Completed Event: Volleyball versus Missouri State on August 29, 2025 , Win , 3, to, 1
Final
Volleyball
3
vs Missouri State
1
University of Oklahoma Athletics
2024 Volleyball Roster
Martyn, Lydia
Jersey Number 22
Lydia Martyn
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- T.L. Hanna High School
- Prev School:
- Liberty
- Hometown:
- Anderson, S.C.
Bio
Honors and Accolades
• Two-time ASUN All-Conference team (first-team - 2022, second-team - 2021)
• 2021 ASUN All-Freshman Team
• 2021 VaSID All-State second-team
2024 (Graduate)
All-Central Region First Team…All-SEC Second Team…Tulsa Volleyball Invitational All-Tournament Team…Started all 26 matches in 2024…Led the team with 124 blocks, including 18 solo…notched a .360 hitting percentage with 210 kills…added 15 service aces…tallied a career-high 11 blocks at Tulsa (Sept. 13)…recorded double-digit kills on nine occasions…reached 500 career blocks and 1,000 career kills
2023 (Senior)
Appeared in 28 matches and started 26 … led the team with 111 blocks and notched 243 kills … earned season-high 17 kills twice, vs. TCU (9/2) and vs. Cincinnati (11/18) … recorded a team-high blocks in a match with nine vs. Gonzaga (8/25).
Prior to Oklahoma
Came to Oklahoma after three seasons at Liberty ... appeared in 241 sets over 67 matches played, tallying 568 kills, 205.5 blocks (259 block assists, 37 block solos), 94 digs, 30 aces and 13 assists during her Lady Flames career ... two-time ASUN All-Conference team member (first-team - 2022, second-team - 2021) ... named to the 2021 ASUN All-Freshman Team ... earned 2021 VaSID All-State second-team honors ... finished the 2022 season ranked second in the ASUN in hitting percentage both overall (.362) and in conference play (.364), while leading the league with 140 blocks ... ended third on the team with 326 kills and led the squad (ranked fourth in the conference) with 433 total points in 2022 ... posted eight career double-digit kill matches and recorded 20 10-kill matches in 2022 ... registered 10-plus kills in 10 straight matches, the longest double-digit kill streak by a Liberty middle blocker since 2004 ... finished with a career-high 19 kills and a .621 hitting percentage at Bellarmine on Oct. 7, 2022.
High School
A middle blocker for three years at T.L. Hanna High School ... Sat out her senior season due to injury ... Two-time all-region performer ... Named to the AAAA All-State team in 2018 when she led the state of South Carolina with 181 blocks ... As a sophomore, she hit .387 and added 121 blocks ... Excelling in the classroom, she was a member of the Beta Club, Interact Club, Random Acts of Kindness and National Honor Society.
Club
Played for Upward Stars Volleyball Club National 18U.
Personal
Plans to pursue a master's degree in social work ... Daughter of Jerry and Sherri Burts ... Has four siblings, Rachel, Philip, Isabella and Rebekah Thomas ... Older sister, Rachel, played volleyball at North Greenville before transferring to Anderson (S.C.).
• Two-time ASUN All-Conference team (first-team - 2022, second-team - 2021)
• 2021 ASUN All-Freshman Team
• 2021 VaSID All-State second-team
2024 (Graduate)
All-Central Region First Team…All-SEC Second Team…Tulsa Volleyball Invitational All-Tournament Team…Started all 26 matches in 2024…Led the team with 124 blocks, including 18 solo…notched a .360 hitting percentage with 210 kills…added 15 service aces…tallied a career-high 11 blocks at Tulsa (Sept. 13)…recorded double-digit kills on nine occasions…reached 500 career blocks and 1,000 career kills
2023 (Senior)
Appeared in 28 matches and started 26 … led the team with 111 blocks and notched 243 kills … earned season-high 17 kills twice, vs. TCU (9/2) and vs. Cincinnati (11/18) … recorded a team-high blocks in a match with nine vs. Gonzaga (8/25).
Prior to Oklahoma
Came to Oklahoma after three seasons at Liberty ... appeared in 241 sets over 67 matches played, tallying 568 kills, 205.5 blocks (259 block assists, 37 block solos), 94 digs, 30 aces and 13 assists during her Lady Flames career ... two-time ASUN All-Conference team member (first-team - 2022, second-team - 2021) ... named to the 2021 ASUN All-Freshman Team ... earned 2021 VaSID All-State second-team honors ... finished the 2022 season ranked second in the ASUN in hitting percentage both overall (.362) and in conference play (.364), while leading the league with 140 blocks ... ended third on the team with 326 kills and led the squad (ranked fourth in the conference) with 433 total points in 2022 ... posted eight career double-digit kill matches and recorded 20 10-kill matches in 2022 ... registered 10-plus kills in 10 straight matches, the longest double-digit kill streak by a Liberty middle blocker since 2004 ... finished with a career-high 19 kills and a .621 hitting percentage at Bellarmine on Oct. 7, 2022.
High School
A middle blocker for three years at T.L. Hanna High School ... Sat out her senior season due to injury ... Two-time all-region performer ... Named to the AAAA All-State team in 2018 when she led the state of South Carolina with 181 blocks ... As a sophomore, she hit .387 and added 121 blocks ... Excelling in the classroom, she was a member of the Beta Club, Interact Club, Random Acts of Kindness and National Honor Society.
Club
Played for Upward Stars Volleyball Club National 18U.
Personal
Plans to pursue a master's degree in social work ... Daughter of Jerry and Sherri Burts ... Has four siblings, Rachel, Philip, Isabella and Rebekah Thomas ... Older sister, Rachel, played volleyball at North Greenville before transferring to Anderson (S.C.).
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VB Highlights: OU 3, Incarnate Word 0
Friday, August 29
VB Highlights: OU 3, Missouri State 1
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