2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 14
Marta Leimane
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-0
- Position:
- Guard
- Hometown:
- Ventspils, Latvia
- High School:
- Riga 47th Secondary
- Major:
- Business Administration
Bio
ACCOLADES
Mountain West Academic All-Conference (2023, 2024)
Mountain West Scholar Athlete (2022-23, 2023-24)
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2023-24, 2024-25)
COLORADO STATE
2024-25 (JUNIOR): Played in all 32 games, making 26 starts and averaging 24.6 minutes per game...Averaged 6.4 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 0.8 blocks...Logged five games of double-digit scoring...Posted career-highs in rebounds (96), assists (72), blocks (24) and steals (19)...Led the team in blocks in 11 games, assists in nine games and steals in five...Scored a season-high 19 points on 8-for-10 shooting in a game against Brown (11/30)...Tied her career-high in rebounds with 10 against Oregon State (11/8).
2023-24 (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in 29 games, making 11 starts and averaged 23.2 minutes per contest... Suffered an injury early in the Mountain West schedule and missed two games... Scored a career-high at the time 18 points against South Dakota Mines (11/21) on 7of-9 shooting... Also added five rebounds in four steals in the breakout game... Started the last 11 games of the season and scored in double-figure in eight games... Dropped a season-high 24 points at Utah State (2/24) on 12-of-17 shooting... Recorded her first career double-double at UNLV (2/14) with 22 points and 10 rebounds... Finished the season fourth in scoring with 239 points and an 8.2 average.
2022-23 (FRESHMAN): Saw action in 17 games averaging 6.5 minutes per contest as a true freshman... Made her collegiate debut against Montana (11/11) totaling six minutes... Scored her first points against Western Colorado (11/15) recording six on 1-of-2 shooting and 4-for-4 from the free-throw line... Saw significant minutes in the final game of the season at Northern Iowa (3/16) in the WNIT playing a season-high 23 minutes and scoring a high 17 points on 7-of-9 shooting and 2-of-2 from behind the arc... Finished the season with 48 points on 18-of-35, including 8-for-9 from the charity stripe.... Finished season with six steals, including a season-high three at Northern Iowa.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Attended Riga 47th Secondary School and graduated in 2022... Named to the Latvia National Team for the 2023 FIBA EuroBasket Qualifiers... Second on the team at the FIBA U18 Women's European Challengers in scoring with 9.0 ppg, while contributing 2.4 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game... Participated in Estonian and Lithuanian leagues... Helped her team win the Champions of Baltic Basketball league.
PERSONAL
Born in Ventspils, Latvia... Daughter of Daina and Aldis Plendiskis... Majoring in business administration.
Mountain West Academic All-Conference (2023, 2024)
Mountain West Scholar Athlete (2022-23, 2023-24)
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2023-24, 2024-25)
COLORADO STATE
2024-25 (JUNIOR): Played in all 32 games, making 26 starts and averaging 24.6 minutes per game...Averaged 6.4 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 0.8 blocks...Logged five games of double-digit scoring...Posted career-highs in rebounds (96), assists (72), blocks (24) and steals (19)...Led the team in blocks in 11 games, assists in nine games and steals in five...Scored a season-high 19 points on 8-for-10 shooting in a game against Brown (11/30)...Tied her career-high in rebounds with 10 against Oregon State (11/8).
2023-24 (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in 29 games, making 11 starts and averaged 23.2 minutes per contest... Suffered an injury early in the Mountain West schedule and missed two games... Scored a career-high at the time 18 points against South Dakota Mines (11/21) on 7of-9 shooting... Also added five rebounds in four steals in the breakout game... Started the last 11 games of the season and scored in double-figure in eight games... Dropped a season-high 24 points at Utah State (2/24) on 12-of-17 shooting... Recorded her first career double-double at UNLV (2/14) with 22 points and 10 rebounds... Finished the season fourth in scoring with 239 points and an 8.2 average.
2022-23 (FRESHMAN): Saw action in 17 games averaging 6.5 minutes per contest as a true freshman... Made her collegiate debut against Montana (11/11) totaling six minutes... Scored her first points against Western Colorado (11/15) recording six on 1-of-2 shooting and 4-for-4 from the free-throw line... Saw significant minutes in the final game of the season at Northern Iowa (3/16) in the WNIT playing a season-high 23 minutes and scoring a high 17 points on 7-of-9 shooting and 2-of-2 from behind the arc... Finished the season with 48 points on 18-of-35, including 8-for-9 from the charity stripe.... Finished season with six steals, including a season-high three at Northern Iowa.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Attended Riga 47th Secondary School and graduated in 2022... Named to the Latvia National Team for the 2023 FIBA EuroBasket Qualifiers... Second on the team at the FIBA U18 Women's European Challengers in scoring with 9.0 ppg, while contributing 2.4 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game... Participated in Estonian and Lithuanian leagues... Helped her team win the Champions of Baltic Basketball league.
PERSONAL
Born in Ventspils, Latvia... Daughter of Daina and Aldis Plendiskis... Majoring in business administration.