Helping the Harvard softball team to two IvyLeague Championships and four Ivy League North Division titles inthe past five years, Carri Leto Martin begins her sixth season onthe Crimson coaching staff in 2012. In her first season with the Crimson, Martin helped lead theCrimson to its fourth Ivy League championship, posting a 31-15record and a 14-6 Ivy League mark. The team followed up its regularseason success by winning the inaugural Ivy League Championshipseries against Penn and advancing to the NCAA tournament. Pitcherof the Year Shelly Madick and Rookie of the Year Lauren Murphy wereall-region honorees and were among six All-Ivy selections fromthe Crimson. Martin helped Harvard win another divisioncrown in 2008 and 2010. In 2008, the Crimsonposted a 14-6 Ivy mark to advance to a second straight Ivy LeagueChampionship series and in 2010, its 17-3 Ivy record propelled itto yet another Ivy League Championship Series. Martin was anintegral part of the 2011 Ivy championship team that broke schoolrecords for wins in a season (36) and Ivy wins in a season(18).  The former Northwestern star spent five years as aprofessional softball player in the National Pro Fastpitch leagueupon graduation. Martin spent her first two years in the NPF withthe New York Juggernaut, her third year with the Philadelphia Forceand her last two years with the New England Riptide as the startingsecond baseman. Martin was drafted during her senior year ofcollege and signed with the Juggernaut in 2004, making an immediateimpact. She was named a 2004 National Pro Fastpitch All-Star. Sheled the team and ranked fourth in the league in stolen bases andhelped her team to win the inaugural NPF championship title. In hersecond season with the Nauts, she was again named to the All-Starteam and helped lead her team to an appearance in the playoffs.Martin was named the 2005 NPF Defensive Player of the Year and wasan All-Star in her third season with the Force. With the Riptide,Martin led the team in at bats, hits and triples and was second inbatting average, doubles, runs scored and stolen bases as she ledher team to a third place finish.
Martin was part of the Teamsmith Nationals 2002 North AmericanTour. The Nationals compiled a 40-3 tour record and earned a thirdplace finish at the Canada Cup. Martin also played second base forthe Southern California Hurricanes Women's Major team in 2001 and2002, garnering second-team All-America accolades. Martin attendedthe January 2005 USA Olympic Team Camp after missing previous campswith an injury. She spent 2006 as a volunteer assistant softballcoach at Columbia while working as the Supervisor of Ticket Salesand Membership for the Lions' athletic department.
A three-year team captain, Martin finished her college career atNorthwestern ranked in the school's top seven in 10 differentcareer offensive categories. In 2004, she was Northwestern's NCAADivision I Woman of the Year and was named to the CoSIDA AcademicAll-District team as well as the Big Ten All-tournament team. Forthree consecutive years, she was a second-team All-Big Tenselection (2002 at shortstop, 2003 and 2004 at second base) and BigTen All-Academic honoree (2002, 2003 and 2004). She was named tothe NFCA All-MidEast Region first in 2001 and second team in 2004. She is the first Northwestern female athlete to play for aprofessional franchise.
Martin graduated from Northwestern in 2004 with a degree incommunication studies and spent time as an undergraduate teachingand research assistant in the communications department. Shecompleted her Masters in Education at the Harvard Graduate Schoolof Education in Human Development and Psychology in 2011. A SanDiego, Calif., native, Martin resides in Boston with her husband,JD Martin, and is expecting her first child in early June,2012.
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