° Favorite athlete: boyfriend Steven Garcia, a 2003 Desert View grad who plans to play soccer for Pima next season
° Favorite team: UA men's basketball
° CD spinning in her player: Usher's "Confessions"
° Favorite video game: "Mario Kart: Double Dash!!," a racing game
° Favorite book: "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl"
° Tucson hot spot: The malls
° Favorite store at the mall: Anchor Blue
° Favorite subject: English
° Least favorite food: Vegetables
° Dream date: Actor Johnny Depp
° Favorite Tucson restaurant: Gavi Italian Restaurant
° Favorite childhood toy: Barbies
° Dream job: Forensic scientist
° Nonsports activities: Martinez is a member of DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America), a sales and marketing club
° Describe your prom dress: Martinez wore a pastel yellow strapless dress to Desert View's prom.
° If I could be on any reality show, I would choose … "The Price Is Right."
° Person in the world you'd like to trade places with for a day: Professional tennis player Justine Henin-Hardenne
° Toughest player in Southern Arizona to face: "I'd have to say a team, Catalina Foothills. They are really good."
° Aspirations after high school: Martinez plans to attend Pima Community College and play tennis. She is undecided about what she would like to study.
° Coach-speak: What makes Alisa so special is I don't have to go on her court during a match. She knows what to do. Usually if I go, it is to crack a joke, and the girls hate my jokes. I can worry about the younger players. She is the one who goes out there and knows what she has to do, and that gives the other kids confidence." - Stacy Haines, Desert View girls tennis coach
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