2007-08 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Marta Waalen
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Central HS
- Hometown:
- St. Paul, Minn.
2007-08 -- Averaged 18.5 minutes per contest for UMKC, starting 18 of her 30 appearances on the season... averaged 4.2 points and 4.2 rebounds per game, with a shooting percentage of .437 (52-119) from the floor and .607 (17-28) from the free throw line for the year... swiped a career-high four at Central Arkansas (11/9) in a seven-point, two-rebound outing... recorded back-to-back double-digit games at Northern Colorado (12/19) and against Newman (1/2), scoring 11 points in each outing and grabbing eight and five rebounds respectively in the contests... equaled her career high steals mark against Oral Roberts (1/28), adding eight rebounds, seven points a block and an assist on the night... came up just shy of a double-double at Centenary (2/25) with 13 points and seven rebounds on the night, adding an assist in a 22-minute outing... recorded her first double-double in UMKC's quarterfinal upset of Western Illinois in The Summit League Championships with 11 points and 11 rebounds, adding three assists... named to The Summit League Winter/Spring Academic all-League team and to the Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
2006-07 -- Saw action in 24 games for the Kangaroos on the season, averaging 1.4 points and 2.3 rebounds per contest... scored five points and grabbed four rebounds in 12 minutes of action in the season opener against Northern Colorado, hitting on both of her attempts from the floor and her only attempt from the charity stripe... scored four points and pulled down a season-high five rebounds at TCU... matched her career superlative with three blocks against Chicago State... named to the Mid-Con Winter/Spring Academic all-Conference team and to the Mid-Continent Conference Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
2005-06 -- Played in 25 games for the Kangaroos, averaging 7.6 minutes, 2.1 rebounds and 1.0 points per game... Led the team with seven rebounds in 10 minutes against New Mexico State... Scored five points, including a game-breaking trey against Southern Utah... named to the Mid-Con Winter/Spring Academic all-Conference team.
2004-05 -- Played in all 30 games with nine starts... averaged 4.4 points and 3.8 rebounds in 18.2 minutes per game... second on the team with 16 blocks... also had 13 steals... scored 11 points vs. Mississippi Valley (12/4/04)... had 11 points and five rebounds vs. Oral Roberts (12/20/05)... scored a career-high 14 points vs. Southern Utah (1/6/05)... made her first career start on at IUPUI on Jan. 31... grabbed a career-high nine rebounds in three straight games: at IUPUI (1/31/05), vs. Chicago State (2/5/05) and at Centenary (2/10/05)... had a career best five assists vs. IUPUI (2/12/05).
High School -- Attended Central High School... named to Associate Press all-state honorable mention as a junior and senior... averaged 8.2 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.9 steals and 1.7 blocks per game as a junior... recorded six double-doubles in 2002-03, including a 15-point, 15-rebound effort against Harding... three-time all-conference performer who helped lead Central to conference titles in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004... also helped the squad to a third-place state tournament finish as freshman in 2000-01... high school coach was Willie Taylor.
Personal -- Born August 22, 1986... daughter of Norris and Holly Waalen... sociology major.
CAREER HIGHS
Points: 14 vs. Southern Utah, 1/6/05
Rebounds: 11 vs. Western Illinois, 3/8/08
FGM: 6 vs. Southern Utah, 1/6/05
FGA: 12 (twice)
3FGM: 1 (18 times)
3FGA: 7 vs. Western Illinois, 1/19/05
FTM: 4 vs. Southern Utah, 1/12/08
FTA: 4 (five times)
Assists: 5 vs. IUPUI, 2/12/05
Steals: 4 (twice)
Blocks: 4 vs. Newman, 1/2/08
Minutes: 37 vs. Oral Roberts, 1/28/08
