Taya Haffner

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Position:
Setter
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Carroll
Hometown:
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Prev School:
Evansville

• Missouri Valley Conference All-Freshman Team (2021, at Evansville)
• Horizon League Academic Honor Roll (Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024)
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2023, 2024)

2024: Played in all 32 matches, with a total of 120 sets during her senior season … Finished with 854 assists, leading the team with 7.12 assists per set … Had a season-high 57 assists against Holy Cross (Aug. 31) … Dug out 250 attacks … Had a season-high 15 digs against Green Bay (Nov. 22) … Had two blocks at Western Illinois (Sept. 6) … Totaled 26 kills with four against UIC (Sept. 6) … Racked up 23 aces with four against Eastern Michigan (Sept. 21).

2023: Played in all 30 matches, with a total of 110 sets during her junior season … Finished with 987 assists, leading the team with 8.97 assists per set … Ended the season with 212 digs, 30 kills, 25 service aces, and 22 total blocks … Had 53 assists against Stony Brook (Sept. 1), which matched the fourth-most assists in a Horizon League match this season … Had a season-high three blocks and three aces against Manhattan (Sept. 2) … Had a season-high four kills against Kent State (Sept. 8) … Had three aces against Niagara (Sept. 8) and Cleveland State (Sept. 26) … Had a season-high 59 assists against Milwaukee (Oct. 20), which was second-most assists in a Horizon League match this season … Dug out a season-high 13 digs against Green Bay (Oct. 21) … Had 52 assists against IUPUI (Oct. 28) … Blocked three attacks against Robert Morris (Nov. 3).

2022: Played in all 29 matches with 27 starts ... Assisted on 922 kills as a sophomore ... Notched a season-high 53 assists at Cleveland State (Oct. 14) ... Recorded five double-doubles: vs. Western Illinois (Aug. 27 - 55 assists, 11 digs), at Eastern Kentucky (Sept. 9 - 39 assists, 13 digs), vs. Wright State (Oct. 7 - 27 assists, 13 digs), at Cleveland State (Oct. 14) and at Northern Kentucky (Nov. 11 - 47 assists, 10 digs) ... Terminated for nine kills on 11 attempts against Eastern Illinois (Sept. 9) for an .818 hitting percentage.

2021 (at Evansville): Dished out 1,141 assists as the primary setter for the Purple Aces ... Led Evansville to a quarterfinal appearance in the National Invitational Volleyball Championship (NIVC) ... Led the Missouri Valley Conference in assists and assists per set ... Recorded the second-most assists for the Evansville program since 2009 ... All-MVC Freshman Team pick ... Turned the program around from a 6-14 season in 2020 to a 21-12 record in her freshman year.

High School: Led Carroll High School to four sectional titles and a regional final appearance ... Holds the career assist record with 3,791 and the single-match record of 56 ... Picked for the IHSVCA Players to Watch List in 2020 ... Garnered IHSVCA Academic All-State accolades ... Was a member of the 2019 ICGSA Volleyball Class 4A All-State Team ... Was on the Ultra Ankle JVA Watch List in 2017 and 2018 ... Played club volleyball for Pineapple VBC (2013-15, 2019-21) and Summit VBC (2016-18) ... Played in five AAU National Championship events and four USA Volleyball National Championship events ... Four-year honor roll member ... Led her team to an AVCA Team Academic Award in 2020.

Personal: Daughter of Tim and Shelly Haffner ... Has one brother, Hansen, and one sister, Cala ... Majoring in Communication Sciences and Disorders.