Two-time All-Big Ten Northwestern University Wildcats sharpshooting forward Nick Martinelli has earned an invitation to this month's NBA Draft Combine in Chicago, a pre-draft workout for the best prospects of the year.

Opportunity earned 🤌 @N_Martinelli1 has been invited to the NBA Draft Combine 🟣 pic.twitter.com/aLsDBd2HO9

— Northwestern Basketball (@NUMensBball) May 1, 2026

Martinelli is just one of 73 young prospects to earn the honor, per Michael Scotto of HoopsHype . With 60 draft slots, he may be hard-pressed to make the cut.

Jeremy Woo of ESPN ranks Martinelli as the No. 64-best prospect on the Worldwide Leader's big board.

The 6-foot-7 combo forward out of Glenbrook South paced the Big Ten this season with his 23.0 points on .510/.417/.809 shooting splits, while also averaging 6.2 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and 0.8 steals a night.

Martinelli had been one of the best scorers in the Big Ten across each of the past two seasons, but his teammates couldn't consistently emerge as offensive threats.…