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Gatorade 2022 - 2023: Player of the Year

Baseball - Colorado

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BASEBALL

Walker Martin

Shortstop
EATON HS
EATON , COLORADO
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-3
Press Release

Peak Performance

.636

Batting Average

20

Home Runs

74

RBI

62

Runs Scored
“I competed against well over a dozen draftees and I can say with confidence that there were very few players that I was as impressed with as I was with Walker Martin. He was smooth defensively, had a quick release and had good range. From a hitting standpoint, he was aggressive, hit the ball hard, and looked very comfortable in any count. As you can imagine, we threw a heavy mix of changeups, curveballs and cutters to him and he stayed back while adjusting well to the different speeds and trajectories. In my seven-plus years coaching here in Colorado, I haven’t seen another player as talented as him.”
Dan Markoya
Head Coach head coach at Basalt High
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Athletic Excellence

At the time of his selection, the 6-foot-3, 205-pound senior shortstop had led the Reds to a 28-0 record and the Class 3A state final. Martin batted .636 with 20 home runs, 74 RBI and 32 walks entering the title game, scoring 62 runs with an on-base percentage of .723 and a slugging percentage of 1.662. Ranked as the nation’s No. 36 recruit in the Class of 2023 by Perfect Game, he homered in nine straight games during one stretch this spring.

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Academic Achievement

Martin has maintained a weighted 3.53 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball on scholarship at the University of Arkansas this fall, but is projected as an early-round selection in July’s Major League Baseball draft.

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Exemplary Character

A football standout who was the state’s Class 3A Player of the Year as a quarterback in 2022, Martin also volunteers locally for a community cleanup day through his church and instructs youth baseball players at a barn his family built.