ACADEMIC HONORS:
Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2023-24)
Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2024-25)
As a Junior (2025): Played and started in 29 total matches... CUSA Defensive Player of the Year... CUSA All-Conference First Team... Recorded 108 total blocks on the season including 20 solo blocks and 88 block assists and finished with a rate of 1.23 blocks per set... Finished with 221 total kills and averaged 2.51 kills per set and registered a .349 hitting percentage... Posted a season-high 17 kills and .667 hitting percentage against Sam Houston on Oct. 18... Recorded a season-high eight total blocks against Delaware on Nov. 7.
As a Sophomore (2024): Competed in all 126 sets for the Tops… First Team All-Conference USA nod… Named AVCA All-American Honorable Mention… Led CUSA in blocks, totaling 177 on the season… Totaled 291 kills on the season with a .309, the ninth best hitting percentage in CUSA… Had a season-high 19 kills and 24 points against FIU on Nov. 22… Marked a season-best 10 blocks against Liberty on Nov. 15…
As a Freshman (2023):Â CUSA All-Freshman Team...2x CUSA Freshman of the Week... played in 29 matches with 10 starts across 77 sets in her true freshman season...recorded a .280 hitting clip with 94 kills for a 1.22 kills/set average... tallied 52.0 blocks at the net with 10 solo and 42 assists for a .68 set average...hit two double-digit kill matches...hit a career-best 12 kills off of a .750 clip (no errors) against Middle Tennessee (11/10/23)...hit 10-2-14 with a .571 percentage against Louisiana Tech (10/27/23)... stuffed a career-high 6.0 at the net versus UTEP in CUSA Tournament Semifinal (11/18/23)...totaled 125.0 points on the season.
High School: Played prep ball at Pleasant Valley High School and helped the Spartans to the Iowa Girls 5A state championship, finishing runner-up... Led the Spartans in blocks (98), and ranked third in kills with 186 in her senior season...  Led her team to a Mississippi Athletic Conference championship, named to the MAC All-Conference Second Team... Picked up a spot in the IGCA Senior All-Star match -- noted as one of the top 32 seniors in the state of Iowa... Selected for the Iowa vs. Illinois All-Star Match... Tabbed AVCA All-Region in Region Six in 2022... named to the IGCA 5A East All-District Team in 2021... Holds school records for most kills and blocks in a match, and most service aces in a match... Captured a Girls Junior National Championship playing for the Iowa Select Volleyball Club 17U Mizuno during the summer of 2022. Â
Personal: Born December 7, 2004... The daughter of Dave and Liz Van De Wiele, Izzy has a brother, Jacob and sister, Emily... Last name is pronounced WHEEL-ee... Intends to major in education during her time on The Hill.
