Nicholas Martin

Nic Martin has made impressive improvements in his volleyball skills and abilities in 2016. He started the year a high school star and finished the season competing with the best players in the country. His work ethic and further physical maturity will see further improvement in coming years.We have detailed Nic’s various school, u/19s, and local club achievements at the State and National levels; but his greatest achievement this year was to compete in the Australian Volleyball League for the Western Australian Hornets.

The Australian Volleyball League is the premier national competition. Teams from States and Territories, featuring the nations’ best players, take part. The West Australian team, the Hornets, is selected from the best players in the WA Volleyball League. The AVL features former Olympians, professional and College athletes. Nic is the youngest Hornets squad member.

Links to the league are as follows

http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.avl.org.au%2F&h=7AQGCBgdm&s=1

Contact Infoemail: nicmartin6370@gmail.com

mobile phone +61 458 880 124

home phone +61 8 9888 6062

Facebook: Nic Martin

Personal Details

- D.O.B 19/09/1998

- Hometown: Wickepin, Western Australia (Wheatbelt)

- High School: Wesley College private school. Graduated in 2016

- Height: 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)

- Weight 174 lbs (79 kg)

- Position: pass hitter/opposite

- NCAA GPA: 2.75

- Other GPA: 3.0

High School 2013-2016

- Selected in Wesley College’s first volleyball team 2014

- Selected in Wesley College’s first volleyball team 2015

- Selected in Wesley College’s first volleyball team 2016

- Coaches award for first team 2015

- Co-Captain of Wesley first team 2016

- Fairest and best first team 2016

- Awarded with Honors (The highest sporting achievement at Wesley College) for volleyball 2016

- 5-1 wins to loses in 2016 Volleyball

- Also represented Wesley in Australian Football League first team and Athletics 2016

Competitions, Events and Achievements 2015-2016

- Represented Western Australia in the u/19 men’s volleyball team (17 yrs. old) at the Australian Junior Volleyball Championships 2015. Which is the highest level of volleyball for this age group in Australia.

- Won Bronze Medal Match (Played as a pass hitter) AJVC 2015

- Represented WA in the u/19 men’s volleyball team as vice-captain at the AJVC 2016

- Won silver medal after being defeated in gold medal match at AJVC 2016 (played as pass hitter and opposite) I have grown a lot since last year and I’m still growing and I’m now learning and adapting into other roles such as opposite

- Attended Australia’s rising stars camp 2016 (a camp where young talent go and show there skills in front of some of Australia’s best coaches, met Luke Perry and Max Staples)

- Selected in University of WA volleyball program. Which is one of the best clubs in Western Australia, I am not at university it is just a club

- Represented UWA in WA Volleyball League Super League competition ( the highest club volleyball competition in WA)

- UWA Super League team put together 20-1 wins to loses 2016 season. (played as a pass hitter for majority, middle and opposite occasionally). Playing with this team allowed me to develop even more skills and learn quickly from my teammates and coaches.

- Member of UWA Super League team that won WAVL grand final 2016 (This League is the highest level of volleyball in western Australia)

- Selected in the WA open men’s volleyball program

- Represented WA in the Hornets team, at 18 (youngest member), in the Australia Volleyball League against the best players from all other States and Territories. This league is the highest level of volleyball in Australia. (excluding national)

Teammates/Coaches

- Dylan Tarbett - University of Saskatchewan Huskie - Matt Pallot - WAVL MVP 2016

“Nicholas is an athletic player that has the ability to play both left and right side. He has a good understanding of the game, which reflects in his playing style, picking his shots rather than always going for the power shot. Nicholas Martin in comparison to Dylan Tarbett: With his increased athleticism Nicholas has the ability to be faster around the court than Dylan whether this be in attack or defense/ serve receive. Nicholas is very like Dylan in his ability to play off pace shots as well as hard hits, but lacks some experience when compared to Dylan due to being much younger. Like Dylan, Nicholas can hit from both sides of the court, and due to his natural explosive ability is also very good hitting from the back row”

- Matthew Hender - Finish Club Vaasan Kiitso (coach of UWA super league team)

“Nic Martin is talented young junior athlete who has a keen interest on improving his own game in all aspects. As a coach of Nic, I notice he has a great ability to listen and take on board all feedback I provide. He shows good intrinsic motivation to correct mistakes and is always pushing himself to perfect his own skills. Nic’s natural physically is a great attribute and I am sure if given the opportunity he would defiantly be a great addition to your roster. Off the court Nic is a respectful young guy that is liked by all of his team mates with the ability to hold himself well in all situations. I am hopeful that Nic can continue his volleyball outside of Perth to develop his future in volleyball.” – Matthew Hender

- Nic Butler – Swedish club Linkoping

Academic Information

Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Year 12

Maths B A - A A

Further Maths - - C - -

English C C B B C

Chemistry - - B C -

Physics - - B - -

French C - - - -

Geography - - - - C

Society and Environment

B - - - -

Science B B - - -

Human Biology - - - B B

Physical Education Studies

- B B A A

Media Studies - C - - -

Health Studies A - - - -

Society and Environment

- A - - -