Kate Martin Makes Las Vegas Aces

Kate Martin knew she was going to have to work to get a roster spot with the WNBA's Las Vegas Aces. Which is why the former Iowa player said she “cried” when coach Becky Hammon told her she had made the team's roster to open the season. “I was so excited,” Martin said Monday after the team's roster was officially announced. Martin, a six-season player at Iowa who was part of the last two Hawkeye teams that made it to the NCAA tournament's national championship game, was a surprise second-round pick of the WNBA two-time defending champion Aces in last month's draft.