| Kyle Martino |
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 | Class: Junior
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 | Hometown: Westport, Conn.
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 | High School: Staples
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 | Height / Weight: 5-9 / 145
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 | Position: Forward
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 | Experience: 2L
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2000: Recorded 1,647 minutes of playing time after starting all 22 games he appeared in ... scored 14 points on a team-high six assists and four goals ... tallied one game-winning goal and one game-winning assist ... named Second Team All-American by Soccer America ... named First Team All-ACC and an ACC All-Tournament selection ... chosen to Soccer America’s Team of the Week (9/ 6) ... one of 15 finalists for the Hermann Trophy ... a First Team All-State selection by the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) ... named to the NSCAA Adidas First Team All-South Atlantic Region team ... named the Virginia Soccer Classic All-Tournament MVP after he recorded two assists and a goal to guide Virginia to a 2-0 record and tournament title ... assisted on Alecko Eskandarian’s first collegiate goal after he sent a cross that resulted in UVa’s first goal of the season in Virginia’s 3-2 victory over South Florida (9/1) ... scored Virginia’s game-winning goal and added an assist in UVa’s 7-1 victory over Jacksonville (9/3) in the Virginia Soccer Classic ... scored UVa’s first goal and recorded an assist in Virginia’s 4-1 victory over Northeastern (9/13) ... scored a goal when he played a ball off of his chest in Virginia’s 6-1 victory over N.C. State (10/1) ... assisted on Alecko Eskandarian’s 10th goal of the season in Virginia’s 3-2 double-overtime victory over James Madison (10/4) ... recorded the game-winning assist when he sent a crossing pass to teammate Kenny Arena for a goal in UVa’s 3-2 victory over Clemson (10/15) ... recorded an assist on Steve Totten’s goal in Virginia’s 2-2 tie with Fairfield (10/6) ... scored UVa’s fourth goal in Virginia’s 4-1 victory over American when he converted a penalty kick (10/25) ... lettered.
1999: Named the 1999 ACC Rookie-of-the Year ... tabbed as a First-Team All-ACC selection ... chosen to the ACC All-Tournament team ... played his way into a starting role from the beginning of the season ... gathered 1971 minutes of playing time and started all 23 games he appeared in ... second on the team with seven assists, including two game-winning assists in victories over Cal State Fullerton (10/29) and Ohio State (11/5) ... third on the squad with 21 points resulting from seven assists and seven goals ... three of his seven goals were game-winning markers scored in the Cavaliers 2-1 victory over North Carolina (9/25), a 3-0 decision over Marshall (10/20) and a 3-1 victory over Brown (11/28) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament ... scored the first postseason points of his career when he scored a goal after heading a crossing pass from Ryan Gibbs in Virginia’s 2-1 triple-overtime victory over Princeton in the first round of the NCAA Tournament ... recorded UVa’s only goal in a 2-1 triple-overtime loss to Duke in the ACC Championship game (11/14) ... posted his first collegiate goal in a 2-1 win over Virginia Tech (9/22) ... tallied his first collegiate assist in UVa’s 1-1 tie with Wake Forest (9/19) ... tallied four assists in UVa’s last five regular season games ... scored a goal in three consecutive games against Duke (11/14) in the ACC Championship game, Princeton (11/21) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament and Brown (11/28) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament ... scored a goal or had an assist in eight games during the regular season ... lettered.
High School: A four-year letterwinner at Staples High School ... Gatorade National Player of the Year and Parade All-American his senior year ... NSCAA Connecticut State Player of the Year ... Connecticut Post Athlete of the Year ... Connecticut Junior Soccer Association Player of the Year ... all-state and all-county selection.
Personal: Born February 19, 1981 in Atlanta, Ga. ... son of Ralph and Marianne Martino ... brother, Wes, plays soccer for College of Charleston.
Martino by the Numbers
| Year |
GP/GS |
Min |
Sh |
G |
A |
GWG/GWA |
Pts |
| 1999 |
23/23 |
1971 |
25 |
7 |
7 |
3/2 |
21 |
| 2000 |
22/22 |
1647 |
41 |
4 |
6 |
1/1 |
14 |
| Totals |
45/45 |
3618 |
66 |
11 |
13 |
4/3 |
35 |