Jarrad Martin is recognised as one of the international greats of softball with a stellar playing career and a successful track record as a leader, coach and mentor.

He won the Junior World Championships, four senior World Championships and the International Softball Congress World Championships five times, along with countless club, regional, national and international titles.

He first made the Taranaki U12 team in the mid-1980s and was selected as a 16-year-old for the Junior Black Sox to contest the U19 World Championships. The side went on to win, with Martin taking pitching duties in the final. It was the last time a New Zealand junior team had tasted victory.

He went on to make 201 appearances for New Zealand, including 136 test caps across a 17-year international career.

He was made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to softball in 2004 and was inducted into the International Softball Hall of Fame in 2016.

Jarrad shifted to coaching in 2013 and led the Junior Black Sox to three podium appearances as an assistant coach before becoming head coach in 2020.

Jarrad Martin

1973-

International
1989 – Selected in Under-19 NZ Softball Junior Black Sox. The team won the final.

1990 – Awarded NZ Emerging Softball Player of the Year
1991 – 2013 New Zealand Black Sox player
1996, 2004 – Awarded NZ Softball Player of the Year
1999, 2004 – Awarded NZ Maori Sportsman of the Year 
2001 - 2010 - Captained the National side: This included a                                      World Series win in 2004.

Awards

Named NZ Softball Player of the Decade for the 1990s

2004 - NZ Order of Merit for Services to Softball 
2015 – Inducted into the International Softball Congresses (ISC)                 Softball Hall of Fame
2017 – Inducted into NZ Softball Hall of Fame
2017 – Inducted into World Softball Baseball Confederation Hall                  of Fame 
 2013 - 2020 - Assistant Coach Junior Black Sox (Two silvers ana                             one bronze medall)
2020-present - Head Coach Junior Black Sox

Played 18 seasons in North America from 1992

Won 5 x ISC Titles

Earned ISC All World Honours seven times between 1999 & 2008

Twice named ISC MVP

Regional Achievements
1987-1989 - Taranaki Softball Representatitve Player

1989 - Taranaki Junior Sportsperson of the year​​​​​​​