Countdown To Opening Day (4 Days): Evan Martin

Feb. 13, 2012

The Georgia Tech baseball team begins the 2012 season Friday, Feb. 17 when it opens play in the Rock Hill Coca-Cola Classic at Winthrop. Stay tuned to RamblinWreck.com and meet all 33 Yellow Jackets with the “Countdown to Opening Day” series.

Evan Martin
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OF/IF | R-R | 5-9 | 160 | Senior | Woodstock, Ga. (Sequoyah)

RW.com: List three words that describe you…
Evan Martin: Intelligent, competitive, short

RW: Name one thing that fans don’t know about you…
EM: I am awful at Call of Duty

RW: If you could bring one thing from your hometown, what would it be?
EM: Zaxby’s

RW: What is the best piece of advice that a coach gave you?
EM: Play your game

RW: What was the most interesting thing you did this summer?
EM: Went to Gatlinburg, Tenn. for a weekend

RW: What player, if any, do you pattern your game after?
EM: David Eckstein

RW: What is your dream job?
EM: CEO of an engineering company

RW: What event has most shaped your life?
EM: Coming to Georgia Tech

RW: What’s your nickname? Reasoning behind it?
EM: Rat

RW: Interests outside of baseball…
EM: Golf, reading

RW: What’s the one memory that stands out from your childhood?
EM: Playing Middle School baseball

RW: Do you have any game or practice superstitions?
EM: Do not step on the foul lines

RW: Who is the most famous person you’ve ever met?
EM: Mark Teixeira

RW: Name the most interesting place you’ve visited…
EM: Boston

RW: Biggest accomplishments…
EM: Winning the Connie Mack World Series in 2008