2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster
Laia Conesa
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Barcelona, Spain
Get to Know Laia ...
What is the significance behind your jersey number?
I wear No. 6 because it was the number I wore when I won the championship with my state team. And now I just like it.
Who was your favorite player growing up? Who did you emulate your game after?
My favorite player I watched growing up was Alba Torrens.
How would you describe your style of play to someone who has never watched you?
I would describe my style as versatile.
Why did you choose KU?
I chose KU because I think it is the perfect place to improve, learn, and compete against good players which will help me in my future career as a basketball player.
NAME & HOMETOWN PRONUNCIATION
Career Honors
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team (2024-25)
2024-25 (Sophomore)
Named to the CSC Academic All-District Team…Played in all 30 games, making 25 starts and averaging 28.9 minutes per game…Ranked fourth on the team in scoring at 7.4 points per game…One of four players on the roster with more than 100 rebounds on the season, finishing with 103 (3.4 per game)…Scored in double figures 12 times, including a stretch of six-straight games during Big 12 play…Set a new career-high with 13 points against Sam Houston (Nov. 11)…Hit multiple three-pointers in seven games, with a career-high of three at Utah (Jan. 22)...Shot 79.3 percent (46-58) from the free throw line and 33.8 percent (23-68) from three-point range…Led the Jayhawks with 49 steals and ranked third on the team with 47 assists.
2023-24 (Freshman)
Appeared in 18 games for Kansas in her freshman season…Finished with 18 points, averaging 1.0 per game…Played a career-high 17 minutes against Central Arkansas (Dec. 16), when she went 3-for-4 from the field for six points and collected three assists in the win.
High School
Has competed for the Spanish National Team during the FIBA U16 Women’s European Challengers (2021), FIBA U17 Women’s Basketball World Cup (2022) and the FIBA 3×3 U17 Europe Cup (2022)…Helped Spain to a runner-up, silver medal finish in the U17 World Cup…Scored 11 points on 3-of-3 shooting from 3-point range in the finals against Team USA…Was the No. 2 scorer in the FIBA 3×3 U17 Europe Cup in September 2022, earning a spot on the ‘Team of the Tournament’…Averaged 17.2 points per game in the Europe Cup as she led Spain to the silver medal…Helped her team to a 5-0 record during the European Challengers event…Plays at one of Spain’s top basketball academies, Segle XXI, which competes in Liga Femenina 2, Spain’s second-tier women’s basketball league…Committed to Kansas in April 2022…Chose KU over from Ohio State, Georgia Tech, Washington State and others.
Personal
Daughter of David Conesa and Ivette Calvet…Has two younger siblings: brother, Marc, and sister, Berta.