Student-athlete profile - Todd Martin, Azusa Pacific basketball

TODD MARTIN

Azusa Pacific

Basketball

The lowdown: The 6-foot-7 senior power forward has started 10 of 14 games and is averaging 11.2 points and 5.1 rebounds for the NAIA Cougars (9-5). Is coming off an 18-point, 8-rebound showing in an 87-57 win over Hope International. Had season highs of 20 points and 10 rebounds Dec. 28 against Warner Pacific. Averaged 7.8 points and 3.2 rebounds with a season high of 19 points against Cal Baptist last season as a junior. Spent his freshman season at Division I Albany and sophomore year at Troy (Ala.). Carries a 3.5 GPA. Was an all-Baseline League and all-CIF selection at Upland, helping the Highlanders to a CIF title as a sophomore in 2001.

Age: 23

Hometown: Upland

High school: Upland High School, 2003

Major: Poltical science

 Favorite athlete: Pete Maravich

Favorite team: USC football:

Most memorable sports moment: Playing for coach Justin Leslie and his wonderful sidekicks this year.

Most embarrassing sports moment: Many crowds have called me Will Ferrell because they think I look like him.

Role model: My father (Paul Martin)

Last good book you read: The Autobiography of Winston Churchill

Favorite movie: The Departed

Can’t miss television shows: The Office, House, The Amazing Race, Kitchen Nightmares

What’s in your CD player/iPod: Rush, Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphys

Favorite vacation spot: Maui

Favorite food: My girlfriend’s taco salad

Celebrity you most want to meet: Vince Vaughn

Best advice anyone has given you: Never Give Up

Pre-game ritual or superstition: I joke around and practice my stand-up comedy routine with my teammates because it loosens the tension.

Other hobbies: playing guitar, watching movies, playing cards

What do you want to be doing in five years: Hopefully playing pro ball overseas. If not, fixing cars as a mechanic.

- Compiled by Michelle Gardner