Born: June 4th, 1948 in Ventura, California
Ventura High School 1965
Brigham Young University 1969
As a junior at Ventura, Marty played on a team that was 24-5 winning both the Beverly Hills and the Fillmore Tournaments. He was chosen to the All-Tournament teams and the All-Channel League team.
When he was a senior and the only returning letterman, the Cougars went 22-5. They were second in the Beverly Hills Tournament, won the inaugural Ventura Kiwanis Tournament and came first in a strong Channel League. Marty was on the Beverly Hills All-Tournament team, MVP of the Kiwanis Tournament, Channel League Player of the Year and All-CIF.
He averaged twenty-one points a game and was team captain.
In 1965 Marty accepted a Basketball scholarship to Brigham Young University and was a three-year starter in a time when freshmen were ineligible for varsity ball. As a sophomore his Cougars tied for the WAC Championship but lost the play-off game to enter the thirty-two team NCAA Tournament.
During the summer he represented the State Department playing games in Korea, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand and Tahiti.
As a junior he was All Tournament in the Oklahoma City College Tournament and All-Conference WAC averaging fourteen points a game.
As a senior, his team won the WAC and he was selected to the WAC All-Conference team and again averaged fourteen points per game.
Marty is currently Program Director and co-founder of the Genesis Program, an outpatient addiction treatment program.
He is a board member of Coastline Christian Counseling, where he has a private counseling practice. Marty and his wife Laura live in Oxnard. They have two children Matt Elkins and Amy Elkins.