Martin Picks Up Golden Spikes Award Player of the Week Honors
Mar 10, 2025 | Baseball
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Junior Maximus Martin was selected as the Golden Spikes Award Player of the Week by USA Baseball on Monday, as the shortstop becomes the first player in school history to garner the weekly award.
In addition to the national honor, Martin was voted the Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Week, announced by the league offices. He is the third Wildcat to pick up Big 12 weekly honors in consecutive weeks, joining outfielder Drew Mount (2018) and right-handed pitcher Nate Griep (2015).
Rising to the second-best slugging percentage (1.143) and third-best batting average (.524) in Division I, Martin is coming off a monstrous offensive weekend at Tointon Family Stadium.
A product of Edgewater Park, N.J, Martin turned in an incredible 2.714 OPS, after launching five home runs and tallying 12 runs batted in in the Wildcats three-game series sweep of William & Mary. He now leads the Big 12 with a season 1.735 OPS.
He became the first player since 2018 to drive in eight RBI in a single game, while achieving the first multi-homer game this season for K-State with his first-inning grand slam and three-run homer in the second on Saturday.
In the series finale, Martin homered in his fourth consecutive game with another two-homer game, which marked the third straight game with a home run in the first inning. He finished 5-for-5 on the day, falling short of a triple of completing the cycle and became the first K-State player and fourth from the Big 12 to turn in a five-hit day.
K-State (9-5) will hit the road for a couple of midweek matchups, facing Creighton (7-4) and Omaha (4-10) on March 11-12. Following the games in Nebraska, the Cats will open Big 12 play at Tointon Family Stadium on Friday, March 14 with a three-game series against Utah (11-3).
Season and single-game tickets are now available. To purchase tickets, fans can visit KStateSports.com, call 1-800-221-CATS (2287), or stop by the K-State Athletics Ticket Office in Bramlage Coliseum.
In addition to the national honor, Martin was voted the Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Week, announced by the league offices. He is the third Wildcat to pick up Big 12 weekly honors in consecutive weeks, joining outfielder Drew Mount (2018) and right-handed pitcher Nate Griep (2015).
Rising to the second-best slugging percentage (1.143) and third-best batting average (.524) in Division I, Martin is coming off a monstrous offensive weekend at Tointon Family Stadium.
A product of Edgewater Park, N.J, Martin turned in an incredible 2.714 OPS, after launching five home runs and tallying 12 runs batted in in the Wildcats three-game series sweep of William & Mary. He now leads the Big 12 with a season 1.735 OPS.
He became the first player since 2018 to drive in eight RBI in a single game, while achieving the first multi-homer game this season for K-State with his first-inning grand slam and three-run homer in the second on Saturday.
In the series finale, Martin homered in his fourth consecutive game with another two-homer game, which marked the third straight game with a home run in the first inning. He finished 5-for-5 on the day, falling short of a triple of completing the cycle and became the first K-State player and fourth from the Big 12 to turn in a five-hit day.
K-State (9-5) will hit the road for a couple of midweek matchups, facing Creighton (7-4) and Omaha (4-10) on March 11-12. Following the games in Nebraska, the Cats will open Big 12 play at Tointon Family Stadium on Friday, March 14 with a three-game series against Utah (11-3).
Season and single-game tickets are now available. To purchase tickets, fans can visit KStateSports.com, call 1-800-221-CATS (2287), or stop by the K-State Athletics Ticket Office in Bramlage Coliseum.
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