The first impression Cristal Isa creates with her big smile and constant laugh is one of a permanently happy person.
For Isa though, things weren’t always joy-filled last year as her promising freshman season ended prematurely with an elbow injury just four meets into the season.
“It was my first major injury that took me out of competition so it was disappointing,” she said. “It was hard missing out a year.”
Isa could be one of the Utes’ biggest contributors in the 2020 season, which begins against Kentucky Friday in the Huntsman Center.
Isa, who scored a 9.