Nick Martinelli is an American college basketball player for the Northwestern Wildcats of the Big Ten Conference. As a junior he was second-team All-Big Ten and set the Northwestern single-season scoring record.
Martinelli attended Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, Illinois. As a junior, he averaged 21.8 points and 5.9 rebounds per game. As a senior, he averaged 22.8 points per game, finishing his high school career with 1,331 total points. He was named to the 2022 Associated Press Class 4A First-Team All-State along with Braden Huff, Owen Freeman, Dai Dai Ames and AJ Casey. Martinelli originally committed to Elon University to play under head coach Mike Schrage. After Schrage resigned as head coach at Elon, Martinelli decommitted from the Phoenix. A three-star recruit, he committed to play college basketball at Northwestern University.
After playing sparingly as a freshman, Martinelli's role increased as a sophomore. As a junior, Martinelli emerged as the team's leading scorer. In the season opener against Lehigh, he recorded a double-double, tallying 26 points and 10 rebounds. Against Maryland, he scored 22 points and hit the game-winning shot in overtime, helping lead the Wildcats to a 76âÂÂ74 victory. Martinelli set the Northwestern single-season scoring record as a junior, surpassing John Shurna (661 points). He finished his junior season with 676 points. He was a 2025 2nd team All-Big Ten selection by both the Big Ten media and Big Ten coaches. Martinelli repeated as a 2026 2nd team All-Big Ten selection by both the Big Ten media and Big Ten coaches. The national Associated Press media selectors recognized Martinelli as a 2026 first team All-Big Ten selection. He led the Big Ten in scoring twice with a 2025 average of 20.5 and a 2026 average of 23.0.
Martinelli concluded his Big Ten career with the following Northwestern Basketball records:
|- | style="text-align:left;"| 2022âÂÂ23 | style="text-align:left;"| Northwestern | 20 || 0 || 10.1 || .512 || .500 || .500 || 1.5 || .3 || .3 || â || 2.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2023âÂÂ24 | style="text-align:left;"| Northwestern | 34 || 11 || 26.0 || .492 || .271 || .780 || 4.3 || 1.1 || .5 || .2 || 8.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2024âÂÂ25 | style="text-align:left;"| Northwestern | 33 || 33 || 37.6 || .471 || .333 || .728 || 6.2 || 1.7 || .7 || .2 || 20.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2025âÂÂ26 | style="text-align:left;"| Northwestern | 33 || 33 || 35.6 || .510 || .417 || .809 || 6.2 || 2.0 || .8 || .4 || 23.0