2025 Women's Water Polo Roster
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Martinez, Valeria
Goalkeeper
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Jersey Number 13
Valeria Martinez
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Commerce, CA
- High School:
- Schurr HS
Bio
2025 Season (Senior)
Martinez appeared in 29 matches in her senior season with CSUN ... totaled 16 goals, 17 assists, 33 points, 24 steals and nine blocks on the season ... ranked second on the team in blocks and third in steals ... posted three multi-goal games ... finished with a goal and two assists at Indiana (1/25/25) ... scored twice and dished out an assist vs. Azusa Pacific (2/1/25) ... tallied two goals, two blocks, one assist and one steal vs. No. 20 San Diego State (3/15/25) ... leaves CSUN tied for 10th in school history with 31 career blocks.
2024 Season (Junior)
Martinez played in a career-high 33 matches and scored a personal-best 18 goals in her junior season ... added 18 assists for 36 total points ... tallied 16 steals and six field blocks ... posted three multi-goal games on the year ... scored back-to-back two-goal games at the Convergence Tournament vs. Marist and Chapman (3/1/24) ... hit the back of the net at No. 3 Hawai'i (3/23/24) ... hit a game-tying goal in an eventual victory over No. 14 UC Davis (4/13/24).
2023 Season (Sophomore)
Martinez saw action in 26 matches in her second season of competition ... Finished with 15 goals and 10 assists to go with a career-high 32 steals and nine field blocks ... Ranked third on the team in steals and sixth in points (25) ... Tallied four goals, six field blocks and seven steals in Big West play ... Registered her first career hat trick while adding four steals to beat Marist (2/19/23) ... Picked up four steals and two assists vs. Villanova (3/7/23) ... Hit the net twice in a victory over Cal State Fullerton (4/22/23) ... Notched two more goals and two steals vs. Hawai'i (4/28/23).
2022 Season (Freshman)
Martinez appeared in 24 matches in her first season of competition at CSUN ... Tallied 20 assists, 15 goals, 14 steals and seven blocks ... Finished tied for third on the team in assists, tied for fourth in points (35) and fourth in steals ... Scored her first career goals and added two steals vs. California Baptist (1/29/22) ... Dished out a season-high four assists to go with a goal vs. Chapman (2/25/22) ... Posted two goals, two assists and two steals vs. Villanova (3/4/22) ... Tallied two more goals in a win over Ottawa Arizona (3/25/22) ... Named to the Big West All-Academic Team.
2021 Season (Freshman)
Martinez did not compete in any games after the water polo team opted out of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... Named to the ACWPC All-Academic Team.
CAREER STATS
Schurr High School
Martinez enjoyed a decorated prep career with the Spartans ... Helped her team win the 2018-19 CIF SoCal Water Polo championship and the 2016-17 CIF Southern Section title ... Also was a member of four-straight league championship teams ... Named to the All-CIF Second Team as well as the Co-MVP in the Almont League as a senior ... Earned all-league honors each season on the team including first-team accolades in 2017-18 and 2018-19 ... Also named to the All-CIF Second Team as a junior ... Registered 142 goals, 53 assists, 157 steals and 195 points in her high school career.
Club Experience
Competed for the Commerce Water Polo team for a decade ... Competed in the Junior Olympics and picked up an honorable mention All-American nod in 2016.
Personal
Parets are Maria De La Luz Martinez and Uvaldo Martinez ... She has one brother, David and three sisters, Sofia, Athalia and Claudia ... Favorites include the Mexican National soccer team, Guillermo Ochoa, Matthew Gray Gubler, Zendaya, "Criminal Minds," "Shrek" in Spanish, ceviche, Calle 13 and Harry Styles ... Chose CSUN because of the location and she really liked the team and coaching staff ... Lists winning the Division II CIF tournament as a freshman as her greatest sports moment so far ... Her greatest heroes are migrant workers.
Martinez appeared in 29 matches in her senior season with CSUN ... totaled 16 goals, 17 assists, 33 points, 24 steals and nine blocks on the season ... ranked second on the team in blocks and third in steals ... posted three multi-goal games ... finished with a goal and two assists at Indiana (1/25/25) ... scored twice and dished out an assist vs. Azusa Pacific (2/1/25) ... tallied two goals, two blocks, one assist and one steal vs. No. 20 San Diego State (3/15/25) ... leaves CSUN tied for 10th in school history with 31 career blocks.
2024 Season (Junior)
Martinez played in a career-high 33 matches and scored a personal-best 18 goals in her junior season ... added 18 assists for 36 total points ... tallied 16 steals and six field blocks ... posted three multi-goal games on the year ... scored back-to-back two-goal games at the Convergence Tournament vs. Marist and Chapman (3/1/24) ... hit the back of the net at No. 3 Hawai'i (3/23/24) ... hit a game-tying goal in an eventual victory over No. 14 UC Davis (4/13/24).
2023 Season (Sophomore)
Martinez saw action in 26 matches in her second season of competition ... Finished with 15 goals and 10 assists to go with a career-high 32 steals and nine field blocks ... Ranked third on the team in steals and sixth in points (25) ... Tallied four goals, six field blocks and seven steals in Big West play ... Registered her first career hat trick while adding four steals to beat Marist (2/19/23) ... Picked up four steals and two assists vs. Villanova (3/7/23) ... Hit the net twice in a victory over Cal State Fullerton (4/22/23) ... Notched two more goals and two steals vs. Hawai'i (4/28/23).
2022 Season (Freshman)
Martinez appeared in 24 matches in her first season of competition at CSUN ... Tallied 20 assists, 15 goals, 14 steals and seven blocks ... Finished tied for third on the team in assists, tied for fourth in points (35) and fourth in steals ... Scored her first career goals and added two steals vs. California Baptist (1/29/22) ... Dished out a season-high four assists to go with a goal vs. Chapman (2/25/22) ... Posted two goals, two assists and two steals vs. Villanova (3/4/22) ... Tallied two more goals in a win over Ottawa Arizona (3/25/22) ... Named to the Big West All-Academic Team.
2021 Season (Freshman)
Martinez did not compete in any games after the water polo team opted out of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... Named to the ACWPC All-Academic Team.
CAREER STATS
| Year | Matches | Goals | Assists | Steals | Blocks | Exclusions Drawn |
| 2022 | 24 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 6 |
| 2023 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 32 | 9 | 20 |
| 2024 | 33 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 11 |
| 2025 | 29 | 16 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 10 |
| Totals | 112 | 64 | 65 | 86 | 31 | 47 |
Schurr High School
Martinez enjoyed a decorated prep career with the Spartans ... Helped her team win the 2018-19 CIF SoCal Water Polo championship and the 2016-17 CIF Southern Section title ... Also was a member of four-straight league championship teams ... Named to the All-CIF Second Team as well as the Co-MVP in the Almont League as a senior ... Earned all-league honors each season on the team including first-team accolades in 2017-18 and 2018-19 ... Also named to the All-CIF Second Team as a junior ... Registered 142 goals, 53 assists, 157 steals and 195 points in her high school career.
Club Experience
Competed for the Commerce Water Polo team for a decade ... Competed in the Junior Olympics and picked up an honorable mention All-American nod in 2016.
Personal
Parets are Maria De La Luz Martinez and Uvaldo Martinez ... She has one brother, David and three sisters, Sofia, Athalia and Claudia ... Favorites include the Mexican National soccer team, Guillermo Ochoa, Matthew Gray Gubler, Zendaya, "Criminal Minds," "Shrek" in Spanish, ceviche, Calle 13 and Harry Styles ... Chose CSUN because of the location and she really liked the team and coaching staff ... Lists winning the Division II CIF tournament as a freshman as her greatest sports moment so far ... Her greatest heroes are migrant workers.
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