Biography
As a Senior (2019): Missed the first 23 matches of her senior season due to injury … Upon returning vs. Utah (11/3), was forced to play outside hitter due to other injuries at the position … Started the final six matches of the season and posted 16 kills over those three weeks … Had double-digit digs in five of the six matches she started, including a 20-dig effort at Oregon State … Averaged 2.49 digs/set, fourth most on the team … Named to the Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll.
As a Junior (2018): Led the team in digs (3.51 digs/set) for the second straight season … Finished 10th in the Pac-12 in digs/set … Led the team in aces (0.27) and had 31 aces to just 21 service errors … Saw action in 115 sets over 31 matches; missed two matches due to injury/illness … Had a team-high 404 digs, just two shy of 10th in a season in UA history … Had 10-plus digs in 23 of the 31 matches she appeared in, including 11 straight matches from 9/7-10/7 … Had 15-or-more digs in 13 matches, including a career-high 26 vs. California (11/21) … Named Pac-12 all-academic honorable mention for the second straight season … Led the team in aces in 15 matches and digs in 20 matches, both the most on the team … Finished second on the team with a career-high 1.05 assists/set (121 total) … Also set career highs in total aces (31), aces/set (0.27), total digs (404) and digs/set (3/61) … Neared her first career double-double with a career-most nine assists to go along with her 18 digs vs. Utah (10/21) … Needs just 184 digs in 2019 to become the 17th player in school history to reach 1,000 career digs and just 299 digs to crack the UA career top 10.
As a Sophomore (2017): Took over as UA’s primary libero around the beginning of conference play … Led UA in digs (267; 2.87) … Averaged 3.68 digs/set in the 17 matches after taking over as the libero compared to 1.58/set in the 12 matches prior … Had 13 matches with double-digit digs, including four 20-plus-dig outings, both most on the team … Named Pac-12 all-academic honorable mention … Led the team digs in 11 matches (most on the team) and aces four times … Had a pair of 22-dig matches in the final three weeks of the season, her new career high (vs. Oregon, 11/12; vs. Arizona State, 11/25) … Notched a career-most 49 assists (0.53/set), fourth most on the team … In Arizona’s five-set victory over No. 16 Oregon (11/12), she set career bests in digs (22), assists (6) and a season-best in aces (2).
As a Freshman (2016): A vital member of Arizona’s backrow, which finished third in the conference in digs … Averaged 1.48 digs/set, sixth on the team … Posted 15 aces on the year, fifth most on the team … Had three matches with double-figure digs, including a career-high 11 twice (9/21 vs. Arizona State, 10/9 at UCLA) … Led Arizona in service aces in four matches and digs in one (vs. Cal, 11/18) … Saw action in 98 sets for Arizona, second most among freshmen … Averaged 1.48 digs, 0.17 assists and 0.15 aces per set.
Prep: A four-year letterwinner as a libero and outside hitter at Gilbert High School in Gilbert, Arizona … Named 5A Division I all-state as a junior and senior … Selected to the Nike Invitational all-tournament team … Led team to a 45-2 record and a third-place finish in the state tournament … Competed for East Valley Junior club team under Tana Martin and Fred Mann.
Personal: Daughter of Pat and Tana Martin … Born Feb. 23, 1998 in Phoenix, Arizona … Has one brother (Cody) … Family has an extensive history in collegiate athletics; her mother (Texas Tech), brother (Long Beach State) and aunt Chula (UTEP) all played Division I volleyball, while her grandfather Charles Louis Beall (Arizona State), uncle Jim Beall (Southeastern Oklahoma) and uncle Charles Beall (Oklahoma State) played football collegiately … Father Pat is a University of Arizona graduate … In her free time, enjoys spending time with family and friends … Plans to major in special education and hopes to become a special ed. Teacher because she has “a love for teaching and helping with most aspects of special education” … Chose Arizona over Utah, Iowa, Missouri and Colorado because she “wanted to stay close to home and play both beach and indoor in the Pac-12.”
Career Awards
2019
Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
2018
Pac-12 All-Academic (Honorable Mention)
2017
Pac-12 All-Academic (Honorable Mention)
Arizona Record Book
Match
Service Aces: t5th (6 – Colorado, 9/25/16)
