Creighton University Athletics
Volleyball
Izzy Ashburn
- Title:
- Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
- Email:
- izzyashburn@creighton.edu
Izzy Ashburn enters her second season at Creighton in 2026 after helping the Bluejays reach the Elite Eight during her initial year in the program.
Ashburn’s first campaign on The Hilltop saw her train and develop Annalea Maeder into one of the nation’s best setters. Maeder, an Honorable Mention All-Pac 12 performer at California in 2023 before missing most of 2024 due to injury, transferred to Creighton and made an immediate impact. She was named Third Team All-American, BIG EAST Setter of the Year, All-BIG EAST and landed seven BIG EAST Setter of the Week accolades in 2025.
Creighton went 28-6 in 2025, as the Jays were 14th nationally in hitting percentage (.288), 16th in kills per set (14.01) and 27th in assists per set (12.98).
Ashburn came to Creighton after serving as an assistant coach with the Indy Ignite in the Pro Volleyball Federation in 2025. Indy led the PVF in kill percentage (.367) and assists per set (13.25), and she helped coach setter Sydney Hilley to single-season league-records with 1,277 assists and 11.30 assists per set. Hilley was recognized as Setter of the Year following the campaign.
Ashburn was an assistant coach for Indy during its debut season in the PVF in the spring of 2025, helping the Ignite reach the championship match. Indy earned the No. 4 seed after posting 13 regular-season wins, where it then knocked off the top-seeded and defending champion Omaha Supernovas.
A setter for the University of Wisconsin from 2019-23, Ashburn owns Badger career records for aces (187), matches played (151) and sets played (527). She was a two-time co-captain and led the Badgers in assists each of her final two seasons. Ashburn notched 19 career double-doubles, including a team-leading 13 as a fifth-year senior.
Wisconsin thrived during her time, going a combined 132-19 and winning four Big Ten titles. The Badgers reached the Final Four in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2023, earning the program’s first national title in 2021 with a 3-2 win over Nebraska that saw Ashburn serve a match-leading four aces.
Following her collegiate career, Ashburn played one season overseas in Poland for Energa MKS Kalisz.
The Dayton, Minn., native was a four-time Academic All-Big Ten choice. She graduated in May of 2022 with a degree in Mathematics before continuing her education in grad school and studying Business Analytics.
Ashburn’s first campaign on The Hilltop saw her train and develop Annalea Maeder into one of the nation’s best setters. Maeder, an Honorable Mention All-Pac 12 performer at California in 2023 before missing most of 2024 due to injury, transferred to Creighton and made an immediate impact. She was named Third Team All-American, BIG EAST Setter of the Year, All-BIG EAST and landed seven BIG EAST Setter of the Week accolades in 2025.
Creighton went 28-6 in 2025, as the Jays were 14th nationally in hitting percentage (.288), 16th in kills per set (14.01) and 27th in assists per set (12.98).
Ashburn came to Creighton after serving as an assistant coach with the Indy Ignite in the Pro Volleyball Federation in 2025. Indy led the PVF in kill percentage (.367) and assists per set (13.25), and she helped coach setter Sydney Hilley to single-season league-records with 1,277 assists and 11.30 assists per set. Hilley was recognized as Setter of the Year following the campaign.
Ashburn was an assistant coach for Indy during its debut season in the PVF in the spring of 2025, helping the Ignite reach the championship match. Indy earned the No. 4 seed after posting 13 regular-season wins, where it then knocked off the top-seeded and defending champion Omaha Supernovas.
A setter for the University of Wisconsin from 2019-23, Ashburn owns Badger career records for aces (187), matches played (151) and sets played (527). She was a two-time co-captain and led the Badgers in assists each of her final two seasons. Ashburn notched 19 career double-doubles, including a team-leading 13 as a fifth-year senior.
Wisconsin thrived during her time, going a combined 132-19 and winning four Big Ten titles. The Badgers reached the Final Four in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2023, earning the program’s first national title in 2021 with a 3-2 win over Nebraska that saw Ashburn serve a match-leading four aces.
Following her collegiate career, Ashburn played one season overseas in Poland for Energa MKS Kalisz.
The Dayton, Minn., native was a four-time Academic All-Big Ten choice. She graduated in May of 2022 with a degree in Mathematics before continuing her education in grad school and studying Business Analytics.
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