Luca Colceag Becomes Third Skyhawk Signee This Spring
5/9/2025 3:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
MARTIN, Tenn. – University of Tennessee at Martin head men's basketball coach Jeremy Shulman will reunite with one of his former players as incoming senior Luca Colceag has transferred to the Skyhawk program for 2025-26.
Colceag is a 6-9, 200-pound forward who played last season at Northern Colorado after spending the 2023-24 campaign at Eastern Florida State College under Shulman. Colceag also played his freshman season at Montana State.
"We are elated to have Luca join our program," Shulman said. "Obviously I am very familiar with his enhanced skillset and I know he will fit in seamlessly here at UT Martin. Luca is a bigtime shooter who can really create his shot and has been a part of conference championship squads in all three of his collegiate seasons."
A Bucharest, Romania native, Colceag appeared in 12 games last season under head coach Steve Smiley at Northern Colorado. The Bears had a historic season in 2024-25, winning the Big Sky Conference regular season championship and earning the program's first bid into the National Invitation Tournament. The squad went 25-10 overall for their second-most victories in school history and equaled the program record for league wins with 15 (against just three losses).
Colceag registered 45 points, 19 rebounds, 10 blocks, seven assists and a pair of steals in 126 minutes spread out over 12 games last season, shooting 40.6 percent (13-of-32) from three-point range. He scored a career-best 16 points (on 6-of-9 shooting, including 4-for-7 from three-point land) to go along with three rebounds, three assists and three blocks in only 21 minutes against Colorado Christian on Nov. 12 and added another double-digit scoring game with 10 points against Northern New Mexico on Nov. 26. He also added a career-high four blocks in just 16 minutes in his UNC debut against Colorado College on Nov. 4.
As a sophomore, Colceag was an All-Citrus Conference second team performer under Shulman and alongside current Skyhawks Afan Trnka and Andrija Bukumirović at Eastern Florida State College. The Titans went 27-5 and won the Citrus Conference championship as Colceag started in each of his 29 games played, averaging 10.7 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.0 blocks per contest. He shot an even 35 percent (56-for-160) from beyond the three-point arc while hauling in four double-doubles.
Colceag scored in double figures 19 times at EFSC, including a season-high 20 points (with 11 rebounds) against East Georgia State College on Nov. 4. He buried at least three 3-pointers on 10 separate occasions, including five treys (in nine attempts) at Northwest Florida State College on Dec. 9. He grabbed a season-best 15 rebounds on Jan. 3 against Florida State College at Jacksonville, his fifth double-digit rebounding game of the season. His season-high of five assists came against St. Petersburg College on Feb. 10 while he also accounted for 11 multi-steal performances (season-best three swipes on three separate occasions) and six multi-block performances (including a season-high four swats against Hillsborough Community College on March 2).
Playing under head coach Danny Sprinkle at Montana State, Colceag was a part of a Bobcat squad that went 25-10 and 15-3 in the Big Sky Conference in 2022-23 – earning a trip to the NCAA Tournament after claiming the Big Sky Tournament title. Colceag played in 10 games as a true freshman, piling up 14 points and 12 rebounds while shooting 40 percent (4-of-10) from three-point land. He scored 12 points thanks to a 4-for-6 effort from beyond the three-point arc in only nine minutes of playing time against Northwest Indian College on Dec. 17. He additionally grabbed five rebounds in a season-high 14 minutes against Warner Pacific on Nov. 18.
Prior to Montana State, Colceag competed for CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoco, a professional basketball club based out of Cluj-Napoco, Romania. He averaged 5.1 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 29 games during the 2021-22 campaign, helping the squad become the first Romanian team to qualify for the Basketball Champions League. He also spent a pair of seasons with the CSO Voluntari club organization.
Colceag has played in 15 international games at the FIBA level as part of the Romanian National Team. He averaged 9.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists over six games in the 2022 FIBA U20 European Championship Division B event and nearly averaged a double-double (8.5 points, 10.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.8 steals) in four games while playing alongside fellow Skyhawk signee Dragos Lungu at the 2021 FIBA U18 European Challengers tournament. He was also responsible for averages of 10.6 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.8 blocks over five games in the 2021 FIBA U20 European Challengers event.
Colceag hails from an athletic family background. His father Sorin played professional soccer for nearly two decades as a goalkeeper, making Romania's U21 national team while also playing abroad in Croatia, Belgium, Mexico, Czech Republic and Greece. His mother Daniela played for the Romania senior women's basketball national team, helping them reach the FIBA Women's EuroBasket event in 2001 while also playing at the age of 36 for Olimpia Bucharest in the 2006-07 FIBA Women's EuroCup.
Colceag is the sixth newcomer to sign with UT Martin for next season, joining an impressive group that includes Ama Sow (Montour HS/Dakar, Senegal), James Bass (Campbell HS/Dakar, Senegal), Ty Price (Butler County HS/Morgantown, Ky.), Damien King (Anderson HS/Anderson, Ind.) and Lungu (San Diego/Cluj-Napoca, Romania).
Colceag is a 6-9, 200-pound forward who played last season at Northern Colorado after spending the 2023-24 campaign at Eastern Florida State College under Shulman. Colceag also played his freshman season at Montana State.
"We are elated to have Luca join our program," Shulman said. "Obviously I am very familiar with his enhanced skillset and I know he will fit in seamlessly here at UT Martin. Luca is a bigtime shooter who can really create his shot and has been a part of conference championship squads in all three of his collegiate seasons."
A Bucharest, Romania native, Colceag appeared in 12 games last season under head coach Steve Smiley at Northern Colorado. The Bears had a historic season in 2024-25, winning the Big Sky Conference regular season championship and earning the program's first bid into the National Invitation Tournament. The squad went 25-10 overall for their second-most victories in school history and equaled the program record for league wins with 15 (against just three losses).
Colceag registered 45 points, 19 rebounds, 10 blocks, seven assists and a pair of steals in 126 minutes spread out over 12 games last season, shooting 40.6 percent (13-of-32) from three-point range. He scored a career-best 16 points (on 6-of-9 shooting, including 4-for-7 from three-point land) to go along with three rebounds, three assists and three blocks in only 21 minutes against Colorado Christian on Nov. 12 and added another double-digit scoring game with 10 points against Northern New Mexico on Nov. 26. He also added a career-high four blocks in just 16 minutes in his UNC debut against Colorado College on Nov. 4.
As a sophomore, Colceag was an All-Citrus Conference second team performer under Shulman and alongside current Skyhawks Afan Trnka and Andrija Bukumirović at Eastern Florida State College. The Titans went 27-5 and won the Citrus Conference championship as Colceag started in each of his 29 games played, averaging 10.7 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.0 blocks per contest. He shot an even 35 percent (56-for-160) from beyond the three-point arc while hauling in four double-doubles.
Colceag scored in double figures 19 times at EFSC, including a season-high 20 points (with 11 rebounds) against East Georgia State College on Nov. 4. He buried at least three 3-pointers on 10 separate occasions, including five treys (in nine attempts) at Northwest Florida State College on Dec. 9. He grabbed a season-best 15 rebounds on Jan. 3 against Florida State College at Jacksonville, his fifth double-digit rebounding game of the season. His season-high of five assists came against St. Petersburg College on Feb. 10 while he also accounted for 11 multi-steal performances (season-best three swipes on three separate occasions) and six multi-block performances (including a season-high four swats against Hillsborough Community College on March 2).
Playing under head coach Danny Sprinkle at Montana State, Colceag was a part of a Bobcat squad that went 25-10 and 15-3 in the Big Sky Conference in 2022-23 – earning a trip to the NCAA Tournament after claiming the Big Sky Tournament title. Colceag played in 10 games as a true freshman, piling up 14 points and 12 rebounds while shooting 40 percent (4-of-10) from three-point land. He scored 12 points thanks to a 4-for-6 effort from beyond the three-point arc in only nine minutes of playing time against Northwest Indian College on Dec. 17. He additionally grabbed five rebounds in a season-high 14 minutes against Warner Pacific on Nov. 18.
Prior to Montana State, Colceag competed for CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoco, a professional basketball club based out of Cluj-Napoco, Romania. He averaged 5.1 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 29 games during the 2021-22 campaign, helping the squad become the first Romanian team to qualify for the Basketball Champions League. He also spent a pair of seasons with the CSO Voluntari club organization.
Colceag has played in 15 international games at the FIBA level as part of the Romanian National Team. He averaged 9.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists over six games in the 2022 FIBA U20 European Championship Division B event and nearly averaged a double-double (8.5 points, 10.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.8 steals) in four games while playing alongside fellow Skyhawk signee Dragos Lungu at the 2021 FIBA U18 European Challengers tournament. He was also responsible for averages of 10.6 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.8 blocks over five games in the 2021 FIBA U20 European Challengers event.
Colceag hails from an athletic family background. His father Sorin played professional soccer for nearly two decades as a goalkeeper, making Romania's U21 national team while also playing abroad in Croatia, Belgium, Mexico, Czech Republic and Greece. His mother Daniela played for the Romania senior women's basketball national team, helping them reach the FIBA Women's EuroBasket event in 2001 while also playing at the age of 36 for Olimpia Bucharest in the 2006-07 FIBA Women's EuroCup.
Colceag is the sixth newcomer to sign with UT Martin for next season, joining an impressive group that includes Ama Sow (Montour HS/Dakar, Senegal), James Bass (Campbell HS/Dakar, Senegal), Ty Price (Butler County HS/Morgantown, Ky.), Damien King (Anderson HS/Anderson, Ind.) and Lungu (San Diego/Cluj-Napoca, Romania).
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