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Following two seasons as a coaching assistant helping the
Harvard softball team win Ivy League North Division titles, Carri
Leto Martin begins her second season as assistant coach of
the Crimson in 2010, and fourth season with the team.
In her first season with the Crimson, Martin helped lead the
Crimson to its fourth Ivy League championship, posting a 31-15
record and a 14-6 Ivy League mark. The team followed up its regular
season success by winning the inaugural Ivy League Championship
series against Penn and advancing to the NCAA tournament. Pitcher
of the Year Shelly Madick and Rookie of the Year Lauren Murphy were
all-region honorees and were among six All-Ivy selections from
the Crimson.
Martin helped Harvard win another division crown in 2008,
posting another 14-6 Ivy mark to advance to a second straight Ivy
League Championship series.
The former Northwestern star spent five years as a
professional softball player in the National Pro Fastpitch league
upon graduation. Martin spent her first two years in the NPF with
the New York Juggernaut, her third year with the Philadelphia Force
and her last two years with the New England Riptide as the starting
second baseman. Martin was drafted during her senior year of
college and signed with the Juggernaut in 2004, making an immediate
impact. She was named a 2004 National Pro Fastpitch All-Star. She
led the team and ranked fourth in the league in stolen bases and
helped her team to win the inaugural NPF championship title. In her
second season with the Nauts, she was again named to the All-Star
team and helped lead her team to an appearance in the playoffs.
Martin was named the 2005 NPF Defensive Player of the Year and was
an All-Star in her third season with the Force. With the Riptide,
Martin led the team in at bats, hits and triples and was second in
batting average, doubles, runs scored and stolen bases as she led
her team to a third place finish.
Martin was part of the Teamsmith Nationals 2002 North American
Tour. The Nationals compiled a 40-3 tour record and earned a third
place finish at the Canada Cup. Martin also played second base for
the Southern California Hurricanes Women's Major team in 2001 and
2002, garnering second-team All-America accolades. Martin attended
the January 2005 USA Olympic Team Camp after missing previous camps
with an injury. She spent 2006 as a volunteer assistant softball
coach at Columbia while working as the Supervisor of Ticket Sales
and Membership for the Lions' athletic department.
A three-year team captain, Martin finished her college career at
Northwestern ranked in the school's top seven in 10 different
career offensive categories. In 2004, she was Northwestern's NCAA
Division I Woman of the Year and was named to the CoSIDA Academic
All-District team as well as the Big Ten All-tournament team. For
three consecutive years, she was a second-team All-Big Ten
selection (2002 at shortstop, 2003 and 2004 at second base) and Big
Ten All-Academic honoree (2002, 2003 and 2004). She was named to
the NFCA All-MidEast Region first in 2001 and second team in 2004.
She is the first Northwestern female athlete to play for a
professional franchise.
Martin graduated from Northwestern in 2004 with a degree in
communication studies and spent time as an undergraduate teaching
and research assistant in the communications department. She is
currently pursuing her Masters in Education at Harvard Graduate
School of Education in Human Develpoment and Psychology. A San
Diego, Calif., native, she is a member of the National Fastpitch
Coaches Association and resides in Boston with her husband, JD
Martin.
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