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2024 Volleyball Roster

16 Izzi Strand

  • Position Setter
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Highschool Monte Vista HS
  • Hometown Carlsbad, Calif.

Biography

2024 Fifth Year
Put together a stat-sheet-stuffing final collegiate season as Wichita State's setter...ended her career with 3,713 total assists, 932 digs, 338 kills and 153 blocks...produced a career average of 9.46 assists per set including her time at UC San Diego...played every point during the 2024 season, appearing in all 32 matches and 127 sets...named First Team All-American Athletic Conference...racked up 1,235 assists at a rate of 9.72 per set, ranking second in the conference and top-20 nationally in total assists...established a new career high with 122 kills (0.96 per set), notching at least one termination in all 32 matches...dropped in 17 aces, including a career-high three against Indiana on August 31...put together a well-rounded defensive season with career highs in both digs per set (2.53) and blocks per set (0.47)...finished with six matches of 15 or more digs and three matches with five blocks...opened conference play with eight kills, 16 digs and 37 assists in a four-set win over Memphis on September 25...dished out a season-high 55 assists in a win over Florida Atlantic on October 13...was one kill away from her first career triple-double against Memphis on October 25, when she totaled nine kills, 44 assists and a career-high 20 digs...named to the American Athletic Conference Championship All-Tournament Team after averaging 9.89 assists per set and 1.44 kills per set to lift Wichita State to the title...named to AD Honor Roll in the fall of 2024.

2023 Senior
Orchestrated Wichita State's powerful offensive attack as the lone setter in the 5-1...named Second Team All-American Athletic Conference and Honorable Mention All-Region North, the first Wichita State setter to earn All-Region honors since Emily Hiebert in 2017...was named the NIVC Most Valuable Player after averaging 11.2 assists per set over the course of WSU's run to the championship...started all 34 matches and played in all 128 sets...led the conference and ranked fifth nationally with 1,340 assists, the sixth-most in a single season in program history and third-most in the rally scoring era...averaged 10.47 assists per set, second in the conference and 31st nationally...had a career-best 60 assists in a win over Tulane on October 13...earned a spot on the AAC Weekly Honor Roll on October 23 after averaging nearly 12 assists per set in two wins over Tulsa...finished the season with 107 kills, the first WSU setter to reach triple-digit kills since Hiebert in 2017...matched a career-high with eight kills twice (vs. Notre Dame on August 25, vs. Drake on December 6)...aided the Shockers defensive unit with 321 digs, second-most on the team...had a season-high 17 digs against Tulsa on December 1...chipped in with 44.0 total blocks, highlighted by a career-high six in a road win over Illinois on September 1...had more aces (19) than service errors (17)...named to the AD Honor Roll in both the spring and fall semesters...named to AAC All-Academic Team.

UC San Diego (2020-22)
Started all 30 matches at setter last season for UC San Diego, averaging 9.4 assists per set while also contributing 106 kills...averaged 2.32 digs per set and chipped in 44 blocks... dished out a season-high 59 assists against Long Beach State, one of 12 matches on the season with at least 40 helpers...had a season-best 18 digs against Cal, and nearly recorded a triple-double against Cal State Northridge with eight kills, 44 assists and 10 digs....appeared in 13 matches as a sophomore in 2021, but freshman season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

High School
A four-year varsity letterwinner at Monte Vista High School and winner of two East League Division I championships and CIF North Coast Section championships...Named Third Team All-State as a senior...All-East Bay League First Team...was the team's starting setter as a freshman.

Personal
Daughter of Timm and Karly Strand…has a sister, Lucy...born April 18...given name is Isabel Strand, goes by Izzi...majoring in International Business at Wichita State.

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2023Senior

    Setter
    6'1"
    16
  • 16

    2024Fifth Year

    Setter
    6'1"
    16