Izabella Ortiz

Height:
6-1
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Flower Mound HS
Hometown:
Flower Mound, Texas

Honors
All-Southland First Team (2024)
2024 Borderland All-Tournament Team
2024 SFA Volleyball Invitation All-Tournament Team
Preseason All-Southland Second Team (2024)
CSC Academic All-District Team (2024)
Southland All-Academic First Team (2024)
Southland Commissioner's Honor Roll (2024)
Jaguar Invitational All-Tournament Team (2023)
SFA Tournament #1 All-Tournament Team (2023)
Lumberjack Classic All-Tournament Team (2023)
WAC Player of the Week on two separate occasions (9/27 & 10/4)
All-WAC First Team (2023)
WAC All-Tournament Team (2022)
WAC All-Freshman Team (2022)

2024 (Junior)
Played in 25 matches this season hitting 500 career kills, recorded 236 kills and 84 blocks... Season highs of 20 kills against University Incarnate Word (10/12) and 7 blocks against Houston Christian (10/3)... Named Preseason All-Southland Second Team... Named 2024 Borderland All-Tournament Team... Named 2024 SFA Volleyball Invitation All-Tournament Team... Named All-Southland First Team... Named CSC Academic All-District Team... Named Southland All-Academic First Team... Named Southland Commissioner's Honor Roll...

2023 (Sophomore)
Played in and started 34 matches... Totaled 268 kills (2.20 K/S), which ranked second on the team, and 371.5 points (3.05 PTS/S)... Recorded 20 service aces on the season... Shined brightest on defense as she led the team with an impressive 151 blocks, good for sixth most in the entire nation, and averaged 1.24 blocks/set for the season... Had a season high of 16 points and 14 kills in a reverse sweep win for SFA vs. Bosie State (9/08).... Had a total blocks of 9 in one game vs. Grand Canyon (11/18)... Named to three different All-Tournament Teams in the Jaguar Invitational All-Tournament Team, the SFA Tournament #1 All-Tournament Team, and The Lumberjack Classic All-Tournament Team... Named WAC Player of the Week on two separate occasions (9/27 & 10/4)... Named to All-WAC First Team

2022 (Freshman)
Played in 31 matches, starting in 29, and accumulated 202 kills (1.84 K/S), which ranked second on the team, and 278.5 points (2.53 PTS/S), third on the team... Also had 12 service aces on the season... Had a season-high 17 kills to help the Ladyjacks defeat Sam Houston in four sets (Oct. 20)... Had at least 10 points in 12 matches... Named to the WAC All-Tournament Team, one of three Ladyjacks to receive the honor... Named to the WAC All-Freshman Team.

Prep
Prepped at Flower Mound HS... AVCA All-American & Marcus Showcase All-Tournament Team... Dallas Morning News All Area-Third Team... Third-Team AVCA All American... District 6-6A Blocker of the Year & AVCA All-Region Team... District 6-6A Newcomer of the Year... First-Team All-District. 2020: District 6-6A Honorable mention.

Personal
Daughter of Jerram Froese and Emily McRoberts-Froese... Her mom, Emily played basketball at UT Pan American, now known as UTRGV, from 1998-2001... She has two brothers, Diego and Asa... She is majoring in Kinesiology with a Minor in Food & Nutrition.