Colleen Planeta

Colleen Planeta
No. 42 – Sydney Uni Flames
Position	Forward
League	WNBL
Personal information
Born	September 3, 1988; Surprise, Arizona
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Career information
High school	Willow Canyon
College	Point Loma (2006–2010)
WNBA draft	2010: undrafted
Playing career	2010–present
Career history
2010–2011	Barcelos
2011–2012	Ano Liosia
2012–2013	Saarlouis Royals
2014–2016	Hume City Broncos
2015–2016	Etzella Ettelbruck
2016–2019	Adelaide Lightning
2019–present	Sydney Uni Flames
Career highlights and awards
	Luxembourg Cup Champion (2016) ; ; Big V Champion (2014); 2x Big V Most Valuable Player (2014, 2015); 2x Big V All-Star Five (2014, 2015); Big V Defensive Player of the Year (2014);

Colleen Planeta (born September 3, 1988) is an American professional basketball player.

Career

College

Planeta played college basketball at the Point Loma Nazarene University for the Point Loma Nazarene Sea Lions in San Diego, California.[1]

Europe

Since leaving college, Planeta played in several different leagues across Europe. Lee played in nations such as Portugal, Greece, Germany and Luxembourg. Taking home the Cup championship in her latter season stint in Luxembourg.

Australia

Planeta first signed in Victoria, Australia for the Hume City Broncos in the Big V league. Prior to this, she had just finished her season in Germany and was considering retirement.[2] Her presence with the Broncos has been instrumental to their success and since her signing, she was won many awards for her play in the league. Due to her presence and dominance in the league, Planeta was signed by the Adelaide Lightning for the 2016–17 season.[3] The WNBL will be the highest level of basketball she has played at in her career. Planeta was awarded a place in the WNBL's Round 13 Team of the Week[4] as recognition of her excellent performances in Adelaide's two wins of that round.

References

"2009-10 Women's Basketball". plnusealions.com.
"Big V women: Import Colleen Planeta gives Hume City Broncos star power". reviewproperty.com.au.
"Two time Big V's MVP – Colleen Planeta signs with the MAC Adelaide Lightning". wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
"Round 13 Team of the Week - WNBL". Archived from the original on 2017-01-10. Retrieved 2017-01-10.

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[1] "2009-10 Women's Basketball". plnusealions.com.

[2] "Big V women: Import Colleen Planeta gives Hume City Broncos star power". reviewproperty.com.au.

[3] "Two time Big V's MVP – Colleen Planeta signs with the MAC Adelaide Lightning". wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2016-09-03.

[4] "Round 13 Team of the Week - WNBL". Archived from the original on 2017-01-10. Retrieved 2017-01-10.