November 3, 2026 | Soccer
NEWS
ROSEMONT, Ill. – Illinois goalkeeper Izzy Lee was named Second-Team All-Big Ten the conference announced on Tuesday (Nov. 3). This is the second-straight season that Lee was named Second-Team All-Big Ten Goalkeeper.
In the 2026 season she made a Big Ten leading 88 saves with eight clean sheets which ended the regular season as the fourth most in the conference. She had the second-best save percentage (.838) and saves per game numbers (4.89) in the conference at the conclusion of the regular season as well.
She made a season-high nine stops in the match against Virginia Tech on Sept. 6 and she was named Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Week three times this season (Aug. 18, Sept. 8 and Oct. 20). She joined elite company becoming only the fourth Illini in program history to earn a Big Ten weekly honor three times in one season [Vanessa DiBernardo (2010), Ella Masar (2007) and Lisha Alcia (2003)].
The Western Springs, Ill. native's career ends with her name scattered all over the record book. This season she finished with the fourth-best save percentage (.838), the sixth most shutouts in a season with eight, the seventh-best goals against average (.95) and the ninth-most saves (88).
On the overall career side, she ends with the program's best save percentage (.832), second-most saves (312), third-most shutouts (23.0) and fourth-best goals against average (1.09). Her conference only numbers are even more impressive as she ends as the program's all-time leader in saves (198), save percentage (.808) and had the third-most shutouts with 10.
