Northwestern University Athletics
Martinelli Earns NABC First Team All-District Honors
3/17/2026 10:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
KANSAS CITY — Senior forward Nick Martinelli has garnered NABC First Team All-District honors, the National Association of Basketball Coaches announced Tuesday morning.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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