Allison Martino begins her first season as an assistant coach at Texas State. She will assist in all aspects of the program.
Martino comes to Texas State after serving as the volunteer assistant coach at Texas A&M for one year. While there, Martino helped lead the 13th-ranked Aggies to its 15th-straight NCAA Tournament and 10th all-time Sweet 16 appearance. A&M finished the 2009 campaign with a 15-7-3 overall record.
Prior to joining the Aggie women’s soccer staff, Martino played four years under head coach G. Guerrieri and received All-Big 12 honors, as well as Soccer Buzz All-Central Region honors. In her career at A&M, Martino tallied 22 assists and eight goals. She dished out a career-high three assists against Oklahoma State as a junior and scored a career-best two goals at Nebraska in her senior year. Martino led the team with eight assists her junior season.
Following her collegiate career, Martino participated in a U.S. U-21 National Team camp before playing for the Boston Renegades, a W-league team. She was then selected to play Women’s Professional Soccer by the Boston Breakers in the 9th round as the 57th overall draft pick.
A native of Draper, Utah, Martino is a 2004 graduate of Alta High School where she led her team to the 2002 Utah 5A State Championship and finished as the school’s all-time assist leader and second on the all-time goals list.
Martino earned her B.S. in agricultural leadership from Texas A&M in 2009.
