Baseball’s Martin Named a 2019 Jim Castañeda Postgraduate Scholarship Recipient by C-USA

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Baseball’s Martin Named a 2019 Jim Castañeda Postgraduate Scholarship Recipient by C-USA

6/10/2019 1:26:00 PM | Baseball

Martin is one of 14 student-athletes to receive the postgraduate scholarship

IRVING, Texas – Redshirt-junior pitcher Wade Martin was named one of 12 student athletes to receive 2019 Jim Castañeda Postgraduate Scholarship as announced by Conference USA on Monday.

The 11^th annual award is named in honor of Dr. Jim Castañeda, who served Rice for 46 years as an educator, coach and Faculty Athletics Representative before he passed away in 2008. Every season, C-USA grants the $4,000 scholarship to distinguished graduates selected by the league's Faculty Athletics Representatives and approved by the Board of Directors.

Martin returned from Tommy John surgery during the 2019 campaign, making 10 starts and striking out 14 batters in 24 innings pitched. After compiling a 3.91 GPA in management/healthcare management, he was accepted into the healthcare administration master's program at Marshall.

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