Arkansas State University

2024 SBC Libero of the Year
2024 First Team All-SBC
2024 Sun Belt All-Tournament Team
SBC Defensive Player of the Week: 3x – 9/10, 11/12, 11/20

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2024 | SENIOR
Named Sun Belt Conference Libero of the Year and First Team All-SBC performer … Collected 623 digs, the most in the Sun Belt and seventh most nationally … Averaged 4.65 digs per set, which was fourth in the league and top 50 nationally … Served 36 aces, ranking second on the team, with three or more aces in three matches … Also had 150 assists on the year … Had a pair of double-double outings … Recorded double-digit digs in 31 matches, including 15 with 20 or more … Three-time SBC Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 10, Nov. 12, Nov. 20) … Had a double-double with 26 digs and 10 assists in A-State’s SBC quarterfinal win over Coastal Carolina (Nov. 22) … Earned her final SBC Defensive Player of the Week nod on Nov. 20 after the Red Wolves defeated Old Dominion … Martinez matched her career high with 30 digs and added 12 assists in a win over the Monarchs (Nov. 15) to clinch the regular-season crown … Tabbed SBC Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 12 after having 15 and 27 digs, respectively in a pair of wins over South Alabama to clinch the West Division (Nov. 8-9) … Registered back-to-back 21-dig performances against Troy (Oct. 24-25) … Had 26 and 27 digs in a pair of five-set matches at Southern Miss (Oct. 3-4) … Recorded three-straight 20-dig outputs at the Blue Raider Bash (Sept. 6-8) to earn All-Tournament and her first defensive weekly honor … A-State Invitational Tournament MVP.

2023 | JUNIOR
Averaged 4.62 digs per set to rank third in the Sun Belt … Totaled 480 digs, which stood fifth in the league, to go along with 20 service aces … Recorded 20 or more digs 12 times, including a season-high 27 twice against Missouri State (Sept. 16) and Louisiana (Sept. 30) … Registered 21 digs in the second round of the SBC Tournament against Georgia Southern (Nov. 16) … Served two aces with 19 digs in the Red Wolves’ first-round win over Georgia State (Nov. 15) … Handed out six assists with two aces and 22 digs against Marshall (Nov. 10) … Corralled 23 digs in a win at ULM (Nov. 3) … Recorded a season-best seven assists with 24 digs against Southern Miss (Oct. 20) … Tallied 20 digs in a three-set win over the Golden Eagles the day before (Oct. 19) … Bear Invitational All-Tournament … Notched 20 digs against Lindenwood (Sept. 15) and 23 at Southern Illinois (Sept. 8) … Turned in 20 digs in a win over Louisiana Tech (Aug. 25).

2022 | SOPHOMORE
Led Arkansas State in digs (473) and aces (34) … Corralled a career-high 30 digs against Saint Louis (Aug. 26) … Had six matches of 20-plus digs … Finished the season ranked second in the Sun Belt Conference in digs per set during conference play (4.14) … Served a career-best four aces in both matches on Aug. 26 in against Mississippi Valley State and Saint Louis … Recorded 25 digs with a career-high 11 assists at Marshall (Nov. 11) … Tallied 22 digs and three aces without a service error in the SBC Quarterfinals against Troy (Nov. 18) … Served three aces with 21 digs in a regular-season match against the Trojans (Oct. 14).

2021 | FRESHMAN AT HOUSTON
Played in 24 matches, helping Houston to a 25-7 overall record … Recorded a season-high two aces two times, as well as 11 digs in two different matches … Totaled eight aces and 70 digs in 62 sets played.

2020 (AT HOUSTON)
Helped lead Houston to the AAC West Division crown, playing in all 75 sets … Began her collegiate career with seven double-digit dig outputs in her first eight matches, finishing the season with 13 10-dig performances … Surpassed the 15-dig mark on six occasions … Logged a season-best 20 digs in the five-set comeback win over Memphis (March 12) … Made the first start of her career in the four-set match against Texas State (March 20), posting 15 digs.

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letter winner at Flower Mound High School, leading her squad to a 43-7 record and state championship in 2018 as a junior … Followed that with a 41-4 ledger as a senior, helping her team to district, bi-district and area champions in 2019 … Averaged 5.9 digs per set in her junior and senior seasons … Three-time First Team All-District in 2017-19 … Two-time District Defensive Player of the Year (2018-19) … 2018 TAVC 6A Newcomer of the Year … Texas Sports Writers Association All-State First Team … Landed a spot on the Under Armour Preseason Watch List, earning a nomination to become an Under Armour All-American … Dallas Morning News All-Area Libero of the Year in 2018 and 2019.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Michael and Lylian Martinez … Majoring in psychology … Birthday is June 4.