Izzy Halunen

Position:
Defender
Height:
5-6
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Woodbury, Minn.

Honors and Awards: 2024 All-NSIC Second Team

2024 (FRESHMAN): Played in and started all 20 games in freshman campaign, scoring one goal and one assist for three points … Earned All-NSIC Second Team honors … Averaged 87.7 minutes per game while playing a full slate in 17 games and 70+ minutes in all but one game … Helped anchor a backline that held its opponents to 0.75 goals per game with seven shutouts … Recorded her first career point with an assist against MSU Moorhead (Oct. 18) … Scored first career goal with a game-winning score against Northern State (Oct. 20).

Before SCSU: A 2024 graduate of Woodbury High School … Four-year letterwinner, Rookie of the Year, Hustle Award winner and senior captain for the Royals … Garnered Star Tribune First Team All-Metro and Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) First Team All-State honors after successful senior campaign … Scored three goals and one assist while leading the Royals to the 2023 4AAA district championship game … Four-year honor roll recipient … Student council member at Woodbury … At the club level, played for the Salvo Girls Academy … Participated in the Girls Academy Advisory Panel, an organization that gives the players an opportunity to represent the collective voice within the Girls Academy … Participation with GAAP began at the team level, then moved to the club level and conference level, where she was selected as one of three players in the country to represent the league as an Ambassador to the League.

Personal: Daughter of Lezlie Weiss and Rhonda Halunen … Major is Social Studies Education.