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2025 Softball Roster

Julie Kim
Shane Rodrigues

43 Izabella Martinez

43 Izabella Martinez

  • Position:
    Catcher/First Base
  • Height:
    5-3
  • B/T:
    L/R
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Garden Grove, Calif.
  • Highschool:
    Edison HS

Summary

Biography

2025 (Senior)
2025 Big West Defensive Player of the Year
2025 All-Big West First Team.
2025 Big West Championship All-Tournament Team
Big West Player of the Week (4/7/25)
2025 Academic All-Big West
  • Became just the third Rainbow Wahine to ever earn Big West Defensive Player of the Year honors
  • Had a standout senior season, leading Hawai‘i in several offensive categories—including a .361 batting average (61-for-169), 61 hits, 13 doubles, 33 walks, and a .471 on-base percentage
  • One of four Rainbow Wahine to start all 53 games—all at catcher and all as the leadoff batter for the ‘Bows
  • Finished collegiate career starting UH’s last 152 consecutive games
  • Led the Big West averaging 0.62 walks per game
  • As a catcher, gunned down 13 runners trying to steal in 18 attempts to rank No. 3 in the Big West
  • In conference action, led UH with a .356 batting average
  • In inaugural Big West Championship, led Uh with a .500 batting average (7-for-14) with three runs scored, two doubles, a home run, four RBI and a .857 slugging percentage
  • Racked up a career-high four hits in three games—the last coming in UH’s Big West Championship opener vs. Long Beach State (5/7/25) in Fullerton, Calif.
  • Reached base safely in 51-of-53 games in senior campaign
  • Reached base safely in the first 15-consecutive games to start the season
  • Had an 11-game hitting streak from 3/22-4/12/25
  • Led UH with 14 multiple-hit games
  • Recorded multiple-RBI in seven games
2024 (Junior)
2024 All-Big West Second Team
  • Started all 46 games at catcher
  • Finished the season hitting .298 (39-for-131) with six doubles and 22 RBI
  • Drew a team-best 19 walks
  • Was second on the team with nine multiple-hit games and had five multiple-RBI games as a junior
  • From behind the plate, was ranked 12th in the NCAA D1 throwing out 15 runners trying to steal
2023 (Sophomore)
2023 All-Big West First Team
Big West Field Player of the Week (Apr. 10, 2023; April 17, 2023)
  • Started all 53 games--48 at catcher and five as designated player
  • Led UH with 49 hits, a .587 slugging percentage three sacrifice flies with a team-low four strikeouts among starters
  • Finished the season as the sixth toughest player to strikeout in the NCAA with just four strikeouts for the season
  • Was second on the team with a .343 batting average, eight doubles, nine home runs, and 39 RBI
  • Behind the dish, threw out 23 out of 35 runners trying to steal
  • Became the first Rainbow Wahine to ever earn back-to-back Big West Field Player of the Week awards (Apr. 10/Apr. 17). At Cal Poly, she hit .700 (7-for-10) with a double and a home run while throwing out two trying to steal. The following week she kept hitting, recording a .600 batting average with four home runs and eight RBI in UH's series vs. UC Riverside. In the series finale alone, she posted a career-high two homers (includuding a grand slam) and five RBI
  • Finished the season with UH's longest hitting streak at 11 games from Apr. 1-22 and was tied for second on the team with Racehl Sabourin and Maya Nakamura with six multiple-RBI games
2022 (Freshman):
  • Appeared in 41 games with 40 starts at catcher
  • Finished fourth on the team with a .256 batting average (30-for-117)
  • Scored 11 runs and totaled 12 RBI as a rookie
  • Recorded two sacrifice bunts and a sacrifice fly
  • Hit .324 (11-for-34) with runners in scoring position and .486 (36-for-74) with at least one runner on base
  • Posted seven multiple-hit games and three multiple-RBI games
  • Finished the season on a career-long six game hitting streak
  • Notched first collegiate hit against Cal State Bakersfield (2/13/22) in Las Vegas, Nev.
  • Scored a career-high two runs at UC San Diego (4/2/22)
  • Tallied a career-high 12 putouts against Abilene Christian (2/25/22)
  • In the opener against Cal State Fullerton (5/6/22), drove in Maya Nakamura in the sixth for the winning run in a 1-0 win, snapping a 16-game losing streak against the Titans
Prep:
  • A 2021 graduate of Edison HS in Huntington Beach, Calif.
  • Earned four varsity letters in softball
  • Was named Newcomer of the Year, Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and was voted second-team all-league
  • Was inducted into the Edison HS Hall of Fame
  • Recorded a career batting average of .400
  • Earned three student-athlete academic honors

Personal:
  • Has an older brother and a younger sister
  • Parents are Amy Padilla-Martinez and Ignacio Martinez of Garden Grove, Calif.
  • Played four years with the Ohana Tigers Gold club team
  • Helped her club team place second in the Southwest Showcase, while winning the Team New Jersey Summer Classic Championships, Classic High School Championships, and the SoCal Masters Champiomship
  • Hit for a .406 batting average in her final season
CAREER GAME HIGHS
Career Offensive Game Highs
  • At-Bats: 5(3x), last vs. Long Beach State (5/7/25)*
  • Runs scored: 2 (10x), last at Cal State Fullerton (5/8/25)*
  • Hits: 4(3x), last UC Davis (3/22/25)
  • RBI: 5, UC Riverside (4/15/23)
  • Doubles: 2, vs. Long Beach State (5/7/25)*
  • Home runs: 2, UC Riverside (4/15/23)
  • Total Bases: 8(2x), last Long Beach State (5/7/25)*
  • Walks: 3, Montana (2/19/23)
  • Strikeouts: 3, Oklahoma (3/11/22)
  • Sacrifice bunts: 1 (3x), last New Mexico (3/7/24)
  • Sacrifice flies: 1(6x), last at Long Beach State (4/26/24)
  • Stolen bases: 1, California (3/12/22)
  • Hit by pitch: 1(8x), last UC San Diego (5/2/25)
Defensive Game Highs
  • Putouts: 12, Abilene Christian (2/25/22)
  • Assists: 3(2x), last San Diego State (2/23/25) – at Cathedral City, Calif.
  • Errors: 1 (19x), last San Diego State (2/23/25) – at Cathedral City, Calif.
*=at 2025 Big West Championship (Fullerton, Calif.)
 
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Historical Player Information

  • 33

    2022Freshman

    Catcher/First Base
    5'3"
    33
  • 43

    2023Sophomore

    Catcher/First Base
    5'3"
    43
  • 43

    2024Junior

    Catcher/First Base
    5'3"
    43
  • 43

    2025Senior

    Catcher/First Base
    5'3"
    43