Recruiting Report: Luke Martens (2018)
The Apple Valley Eagles football team advanced to the next round of sections with a win on Saturday, but for junior Luke Martens, his fall season is over prematurely. “I am going through rehab for my fibula, which I broke in…
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Continue ReadingThe Apple Valley Eagles football team advanced to the next round of sections with a win on Saturday, but for junior Luke Martens, his fall season is over prematurely.
“I am going through rehab for my fibula, which I broke in a football game,” Martens said. “I now am lifting every day and trying to to get back on the court as soon as I can, because my football season is most likely over. Before I was hurt, every morning I went and got shots up before school and tried to get lifts in after school.”
Martens played receiver for the Eagles football team this fall and has a hard time saying which sport he prefers. At 6-foot-4 and athletic, he is able to make an impact for both teams.
“I enjoy each sport, I can’t really pick one I like better,” he said. “(For basketball,) I am hearing from schools like Northern State, Sioux Falls, Concordia University-Nebraska, Winona State, Jamestown and Lindenwood (Missouri). I also went to the Nebraska-Omaha camp and am hearing a little bit from them. I plan on visiting Concordia-Nebraska soon, and I am also planning on going to a Sioux Falls game when the season starts.
“For football, the only thing is that I got invited to the Gopher game and got to go on the field pre-game.”
Once Martens returns from his injury to the basketball court, he will be one of the only familiar faces from last year’s rotation along with point guard Tre Jones. The program graduated several seniors in a strong 2016 class and lost national recruit Gary Trent, Jr. to prep school. The players who remain, however, have been lauded as having great chemistry and will still no doubt contend for a state berth with their star point guard running the show.
“Our team has a lot of underrated talent,” Martens said. “People like Mason Morse and Mohamed Kone. We have a lot of juniors that I know will step up this year, also. I feel that our teamwork is what will separate us from others.”
Martens averaged 5.4 PPG last year as a sophomore and played in all 26 games.