Thomas And Martin Earns “Rare” Three Peat

Courtesy: Paul Ridings, Jr., SHSU Sports Information

Sam Houston’s Britni Martin and Sequeena Thomas has become the first three-time Academic All-Southland Conference women’s basketball selections in the Bearkats’ 26 years in the league.

Martin and Thomas, who led the Kat women to the their first Southland Conference championship and a WNIT post-season appearance in 2013, are first team selections on the academic all-league honor squad announced Wednesday.

Martin is a graduate student with a 3.62 grade point average in education.

The Conroe product is a three-time first team All-Southland performer and was the team’s leading scorer this year with a 15.9 average.

Martin ended her career as the university’s all-time leader in free throw percentage (.797) and three point field goals (311) and stands No. 2 all-time in Kat scoring (1,834) and assists (122).

She is both a Dean’s List and President’s List student who earned her Bachelor’s degree and is completing work on her Master’s.

Thomas is a mass communication major with a 3.14 GPA.

The senior from Allentown, Penn., was named the conference’s defender of the year.

She earned first team All-Southland and all-tournament honors at the league’s post-season event in Katy.

A member of the All-Southland defensive team, Thomas ranked No. 1 in the league and No. 6 in NCAA Division I women’s basketball in rebounding.

She is the only Sam Houston player to total both more than 1,000 points and rebounds.

The Academic All-Southland team is selected annually by a vote of the league’s head coaches, sports information contacts and academic advisors.

Student-athletes must possess a 3.0 cumulative GPA, have completed one full academic year at the nominating institution and participated in at least 50 percent of the team’s competition to qualify for the all-academic squad.