Cruz Martin was named "The Voice of the Lady Toppers" ahead of the 2026-27 academic year.
Martin serves as the primary voice of Lady Topper Basketball on the radio and Varsity Network along with volleyball, soccer and softball broadcasts on Varsity Network and ESPN+. He will also serve as backup for Randy Lee on football, men's basketball and baseball radio broadcasts. Martin will also host the monthly Tops Live Coaches Show with head coaches Travis Hudson and Greg Collins and the weekly Tops Live Podcast with the volleyball and women's basketball programs.
Martin is a 2025 graduate of Indiana University where he majored in Sports Media. While at Indiana, he served as a play-by-play announcer for multiple outlets including Big Ten Plus, IU Radio Network, WIUX Sports, WHCC 105.1 FM, Borden SportsNet and IndianaSRN among others.
Following graduation, Martin moved to Nashville where he freelanced a play-by-play broadcaster with Lipscomb on ESPN+, Tennessee on SEC Network+ and WKU on ESPN+. At the time of his hiring, he was the youngest broadcaster in the SEC. He also spent time as a radio board operator and producer at Cromwell Media in Nashville, working games for the Nashville Predators, Nashville Sounds, Vanderbilt and Middle Tennessee.
