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- Height:
- 5-2
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- Hometown:
- Canyon Lake, Texas
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- Position:
- DS
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- High School:
- Smithson Valley
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- m
- 8
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- k/s
- 0.03
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- h %
- .000
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- a/s
- 1.31
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- b/s
- 0.00
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- sa/s
- 0.13
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- d/s
- 4.66
Bio
Honors & Awards
- Team Most Valuable Player (2019)
- Simpson Quadrangular All-Tournament Team (9/27-28/19)
- Three-year Simpson Defensive Player of the Year (2017-19)
- A-R-C Defensive Player of the Week (9/16/18)
- Three-year letterwinner (2017-19)
2019 | junior
- Competed in 27 matches for the Storm
- Named Team Most Valuable Player
- Award Simpson Defensive Player of the Year for third-straight season
- Earned a spot on the Simpson Quadrangular All-Tournament Team
- Led the team and was seventh in the conference with 432 digs
2018 | sophomore
- Named Simpson's Defensive Player of the Year
- Selected A-R-C Defensive Player of the Week (9/16/18)
- Led the team with 441 digs (4.32/set
- Appeared in 27 matches totaling a team-high 102 sets
- Posted 85 assists and 24 service aces
- Reached double figures in digs 21 times, surpassing 20 digs ten times
- Had a season-high 33 digs and seven assists against Nebraska Wesleyan (Oct. 11)
2017 | freshman
- Named Simpson's Defensive Player of the Year
- Led the team with 346 digs (3.68/set) as a rookie
- Appeared in 25 matches totaling 94 sets
- Posted 25 assists and 15 service aces
- Reached double figures in digs 16 times, including 13 of the final 14 matches
- Had a season-high 31 digs in the final match of the season against Illinois College (Oct. 27)
High School
- A 2017 graduate of Smithson Valley High School
- Coached by Liana Gombert …
- A two-time honorable mention all-conference performer
- Named academic all-district and academic all-state
- A three-year letterwinner
- Member of the National Honor Society
Personal
- Parents are Ariel and Diane Martinez
- Has one sister, Crystal, and one brother, Alonzo
- Majoring in chemistry
Player Profile
| Overall | Conf | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 8 | 8 | ||
| Sets | 32 | 32 | ||
| Kills | 1 | 1 | ||
| Kills per set | 0.03 | 0.03 | ||
| Errors | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total Attacks | 11 | 11 | ||
| Total Attacks per set | 0.34 | 0.34 | ||
| Hitting Percentage | .000 | .000 | ||
| Assists | 42 | 42 | ||
| Assists per set | 1.31 | 1.31 | ||
| Service Total Attempts | 95 | 95 | ||
| Service Aces | 4 | 4 | ||
| Service Errors | 3 | 3 | ||
| Service Aces per set | 0.13 | 0.13 | ||
| Receptions | 132 | 132 | ||
| Reception Errors | 8 | 8 | ||
| Digs | 149 | 149 | ||
| Digs per set | 4.66 | 4.66 | ||
| Block Solo | 0 | 0 | ||
| Block Assist | 0 | 0 | ||
| Block Total | 0 | 0 | ||
| Blocks per set | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Block Errors | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ball Handling Errors | 0 | 0 | ||
| Points | 5.0 | 5.0 | ||
| Points per set | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||
| Matches started | - | - | ||
| Date | Opponent | Score | ms | s | k | e | ta | pct | a | sa | se | r | re | digs | bs | ba | be | tot | bhe | pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20 | at Dubuque | W, 3-2 | - | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | -.200 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Feb 23 | Central (Iowa) | L, 3-2 | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 |
| Feb 27 | at Loras | L, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mar 3 | at Coe | L, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mar 10 | Neb. Wesleyan | L, 3-2 | - | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .333 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Mar 13 | Luther | W, 3-2 | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Mar 17 | at Buena Vista | L, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mar 20 | Wartburg | L, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
| m | s | k | k/s | e | ta | pct | a | a/s | sa | sa/s | r | re | digs | d/s | bs | ba | tot | b/s | pts | pts/s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | 25 | 94 | 2 | 0.02 | 0 | 5 | .400 | 25 | 0.27 | 24 | 0.26 | 242 | 38 | 346 | 3.68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 26.0 | 0.3 |
| 2018-19 | 27 | 102 | 1 | 0.01 | 4 | 14 | -.214 | 85 | 0.83 | 15 | 0.15 | 496 | 35 | 441 | 4.32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 16.0 | 0.2 |
| 2019-20 | 27 | 102 | 7 | 0.07 | 3 | 30 | .133 | 61 | 0.60 | 23 | 0.23 | 444 | 32 | 432 | 4.24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 30.0 | 0.3 |
| 2020-21 | 8 | 32 | 1 | 0.03 | 1 | 11 | .000 | 42 | 1.31 | 4 | 0.13 | 132 | 8 | 149 | 4.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5.0 | 0.2 |
| Total | 87 | 330 | 11 | 0.03 | 8 | 60 | .050 | 213 | 0.65 | 66 | 0.20 | 1314 | 113 | 1368 | 4.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 77.0 | 0.2 |
| m | s | k | k/s | e | ta | pct | a | a/s | sa | sa/s | r | re | digs | d/s | bs | ba | tot | b/s | pts | pts/s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Total | 8 | 32 | 1 | 0.03 | 1 | 11 | .000 | 42 | 1.31 | 4 | 0.13 | 132 | 8 | 149 | 4.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5.0 | 0.2 |
| Conference | 8 | 32 | 1 | 0.03 | 1 | 11 | .000 | 42 | 1.31 | 4 | 0.13 | 132 | 8 | 149 | 4.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5.0 | 0.2 | |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Location | Home | 4 | 18 | 1 | 0.06 | 0 | 3 | .333 | 29 | 1.61 | 4 | 0.22 | 72 | 3 | 93 | 5.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5.0 | 0.3 |
| Away | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 8 | -.125 | 13 | 0.93 | 0 | 0.00 | 60 | 5 | 56 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Neutral | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Result | Wins | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 5 | -.200 | 13 | 1.30 | 1 | 0.10 | 33 | 0 | 48 | 4.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 0.1 |
| Losses | 6 | 22 | 1 | 0.05 | 0 | 6 | .167 | 29 | 1.32 | 3 | 0.14 | 99 | 8 | 101 | 4.59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4.0 | 0.2 | |
| Month | February | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 8 | -.125 | 14 | 1.08 | 2 | 0.15 | 50 | 2 | 64 | 4.92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.0 | 0.2 |
| March | 5 | 19 | 1 | 0.05 | 0 | 3 | .333 | 28 | 1.47 | 2 | 0.11 | 82 | 6 | 85 | 4.47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.0 | 0.2 |
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