2023 Women's Soccer Roster
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Martinez, Jillian
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Jersey Number 10
Jillian Martinez
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- James Madison
- Hometown:
- San Antonio, Texas
Bio
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
• 2024 Big 12 All-Second Team selection.
SUPER SENIOR SEASON (2024):
• Played and started all 22 games
• Had two assists and 16 total shots
• Tallied an assist and two shots in the win against CSUN (Aug. 18)
• Saw 60 minutes of action and tallied an assist in the win over Oral Roberts (Sept. 1)
• Had two shots in the 2-1 win over Kansas State (Sept. 26)
• Also had a pair of shots on Senior Day in a win over Iowa State
• Played the full 90 in a 3-0 win over Cincinnati (Oct. 20)
• Recorded back-to-back full 90-minute performances in the NCAA Tournament matches against LSU (Nov. 15) and Duke (Nov. 22).
SENIOR SEASON (2023):
• One of 10 Red Raiders to play and start in all 23 games
• Logged 1670 minutes scoring three goals
• Scored her first goal of the season against ACU (Sept. 3)
• Had her first of two Big 12 goals in the 3-0 win over Houston (Sept. 14)
• Recorded a full 90 against OU (Sept. 28)
• Played the full 110 minutes in the PK victory over Princeton (Nov. 17).
JUNIOR SEASON (2022)
• Saw action in 14 matches, making a trio of starts
• Tallied four shots, one of which was on goal
• logged 434 minutes, including a season-high 63 minutes against Fresno State
• Recorded a season-high two shots against Arizona.
UCLA (2020-21)
2021
• Played in four games
• Logged a season-high 24 minutes at LMU
• Had one shot against UC Irvine.
2020
• Played in six games
• Averaged 16 minutes of play per game, with a high of 25 minutes against San Diego
• Honored as the Athletes for Hope Student-Athlete of the Year.
U.S. National Team
• Participated in U.S. Youth National Team training camps at the U-14 through U-16 levels
• Represented the U.S. at the 2018 UEFA Women’s Development Tournament in Portugal.
PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH:
• Named Texas’ 2020 Gatorade State Player of the Year
• Registered 39 goals and passed for nine assists in her lone season of high school soccer
• Led James Madison to a 21-1 record before the 2019-20 season was canceled
• Earned Top Drawer Soccer’s first team All-America honors in 2020
• Ranked as the nation’s No. 40 recruit by Top Drawer Soccer in her class
• Named to the 2019-20 United Soccer Coaches Youth All-American team as a member of Lonestar SC
• Selected to the Best XI team at the 2019 U.S. Soccer Development Academy Championship Tournament
• Named to the 2017 United Soccer Coaches Youth All-Region Team.• Full name is Jillian Lorraine Martinez
• Born in Katy, Texas
• Parents are Larry and Lorraine Martinez
• Her father was a member of the Texas State Soccer Championship team in 1987
• Has a younger sister, Brooke
• Describes her greatest athletic thrill to be representing the U.S. at the UEFA Women’s Development Tournament in Portugal
• Admires Lionel Messi and Grace Geyoro
• Hobbies include baking desserts, collecting magnets from different states and countries, reading autobiographies on athletes, and doing yoga
• Career aspirations including playing professional soccer and attending medical school.
• 2024 Big 12 All-Second Team selection.
SUPER SENIOR SEASON (2024):
• Played and started all 22 games
• Had two assists and 16 total shots
• Tallied an assist and two shots in the win against CSUN (Aug. 18)
• Saw 60 minutes of action and tallied an assist in the win over Oral Roberts (Sept. 1)
• Had two shots in the 2-1 win over Kansas State (Sept. 26)
• Also had a pair of shots on Senior Day in a win over Iowa State
• Played the full 90 in a 3-0 win over Cincinnati (Oct. 20)
• Recorded back-to-back full 90-minute performances in the NCAA Tournament matches against LSU (Nov. 15) and Duke (Nov. 22).
SENIOR SEASON (2023):
• One of 10 Red Raiders to play and start in all 23 games
• Logged 1670 minutes scoring three goals
• Scored her first goal of the season against ACU (Sept. 3)
• Had her first of two Big 12 goals in the 3-0 win over Houston (Sept. 14)
• Recorded a full 90 against OU (Sept. 28)
• Played the full 110 minutes in the PK victory over Princeton (Nov. 17).
JUNIOR SEASON (2022)
• Saw action in 14 matches, making a trio of starts
• Tallied four shots, one of which was on goal
• logged 434 minutes, including a season-high 63 minutes against Fresno State
• Recorded a season-high two shots against Arizona.
UCLA (2020-21)
2021
• Played in four games
• Logged a season-high 24 minutes at LMU
• Had one shot against UC Irvine.
2020
• Played in six games
• Averaged 16 minutes of play per game, with a high of 25 minutes against San Diego
• Honored as the Athletes for Hope Student-Athlete of the Year.
U.S. National Team
• Participated in U.S. Youth National Team training camps at the U-14 through U-16 levels
• Represented the U.S. at the 2018 UEFA Women’s Development Tournament in Portugal.
PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH:
• Named Texas’ 2020 Gatorade State Player of the Year
• Registered 39 goals and passed for nine assists in her lone season of high school soccer
• Led James Madison to a 21-1 record before the 2019-20 season was canceled
• Earned Top Drawer Soccer’s first team All-America honors in 2020
• Ranked as the nation’s No. 40 recruit by Top Drawer Soccer in her class
• Named to the 2019-20 United Soccer Coaches Youth All-American team as a member of Lonestar SC
• Selected to the Best XI team at the 2019 U.S. Soccer Development Academy Championship Tournament
• Named to the 2017 United Soccer Coaches Youth All-Region Team.• Full name is Jillian Lorraine Martinez
• Born in Katy, Texas
• Parents are Larry and Lorraine Martinez
• Her father was a member of the Texas State Soccer Championship team in 1987
• Has a younger sister, Brooke
• Describes her greatest athletic thrill to be representing the U.S. at the UEFA Women’s Development Tournament in Portugal
• Admires Lionel Messi and Grace Geyoro
• Hobbies include baking desserts, collecting magnets from different states and countries, reading autobiographies on athletes, and doing yoga
• Career aspirations including playing professional soccer and attending medical school.
Highlights: Houston
Thursday, September 25
Preview Presser: Houston
Wednesday, September 24
Parsons PK/Nguyen Save
Saturday, September 20
Postgame Presser: Baylor
Saturday, September 20
