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17 Malia Martinez

  • Position Third Base
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • High School Poway H.S.
  • Hometown Poway, Calif.

Biography

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Career (217 GP/202 GS, .307 AVG/.365 OBP/.526 SLG/891 OPS, 31 2B, 1 3B, 33 HR, 146 RBI, 0-0 SB, .947 fld%)
  • Has started 200 of UA’s 202 games the last three seasons at third base
  • Is a .307 hitter in her career with 33 homers and 146 RBI
  • Named first-team all-NFCA West Region in 2019 and 2021
  • Was named second team All-Pac-12 as a junior


2021 (55 GP/55 GS, .307 AVG/.361 OBP/.582 SLG/.943 OPS, 6 2B, 0 3B, 12 HR, 39 RBI, 0-0 SB, .953 fld%)
  • Finished fourth on the team and 12th in the Pac-12 in home runs (12)
  • Tied for third on the team in multi-hit games (14), including two three-hit games
  • Finished fifth on the team in multiple RBI games (10)
  • Had 39 RBI, fourth most on the team
  • Finished with a slugging percentage of .582, fifth best on the team
  • Set a career high with seven RBI at Stanford (4/1)
  • Tied her career high with two home runs vs. New Mexico State (4/10)
  • Named second-team NFCA All-West Region for the second straight year

2020 (25 GP/25 GS, .333 AVG/.388 OBP/.573 SLG/.961 OPS, 7 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR, 21 RBI, 0-0 SB, .945 fld%)
  • Started all 25 games at third base for Arizona
  • Finished third on the team in both home runs (3) and RBI (21)
  • Tied for the team lead with seven doubles, tied for seventh most in the Pac-12, nearly setting a new career high despite the shortened season
  • Hit .333 in 75 at-bats, the fourth best average among players with at least 50 at-bats
  • Had the biggest AB of the season for Arizona when she hit a three-run home run with two out in the seventh inning to turn a two-run deficit into a one-run Wildcat win at Alabama (2/29), one of her four game-winning RBI on the season
  • Also hit a tie-breaking RBI double in the seventh inning to defeat Seattle University (2/7)
  • Batted cleanup for 12 games, spent 10 games in the five-hole and three games as the No. 6 hitter
  • Tied her career high with two doubles vs. SIUE (3/7)
  • Posted eight multi-hit games, second most on the team, including a pair of three-hit outings
  • Drove in multiple runs in six games, including four games with three-or-more
 
2019 (62 GP/62 GS, .339 AVG/.393 OBP/.604 SLG/.997 OPS, 9 2B, 0 3B, 14 HR, 57 RBI, 0-0 SB, .947 fld%)
  • A first-team all-NFCA West Region and second team all-Pac-12 performer
  • Started every game at third base; hit fifth in UA’s batting order 50 games, third in 11 games and cleanup once
  • Hit a career-high .339 in 192 at-bats
  • Named Pac-12 All-Academic second team for the second consecutive weekend
  • Named College Sports Madness National Player of the Week (4/1-7) when she drove in 18 runs over five games vs. UTEP and Utah
  • Set career highs in nearly every stat: batting average (.339), doubles (9), home runs (14), RBI (57), slugging percentage (.604), walks (18) and on-base percentage (.393)
  • Led the Wildcats in postseason play with a .429 batting average, including four doubles and a home run, helped out by a 6-for-8 (.750) weekend in the Tucson Super Regional with two doubles a home run and three RBI vs. Ole Miss
  • Her 14 homers ranked eighth in the conference after she entered the season with four in her career
  • Led the Pac-12 with 31 RBI during Arizona’s 24 conference games, the most Pac-12 RBI by a Wildcat since Katiyana Mauga’s 35 in 2015
  • More than doubled her RBI total from a season ago (57 this year; 23 in 2018) and finished seventh in the Pac-12 with 57 RBI
  • Led the team and was second in the Pac-12 with 112 assists, the most by an Arizona third baseman since Lauren Young (121) in 2013
  • Third on the team with 19 multi-hit games, including a pair of four-hit games, most recently vs. Ole Miss (5/25)
  • Had 13 multi-RBI games, fourth most on the team, including a team-most three five-plus RBI games; tied her career high with six RBI vs. Stanford (4/20)
 
2018 (58 GP/58 GS, .262 AVG/.324 OBP/.378 SLG/.702 OPS, 7 2B, 0 3B, 4 HR, 23 RBI, 0-0 SB, .935 fld%)
  • Started 58 games at third base in her first season as a starter
  • Hit .262 with seven doubles, four home runs and 23 RBI
  • Slugged .37 and got on-base at a .324 clip
  • Was the owner of two of the three four-hit games by a Wildcat in 2018, including a 4-for-4, five RBI outing vs. Texas (3/4) in which she finished a triple shy of a cycle
  • Also had four hits, including two doubles, vs. Utah (3/18)
  • Led the team and finished tied for fifth in the Pac-12 with six sacrifice bunts
  • Named Pac-12 all-academic honorable mention
  • Put together a 10-game hitting streak from 2/24-3/11, the longest of her career and the third longest streak by a Wildcat in 2018 …
  • Had 10 games with multiple hits and four games with multiple RBI
  • Spent time in the cleanup spot (1 game), five-hole (15 games), six-hole (16 games), seven-hole (18 games) and eight-hole (8 games)
  • Recorded 43 hits, fifth most on the team
  • Her seven doubles were tied for fourth most on the team
  • Drew 14 walks, fourth most on the squad
 
2017 (17 GP/2 GS, .263 AVG/.364 OBP/.368 SLG/.732 OPS, 2 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 6 RBI, 0-0 SB, 1.000 fld%)
  • Appeared in 17 games, including two starts
  • Hit .263 in 19 at-bats
  • Drove in six runs and scored four more
  • Two of her five hits on the season were doubles
  • Started at designated player vs. BYU (2/23) and at third base vs. Bryant (3/12)
  • Hit a three-run double vs. LIU Brooklyn (2/25) and a two-run double vs. Boston College (2/19)
 
High School (Poway High School)
  • A four-year letterwinner at Poway High School under head coach Jim Bennet
  • Named 2016 Palomar League Player of the Year
  • A first-team all-state performer as a junior and senior
  • A three-time all-league player, including first-team citations as a junior and senior
  • Received (former Wildcat) Jud Buechler Female Athlete of the Year for 2015-16
  • Set school records in home runs (7), batting average (.528) and slugging (.840) as a junior, when she led team to an Open Division CIF Championship
  • Slashed .330/.409/.530 as a senior
  • Won the 2016 national title at USA Elite Select with Club team OC Batbusters
  • Named to the Union Tribune All-Academic Team as a sophomore, junior and senior.
 
Personal
  • Born Malia Moana Martinez in San Diego in April of 1998 to Edgar and Dacia Martinez
  • Has one sister (Li’ana) …
  • Father Edgar is in the U.S. Navy and mother Dacia is an instructional aid
  • Plans to major in physiology to pursue a career in either physical therapy or pharmacology
  • Enjoys watching Family Feud and Law and Order SVU with her mom in her free time
  • Chose Arizona over UCLA because of the “amazing coaching staff, beautiful campus, good education, athletics and school spirit
 
Career Honors:
2021
NFCA All-West Region (2nd Team)
2020
Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2019
All Pac-12 (Second Team)
NFCA All-West Region (First Team)
CS Madness National Player of the Week (4/1-4/7)
Pac-12 All-Academic (Second Team)
2018
Pac-12 All-Academic (Second Team)

Statistics

Season:
2021

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2017Freshman

    Infield
    5'7"
    17
  • 17

    2018Sophomore

    Infield
    5'7"
    17
  • 17

    2019Junior

    Infield
    5'7"
    17
  • 17

    2020Senior

    Third Base
    5'7"
    17
  • 17

    2021Redshirt Senior

    Third Base
    5'7"
    17
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