User:Kelly Martyanov/sandbox

Kelly Angelina Martyanov (born April 1, 2004) is a soccer and basketball player at Greenwich High School in Greenwich, Connecticut. She plays the center-forward or striker position in soccer and the Power Forward or center position in basketball. She also can play the center-mid position for soccer although she started out playing as a right midfielder. Playing soccer since she was three and basketball since she was nine, Martyanov has won numerous accolades including 2nd Team All-FCIAC Honors and All-Tournament Team Honors. As of October 2021, she has committed to play both soccer and basketball at the University of Massachusetts - Boston.

Born in Greenwich, Connecticut, Martyanov started playing sports at a young age. At the age of nine, she started playing Travel soccer for the OGRCC in Greenwich, CT, and at age 11 made the Greenwich United Premier Team. As a center-forward, for 4 years she was a consistent stats leader and leading goal-scorer of the team, helping them win promotion from the 2nd Tier to the 1st Tier. At age 14, she first rose to prominence by making ECNL - the top soccer team in Connecticut and then made the Greenwich High School Varsity soccer team as a Freshman - the first Freshman to do so in ten years. She was an immediate starter and ended up being the leading goalscorer of the team, including a last-minute goal vs. Danbury to keep Greenwich's State-contention hopes alive. Despite Martyanov's successes, the team finished with a 5-9-1 record and failed to make FCIACs or States. This would be the case her Sophomore year as well despite a strong individual season in which she once again finished as a top stats leader. Martyanov's junior year would be a different but positive one. Affected by COVID, the season was shortened but the Cards finished with a winning record and made the playoffs for the first time in 10 years - a game in which Martyanov had an assist. Martyanov had a strong season, though was overshadowed by some new players. Martyanov's Senior season would arguably be her best. Plagued by injuries the past two years, Martyanov had taken some time off to recover and was fully healthy for the start of the season in which she gained some serious attention. Martyanov would not only go on to be the 2nd-leading goalscorer of the team despite missing two games mid-season due to injury, but she also would go on to win 2nd team all-FCIAC Honors and lead the Cards to a winning record of 7-5-2 and FCIAC Quarter-final and 1st Round State appearances, the latter of which Martyanov would score twice in despite an overtime loss and comeback by hosts Farmington. It was the first time in 10 years and the first time in Head Coach Simon Rumbold's tenure that the Cards had advanced to the postseason. Although Martyanov had committed to UMass - Boston to play soccer under Head Coach Amy Zombeck at the beginning of the season, after her tremendous season, Martyanov got a lot more offers including Saint Peters University, the University of Idaho, the University of Hartford, Centre College, Daemen College, Assumption University, Cal State - East Bay, St Catherine's University, Manhattanville College, College of St. Rose, St Anselm College, Gannon University, the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, St Lawrence College, UMass Dartmouth, and Sarah Lawrence College.

Martyanov also made a name for herself at basketball at Greenwich High School. She was one of the two Freshmen who made the Greenwich High School Girls Varsity Basketball team. Just like soccer, she too was an immediate starter, and in her first-ever game scored 11 points and ended up being named to the All-Tournament team. Despite a successful individual season for Martyanov - in which vs. Stamford she recorded a game-high 13 rebounds and vs. Darien recorded 10 points and 7 rebounds- the Cards finished with a losing record. However, they ended up qualifying for States, though they got knocked out by Number 1 seed Norwalk in a crushing manner. Martyanov's sophomore season was a much more successful one both individually and as a team. The Cards finished with a winning record and made it all the way to the FCIAC Semi-Finals and later the State Semi-Finals the latter of which was cut abruptly due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Perhaps Martyanov's most successful game of the regular season came vs.Number 5 ranked Stamford in which she was clutch with 10 points - 8 of which came in the 4th quarter - and with solid defense. As for the post-season, Martyanov's greatest game came vs. highly favored and Number 2 ranked NFA. Despite only scoring 4 points - all of which came in the 4th quarter but Greenwich outscored NFA 14 - 10, Martyanov was terrific defensively. She shut down their star post and limited her abilities throughout the game. She was awarded the MVP Game Ball - her third of the season. Coaching difficulties, injuries, and COVID contributed to Martyanov's decision to not play her Junior year, and the Cards struggled without her. They went 3-13 on the season, failing to make the playoffs and resulting in the firing of the Head Coach. However, with the hiring of Rashamel Jones - UCONN captain and 1999 NCAA Champion - Martyanov decided to rejoin the team for her senior season and was named one of the four Captains of the team as well as an uncontested starter. The Cards are 1-2 on the season and Martyanov has done great so far, attracting a copious amount of college attention and interest.