Maria Guerrero Martinez

Class:
Senior
Position:
Goalkeeper
Height:
5-8
Hometown:
San Juan, Puerto Rico
High School:
Academia del Perpetuo Socorro

2020: Earned a 2021 Joslin Award through Brown … Served as a co-chair of the COVID-19 Young Adult Task Force of Rhode Island and on Brown's Healthy Fall 2020 Task Force … Season canceled due to COVID-19.

2019: Played in five games with four starts … Posted a 0.24 GAA, .875 save percentage, seven saves, one goal allowed, and two shutouts on the season … Registered a 4-0-0 record … Made a season-high three saves vs. UMass Lowell (Sept. 1), including a penalty kick save … Helped Brown win its first Ivy League title and make its first NCAA Championship appearance since 1994 … Helped the Bears set single-season program records for wins (14), home wins (11), and shutouts (13) … Contributed to a Brown defense that ranked second in the NCAA in goals allowed (eight), third in save percentage (.890), and fourth in GAA (0.40).

2018: Played in and started four games … Posted a 1.50 GAA, 14 saves, .700 save percentage, 3-1-0 record, and one shutout on the year … Played the full 90 minutes in all four of her appearances … Made three starts in Ivy play with a 2-1-0 record … Notched a shutout in her collegiate debut vs. Rhode Island (Sept. 16) … Made a season-high five saves at Princeton (Oct. 6) … Earned a Brown Community Sport Fellowship for the Summer of 2019.

2017: Did not make any appearances … Played with the Puerto Rico National Team in 2019 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in May 2018.

Before Brown: Captained the U17 Puerto Rico Women’s National Team … Started for the U20 Puerto Rico Women’s National Team … Served as the backup goalkeeper for Puerto Rico’s Senior Women’s National Team in Olympic qualifiers … Earned high school’s Athlete of the Year award three times … Played for head coach Esteban Torres … Played on the club level for High Performance Soccer Academy and Challengers Soccer Club … Also competed in volleyball and track & field … Member of National Honor Academy.

Personal: Maria “Puchun” Guerrero Martinez is the daughter of Sandra Martinez and Fernando Guerrero … Has one younger sibling, Maria Jose Guerrero … Fluent in English, Spanish, and French … Born on April 17, 1999 … Biochemistry & Molecular Biology concentrator.

Why Brown? “Academia del Perpetuo Socorro became my new home in eighth grade, when I decided to transfer schools. From the moment I set foot, during my visit, I instantly loved the sense of community and what the school had to offer. I had not felt the same way until I visited Brown for the soccer prospect clinic in August. From the moment I stepped down off my Uber ride, I felt goose bumps and the same connection I felt with my high school.”

CAREER HIGHS
Saves: 5, at Princeton (10/6/18)