18   Katie Martin

Class: Junior Hometown: Ann Arbor, Mich. High School: Ann Arbor Pioneer

Height: 5-10 Position: P/IF B/T: R/R

2011: Named a National Fastpitch Coaches Association First Team All-American, becoming just third Laker ever to be named an NFCA First Team All-America selection...Also honored as the Daktronics National Player of the Year, while also being tabbed as a Daktronics First Team All-American...Garnered Daktronics Midwest Regional Player of the Year award and a Daktronics Midwest Region First Team choice...Tabbed as an NFCA All-Midwest Region First Team selection and earned All-GLIAC First Team honors...Team's top hitter for the top offensive team in all of Division II, as Lakers led country in batting average (.366), slugging percentage (.579), and home runs (76)...Martin led Grand Valley State in batting average (.468), doubles (18), home runs (20), RBI (65), at-bats (186), hits (87), runs (52), walks (30), total bases (167), slugging percentage (.898), and on-base percentage (.543)...Finished first in the GLIAC in batting average, homers, RBI, at-bats, hits, walks, total bases, slugging percentage, and on-base percentage, while ranking second in doubles and runs...Placed second in the all of Division II in home runs, ninth in slugging percentage, 10th in batting average, on-base percentage, and home runs per game (0.35), and 15th in RBI per game (1.14)...One of just two players in GLIAC history - along with former Laker Kim Biskup, who hit 21 home runs in both 1999 and 2000 - to reach the 20-homer plateau in a single-season...Set new school single-season records with 87 base hits and 167 total bases, while her 18 doubles and .468 batting average are the second-most ever at GVSU...Also ranks third in Laker history in a single season with 20 homers and 65 RBI, while placing fifth in walks (30) and tied for sixth in runs scored (52)...Her home run and hit totals are tied for third-most ever in a single season in GLIAC history, while ranking in the single-season top-10 in five other categories...Already ranks first in Grand Valley State history in career batting average (.435), 30 points higher than the second-place figure, while also ranking second all-time in career homers (29), tied for seventh in doubles (32), and 10th in RBI (105) and total bases (264) after her first two seasons...Tallied 29 multi-hit games and 18 multi-RBI contests, while hitting a homer in 16 different games and homering twice in four games...Put together a 14-game hitting streak late in the year and reached base in all 49 regular season games.

2010: Named the 2010 GLIAC Freshman of the Year, becoming just the second player in GVSU history (and first since 1998) to win the award...Also earned All-GLIAC Honorable Mention plaudits at third base...Ranked in the top eight in the GLIAC in seven different categories: fourth in homers (nine) and slugging percentage (.678), fifth in runs batted in (40) and on-base percentage (.466), sixth in batting average (.392) and total bases (97), and tied for eighth in the league with 10 wins on the mound...Led the Lakers offensively in batting average, at-bats (143), runs (30), hits (56), doubles (14), homers, RBI, total bases, walks (18), and on-base percentage, while being the team leader pitching-wise in ERA (1.66), wins (10), shutouts (three), fewest walks (18), and strikeouts (96)...Tallied 20 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI contests...Her nine homers are tied for fourth-most in a single season in Laker history, while her 14 doubles are tied for sixth-most in a season at GVSU...Went 2-for-4 with two homers, four RBI, and a pair of runs scored in a 7-2 victory over Lake Superior State (3/20), in which she picked up the win on the mound by throwing a complete game six-hitter with seven strikeouts...Totaled a season-high six RBI by smacking a three-run homer and a three-run double in an 8-0 win over nationally-ranked Saginaw Valley State (4/21)...Went 5-for-7 with a homer and three RBI in a doubleheader sweep over Olivet (3/22)...Notched back-to-back three-hit games twice, including on Mar. 5-6 in a pair of wins against Cedarville and Lycoming, going 6-for-7 with five RBI, three runs, two doubles, and a homer...Tossed a complete game two-hitter with a season-best 11 strikeouts in a 10-1 victory over Lake Superior State (4/1)...Did not allow a run in back-to-back pitching performances against Lycoming and West Liberty State (Mar. 6-7), giving up just four hits and striking out 10 batters in a pair of five-inning, 8-0 GVSU wins...Won five consecutive decisions from March 17 to April 3, allowing more than two runs just once and giving up just one earned run in six outings.

High School: Prepped at Ann Arbor Pioneer High School under head coach Elissa Brode...As a junior, hit .535 with six homers and 41 RBI, while striking out 242 batters in 164 innings on the mound...Named all-district, all-conference, and all-region, as well as team most valuable player and best offensive player in both sophomore and junior seasons...Won Southeast Conference Championship as a sophomore and a district title as a junior...Hit .411 with 11 doubles, six triples, three homers, and 34 RBI in sophomore season...Also played four years of field hockey, winning state championships her last three seasons...Participated in Trailblazer Mentoring Program.

Personal: Daughter of Randy and Elizabeth Martin...Enjoys training and showing her dogs...Majoring in biomedical engineering.