The Springboro senior flipped Big Ten schools Sunday night
Springboro guard Brynleigh (Bryn) Martin committed to the Washington Huskies eight months ago, but reopened her recruiting on May 12. Sunday night, the shooting guard announced on Instagram that she is now a member of the 2025 Ohio State women’s basketball recruiting class.
The 6-foot-1 shooting guard is the second player to commit to the Buckeyes before the 2025-26 season. Ranked the No. 69 player in the 2025 ESPN Hoopgurlz prospect class, Martin is a strong late pickup in the recruiting cycle for head coach Kevin McGuff and the Buckeyes after Martin won the Ohio Division 1 Player of the Year award.
With Springboro, Martin averaged 23 points, 5.1 assists, 4.2 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game as a senior. Martin brings three level scoring and a quick release from beyond the arc. The guard brings similar attributes beyond the arc as sophomore Ava Watson, but has more potential inside the paint.
Springboro made the Division I Final Four, but lost in the semi-final to Princeton after entering halftime with a 13-point deficit. Martin had 18 points in the game, and scored 13 in the second half. The guard hit a three-point shot late in the game to give Springboro its first lead of the game, but the team fell late 49-47.
In two consecutive seasons, Martin earned a spot as a finalist for Ohio Ms. Basketball, losing to Purcell Marian’s Dee Alexander, who chose the University of Cincinnati over Ohio State and other schools.
For Martin, Ohio State was one of many official visits taken by Martin, and the Buckeyes landed in the guard’s top 10 alongside fellow Big Ten schools Washington and Illinois. Martin chose Ohio State over Dayton, West Virginia, Louisville and West Virginia, to name a few of the schools hoping for the services of the talented shooting guard.
Martin’s addition brings the Scarlet and Gray 25-26 roster up to 11 players, although former Florida Gator Kylee Kitts’ rumored transfer to Ohio State has yet to publicly come to fruition after On3 reported the move 20 days ago.
Ohio State now has three shooting guards on its roster with senior Chance Gray and sophomore Ava Watson, but with Martin’s size and ability, McGuff could develop the talented guard into the three-position, held by Taylor Thierry for the past three seasons.
On May 12, Martin posted on Twitter that Washington granted the commitment a full release from the program. While there is no official statement from the guard about the rationale behind the decision, the Instagram post’s caption reads “STAYING HOME,” which gives the idea that the dynamic guard wanted to play closer to her Springboro home, a town 80 miles southwest of Columbus.
Martin is the second 2025 commitment, alongside Daria Biriuk, a 6-foot-1 guard out of the Webb School and the Ukraine. With the addition of the duo and the departure of Cotie McMahon in the transfer portal, Ohio State now has a full blown competition for minutes between Martin, Biriuk and Watson.