2025 Softball Roster
Roster
Martinez, Naya

Jersey Number 18
Naya Martinez
- Position:
- Infield
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Lyndhurst, New Jersey
- High School:
- Mount St. Dominic Academy
Bio
2025: Appeared in 37 games for the Pirates, starting 26 of them… Scored her first collegiate hit against Virginia (3/1)… Made her first career start at shortstop against Stony Brook, logging two hits and scoring a run (3/18)… collected three hits and two RBI against Wagner (3/25)… transitioned to start at third base against Villanova, where she would serve as the primary third baseman for the remainder of the season (3/28)… knocked her first collegiate home and recorded three RBI against Providence (4/4)… Added another three RBI in a series finale win over Providence (4/5)… Earned BIG EAST Freshman of the Week honors for her performance against Providence and Army (4/7)… amassed two hits and an RBI in a win over LIU (4/30).
Before SHU: Played second base her freshman year at Lyndhurst High School… Moved to Mount St. Dominic Academy in Caldwell, New Jersey, for her final three years, playing at shortstop on a team that ranked top eight in the state every season… Won two Essex County Championships, as well as three consecutive North Jersey, Non-Public A titles with Mount St. Dominic from 2022-24… Finished her high school career with a .349 batting average, 21 doubles, 15 triples, 15 home runs and 79 RBI… Received Second Team All-State honors in 2024 after hitting .333 with 10 doubles, 7 triples, 2 HRs and 15 RBI… Named Second Team All-Non Public in 2023 & 2024… Played on NJ Heist club softball team, the same team that Taylor Hill played on… Elected to the Science National Honor Society…... Daughter of Monica and Luis… Has a brother, Alex, and Sister, Alyssa... Her cousin Willie Matthews plays football at Southern University… Born June 21, 2006.
Before SHU: Played second base her freshman year at Lyndhurst High School… Moved to Mount St. Dominic Academy in Caldwell, New Jersey, for her final three years, playing at shortstop on a team that ranked top eight in the state every season… Won two Essex County Championships, as well as three consecutive North Jersey, Non-Public A titles with Mount St. Dominic from 2022-24… Finished her high school career with a .349 batting average, 21 doubles, 15 triples, 15 home runs and 79 RBI… Received Second Team All-State honors in 2024 after hitting .333 with 10 doubles, 7 triples, 2 HRs and 15 RBI… Named Second Team All-Non Public in 2023 & 2024… Played on NJ Heist club softball team, the same team that Taylor Hill played on… Elected to the Science National Honor Society…... Daughter of Monica and Luis… Has a brother, Alex, and Sister, Alyssa... Her cousin Willie Matthews plays football at Southern University… Born June 21, 2006.
2024-25 End-of-Year Highlight Video
Thursday, May 22
Seton Hall Basketball Facility Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Thursday, March 27
PSN Feature on Allie Waggoner, Seton Hall's First NCAA Women's Championship Qualifier
Friday, March 21
Seton Hall Basketball - Catalon, Masonius, Bozzella After Quinnipiac (WBIT)
Friday, March 21