She accomplished this feat August 30, 2001, as a placekicker for the Jacksonville State University Gamecocks, where she also played on the women's soccer team.
The only earlier female player to score in a college football game was Liz Heaston, who kicked for Willamette University, a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) school, in 1997.
Martin had previously served as placekicker on the East Coweta High School football team in Sharpsburg, Georgia.
She was voted homecoming queen at her high school, and accepted her crown while wearing her football uniform.
Liz Heaston had previously kicked two extra points for NAIA Willamette University on October 18, 1997, in a game against Linfield College.