Marta Suárez
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| No. 77 – Golden State Valkyries | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||
| League | WNBA | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | May 7, 2002 Oviedo, Spain | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | Institut Joaquim Blume (Barcelona, Spain) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Tennessee (2020–2023) California (2023–2025) TCU (2025–2026) | ||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2026: 2nd round, 16th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Drafted by | Seattle Storm | ||||||||||||||
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| 2019–2020 | Segle XXI | ||||||||||||||
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| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Marta Suárez Rodríguez (born May 7, 2002) is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Golden State Valkyries of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Tennessee Lady Volunteers, California Golden Bears, and TCU Horned Frogs.
Suárez was born on May 7, 2002, in Oviedo, Spain, to Maximino Suárez Diaz and Marisa Rodríguez Medina. She attended Institut Joaquim Blume in Barcelona. In 2019–20, Suárez played with Segle XXI in the second-tier Liga Femenina 2 (LF2) and led her team with 12.7 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. She was rated as a four-star recruit by Blue Star Europe and committed to playing college basketball at Tennessee over Duke and Washington.[1]
College career
Suárez began her college career with the Tennessee Lady Volunteers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). As a freshman in 2020–21, she started her first 14 games, but her season ended prematurely due to a lower leg injury. Suárez earned SEC All-Freshman honors after averaging 4.1 points and 3.6 rebounds per game. She subsequently redshirted in 2021–22 to rehab her leg. In her return to play in 2022–23, Suárez averaged 4.9 points and 3.0 rebounds per game.[1] However, midway through the season, she announced that she would be stepping away from basketball for personal reasons, returning to Spain and continuing her studies online.[2]
Suárez transferred to California ahead of her junior season.[3] In 2023–24, she started all 34 games for the Golden Bears and averaged 11.9 points and 4.9 rebounds per game.[4] In 2024–25, Suárez improved her averages to 12.9 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game and helped California reach the 2025 NCAA tournament.[5] She earned second-team all-tournament honors at the 2025 ACC tournament.[4]
Professional career
On April 13, 2026, Suárez was drafted in the second round, 16th overall, by the Seattle Storm in the 2026 WNBA draft, she was later traded to the Golden State Valkyries along with a 2028 second-round pick in exchange for Flau'jae Johnson (4th pick overall).[6][7]
National team career
Suárez won a bronze medal with the Spain national under-16 team at the 2018 FIBA U16 Women's European Championship, averaging 7.0 points and 2.9 rebounds per game. She later played for the 2021 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup, averaging 6.7 points and 5.0 rebounds as Spain finished in seventh place.[1]