Three-time NCAA qualifier who returns for his senior season as a Hokie ... Earned All-America honors last season ... Looking to contend for the national title ... Has had three solid years at Tech ... His competitive attitude will take him a long way ... Is a proven leader ... Is Tech's leader in all-time victories ... Owns a 98-22 career record ... Enters the 2000-01 season ranked fourth in the nation by Amateur Wrestling News.
1999-00: Finished fourth at the NCAA Championships ... Earned All-America honors ... Fourth place is the second-highest place ever at NCAAs by a Tech wrestler ... Also won the EWL title and the Virginia State Championships title ... Took second place at the Sheridan Invitational ... Went 34-5 at the 165-pound weight class ... Went 15-2 in dual matches and 10-0 in EWL matches ... Had eight major decisions, four technical falls and six falls ... Outscored his opponents, 262-96.
1998-99: Took a redshirt year.
1997-98: Made his second straight appearance at the NCAA Championships at 150 pounds ... Compiled a 32-9 overall record ... Went 12-1 in dual meets and 5-0 in CAA dual meets ... Fell to Old Dominion's Mark Strickland in the finals, but earned a wild card to the NCAA Championships ... Went 1-2 at the NCAA Championships ... Recorded eight falls, seven technical falls and seven major decisions on the year ... Registered 49 points in dual meets, including 20 in CAA duals ... Finished first at the North Carolina Open ... Placed second at the Navy Classic ... Posted third-place finishes at the Sheridan Invitational and Virginia State Championships.
1996-97: Compiled a 32-8 overall record, fourth-best in Tech history during a single season ... Started every dual match for the Hokies ... Lost two straight at the NCAA Championships, falling by a total of three points ... Wrestled primarily at 150 pounds ... Pinned Ian Lewis of Old Dominion in 1:47 to make the finals of the CAA Championships in the 150-pound weight class ... Fell to George Mason's Kevin Brandon in the finals, but earned a wild card to the NCAA Championships ... Was undefeated in the CAA during the dual match season with a 5-0 record ... Had a 15-match winning streak during the season until the CAA finals ... Had the school's third-best dual meet record for a single season at 17-1 ... Led the team in major decisions with 12 ... Pinned four opponents in true-freshman season ... Placed third at the Appalachian State Open and North Carolina Open ... Also turned in a third-place finish at the Virginia State Meet.
High School: Four-year letterwinner for coach John Cermin at Granby High School ... Three-time national team member ... Was the district champion for three seasons ... State and regional champion in 1996 and runner up in 1995.
Personal: Chris M. Martin was born November 2, 1978 in Norfolk, Va. ... Son of Mike and Virginia Martin ... Majoring in physical education.
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Three-time NCAA qualifier who returns for his senior season as a Hokie ... Earned All-America honors last season ... Looking to contend for the national title ... Has had three solid years at Tech ... His competitive attitude will take him a long way ... Is a proven leader ... Is Tech's leader in all-time victories ... Owns a 98-22 career record ... Enters the 2000-01 season ranked fourth in the nation by Amateur Wrestling News.
1999-00: Finished fourth at the NCAA Championships ... Earned All-America honors ... Fourth place is the second-highest place ever at NCAAs by a Tech wrestler ... Also won the EWL title and the Virginia State Championships title ... Took second place at the Sheridan Invitational ... Went 34-5 at the 165-pound weight class ... Went 15-2 in dual matches and 10-0 in EWL matches ... Had eight major decisions, four technical falls and six falls ... Outscored his opponents, 262-96.
1998-99: Took a redshirt year.
1997-98: Made his second straight appearance at the NCAA Championships at 150 pounds ... Compiled a 32-9 overall record ... Went 12-1 in dual meets and 5-0 in CAA dual meets ... Fell to Old Dominion's Mark Strickland in the finals, but earned a wild card to the NCAA Championships ... Went 1-2 at the NCAA Championships ... Recorded eight falls, seven technical falls and seven major decisions on the year ... Registered 49 points in dual meets, including 20 in CAA duals ... Finished first at the North Carolina Open ... Placed second at the Navy Classic ... Posted third-place finishes at the Sheridan Invitational and Virginia State Championships.
1996-97: Compiled a 32-8 overall record, fourth-best in Tech history during a single season ... Started every dual match for the Hokies ... Lost two straight at the NCAA Championships, falling by a total of three points ... Wrestled primarily at 150 pounds ... Pinned Ian Lewis of Old Dominion in 1:47 to make the finals of the CAA Championships in the 150-pound weight class ... Fell to George Mason's Kevin Brandon in the finals, but earned a wild card to the NCAA Championships ... Was undefeated in the CAA during the dual match season with a 5-0 record ... Had a 15-match winning streak during the season until the CAA finals ... Had the school's third-best dual meet record for a single season at 17-1 ... Led the team in major decisions with 12 ... Pinned four opponents in true-freshman season ... Placed third at the Appalachian State Open and North Carolina Open ... Also turned in a third-place finish at the Virginia State Meet.
High School: Four-year letterwinner for coach John Cermin at Granby High School ... Three-time national team member ... Was the district champion for three seasons ... State and regional champion in 1996 and runner up in 1995.
Personal: Chris M. Martin was born November 2, 1978 in Norfolk, Va. ... Son of Mike and Virginia Martin ... Majoring in physical education.
