Will Martell Class: Junior Hometown: Fair Haven, N.J. High School: The Hun School Height / Weight: 7-0 / 245 Position: Center Major: International Business

2008-09 (Sophomore):
Entered the starting lineup for the Rams on Jan. 3 vs. Akron and was in the first five for the final 20 games of the season... Had one of the best games by a Rhody center in a decade, scoring a career-high 18 points on 7-of-7 shooting from the floor and 4-of-4 from the charity stripe for a perfect line at FDU on Dec. 30...Leads the Rams in field goal percentage, connecting on just over 60.0% of his shots from the floor...Grabbed six rebounds to go along with four points at home versus Brown...Tallied six points and five rebounds at Monmouth...Recorded 6 points and 5 rebounds versus Hartford...Scored six points and pulled down two rebounds against Villanova...Grabbed four rebounds at Providence...Was a perfect 7-of-7 from the floor and 4-of-4 from the free throw line, good for a career-high 18 points at Fairleigh Dickinson...Earned his first start at home versus Akron, tallying six points and four rebounds...Was 6-of-9 from the floor, good for 12 points and six rebounds at Toledo...Played 45 minutes, scoring nine points and grabbing nine rebounds at Saint Joseph's...Added five rebounds against Fordham...Tallied 11 points, three rebounds and three steals at George Washington...Had six points and five rebounds at home versus Temple... Recorded 10 points, four rebounds and two steals versus La Salle...Scored eight points and grabbed five rebounds at Charlotte...Contributed five rebounds, three assists and two blocks to go along with four points versus St. Bonaventure...Tallied nine points and eight rebounds at Massachusetts...Was 5-for-6 from the floor, good for 10 points against Duquesne in the opening round of the A-10 Tournament.

2007-08 (Freshman):
Attended the Pete Newell Big Man Camp in Las Vegas this past Summer...Appeared in 13 contests...Averaged 2.1 minutes per outing...Played a season-high six minutes versus Fairleigh Dickinson...Also pulled down a season-best three rebounds against FDU...Tallied his first collegiate point from the charity stripe versus Toledo.

At The Hun School: Averaged 9.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 4.0 blocks, while shooting 61% from the floor in his final season at the Hun School...Helped Hun and head coach Jonathan Stone to a 21-7 record and the Mid-Atlantic Prep League (MAPL) championship...Hun defeated St. Benedict's in the semifinals before beating Blair Academy in the championship game...Hun's squad featured five players who went on the play at the NCAA Division I level...Played his AAU basketball with the New Jersey Cyclones and head coach Mike Cervellino...Began his high school career at Rumson-Fairhaven H.S.

Personal: Will Martell was born on December 3, 1987 in Ann Arbor, Mich. ...Parents are Claude Martell and Maria Housden...Mother is an award-winning author, who wrote "Hannah's Gift" - a book about her three-year-old daughter's fight with cancer...Has two sisters - Margaret and Madelaine...Majoring in international business at URI.

Will Martell Career Statistics
                                 Total         3-Point                    Rebounds
Year      GP-GS   Min/Avg    FG-FGA   Pct   FG-FGA   Pct   FT-FTA   Pct Off-Def  Tot  Avg  PF-FO Ast  TO Blk Stl  Pts/Avg
2007-08   13-0     27/2.1     1-4    .250    0-1    .000    1-2    .500   2-4      6  0.5   4-0    0   1   0   0    3/0.2
2008-09   34-20   579/17.0   77-128  .602    0-0    .000   25-43   .581  36-87   123  3.6  70-1   22  33  21   9  179/5.3
TOTAL     47-20   606/12.9   78-132  .591    0-1    .000   26-45   .578  38-91   129  2.7  74-1   22  34  21   9  182/3.9

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