AMES, Iowa – Iowa State head tennis coach Jaron Maestas has signed his first student-athlete with the program, adding five-time Division II All-American Isabella Dunlap to the 2023-24 roster. Dunlap has one season of eligibility remaining after playing for three seasons under Maestas at Central Oklahoma. She played the 2021-22 season at the University of Indianapolis before sitting out the 2022-23 season.

 In all four seasons she has competed, her teams have reached the NCAA Tournament and she is a two-time NCAA semifinalist. She has earned All-America honors three times in doubles and twice in singles. “Isabella and I have a long history,” Maestas said. “She is the type of kid that will run through a wall for what she believes in. We added a great competitor who is going to be fun to watch.”

The Edmond, Oklahoma, native broke onto the scene in 2019, capturing the ITA regional championship and reaching the national title match. Dunlap entered the spring of 2019 ranked No. 2 nationally and maintained a top-five spot throughout the season, finishing the season at No. 5. In doubles play, she finished the season ranked No. 9. She went on to earn All-America honors in both singles and doubles and was named ITA Freshman of the Year.

 During a COVID-shortened 2019-20 season, Dunlap earned All-America honors in doubles as she helped UCO finish seventh at the ITA Indoor National Championship. In 2020-21, Dunlap again earned All-America accolades in doubles action at UCO before transferring to UIndy when Maestas left to be an assistant coach at Kansas.

 In her only season on the courts for UIndy, Dunlap took home her fifth All-America honor after finishing No. 14 in the final ITA singles rankings. The Greyhounds reached the semifinals of the NCAA Tournament. As a high schooler, Dunlap was the top player in Oklahoma according to the USTA Sectional rankings.