Enna Named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State libero Izzy Enna was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week, the conference announced on Tuesday. Enna put up two of the best performances of her ISU career to lead the Cyclones against Kansas.

Enna claimed ISU's first weekly award of the season and first Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week award since Avery Rhodes took the opening one in 2019. Enna also got her second Big 12 DPOW win, her first coming in the final weekend of the 2018 regular season. Enna's win is Iowa State's Big 12-best 58th Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week award, the next highest total being Baylor's 24.

In Friday's match vs. Kansas, Enna recorded a career-high 27 digs, which included her season-set best of nine in the second frame. In Saturday's 3-1 win over KU, she notched 24, still above her career-best coming into the weekend of 23. On Saturday, Enna had at least five digs in each of the four sets. She had a Big 12-best 5.67 digs per set for the week.

Enna leads the Big 12 and ranks 12th nationally with her 4.70 digs per set. The Kansas City, Missouri native has recorded at least 10 digs in each match this season, and has five 20-dig matches to her name in 2020. Her 1,058 career digs ranks 15th in Iowa State history.

Enna and the Cyclones wrap up the fall portion of the 2020 season this weekend at TCU. The matches on Friday and Saturday at Schollmaier Arena will start at 5 p.m., with both being streamed on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.