She's one of Minnesota's top volleyball players and part of the Hopkins Royals successful season as they are the fourth ranked team in Class AAA and the top seed in Section 6AAA.
Jazmyn Martin took some time before the Royals quarterfinal match with the St. Louis Park Orioles for an interview.
Before Martin went full tilt with volleyball, she also was a member of the Hopkins girls basketball team that has been coach for years by Brian Cosgriff. "he's a good guy to be around and taught me a lot of sports in general," Martin said. "He's really good to be around.
One of the top players that was a teammate of Martin is now a freshman at Michigan State, Nia Hollie. Martin gave her thoughts on how Hollie will do with the Spartans. "I think she's going to do great. She's a great player and she has a lot coming for her."
Martin decided to forego basketball and concentrate on volleyball. She felt it was hard to do both basketball and volleyball.
Martin's volleyball career will continue on the collegiate level when she will play next season at the University of Minnesota. She will be reunited with her former Royal teammate who is having an outstanding sophomore season as the Gopher setter, Samantha Seliger-Swenson. "The Gophers is a great program and one of the main reasons I picked the program is to play with Sam again."
She also commented on playing next season for Gopher head coach Hugh McCutcheon. "I very excited to get trained by him."
But first, Martin has to hep Hopkins in their quest to a return trip to the state volleyball tournament and she did in a big way Thursday night as she made some key blocks and kills to lead the Royals to a three set sweep of the St. Louis Park Orioles. The first two sets were an identical 25-16 score and in the third set, Martins outstanding serving and powerful attacks were the key to advancing Hopkins into the Section 6AAA semifinals with a 25-8 win.
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