Iona's Martinez Named ECAC First Team All-Star
MAAC Sports
EDISON, N.J. – Iona College senior guard Damika Martinez has been announced to the 2014-15 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division I Women’s Basketball All-Stars First Team.
A 5-foot-7, senior guard from Meriden, Conn., Martinez finished her prolific career at Iona as one of the best women's basketball players in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference history. She was a three-time MAAC Player of the Year, and led the MAAC in scoring all four years, the first player in MAAC history to do so. Her 2,581 career points ranks No. 1 in MAAC women's basketball history and No. 3 all-time in the New York Metropolitan area behind Montclair State's Carol Blazejowski '78 and Rutgers Sue Wicks '88. Martinez was an ECAC All-Star Second Team selection in 2013-14.
As a senior, Martinez' 24.2 points per game average in the regular season ranked No. 3 in the NCAA. She scored 10 or more points in all 30 games, with 21 20+ point efforts, and six games with 30 or more. A 2014 AP All-American Honorable Mention and All-Met Player of the Year selection, Martinez led the MAAC in made free throws registering 119 points from the charity stripe. Martinez was named MAAC Player of the Week a league best four times in 2014-15. Additionally, Martinez was a finalist for the 2015 Nancy Lieberman Award for the second straight year, given by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to the nation’s top point guard in NCAA Division I women’s basketball. Martinez was also a mid-season watch list selection for the Dawn Staley Award.
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