Editor's note: This story was originally published in the International Student Guide 2025, an IDS special publication.
With over 6,500 international students, Indiana University’s campus and sports teams have felt the impact from IU’s international community. Indiana boasts a total of 261 Olympic births, representing 30 different countries since 1904. Here are some recent international Hoosiers who have performed for the Cream and Crimson and across the world:
Men’s soccer
Collins Oduro
Oduro is an incoming junior forward from Ghana. He has started 41 games and scored 8 goals in two seasons for the Hoosiers, receiving Big 10 all-freshman honors in 2023 for the conference championship winning Hoosiers. The team has made the sweet 16 of the national tournament 10 years in a row.
Jacopo Fedrizzi
Fedrizzi is an incoming junior from Giulia, Italy. The midfielder led the Missouri Valley Conference champion University of Evansville in assists in 2024[SN1] .
Men’s basketball
Aleksa Ristic
Ristic is an incoming freshman guard from Nis, Serbia. He played three years in Serbia’s top basketball league and averaged 13.6 points, 3.2 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game this past season.
Women’s Basketball
Yarden Garzon
Garzon, originally from Ra’anana, Israel, recently transferred to the University of Maryland, but she left her mark during her three seasons with the Hoosiers. She set the program career 3-point record with 206 in March.
Phoenix Stotijn
Stotjin is a Netherlands national team player and incoming sophomore transfer from the University of Arkansas, where she averaged 7.2 points in 21 games.
The women’s basketball team has four international players on their roster for this upcoming season.
Men’s Track
Martin Segurola
Segurola, a native of San Sebastian, Spain, was an All American in the 1500 meters this past NCAA championship[SN3] [LB4] after finishing 12th in the final.
Rikkoi Brathwaite
On the international side, Brathwaite qualified for the 2024 Olympics in the 100-meter sprint for the British Virgin Islands. He was a two-time All American for IU during his time on the team from 2016-2022.
Volleyball
Candela Alonso-Corcelles
Alonso-Corcelles is an incoming senior from Madrid, Spain who has made her presence felt during her time at IU. She led the team in kills and attempts this past season and has played 94 games over three seasons for the Hoosiers.
Women’s water polo
The women’s water polo team featured two 2024 Paris Olympians for 8th place team Canada.
Jessica Gaudreault
Gaudreault was a 2018 all-American mention at IU.
Shae La Roche
La Roche ended her career with a Hoosier record 302 career goals in 2018.
On the current Hoosiers team, Sydney, Australia native Jasmine Higgs lead the team with 282 saves in 2024 and played in 24 games this past season.
Swimming
The men’s swimming team has nine international swimmers. Incoming Junior Zalán Sárkány represented Hungary at the 2024 Olympics and finished in the top 15 in his three events.
The women’s team has seven international swimmers.
