Fishers’ own Izzy Alexander awarded highest student honor at University of Tennessee

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has announced that Fishers native Izzy Alexander has been named a Torchbearer, the university’s highest student honor.

Awarded annually to seniors and recent graduates, those selected as Torchbearers have demonstrated academic excellence and a commitment to service and leadership during their time at UT.

Alexander is studying both English with a rhetoric and writing concentration and honors and world languages and cultures with a German concentration, minoring in interdisciplinary programs with a linguistics concentration. She will graduate in May after defending her thesis on the political, communicative, and social rhetoric of separation.

Alexander is president and captain of UT’s women’s rugby club team, where she mentors and supports her fellow leaders and teammates. She is also a member of the Chancellor’s Honors Program and Leadership Knoxville Scholars and has held various leadership positions with Ignite, a program that welcomes new Vols to campus. While a student, Alexander has volunteered with community organizations like Knoxville Rookie Rugby and the Knoxville Museum of Art as well as at Knoxville’s annual National Collegiate Rugby men’s regional competition.