2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster
Biography
Honors and Awards:
- ACC All-Tournament Second Team -- 2025
- USBWA National Player of the Week -- Dec. 23, 2024
- Kay Yow Servant Leader Award -- 2024-25
- SEC Academic Honor Roll -- 2022-23
- SEC Academic Honor Roll -- 2021-22
- VOLeaders Academy -- 2021-22
- SEC Academic Honor Roll -- 2020-21
- SEC All-Freshman Team -- 2020-21
- SEC Freshman of the Week (1/26) -- 2020-21
As a Senior at Cal (2024-25):
- Appeared in 32 games with 32 starts and totaled 931 minutes for an average of 29.1 minutes per game.
- Totaled 414 points and was third on the team with an average of 12.9 points per game.
- Second on the team in rebounding at 7.2 rebounds per game and 230 total rebounds.
- Fourth on the team in assists (78) and 3-pointers (40).
- Posted three 20-point games.
- Registered six double-doubles including two in the ACC Tournament.
- Had a season-high 21 points including 4-of-6 from 3-point range in the win against Stanford on Dec. 13.
- Was just one of five players in the ACC to rank in the top 25 in scoring, rebounding and field goal percentage during conference play.
- Was one of just 14 forwards in the country and one of three in the ACC to shoot at least 46% from the field and 32% from deep (min. 11 3PTA).
As a Junior at Cal (2023-24):
- 1 of 2 players to start all 34 games.
- Logged 955 minutes, averaging 28.1 minutes per contest.
- Led the team in rebounding (6.9 rebounds per game) and total rebounds (233).
- Ranked second on the team in scoring (11.9 points per game).
- Finished third on the team in 3-pointers (42).
- Posted a team-high seven double-doubles, good for 10th in the Pac-12.
- Had career highs of 27 points and five 3-pointers at Auburn on Nov. 17.
- Grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds against Saint Joseph's on Mar. 24.
- Swiped a career-high five steals against Santa Clara on Nov. 8.
- Her total 3-pointers ranked fourth in the Pac-12 among all forwards.
- Finished 9th in the Pac-12 in rebounds (233).
- Posted three 20-point games and 22 double-digits scoring games including 8 of the first 9 games of the season.
As a Redshirt Sophomore at Tennessee (2022-23):
- Put up 4.9 ppg. and 3.0 rpg. as a redshirt sophomore, shooting 37.5 percent from the field and 77.4 from the charity stripe.
- Turned in 10 points against Rutgers, marking her first double-digit performance since dropping 10 against UConn on Jan. 21, 2021.
- Pulled down a career-high nine rebounds while adding six points against ninth-ranked Virginia Tech on Dec. 4.
- Had seven points on 3-of-7 shooting at Stanford on Dec. 18.
As a Sophomore at Tennessee (2021-22):
- It was announced on Oct. 28 that Marta would miss the season while recovering from a lower extremity injury.
As a Freshman at Tennessee (2020-21):
- Earned SEC All-Freshman Team honors in 2020-21 after playing 22 games and starting the first 14 for the Lady Vols.
- Averaged 4.1 ppg., 3.6 rpg. and 16 mpg., shooting 41 percent from the field and 75 percent from the free-throw line.
- Was averaging 6.4 ppg., 5.6 rpg. and 21.8 mpg. through 13 contests before a lower leg injury limited her ability to practice and play, and ultimately ended her season early.
- Scored 11 points while adding six rebounds and four assists in her first game on Rocky Top vs. Western Kentucky, becoming one of just 23 Lady Vol freshmen to start in her debut.
- The 11 points in her first game at Tennessee made her one of just 45 Lady Vols all-time to score in double digits in their debut.
- Was named SEC Freshman of the Week after averaging 8.0 points and 5.0 rebounds while shooting 63.6 percent from the field through games against No. 3/5 UConn and No. 12 Kentucky.
- Turned in 10 points, six rebounds and a steal against the Huskies in a barn-burner in Knoxville and followed that up with six points and four boards vs. the Wildcats in a UT victory.
- Tallied eight points, six rebounds, an assist and a steal in 22 minutes at home vs. Georgia.
- Scored nine points and grabbed a team-high seven rebounds against UNCG.
- Pulled down a season-high eight rebounds and chipped in two points against ETSU.
- Led the team in rebounding for the second time this season against Furman, tallying a season-high-tying eight boards, seven points and three assists.
- Despite her physical limitations, she was a spark off the bench at Texas A&M, connecting on two of three from beyond the arc to finish with six points in 16 minutes.
International Basketball:
- Suárez represented Spain at the 2021 FIBA U19 Women's World Cup from Aug. 7-15 in Debrecen, Hungary.
- She averaged 17.1 minutes of play and contributed 6.7 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.3 steals per outing as the Spaniards finished seventh.
- Also donned her nation's colors at the 2018 FIBA U16 Women's European Championship from Aug. 17-25 in Kaunas, Lithuania.
- Helped her native country place third, seeing 16.9 minutes of action in seven tourney games.
- She averaged 7.0 points, 2.9 rebounds, 1.9 steals and 1.4 assists while shooting 51.1 percent from the field.
- She had an average plus/minus of 15, with only one game below 12 and five at 15 or more.
- Coming off the bench in five of seven contests, Suárez had bests of 15 points (on 7-of-9 shooting) and six rebounds vs. Belgium.
High School:
- Attended Joachim Blume Institute.
- Was a four-star Blue Star Europe prospect.
- Played 2019-20 season with Segle XXI Barcelona in Spain's LF2 League.
- Led that team by averaging 12.7 points and 5.6 rebounds per contest as a starter.
- She shot 46 percent from the field, 34.6 percent on three pointers and 73.3 percent from the free throw line.
- She connected on 27 treys in 20 games played.
Personal:
- Full name is Marta Suárez Rodríguez.
- Born in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain, on May 7, 2002.
- Parents are Maximino Suárez Diaz and Marisa Rodríguez Medina.
- Has one sibling, brother Alejandro Suárez Rodríguez.
- Fourth international player in Lady Vol history but the first from Spain.
- Chose UT over Duke and Washington.
- Former teammate with Missouri's Mamá Demele.
- Majored in journalism and electronic media at Tennessee before departing.
- Recipient of the Randall Keith Nutt Athletic Scholarship Endowment.
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2023-24Junior
Forward
6'3"
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2024-25Senior
Forward
6'3"
