{"id":240851,"date":"2026-04-21T20:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/240851\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T20:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:33:08","slug":"excellence-on-off-the-sand-katie-martinez-named-asun-scholar-athlete-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/240851\/","title":{"rendered":"Excellence On & Off the Sand: Katie Martinez Named ASUN Scholar-Athlete of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Jacksonville University beach volleyball standout Katie Martinez<\/a> has been named the ASUN Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the conference announced, becoming the program’s first recipient of the honor since Sammie Strausbaugh in 2013.<\/p>\n

Martinez excelled in the classroom while continuing to be one of Jacksonville’s most consistent performers on the sand. A senior majoring in Education for Instruction, she maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA while also pursuing minors in Communication Sciences & Disorders and Health Sciences.<\/p>\n

On the court, Martinez totaled 19 wins during the 2026 campaign, the second-most in a single season in program history. She recorded victories against four nationally ranked opponents, including Stetson, North Florida, Boise State, and South Carolina, along with a key ASUN win over FGCU.<\/p>\n

Her consistency propelled her to third all-time on Jacksonville’s career wins list, as she became just the fourth Dolphin in program history to eclipse the 50-win mark.<\/p>\n

Competing primarily in the No. 5 position, Martinez also made history alongside partner Maddie Fiedler<\/a>. The duo earned ASUN Pair of the Week honors following a perfect 4-0 weekend at North Florida; marking the program’s first weekly pair recognition since 2015.<\/p>\n

Together, Martinez and Fiedler set the single-season record for most wins at the No. 5 position, while Martinez also established the program’s career wins record at the flight this season.<\/p>\n

The Scholar-Athlete of the Year honor recognizes Martinez’s elite performance across both academics and competition, cementing her legacy as one of the most well-rounded Dolphins in program history.<\/p>\n

For the full list of ASUN postseason honors, visit the conference’s official release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Story Links JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Jacksonville University beach volleyball standout Katie Martinez has been named…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-240851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}