Damika Martinez set new standards for the Iona College women’s basketball program with her unprecedented personal success on the court.  Martinez was named the MAAC Player of the Year three straight years spanning her sophomore through senior season.  As a rookie in 2011-12 she was voted the MAAC Rookie of the Year in addition to earning All-MAAC Second Team distinction.

Martinez is the Maroon & Gold and Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference’s all-time leading scorer with 2,581 points; she is the only player in program history to ever cross the 2,000-point threshold.  She averaged 20.6 points per game, ranking first all-time at Iona and fourth in conference history.  Her shooting from beyond the arc propelled her to record scoring outputs; Martinez made 2.49 three-point field goals per game, shooting 40.2 percent from three for her career. 

Martinez has the six highest single-game scoring outputs in Iona history and nine out of the top 13.  Her highest total came on Feb. 16, 2014 against Rider when she scored 46 points, tying the all-time MAAC record.  Her outpouring set a women’s Hynes Center record.

In addition to her MAAC accolades, Martinez was a 2014 AP All-American Honorable Mention as well as the All-MET Player of the Year.  That same year she was a Nancy Liebermann Award finalist.  Martinez is the lone student-athlete to ever lead the MAAC in scoring for four straight seasons.