Martin ready for senior year after hip surgery
Infielder is now recovered and recently committed to SHU
Justin Martin poses with his parents, PV principal Tom DeMaio, and coach Wiliam Lynch. Martin is now fully recovered from a hip surgery and is now committed to play baseball next year at Sacred Heart.
Last Jan. 31, Pascack Valley senior Justin Martin had double hip surgery. It was a very hard recovery process because he was out his whole junior year of baseball.
It took him several weeks to recovery from the surgery, and he’s not only ready for his senior season at PV, but also for his college career. Martin, an infielder, has recently committed to Sacred Heart University to play Division I baseball next year.
As he recovered from his injury, Martin played at several club team tournaments over the summer, including a Diamond Nation tournament, and a couple coaches saw him play and were very impressed by his skill. He kept playing in more tournaments and even more colleges started to notice him. The scouts started coming to more and more games and they started to ask about him.
“I was always confident I would get back and be the best I could possibly be,” Martin added.
“He’s definitely gotten stronger and got himself back into baseball shape,” said PV baseball coach Will Lynch, who said he is expecting “good things” from Martin in his upcoming senior season.
Martin started playing baseball in a rec league program when he was two years old. He also played flag football and basketball up to his freshman year of high school. He played baseball his whole life and that is the sport he loved most, so he focused his attention on that. He grew up loving the Yankees, especially shortstop Derek Jeter, who he looked up to.
“I love baseball from the start and I grew up always watching the Yankees. They were my motivation,” Martin said.
Martin said he has had many role models that he looked up to while growing up, including Jeter and and basketball star LeBron James. He likes them because he likes what they do on and off the field or court and how they use their voices to motivate and persuade other people.
Martin is looking forward to a successful senior year on the PV baseball team. Valley lost a few key players, including pitchers Jordan Issackedes and Jake Klag, from last year’s team, but Martin is still confident the Indians’ can have a successful year. He thinks that they are more than capable of winning a state championship this spring.
