Catalina Foothills senior outside hitter Jacob Martinez, a four-year letterman with the Falcons, reached 1,000 career kills in a recent tournament at the Arizona State Student Fitness Center and was celebrated before a game at Cienega on Tuesday.
Martinez recorded his 1,000th kill in the Falcons’ 2-0 victory over ALA-West Foothills on Saturday in the event at Tempe.
In the month of March, Martinez had nine double-digit kill performances, including a season-high 19 in a loss to the Hawaii Baptist Academy in a tournament at Escondido, Calif.
For his performance overall, Martinez is the Jet Sports Training Male Athlete of the Month for March.
Cienega was gracious enough to help Martinez celebrate his feat because Catalina Foothills’ next home match is not until Monday against Flowing Wells.
Martinez is now at 1,032 kills. His 188 kills are second locally to Flowing Wells’ Daniel Coronado, whose 217 leads the state.
Catalina Foothills is 15-10 overall and ranked No. 8 among 5A schools in the state.
Martinez’s father, Jake Martinez, is the girls basketball head coach at Catalina Foothills.
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