Chula Vista Native Denisse Martinez Earns All-SCIAC 1st Team Honors

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Denisse Martinez

WHITTER, CA (06/06/2012)(readMedia)--  Denisse Martinez, a senior on the Whittier College Softball Team concluded a succesful collegiate career by gaining 1st Team Honors by the Southern Califronia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC).

The Chula Vista native who landed on the 1st Team for third base finished her senior season with a .310 batting average collecting 27 hits in 87 at bats that included 5 doubles, 3 homeruns, 13 runs scored and 13 runs batted in.  She finished with a slugging percentage of .471 and had an on base percentage of .459.  On April 14 and 15 she had breakout numbers against Pomona-Pitzer and Cal Lutheran where she combined for 10 hits in 16 at bats for a .625 average.  For the two series she collected six RBI's and five runs and finished with two homeruns and two doubles.
Within SCIAC, she compiled impressive numbers leading the team in on base percentage at .490 and slugging percentage at .533 and finished with three homeruns and a .396 average.     
Denisse Martinez graduated from Whittier College on May 11, 2012 with Outstanding Athlete Honors.