Trine University's Distinguished Speaker Series presents Tino Martinez who through a question and answer session will discuss his experience as an American former professional baseball player.
Martinez will speak in Trine University's T. Furth Center for Performing Arts next Wednesday, Sept. 2 at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Martinez played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, and Tampa Bay Devil Rays from 1990 through 2005.
During his 16-year MLB career, he scored 1,008 runs, drove in 1,271 runs and hit 339 home runs. He had 100 or more RBI in six different seasons and was twice named to the All-Star team.
Martinez, along with other future Major Leaguers Jim Abbott and Robin Ventura, won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. In the final game, Martinez belted two homers and drove in four runs and Abbott pitched a complete game, leading the USA to a 5-3 win.
The premier of Yankeeography: Tino Martinez appeared in early May 2006, on the YES Network. On April 2, 2007 Martinez received the 2007 Pride of the Yankees Award at the New York Yankees Homecoming Banquet.
Martinez, who left the University of Tampa after his junior year to pursue professional baseball, received a bachelor's degree at UT in liberal studies on May 7, 2011.
The Yankees honored Martinez with a plaque in Monument Park on June 21, 2014.
About Trine University's Distinguished Speaker Series
At Trine University, we take great pride in providing focused and formative learning opportunities for our students. The Distinguished Speaker Series provides significant educational enrichment that complements other learning experiences on campus. Guest speakers include government officials, business experts, award-winning athletes and coaches, accomplished alumni, writers and various others. All programs are free and open to the public and are held in the T. Furth Center for Performing Arts. For more information, please contact Gretchen M. Miller at millerg@trine.edu or 260.665.4312.