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Martin Embraces Challenges Of Freshman Season

The brisk breeze slaps you in the face as the weight of your backpack pulls on your shoulder muscles. A few wobbly bricks trip you up as you walk along the Chapel Hill campus. But you don’t care. You’re a freshman in college, ready to take on the world (or so you think at the time).

Now imagine you’re a student athlete on a top-ranked golf team on top of that. Not only do you have back-to-back classes, but you go back and forth to UNC Finley golf course each day, getting in a few good hours of work on the range.