Indiana University Athletics
Isa Smulders Signs with Indiana Field Hockey
7/10/2026 12:00:00 PM | Field Hockey
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. –––– Indiana Field Hockey coach Kayla Bashore announced the signing of Isa Smulders on Friday (July 10).
Smulders is the eighth signee of the program's 2026 class alongside Elle Obenour, Helen Grahe, Jessie Mauro, Elise Eves, Gabriela Garayo Aranceta, Karly Redman and Agustina Gamonal.
Smulders will arrive in Bloomington in August. She is a goalkeeper and is from Bilthoven, Netherlands.
She attended school at Het Nieuwe Lyceum and played club for SCHC and coaches Arnoud Boersma and Albert-Kees Manenschijn.
In the 2023-24 season while playing for the U16 team of her club, she conceded the least number of goals of all goalkeepers and had seven consecutive clean sheets.
Her club team was ranked in at least the top four in the Netherlands in every season and included a second-place finish at the U14 and U18 National Championship Final. In U16, her team reached the semifinals.
In indoor play, her U16 team made the quarterfinals and for U18 indoors, they made the semifinals.
At IU, she is leaning toward majoring in criminal justice but is not sure yet.
Her parents are Juliette Piree and Peter Smulders. She has two siblings in Rutger and Carlijn Smulders.
Why She Picked IU: "I really like everything I've read and heard about IU and Bloomington, and the academics seem strong as well. I also really like the coaching staff, and I think playing in the Big Ten is an amazing opportunity to continue competing at a high level in field hockey."
Smulders is the eighth signee of the program's 2026 class alongside Elle Obenour, Helen Grahe, Jessie Mauro, Elise Eves, Gabriela Garayo Aranceta, Karly Redman and Agustina Gamonal.
Smulders will arrive in Bloomington in August. She is a goalkeeper and is from Bilthoven, Netherlands.
She attended school at Het Nieuwe Lyceum and played club for SCHC and coaches Arnoud Boersma and Albert-Kees Manenschijn.
In the 2023-24 season while playing for the U16 team of her club, she conceded the least number of goals of all goalkeepers and had seven consecutive clean sheets.
Her club team was ranked in at least the top four in the Netherlands in every season and included a second-place finish at the U14 and U18 National Championship Final. In U16, her team reached the semifinals.
In indoor play, her U16 team made the quarterfinals and for U18 indoors, they made the semifinals.
At IU, she is leaning toward majoring in criminal justice but is not sure yet.
Her parents are Juliette Piree and Peter Smulders. She has two siblings in Rutger and Carlijn Smulders.
Why She Picked IU: "I really like everything I've read and heard about IU and Bloomington, and the academics seem strong as well. I also really like the coaching staff, and I think playing in the Big Ten is an amazing opportunity to continue competing at a high level in field hockey."
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