Chad Martin

Weight:
240
Height:
6-7
Position:
Pitcher
Year:
Junior
Hometown:
Lexington, Ky.
High School:
Vincennes

JUNIOR YEAR: 2011
Logged 71.1 innings pitched in his 17 appearances, including eight starts ... concluded the season with a 3.41 ERA, two wins, two saves, and a .255 batting average against that ranked sixth-best in the Big Ten ... gave up a lone hit during a 3.2-inning save in the Hoosiers' 3-1 win over #14 Connecticut (2/26) ... did not allow an earned run in a start versus Morehead State (3/4) ... picked up the `W' over Akron (3/13), tossing seven innings with just one run crossing the plate ... chewed up eight innings in back-to-back Big Ten weekends against Michigan (4/2) and Ohio State (4/9) ... worked another 3.2-inning save in a triumph over Northwestern (3/8).

PREP/PERSONAL:
Attended Vincennes University for two years under Chris Barney ... struck out 44 batters in 45 1/3 innings of work, appearing in 11 games in 2010 ... pitched in just six games in 2009 for Vincennes due to illness ... played two years at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Lexington, Ky., under Mickey Marshall ... helped Dunbar to the 2007 state championship, as the team was ranked 11th in the nation ... also was an East All-Star, participating in Kentucky's East/West game ... intends to be a general studies major at Indiana ... parents are Bonnie and Greg Martin ... Greg was a track and field All-American at Alabama ... has one sister, Allie ... born on May 17, 1990.