Kelly Martyanov (Soccer, Centenary University) grew up in Greenwich. HelloNation asks student athletes one question about the place that raised them and records the answer on camera. This is Kelly Martyanov’s, in full.
The question
Name three small business owners in your community who have had a meaningful impact on others or inspired you personally. Who are they, and why do they stand out as a pillar of your community?
The answer, as recorded
Transcript. What follows is a transcript of the video above, in Kelly Martyanov’s own words. It has not been rewritten, and no part of it was drafted for them.
Honestly, I'm not really sure how to answer this question, but throughout my life, I've had a number of people and organizations have a significant impact on me. I would say the main one is the Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich. When I was an athlete of the year and had been at the club since I was five years old, there was a particular person named Cam who has since left the Boys and Girls Club, but he had a significant impact on me. He challenged me with sports, he always put me as a player with the boys. So I got better and just always improved playing with strong and competitive leadership and abilities. So he really had a positive impact on my life. Mike is another guy who helped me with a girl named Kristen, developer of basketball skills and it allowed me to become a freshman on the varsity team for the first time in history, actually, which is pretty amazing and significant as well. So I'm always proud of that. Another one is the YMCA. WCA as well, where I did a lot of camps, and there was a guy named Arthur there who really challenged me to become the best version of myself and really saw my talents in athletics and really pushed me to become a great athlete and well rounded athlete where I learned tennis, I did swimming there. I did softball and I eventually did softball in high school as well so I was a three sport athlete. And I stopped only because I heard something in my back so I did after freshman year I did only two sports moving forward. And I still do two sports now in college which is, which is pretty amazing and wonderful. I can't just stand out. I'm trying to think of another one I think it's hard because the RCC is another one, and they really helped me with their camps that's how I got discovered with the Mickey kite soccer camp and got moved to the B team and then I advanced to the ATM and then I made my way up to the premier team where I played for Simon rumbled and he became my high school coach. So, OGRCC is a great program, and they develop many young athletes to become really good in their communities as well and I did many camps there and we actually was along my mom started the first basketball for for for girls. So I was nine years old and they didn't have a basketball for girls ever. So we started that. And that led me to become a great basketball player and then a captain my senior year. So, these three business owners stand out for me and my community.
Recorded by HelloNation as part of its athlete voices program and published by Hello Newswire, HelloNation’s good news newswire. The words are the speaker’s own.
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