Following two seasons as a coaching assistant helping the Harvard softball team win Ivy League North Division titles, Carri Leto Martin takes over as assistant coach of the Crimson in 2009.

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 has spent the last four years as a professional softball player in the National Pro Fastpitch league. Martin spent her first two years in the NPF with the New York Juggernaut, her third year with the Philadelphia Force and last year with the New England Riptide. She will be returning to the Riptide of Lowell, Mass., as the starting second baseman this summer. 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. Last year 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 thirdplace 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. A San Diego, Calif., native, she is a member of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association and resides in Boston with her husband, JD Martin.