[1][2] She studied at Auckland Teachers' Training College, and served on the Auckland University Students' Association social committee, the Dramatic Club committee, and as secretary of the Basketball Club.
[3] She was awarded a New Zealand Universities blue for netball (at that time called basketball).
[6] In 1938, Martin was a member of the first New Zealand netball team, when a national side travelled to Australia and competed in the Australian interstate tournament in Melbourne.
Martin appeared in the single Test match, the first played between New Zealand and Australia, in Melbourne on 20 August 1938.
[12] Martin died on 6 September 1988 and her ashes were buried with her parents at Waikumete Cemetery in West Auckland.