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2025 Women's Volleyball Roster

9 Tali Hakas

9 Tali Hakas

  • Position:
    Outside Hitter
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Kfar Saba, Israel
  • Highschool:
    Hof Hasharon HS

Summary

Biography

2024 (Sophomore):
All-Big West Honorable Mention
CSC Academic All-District
Academic All-Big West
Big West Commissioners Honor Roll
  • Started all 31 matches and played in all 125 sets
  • Ranked third on the team with 259 total kills and finished fourth with 2.07 kills per set
  • Ranked second on the team with 364 total digs and 2.91 per set.
  • Ranked third on the team with 62 total blocks
  • Served up 26 aces, good for second on the team, with a season-high four each against CSUN (Oct. 27) and Long Beach State (Nov. 15)
  • Posted double-figure kills in 11 matches with a season high of 14 on .480 hitting against UC Davis (Nov. 9)
  • Recorded double-digit digs in 21 matches with a career-high 22 against Cal State Fullerton (Nov. 22)
  • Posted eight double-doubles (kills-digs)
  • Hit over .400 in three matches — vs. UC Davis (.480, 14-2-25), Cal Poly (.450, 9-0-20), Long Beach State (.435, 10-0-23)
  • Had a season-high six blocks against UC San Diego (Nov. 16)
  • Named to the Big West Commissioners Honor Roll

2023 (Freshman):
Big West All-Freshman Team
Big West Freshman of the Week (Nov. 13) 
  • Appeared in 17 matches with 13 starts and played in 70 sets.
  • Posted 121 kills, averaging 1.73 per set, with nine service aces.
  • Recorded 142 digs (2.03 per set) and 35 blocks (0.50) per set.
  • Posted double-digit kills in five matches, including three in a row in Big West play.
  • Named Big West Freshman of the Week after posting 11 kills in consecutive matches against UC Irvine (Nov. 10) and Cal State Fullerton (Nov. 11).
  • Posted a season-high 12 kills against UC San Diego (Nov. 17).
  • Recorded her first career double-double with 11 kills and 13 digs against Southern California (Sept. 2).
  • Posted a season-high 18 digs against USC (Aug. 31). 
 
Prep:
  • A 2021 graduate of Hof Hasharon (Shfayim, Israel) where she earned the Certificate of Excellence in every year of high school
  • Competed in ballet for two years
  • Played for the Hapoel Kfar Saba Volleyball Club program for six years (4-Senior Team & 2-Junior Team)
  • Led the Hapoel Kfar Saba senior team to three National Championships in 2020, '21 and '23 while also winning the Cup and the Senior Cup in 2021
  • Helped the Hapoel Kfar Saba junior team to Youth National titles in 2018 and '19 and was named the Most Valuable Player in 2019.

Personal: 
  • Born in Montevideo, Uruguay and moved to Israel when she was 12 years old
  • Served two years in the Israeli Army completing her service ranked as a sergeant
  • Speaks three languages: Spanish, Hebrew and English
  • Plans to major in psychology
  • Has two older brothers
  • Parents are Laura and Michel Hakas of Kfar Saba, Israel
 
CAREER HIGHS
  • Kills – 14, UC Davis (11/9/24)
  • Attacks – 43, CSUN (10/27/24)
  • Assists – 3, UC Santa Barbara (11/1/24)
  • Service Aces – 4, CSUN (10/27/24), Long Beach State (11/15/24)
  • Digs – 22, Cal State Fullerton (11/22/24)
  • Solo Blocks – 1, 8 times, last vs. UC San Diego (11/16/24)
  • Block Assists – 6, UC Irvine (11/10/23)
  • Total Blocks - 6.0, UC Irvine (11/10/23), UC San Diego (11/16/24)
  • Points – 16.5, CSUN (10/27/24); Long Beach State (11/15/24)
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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2023Freshman

    Outside Hitter
    5'11"
    9
  • 9

    2024Sophomore

    Outside Hitter
    5'11"
    9
  • 9

    2025Junior

    Outside Hitter
    5'11"
    9