| Roman Martinez |
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GENERAL INFORMATION/CAREER
Versatile wing player who is a good defender • Very savvy on the court • Only returning junior on the team • One of four returning starters • First name is pronounced row-MAHN • Won the Lobo Award for his work on the court, in the classroom and in the community • Academic All-MWC honoree • Recipient of the Marvin Good Memorial Men's Basketball Scholarship.
2007-08 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Started last 24 games of the season, averaging 7.0 ppg and 3.9 rpg for the season • Shot 47.0% from 3-pt. range in MWC games...42.0% from behind the arc in all games • 1.81 A/TO ratio was 9th in the MWC • Career-high 24 points on 6-10 shooting, 2-4 from 3-pt. range and 10-11 from the FT line, against New Mexico State...set career marks for points, shots, FTs and FT attempts • Academic All-MWC
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2006-07 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Averaged 2.7 ppg and 2.6 rpg, playing in 31 games • First true freshman to start the first 10 games of the season since Clayton Shields started the first 25 in 1994-95 • Made four of his last eight 3-pt. FGs after missing 13 straight • Led the team in rebounds and assists three times.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2006 graduate of Montwood HS in El Paso, Texas • Named first team all-state, district 1-5A MVP and academic all-state as a senior by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches • Led Montwood to the regional finals of the state tournament as a senior • Two-time all-region, all-city and district MVP for head coach Tony Harper • Martinez played with current Lobo Daniel Faris on NM Force, a local AAU team, during the summer of 2005 • averaged 15 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks, leading Montwood HS to the round of 16 in the Texas 5A playoffs as a junior.
PERSONAL
Born March 5, 1988, in El Paso • Full name is Roman Eduardo Martinez • Son of Eddie and Pam • Father was born in Los Alamos, N.M., and attended high school there • Grandfather, Francisco Martinez, was all-league in basketball at New Mexico State • He also played for Mexico in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, leading his country to the bronze medal • Roman has two sisters (Monica and Nikki) and two brothers (Omar and Carlo) • Majoring in University Studies.
