Isabelle Khurshudyan

Sports reporter

Washington Post sports reporter.

Isabelle Khurshudyan

Sports reporter

Washington Post sports reporter.

Newtown youth sports: a new normal
A summer basketball camp gives kids a chance to just play By Isabelle Khurshudyan | ESPN.com NEWTOWN, Conn. -- Everything stops for the shrill beeping. The sound of basketballs bouncing grows fainter until the gym is silent. One hundred and three campers
ESPN
Heart of the matter: Keeping high school athletes healthy
Top-three in the Associated Press Sports Editors' explanatory reporting award category.
The State
Confederate flag prevents USC from hosting NCAA tournaments
SPJ Region 3 Mark of Excellence winner for sports writing.
The Daily Gamecock
Top basketball recruit considers UNC women’s team
When the No. 1 women’s basketball recruit in the country goes home, she curls up on the couch and watches “NCIS” with her parents. She sends texts and tweets full of emojis. On weekends, she sleeps in and watches movies with her friends. She loves her pea
The News & Observer
Gamecocks land top-ranked high school player A'ja Wilson
Heathwood Hall's A'ja Wilson, the natiion's No. 1 girls basketball recruit, committed to South Carolina Wednesday afternoon. File A'ja Wilson's voice was low and seemingly solemn when she called South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley. Staley
The Post and Courier
Blimp pilots have a great vantage point, but lead solitary lives
A birthday he was inevitably going to miss was fast approaching, so when Allan Judd stopped by a pilot’s shop for tarts, he looked for something to send his young son. The pilot of a MetLife Snoopy blimp, Judd asked the clerk if she had any stuffed Snoopy
The Washington Post
Staying home: USC signing state's best
by Isabelle Khurshudyan | Published 10/12/12 3:47am | Updated 10/12/12 1:03pm Sophomore defensive end Jadeveon Clowney is one of 13 starters for USC who graduated from a South Carolina high school. South Carolina recruits lead Gamecocks’ surge When defens
The Daily Gamecock
Nats have their wood bat preferences, but science suggests there is no difference
If a bat doesn’t feel right to Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper, he’ll toss it right away. Harper can just tell it’s all wrong. He likes ash wood bats in the winter. Maple wood bats are for the summer. Maples are harder, and that feels right.
The Washington Post
Yankees rookie right-hander Shane Greene keeps Orioles at bay, 3-0
Yankees pitcher Shane Greene delivers a pitch vs. the Orioles during the fifth inning Saturday. Greene tossed seven-plus scoreless innings to help New York down Baltimore. (Nick Wass/AP) BALTIMORE — Fans in navy were at least five rows deep along the thir
The Washington Post
A life of promise is remembered
ORANGEBURG — The South Carolina State football team lined the doorway to the Orangeburg-Wilkinson High gym Saturday, dressed in suits and silent. When it was time, the team entered the gym uniformly, walking down an aisle and toward the silver casket in t
The State
Selling basketball a balancing act for USC’s Eric Nichols
The faces staring back at Eric Nichols dropped jaws, rolled eyes and furrowed brows. Then the pleading began. “You can’t do this,” one woman said. “We’ve been waiting for so long.” Nichols sighed and made the hardest decision of the afternoon, pulling a r
The State
How girls in their early teenage years can compete on the LPGA’s biggest stages
“I think that the game is getting younger and younger, especially on the women’s side,” Lexi Thompson said. “I think that girls are just starting to practice at a younger age.” (Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images) OWINGS MILLS, Md. — To be young and inexperience
The Washington Post
The Daily Gamecock :: Tweet me, maybe? — Social media rise poses problem for athletes
by Isabelle Khurshudyan | Published 09/27/12 4:17am | Updated 10/09/12 12:52am Twitter, Instagram used by student athletes to communicate with fans Accepting thousands of friend requests on Facebook was Michael Roth’s first mistake following his first Col
The Daily Gamecock
Jarell Martin leads LSU to win at South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. —Jarell Martin has been a starter his entire career, but coming off the bench was the change of pace he needed to feel comfortable again. Martin and fellow freshman forward Jordan Mickey gave LSU a boost in the Tigers’ first SEC road game o
Baton Rouge Advocate
Mistake-prone Tulane crushed at Syracuse
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Tulane coach Curtis Johnson spoke briskly after his team’s 52-17 loss to Syracuse, having come to terms with the reality of his team’s situation at halftime. Plagued by costly turnovers Saturday, the Green Wave couldn’t get out of its own
Baton Rouge Advocate
Grigor Dimitrov highlights a strong men’s singles field in Citi Open
As an 18-year-old Grigor Dimitrov used to be called “Baby Fed” for a style of play similar to Roger Federer’s. Then he became known for being Maria Sharapova’s other half. Now the 23-year-old has made a name for himself, falling to Wimbledon champion Nova
The Washington Post

About

Isabelle Khurshudyan

A recent journalism graduate of the University of South Carolina, Isabelle Khurshudyan is reporting for The Washington Post this summer.

Khurshudyan spent last summer interning for Rob King, then the senior vice president of content across ESPN’s digital and print platforms. In her 10 weeks with ESPN.com, she wrote over 10 stories, three of which appeared on the homepage. Her long-form feature for Outside the Lines on youth sports in Newtown, Connecticut, was featured on Longreads. She also worked on assignment at the 2013 NBA Draft, the American Athletic Conference Media Day, a Mets-Nationals game and the Los Angeles X Games.

During her senior year, she freelanced for The (Columbia, S.C.) State. Her enterprise story on sudden cardiac arrest in youth sports for The State finished in the Associated Press Sports Editors' top-three for explanatory reporting.

The summer before her senior year, Khurshudyan interned for The Daily Press in Newport News, Virginia. She compiled more bylines (68) than any other reporter in the newsroom during her internship.

Khurshudyan was promoted to sports editor for The Daily Gamecock within two years of joining the student paper as a freshman. Responsible for a 15-person staff, she edited three to five nights per week while also contributing as the primary beat reporter for football, basketball and baseball. Her work was recognized by the South Carolina Press Association in the collegiate division with first place in Best Sports Story, third place in Best Feature Story and third place in Twitter Presence. She also won an SPJ Mark of Excellence award in Region 3 for her story on the NCAA's Confederate flag ban.

Khurshudyan is fluent in Russian and has experience with InDesign, shooting and editing video on Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, WordPress and Scribe.