WKU Track & Field Bio | Beyond The Hill Podcast (4/6/21)
ACADEMIC HONORS
WKU President's List (Fall 2018)
USTFCCCA All-Academic Team Individual recipient (2018-19)
WKU President's List (Spring 2019)
Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2018-19)
Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal (2018-19)
WKU Dean's List (Fall 2019)
WKU President's List (Spring 2020)
Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2019-20)
Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal (2019-20)
WKU President’s List (Fall 2020)
WKU President’s List (Spring 2021)
Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal (2020-21)
Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2020-21)
C-USA All-Academic Volleyball Team (2021)
WKU President's List (Fall 2021)
C-USA All-Academic Track & Field Team (2021-22)
WKU President's List (Spring 2022)
Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2021-22)
Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal (2021-22)
C-USA All-Academic Volleyball Team (2022)
WKU President's List (Fall 2022)
Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2022-23)
Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal (2022-23)
As a Fifth-Year (2022): AVCA All-Region honorable mention... C-USA Second Team All-Conference... C-USA All-Tournament Team...C-USA Preseason All-Conference... HIUPI All-Tournament Team... C-USA Defensive Player of the Week...Started in all 33 matches, appearing in 110 sets... Picked up 177 kills (1.61 per set), 23 service aces, and 135 blocks (1.23 per set -- 50th in the nation) over the season... Recorded 11 matches with five or more total blocks, recorded 16 matches with five or more kills -- including three double-digit matches, all in the last five matches of the season... Tied career-high 13 kills off of 19 swings for a .684 hitting clip and no errors against North Texas in the semifinal match in the C-USA Tournament... Garnered career-high 10 blocks (five solo, five assist) against Northern Kentucky (9/8/22).
As a Senior (2021): Conference USA 2021-22 Volleyball Scholar Athlete of the Year...WKU John O. Oldham Female Student-Athlete of the Year...AVCA All-Region honorable mention…C-USA Second Team All-Conference … C-USA Defensive Player of the Week...WKU Volleyball Invite All-Tournament Team...Started in 23 matches while playing in all 30 and appeared in 96 of 97 sets…Recorded five or more blocks in six matches…Hitting percentage of .385 was 29th nationally (3rd in C-USA)...Season-high 11 kills and eight blocks against Florida Atlantic (10/23/21)...Tallied 22 solo blocks and 74 block assists to average 1.00 block/set...Earned All-American status with WKU Track & Field at the NCAA Indoor high jump national championships.
As a Junior (2020-21): AVCA All-Region…Conference USA Second Team All-Conference…Started all 24 matches and appeared in all 78 sets…Her hitting percentage of .420 ranked second on the second, third in Conference USA and 17
th across the NCAA…Led WKU in blocks seven times during her junior season…Two double-digit kill outings – first against Charlotte (2/22) and second against No. 24 Rice in the C-USA Tournament Championship (4/3)…10 matches hitting .500 or better including a career-best .889 (8-0-9) against Jackson State in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament…Five matches with four or more blocks…Season-best six blocks at Middle Tennessee (3/20)…Tallied a season-high five digs against West Virginia (3/12).
As a Sophomore (2019): Started all 34 matches and played in all 118 sets…Led WKU in blocks in 13 matches…Racked up 97 blocks (20 solo, 77 assists) for an average of 0.82 per set…Tallied 171 kills on 412 attacks for a .267 hitting percentage…Posted 80 digs, 19 aces and 7 assists for a total of 248.5 points…Recorded her first double-double in the season-opener against Loyola with 10 kills and career-best 10 digs…Season-best 11 kills at No. 21 Rice in the C-USA Tournament Championship…Recorded her career-best .800 hitting percentage (8-0-10) against Middle Tennessee (10/18)…Career-best 3 aces against Eastern Kentucky and 2 assists versus Austin Peay…Career-best 8 blocks in WKU’s NCAA Tournament First Round win over Kennesaw State…Two double-digit kill matches…Five matches with multiple aces…29 multi-block matches…Five matches with five or more blocks.
As a Freshman (2018): Conference USA Freshman of the Week (Sept. 10)...Led WKU in kills twice (Saint Louis and Kansas State)...Led WKU in blocks eight times...Started 19 matches while appearing in 100 sets across 29 outings...Tallied 158 kills, 53 blocks and 28 digs on the season...Five double-digit kill performances - season-best 13 over [RV] Kansas State...11 matches with 3+ blocks...Tallied 6.0 blocks in WKU's win over FIU.
High School: A three-sport athlete out of Zionsville HS also competing in basketball and track & field...Won 11 varsity letters playing volleyball (4), track (4) and basketball (3)...AVCA Under Armour High School All-American...Three-time Sectional Champion (2015-'17)...2016 Regional Champion and Final Four appearance...Achieved the 1000-kill milestone...An All-Hoosier Crossroads Conference Team selection...ICGSA First-Team Volleyball All-State in 2016 and 2017...AAU Academic All-American...Helped Asics Team Indiana Elite 181 club to third place AAU 18 Open finish in 2018.
Four-time First Team All-State in track and field...Three-time finalist for the Indiana Female Athlete of the Year honor...Ranked the #1 female high school high jumper as a senior, jumping 6'1" and a finalist for Team USA Junior World Games.
Personal: Born May 20, 1999...daughter of Phil and Jenny Isenbarger...Has two older brothers, Matt and Jack...Father played basketball at Indiana from 1978-81, winning a national championship in 1981...Brother Jack played collegiate basketball at Elon and now plays professionally in Australia...Isenbarger also competes for the WKU Track & Field Team and earned indoor and outdoor All-Conference USA honors in the high jump as a freshman (2018-19) in addition to setting both school records...Broke WKU Track and Field's 40-year old high jump record and won the 2018-19 TOPSY Award for Record Breaking Female Performance of the Year as a freshman...Won the 2021-22 TOPSY Award for Record Breaking Female Performance of the Year after earning NCAA Indoor High Jump First Team All-American honors...Earned her bachelor's degree in sport management in December 2021 and is working towards a master's degree in recreation and sport administration.
