Youngest radiant player professional#

She had 25 wins in 2007, the first of three straight seasons in which the Cougars won a Class 5A state title. She won 98 games in her four-year career at Cibola (2006-09), including 28 victories in 2009, and 29 - which is listed as the single-season state record on the New Mexico Activities Association website - in the 2008 season. She was really important to my family.'ĭuring her playing days at Cibola, Martinez was arguably New Mexico's most dominant athlete in the circle. I was thankful to have those moments and experiences with her. 'It was one thing to play our favorite sport together, and it was one thing to grow up and have life experiences together. 'I don't know if anyone had the pleasure of meeting her, but they would say the same.'Ĭrum said she and Martinez grew up together as best friends and as softball players, and thought of one another as sisters. Martinez's best friend, and former Cibola teammate, Cheyene Crum, was deeply saddened when she learned of the passing of the godmother to her daughter.

'She was having the best time of her life,' Gary Martinez said.

Youngest radiant player professional#

She also was interested in becoming a professional photographer. Martinez was a second-grade teacher at McCollum Elementary School in Albuquerque, and she also was active in building a new interior design business, Haven + Honey. Everyone said that she brightened up the room whenever she was there.' 'Whether it was her family or whether it was her team, that's just what she did. 'She was the type of person that pulled everybody together,' said Gary Martinez.