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Tarleton State University Athletics

2025 Beach Volleyball Roster

2 Emma Halcomb

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Highland Village, TX

Biography

Senior (2024):
Played all 13 matches on Court 1, finishing 7-6 with partner Allison Bryant … Had five 2-0 victories across seven wins, including Court 1 matches against Stephen F. Austin, Louisiana-Monroe and Texas A&M-Kingsville … Had a season-long three-match winning streak from March 22-29 with three 2-0 victories against Texas A&M-Kingsville, Hendrix and ULM … Contributed to Tarleton’s first postseason tournament victory, a team 3-1 W over Jacksonville State in the Conference USA Championship, with a 2-1 (21-17, 15-21, 15-10) win on the top court … Provided seven out of Tarleton’s 15 court wins across the Texans’ inaugural season.

Senior Indoor Volleyball (2024):
Two-time WAC Libero of the Week during the 2024 season ... Appeared in 29 matches and 111 sets for the Purple and White, notching a career-high 431 digs, 68 assists, 14 service aces, and a kill ... Became the second player in Tarleton’s D1 era to notch 1,000 career digs ... Tied Tarleton’s Division I record and set a new conference-high for most digs in a single match, registering 34 against Abilene Christian on 10/28 ... Led the conference in total digs (431) and was second in digs per set (4.15) ... Awarded All-Tournament honors for the Tarleton State Invitational ... Only player in the WAC to have a match of 30 or more digs ... Recorded eight matches of 20-plus digs throughout her senior season.

Junior Indoor Volleyball (2022):
Appeared in 25 matches and 80 sets … Totaled 160 digs on the season to average 2.00 digs per set … Season-high of 16 digs … Compiled six matches with double digit digs … Received CSC All-District Academic award …  Named Academic All-WAC … Received Texan Iron Champ award … Recipient of the Texan award, chosen by Coach Schindler. 
 
Sophomore Indoor Volleyball (2021):
Played in 26 matches and 86 sets … Finished third on the team with 237 digs … Averaged a career-high 2.76 digs per set … Posted a career-high 25 digs vs. Yale (9/11) … Finished with three matches of 20+ digs and 10 matches of 10+ … Academic All-WAC honoree … Named Academic All-WAC.
 
Sophomore Indoor Volleyball (2020):
Played in 24 matches and 83 sets for the Texans in the 2020 season which was delayed to the spring due to Covid 19 … Finished the season with 177 digs, the third highest on the team … Had a season high 15 digs against UTRGV on Mar. 22 … Tacked on 11 assists and six service aces … Named Academic All-WAC … Made President’s List in the Spring and Fall semesters. 
 
Freshman Indoor Volleyball (2019):
Played in 31 matches and 116 sets as a true freshman … Helped Tarleton advance to the NCAA Division II regional tournament for the sixth consecutive season … Finished the season with 178 digs as a defensive specialist … Had four double-digit dig performances, led by a season-high 14 against Texas A&M-Commerce on Oct. 25.
 
Marcus High School:
Lettered two years on varsity for former Tarleton standout, Coach Danielle Barker … All-Tournament at Nike Invitational Tournament … Team Defensive MVP … All-District Second Team … English Honor Society … Spanish Honor Society … Led her team to its first playoff appearance in five years … Played two years of club volleyball for Excel Volleyball Club … Qualified for nationals two years … Won the North Texas Invitational in 2019 … Named her club team’s Most Improved Award.
 
Personal:
Is a 2019 graduate of Marcus High School in Flower Mound … Daughter of James Halcomb and Yvonne Tucker … Has three brothers, Josh, Luke and William … Received her undergraduate degree in kinesiology in May of 2023 … Pursuing a Master’s degree in marketing … Moved into a house with three girls in Fall of 2023, began going to church and began truly pursuing her spiritual journey … Went on to be baptized in Ohio on Christmas Eve of 2023 by her grandfather who is also a pastor … Born Nov. 16.

Historical Player Information

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    2024Senior

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    2025Senior

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