Jack Michael Martínez

Jack Michael Martínez
No. 15 – Caciques de Humacao
Position	Power forward / Center
League	BSN
Personal information
Born	October 12, 1981 (age 42); Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Nationality	Dominican
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	260 lb (118 kg)
Career information
High school	Artesia (Lakewood, California)
Career highlights and awards
	Liga Nacional de Básquet rebounding leader (2012);
Men's Basketball
Representing the Dominican Republic
FIBA AmeriCup
Pan American Games
Centrobasket
Central American and Caribbean Games
FIBA CBC Championship

Jack Michael Martínez (born October 12, 1981) is a Dominican professional basketball player.

High school career

Jack Martinez attended Artesia High School in Lakewood, California, playing alongside Jason Kapono and Jón Arnór Stefánsson. It later emerged he and other foreign players on the team had been illegally recruited by coach Wayne Merino.^[1]^[2]

His career took him to Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Italy - where he was the Lega Basket Serie A top rebounder in 2006, the Dominican Republic and Mexico.

Martínez made his debut for the Dominican Republic national basketball team in 2001. He was named MVP at the 2004 Centrobasket in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where his team claimed the gold medal by defeating Puerto Rico in the final.

^ Los Angeles Times (2000-06-02). "Artesia Forfeits Titles; Merino Won't Return". Retrieved 2011-09-04.
^ The Dallas Morning News. "CIF finds eight abuses". Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2011-09-04.

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