2013-14: 18-6 overall, 11-4 in dual matches… 11-4 at No. 5… Won singles ‘B’ draw at USTA/ITA Southern Regional Championships in Auburn, Ala. … Won in the quarterfinals and semifinals in three sets, defeating Meredith Maltby of Ole Miss 3-6, 6-4, (10-7) in the quarters and teammate Paula Sanchez 6-7, 6-2, (10-4) in the semis… Finished off Taly Merker of Louisiana Tech 6-1, 6-0 to claim the title… Run at Regionals started nine-match win streak that continued through start of spring season… Won first five contests in the spring, all in straight sets… Lost just one game in her first two victories, topping Jayapalan Kesica of Jackson State 6-1, 6-0, and Nathalie Lorenco of Alabama State 6-0, 6-0… All 11 spring victories came in straight sets… Whitewashed Ana Popovic of Norfolk State 6-0, 6-0… Won both matches at Sun Belt Championships, getting past Angela Tejedor of Louisiana-Monroe 6-2, 7-6 (7-1) in the quarterfinals and Jessica Birowski of Texas-Arlington 6-1, 7-5 in the semifinals… 7-3 overall doubles record, 2-1 in dual matches… Teamed up with Laura Valkova to win Flight 3 championship at the Samford Fall Invitational in the fall, defeating teams from Samford (8-2), Middle Tennessee (8-5) and UAB (8-2).
2012-13: 22-8 overall record, 17-3 in dual matches… 1-0 at No. 3, 7-0 at No. 4, 6-3 at No. 5 and 3-0 at No. 6… Finished season with an 11-match win streak… Posted straight-sets victories in 20 of 22 wins… Went 6-0 against Sun Belt schools, including 6-4, 3-6, (10-5) win over Agustina Valenzuela of No. 56 North Texas… Lost no more than three games in a set in first four victories of spring season and extended win streak to five vs. Valenzuela… Lost three of next four matches before reeling off 11 consecutive to end season… Moved up to No. 3 to defeat Talia Rojas of USC Upstate, 6-3, 6-2… Went unbeaten at Sun Belt Championships, defeating Bailey VanDyke of Louisiana-Lafayette 7-6 (7-1), 7-5 at No. 4 and Ilona Serchenko of North Texas 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) at No. 5… Lost just one game in 6-0, 6-1 win over Tennessee-Martin’s Katie McCall… 13-10 overall record in doubles, 6-8 in dual matches… 0-2 at No. 2 and 6-6 at No. 3… Teamed up with Emily Newton to go 7-2 in the fall, including five-match win streak… Started spring campaign with 4-1 record with Cinta Marie Papke, posting 8-0 shutout over team from Florida International at No. 3… Won season opener 8-2 vs. Jacksonville State.
2011-12: 16-2 overall record, 16-1 in dual matches… 5-0 at No. 4, 10-1 at No. 5, 1-0 at No. 6… Won first 15 matches of spring season… Defeated Barbora Vykydalova of No. 60 North Texas 6-3, 7-5 on the No. 5 court… Rallied to win 2-6, 7-6, (10-6) over Christine Seredni of Florida International… Won 6-1, 6-0 over Hannah Appleyard of Louisiana-Lafayette… Topped Marietta Bigus of Middle Tennessee 6-3, 6-1 on the No. 5 court at the Sun Belt Championships Posted a 6-1 record against Sun Belt schools… 16-6 record in doubles… 6-3 at No. 2, 7-3 at No. 3… Put together four different winning streaks of three or more in doubles during the streak… Back-to-back 8-0 wins over Hillsborough Community College and Austin Peay… Lost one game total in wins vs. Jacksonville State and McNeese State… Won 10 out of 15 matches with Ramona Ghermani.
High School: Graduate of St. Paul’s Episcopal School 2011… Lettered in tennis for six years and swimming for two years… Tennis team won state all six years.
Personal: Full name is Mary Angela Martin… Born Nov. 13, 1992 in Mobile, Ala… Daughter of Todd and Mary Martin… Has older brother Todd and younger sisters Julia and Jacque… Majoring in early childhood… Lists hobbies as tennis, hanging with friends, shopping and the beach… Grandfather Bob Williams played college basketball at University of Arkansas and professional baseball in the Oakland A’s organization… Grandmother Jacque Williams was a cheerleader at the University of Arkansas… Brother was a member of the USA men's basketball program from 2009-11... Favorites - movie: “2 Fast 2 Furious”; book: “Heaven is for Real”; teams: New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Braves; athletes: Novak Djokovic, James Blake and LeBron James; musical artists: Luke Bryan; food: sushi; class: math… General likes are tennis, the beach and kids... General dislike is running… Celebrities she would like to meet are Chad Michael Murray… Also recruited by North Texas, UAB, West Virginia, UNC Greensboro and Southern Miss… Chose South Alabama because “it’s home and to live close to my family”… Prematch rituals include listening to music and praying… Her goals for the upcoming season are to win conference and go to the NCAA tournament… She is most thankful for her family… In five years, would like to be teaching first grade, and in 10 years, would like to be married and teaching first grade… Involved in the Catholic Student Association, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Kappa Delta sorority… Three wishes would be to win the lottery, cure cancer and eternal happiness.
