2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster

#15 Natalija Marshall 2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster

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Height 6-5
Class Senior
Eligibility Junior
Hometown Queens, NY
High School Christ the King
Natalija Marshall - Women's Basketball - Notre Dame Fighting Irish

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • 2024 ACC Tournament champion
  • 2024 All-ACC Academic Team
  • 2023 ACC regular season champion
  • 2023 All-ACC Academic Team

AS A SENIOR (2023-24)

  • ACC Tournament champion
  • Appeared in 34 games with four starts
  • Had the best year of her career, averaging career highs in several categories: points (5.0), rebounds (3.7) and minutes (20.2). She had 14 steals on the year after finishing last year with 3 (367 percent increase), and she had 34 blocks after finishing last year with 13 (162 percent increase). Also ranked second on the team with 63 offensive rebounds
  • Posted eight multi-block games
  • Played 35 minutes against Ole Miss in the NCAA Tournament Second Round, a career high
  • Made her first career start on March 10, starting against NC State in the ACC Tournament final
  • Missed game against BC due to illness
  • Showed up in a big way at UConn, scoring 10 points in 19 minutes of play and going 4-5 from the floor
  • Notched 6 blocks against Purdue, becoming the first player in the ACC that season with a 6-block game
  • Entered the season with two performances of 10+ points. Added five consecutive performances of 10+ against Chicago State (20), Ball State (12), Tennessee (15), Lafayette (12) and Purdue (14)
  • Had 9 rebounds at Tennessee, a career high
  • Led Notre Dame with 6 assists against Lafayette

AS A JUNIOR (2022-23)

  • Saw action in 28 games, scoring in 19 of them
  • Averaged 3.5 points and 2.0 rebounds with a 52.5 FG%
  • Posted a career-high 13 points against Merrimack
  • Posted a career-high seven rebounds against Northwestern
  • Saw increased minutes as the season progressed after an injury to Lauren Ebo

AS A SOPHOMORE (2021-22)

  • After spending the entire 2020-21 season rehabbing her ACL injury, Marshall finally made her Irish debut in the Nov. 9 season opener vs Ohio. It had been 22 months without playing an official game.  
  • Scored in 9 of 13 games played, averaging 8.5 minutes off the bench.
  • Tied her career high of 5 rebounds vs Pitt on Dec. 19.
  • Posted the best plus/minus (+7) in the win at Michigan State on Dec. 2. Marshall supplied 8 points in 14 minutes on 4-of-9 shooting.
  • When given 28 minutes of action vs Bryant, Marshall delivered with her first career double-digit scoring effort with 11 points. She was all over the court – she grabbed 5 rebounds, dished out 4 assists, blocked 2 shots and earned 4 steals.
  • Provided some key minutes in the 1st half at Syracuse when Westbeld/Dodson were sitting with early fouls.
  • Missed the 2nd half of the season due to surgery on her left knee – medial meniscus tear

AS A FRESHMAN (2020-21)

  • Took a medical redshirt and spent the 2020-21 season rehabbing her ACL injury sustained in high school.
  • Started going through warm-ups with the team on Feb. 22.

PREP AND PERSONAL

  • Attended Christ the King, where she racked up over 75 wins
  • Ranked 32nd overall in the 2020 class and eighth in her position
  • Senior year was cut short due to an ACL injury
  • Invited to 2020 Jordan Brand Classic
  • Won the 2019 New York State Federation championship
  • Fell a win shy of an undefeated season and national title in 2018
  • Two-time New York Catholic State champion
  • Two-time New York City champion
  • Two-time CHSAA Conference champion
  • Averaged 13.4 points, 7.2 rebounds and 4.1 blocks as a junior
  • 2019 First Team All-New York State
  • Three-Time All-New York City
  • Played with Exodus NYC on EYBL circuit
  • Participated in the 2018 USA Women’s U17 World Cup Team Trials