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ariel• Chicago, Ill. • Illinois Gymnastics Institute
martin
5-3 • Sophomore
honors and awards
•Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2014)
•Illinois State Championship Team Member
(2009, 2011)
•Region V Champion (2011: V, BB, FX, AA)
•Junior Olympic National Qualifier (2010)
career highs
vault:
9.95 (vs. Arkansas, 3/8/14)
BARS:
9.825 (vs. Minnesota, 2/1/14)
floor:
9.85 (at NCAA Semifinals, 4/18/14)
2015 • Season outlook
Ariel Martin is poised to be a leading
candidate for the Huskers’ bars, vault and floor
lineups in her second year with Nebraska.
Martin returns as one of NU’s top vaulters.
2014 • Redshirt freshman Season
Martin stepped up as a three-event
competitor for Nebraska in her first season of
competition, consistently contributing on vault,
bars and floor. Martin was a key performer on
vault as she did not miss a meet on the event all
year and achieved her career-high mark of 9.95
against Arkansas, when she took second place
behind Jessie DeZiel, who put up a 9.975 score.
Martin earned her best mark on bars against
Minnesota with her unique routine, notching
a 9.825. As a floor worker, she showed steady
improvement all season long and claimed her
high mark at the NCAA Semifinals (9.85) to
propel the Huskers to the Super Six Finals the
next day.
finishes on vault, beam and floor en route to
victory.
A competitor at the 2010 Junior Olympic
Championships, Martin finished third in the
Junior D division all-around with a score
of 38.300. Her third-place finish included
second on vault and fourth on floor.
Personal
The daughter of Glenn and Rosalind Martin,
Ariel was born March 9, 1994 in Chicago, Ill.
She has one brother, Glenn Martin Jr. Ariel is
an advertising and public relations major at
Nebraska.
2013 • Freshman Season
A powerful performer on floor and vault,
Martin sat out the 2013 season due to injury.
Before Nebraska
Martin joined the Huskers after training at
the Illinois Gymnastics Institute under Todd
Gardiner. Martin was a key member of IGI’s
two state championship teams in 2009 and
2011, but also achieved a great deal as an
individual. She had an excellent showing at
the 2011 Region V Championships, finishing
first in the all-around in the Senior B division,
scoring a 38.050. Martin snagged first-place
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