Hayley Martin Named MIAA Defensive Player of the Year

2018 Feb 22

For the second consecutive season, Trine University senior Hayley Martin (Auburn, Ind./DeKalb) has been named the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association "Defensive Player of the Year" in women's basketball.

Martin captured the same award last season as well as also repeating as first-team All-MIAA recipients. Martin has played a pivotal role in helping the Thunder to a second straight 20-win season and a second consecutive MIAA Regular-Season Championship.

After missing the first three games of the season, Martin has started every game and is second on the team in scoring with 10.4 ppg. She is currently shooting 43.4 percent (89-of-205) overall and is second on the team in rebounding at 6.2 rpg.

She has posted three double-doubles this season and has scored in double figures in 10 games with a season-high 21-point effort against the University of Wisconsin-Stout in late December.

Also this season, she joined Dawson and became the 14th player in program history to record 1,000 or more points. Coming into MIAA Tournament play, she has totaled 1,050 points.

Defensively, Hayley Martin leads the team, and is second in the conference, in blocked shots with 44. In addition, she is amongst the team leaders in steals with 14.

Trine will be the number two seed in the MIAA Tournament that begins on Friday, Feb. 23. Hope (Mich.) College will serve as host as the top-seeded team. The Thunder will take on third-seed Albion (Mich.) College on Friday in Holland, Mich. with tip-off set for 5:30 p.m.