4.65/set), 71 aces, 159 digs and 32 blocks as a first-team AVCA All-American
• Led the nation with 503 kills and a 5.19 average in 2020, hitting .336 with 28 aces, 204 digs and 49 blocks as a NJCAA First-Team All-American
• Tallied 475 kills (4.36/set) on .350 hitting as a NJCAA First-Team All-American her freshman season
• In her native Bulgaria, Halacheva played for VC Maritza Plovdiv, considered one of the top volleyball programs in the country, leading the club to a title at Bulgarian Women’s Championship and the Bulgarian Super Cup with a second-place finish in the Bulgarian Cup
• Named the team MVP and best hitter in multiple Bulgarian youth national championship tournaments

Personal
• Born February 1, 2000 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
• Daughter of Dimitar and Todorka Halacheva, as well as to foster parents Tara and Pete Vang
• Graduated in May 2024 with sport and park administration degree and is working towards a Master’s in sports administration