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Aubrey Martin concluded her four-year career as one of the most distinguished track and field athletes in program history. A standout in the throws, Martin was a 12-time Mid-Continent Conference (now Summit League) event champion and twice named ‘Athlete of the Year’. The Summit League honored Martin in 2012 as she was selected to the League’s 30th Anniversary ‘Top 30 Distinguished Contributors’.
During her freshman year of 2003, Martin was the Mid-Con Indoor Athlete of the Year, Indoor Co-Newcomer of the Year, and during the Outdoor season was tabbed as the ‘Newcomer of the Year’. She was selected Outdoor Athlete of the Year two years later.
Martin earned All-American honors four times in her storied career – 2004 and 2006 in the Outdoor shot put and 2005-06 in the Indoor shot put. While distinguishing herself athletically, Martin was also a standout in the classroom as she ended her career as an Academic All-Mid-Continent selection in 2005-06. Martin not only made a name for herself in the Mid-Con, she worked to earn national recognition.
In 2003 she was a USA Track & Field Junior Nationals qualifier. The WIU standout made a run at qualifying for the U.S. Olympic team. She placed seventh at the 2004 Olympic Trials and at the 2005 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
Eleven years after her playing career wrapped up, Martin still holds the Western Illinois program record in the indoor shot put (55-9) set during her senior year. She ranks second in the Indoor weight throw (63-6.75, 2006), second in the Outdoor shot put (55-9.75), third in the discus (155-3) and second in the Outdoor hammer throw (186-7).
She served as a graduate assistant in strength and conditioning at WIU for two years and also worked during that time as the assistant throws coach. She was a personal trainer for four years, spent two years as a Physical Therapy Technician back home in Muscatine, Iowa, and for four years was an Executive Assistant for Gulf Distributing in Mobile, Alabama. For the past two years, Martin moved back to Muscatine and worked at Monsanto as a Production Technician.
Martin graduated from Western in 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology with a minor in Nutrition. She took graduate courses at WIU.
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