Baseball’s Kyle Martin Named Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball

Tucson, Ariz. – The 2017 Collegiate Baseball Freshmen All-American team was released on Wednesday with three Atlantic 10 players being honored.  One of those three players was Fordham freshman relief pitcher Kyle Martin (Oceanside, N.Y./Oceanside).  He was joined by Rhode Island's Vitaly Jangols and VCU's Paul Witt.
 
Martin becomes the first Ram to earn Freshman All-American honors since 2011, when a trio of Rams, Tim Swatek, Chris Pike, and Jonathan Reich, all earned that honor.

 
This is Martin's second postseason honor, as he was selected to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team along with teammate Alvin Melendez.
 
Martin tied for the team lead in wins with Jimmy Murphy at six this season, marking the most wins by a Ram freshman since Pike had eight in 2011.  He earned Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week honors once during the season and made a team-high 23 appearances, racking up a 2.76 ERA and one save in 32.2 innings with a .195 opponent batting average.  Martin was also third on the team in strikeouts with 45, compared to just seven walks.