2016-17 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Martinez, Xena

Xena Martinez
- Position:
- Starboard
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- San Pasqual HS
- Hometown:
- Escondido, Calif.
Bio
2016-17
Rowed seven seat in the Bruins’ novice eight (N8+) crew at the UC Challenge in Newport Beach, Calif. (March 4), helping that boat to a first-place finish against UC Santa Barbara, San Diego State and UC Irvine … rowed bow seat in the third varsity eight in UCLA’s first home spring competition, racing against Stanford and San Diego State (March 11) … rowed five seat in the novice eight crew at the two-day San Diego Crew Classic (April 1-2), leading the Bruins to a third-place finish in a Grand Final race on day two … stroked the fourth varsity eight in the annual crosstown showdown versus USC (April 30) … rowed seven seat in the novice eight crew at the season-culminating Pac-12 Championships on Lake Natoma (May 15).
High School
Four-year varsity softball letterwinner at San Pasqual High School … also was a four-year varsity letterwinner with the basketball and field hockey teams … was a one-year varsity cross country letterwinner … named the basketball team MVP … also secured Most Valuable Pitcher honors on the softball team … earned all-league acclaim on the San Pasqual cross country team … earned the “highest GPA” award on all four varsity teams … was selected as her high school senior class valedictorian.
Personal
Full name: Xena Jacklyn Martinez (pronounced ZEE-nuh) … born in Escondido, Calif. … is the younger of Jeannette Morataya’s two daughters … has one older sister, Janelle Phillips … aspires to become a doctor … intends to major in human biology and society.
Rowed seven seat in the Bruins’ novice eight (N8+) crew at the UC Challenge in Newport Beach, Calif. (March 4), helping that boat to a first-place finish against UC Santa Barbara, San Diego State and UC Irvine … rowed bow seat in the third varsity eight in UCLA’s first home spring competition, racing against Stanford and San Diego State (March 11) … rowed five seat in the novice eight crew at the two-day San Diego Crew Classic (April 1-2), leading the Bruins to a third-place finish in a Grand Final race on day two … stroked the fourth varsity eight in the annual crosstown showdown versus USC (April 30) … rowed seven seat in the novice eight crew at the season-culminating Pac-12 Championships on Lake Natoma (May 15).
High School
Four-year varsity softball letterwinner at San Pasqual High School … also was a four-year varsity letterwinner with the basketball and field hockey teams … was a one-year varsity cross country letterwinner … named the basketball team MVP … also secured Most Valuable Pitcher honors on the softball team … earned all-league acclaim on the San Pasqual cross country team … earned the “highest GPA” award on all four varsity teams … was selected as her high school senior class valedictorian.
Personal
Full name: Xena Jacklyn Martinez (pronounced ZEE-nuh) … born in Escondido, Calif. … is the younger of Jeannette Morataya’s two daughters … has one older sister, Janelle Phillips … aspires to become a doctor … intends to major in human biology and society.
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