Malik Price-Martin

Position: Forward/Center
Height: 6-9 / 206 cms
Weight: 195 lbs / 88 kgs
School: Monsignor Edward Pace High School ‘13
Hometown: Miami, Florida

USA Basketball Notes

• Named to the 2011 USA Basketball Boys 3x3 Youth World Championship Team on Aug. 24, 2011.
• Named to the 2011 USA Basketball U16 National Team on June 12, 2011, but withdrew due to a death in his family.
• Named to the 2011-12 USA Developmental National Team on March 24, 2011.
• Participated in the 2010 USA Basketball Developmental National Team mini-camp, held Oct. 9-10 in Colorado Springs, Colo.

High School Honors

• All-county first team (2011).

High School Notes

• Attends Monsignor Edward Pace High School (Fla.), where as a sophomore in 2010-11 he aided his team to a 27-4 record and a top-10 finish in the state; started 30 games and averaged 11.0 ppg., 9.0 rpg., 2.1 apg. and 3.0 bpg.
• Played in 28 games as a freshman in 2009-10 (stats unavailable).
• Competes in the summers for Florida Rams.
• Also competes in track & field.

Personal Notes

• Born on Jan. 20, 1995.
• Is a member of his school’s honor roll.
• Son of Stacey Price and Byron Martin, has two brothers, Byron and Jeremy, and one sister, Jordan.
• Father played basketball at Albany State.

The Inside Scoop

• Post-basketball career ambitions: scout and teach.
  
• Last book read for pleasure:  the Bible.
  
• Favorite class: history.
  
• Least favorite class: dance.
  
• Is learning how to speak: Spanish.
  
• Favorite takeout food: fried rice and wings.
  
• Favorite meal to make at home: spaghetti.
  
• If not for basketball, would want to be a standout in: track & field.
  
• When he was five, wanted to be: a pro basketball player.
  
• If he could live in any city in the world, it would be: London.
  
• Next big purchase will be: a mutual fund.
  
• Most read online newspaper: Miami Herald.
  
• Favorite magazine: Eastbay.
  
• Piece of clothing he can’t live without: jeans.
  
• Most prized possession: family.
  
• Favorite sport other than basketball: football.
  
• Favorite basketball player of all time: Kevin Durant.
  
• Favorite non-basketball Olympian:  Usain Bolt.
  
• Strangest place ever played hoops: a small, hot gym in Miami.
  
• Best game ever watched: the 6OT Big East Conference Tournament game between Connecticut and Syracuse.
  
• Best player ever faced: Brandon Knight.
  
• Would like to go one-on-one against: his father.
  
• Most impressive person ever met: Chauncey Billups, “he was very down to earth.”
  
• Favorite basketball announcer: Dick Vitale.
  
• Most people don’t know: he’s a thoughtful person.
  
• Most interesting place ever visited: Cameron Indoor Stadium, because of the building’s history.
  
• First basketball memory: his first dunk in a game as a 7th grader.
  
• Superstitions: does not believe in supersitions.
  
• First overseas trip: has never been out of the U.S.