KANSAS CITY — Senior forward Nick Martinelli has garnered NABC First Team All-District honors, the National Association of Basketball Coaches announced Tuesday morning.
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This marks Martinelli's second consecutive season as a First Team All-Great Lakes District selection. He is one of 10 first team honorees in the district. The distinction is voted on by NABC member coaches across Division I.
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Martinelli led the Big Ten in scoring for the second year in a row in 2025-26, averaging 23.0 points per game, 6.2 rebounds per game and 2.0 assists per game. He registered a 51% field goal percentage, 41.7% 3-point percentage and an 80.9% free throw percentage.
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Martinelli is the only player in the country to post these figures this season and just the third Big Ten player to do so since 1986-87.
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The senior's scoring average was the highest by a Wildcat since Dale Kelley posted a school-record 24.3 points per game in 1969-70.
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He broke Northwestern's single-season scoring record, set by himself last season, with 759 points in 33 games played in 2025-26. Martinelli is the only player in Big Ten history to score at least 20 points against all 18 of the conference's member schools, achieving that mark with a 28-point display against Purdue on March 4.
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Martinelli finished his collegiate career with 46 games of 20-plus-points, the most by a Wildcat since at least 2004. His 1,786 career points rank sixth in program history.
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The Glenview, Ill., native is one of just three players in Northwestern history to play in four NCAA Tournament games. Martinelli, Boo Buie and Brooks Barnhizer share this exclusive status.
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This marks Martinelli's second consecutive season as a First Team All-Great Lakes District selection. He is one of 10 first team honorees in the district. The distinction is voted on by NABC member coaches across Division I.
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Martinelli led the Big Ten in scoring for the second year in a row in 2025-26, averaging 23.0 points per game, 6.2 rebounds per game and 2.0 assists per game. He registered a 51% field goal percentage, 41.7% 3-point percentage and an 80.9% free throw percentage.
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Martinelli is the only player in the country to post these figures this season and just the third Big Ten player to do so since 1986-87.
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The senior's scoring average was the highest by a Wildcat since Dale Kelley posted a school-record 24.3 points per game in 1969-70.
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He broke Northwestern's single-season scoring record, set by himself last season, with 759 points in 33 games played in 2025-26. Martinelli is the only player in Big Ten history to score at least 20 points against all 18 of the conference's member schools, achieving that mark with a 28-point display against Purdue on March 4.
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Martinelli finished his collegiate career with 46 games of 20-plus-points, the most by a Wildcat since at least 2004. His 1,786 career points rank sixth in program history.
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The Glenview, Ill., native is one of just three players in Northwestern history to play in four NCAA Tournament games. Martinelli, Boo Buie and Brooks Barnhizer share this exclusive status.