An accounting and finance systems professional with over 15 years of experience, Kevin Martoken serves as a fund accountant with Grassi & Co. in New York City. Outside of work, Kevin Martoken enjoys playing sports and following New York-area sports teams, including the New York Giants. Although the Giants’ 2017 playoff hopes ended after a disappointing loss to the Green Bay Packers, the team’s fans still have much to celebrate heading into the offseason. With an 11-5 record, the Giants ended the regular season in second place in the NFC East division. The team’s strong performance this year was due in part to their defense, which was second best in the National Football League for points allowed per game. Leading the way on defense were defensive tackle Damon Harrison and safety Landon Collins, who were both recently named to the Associated Press 2016 All-Pro first team. Harrison and Collins are the first Giants players to make it to the AP All-Pro first team since defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul did in 2011. In addition to the two first-team selections, the Giants had four other players who were named to the All-Pro second team: Odell Beckham Jr., Olivier Vernon, Janoris Jenkins, and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie.
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Since 2013, Kevin Martoken has served as a fund accountant with Grassi & Co., a financial firm based in New York City. A sports fan, Kevin Martoken cheers on several professional teams in the area, including the National Hockey League’s New Jersey Devils. In a ceremony held on the ice prior to their game against the Maple Leafs on Friday, January 6, 2017, the Devils celebrated Dr. John McMullen as the first Ring of Honor inductee. McMullen, who passed away in 2005, owned the team for nearly three decades and helped the franchise become a fan favorite in the Garden State. During the ceremony, McMullen’s wife, Jacqueline, and son, Peter, represented the late owner as he was honored with a video tribute and accolades from former Devils players that included Ken Daneyko, Jim Dowd, Claude Lemieux, and John MacLean. The evening also featured the dedication of a portion of Lafayette Street outside of the Prudential Center that will be renamed “Dr. John McMullen Way.” A hedge fund manager by profession, Kevin Martoken enjoys playing league sports in his free time. Kevin Martoken participates in both football and soccer leagues in New York City. Recreational league sports are not just for children any more. Increasing numbers of adults are finding that joining a local team and playing with other like-minded athletes can be not just an energetic hobby, but also a way to learn new things and improve one's physical, mental, and social capacities. Members of adult recreational leagues often join to rediscover an interest that they had in childhood or adolescence, and they still enjoy the rush of energy that sport provides. However, they also find that the fellowship of other competitors encourages them to train harder and play with a higher level of commitment, which makes the game a growth experience rather than a simple pleasure. Sports psychologists note that the focus on team play also helps to expand a person's mental awareness, focus, and creative thinking. When an athlete must make a choice about where to kick or throw the ball, he or she must be aware of other players as well as competitors, the structure of the field, and existing team strategies. This requires a focus on the moment that is not only healthy but also relaxing for busy professionals. Meanwhile, adult league athletes improve their physical capacities on multiple levels. Varied locomotion in space as well as in one's kinesphere helps to expand physical and spatial awareness as well as balance and coordination. Such variety is effective in training the body to effectively perform activities of daily living, while raising activity levels overall. Focusing on accounting, Kevin Martoken obtained his bachelor of science from Syracuse University in New York and went on to serve as a senior finance associate at Lehman Brothers, Inc. Currently a fund administrator at Grassi & Co., Kevin Martoken prepares financial reports and reconciles tax returns for hedge fund clients. In his free time, Mr. Martoken enjoys keeping up with the team of his alma mater, the Syracuse Orangemen. Syracuse University football player Amba Etta-Tawo was honored with an invitation to play in the 68th Reese’s Senior Bowl, to be held on Saturday, January 28, 2017, at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. The Orangemen wide receiver is the 57th player in school history to be awarded the highly coveted privilege. The senior standout is among the nation’s top 10 wide receivers and leads the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in receptions per game (8.3), receiving yards per game (128.7) and total receiving yards (1,158). Amba Etta-Tawo is fourth in the ACC in all-purpose yards per contest (126.7) and third in the league in touchdown receptions (7). The Georgia native holds Syracuse football’s prestigious single-season receiving record for most yards, surpassing alumni and former Indianapolis Colts’ great Marvin Harrison (1,131). Not only ranked 33rd among this year’s top collegiate football players by ESPN, Amba Etta-Tawo is a contender for the highly esteemed Biletnikoff Award, presented to the nation’s premier wide receiver by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation. Kevin Martoken currently serves Grassi and Co. in New York City as a fund accountant. Outside of work, Kevin Martoken stays physically active by competing in various touch football and soccer leagues throughout New York.
The offside rule in soccer is often considered one of the more confusing sports rules. It can help to first understand the purpose of the rule before learning its nuances. The offside rule exists in soccer so that teams cannot place one or more players around an opponent’s goal for an indeterminate amount of time. Without the offside rule, teams could conceivably kick the ball down field the moment they gain possession, resulting in an immediate--and some would argue unearned--goal-scoring opportunity. To prevent this scenario, soccer’s offside rule posits that a player should be flagged if he or she is closer to the opposing goal line than both the ball and the two closest defenders. While this definition describes the location of a player during an offside call, a referee does not need to penalize every player that meets the offside criteria. Players generally receive an offside flag only when their positioning results in some form of interference or provides the offside player with a decided goal-scoring advantage. A fund accountant with New York City-based Grassi & Co., Kevin Martoken enjoys spending his time away from the office playing a variety of sports. Kevin Martoken is particularly active in a number of the city's football and soccer leagues.
While European football players use their feet much more frequently than their American counterparts, gridiron football takes its name from the various plays that begin and end each drive. Each half of an American football game begins with a kickoff, a play that sees one team kicking the ball downfield to their opponents. The receiving team can attempt to return the ball or signal for a fair catch and begin their offensive drive from wherever the kick lands. A drive can end in three ways, each involving kicking plays. Should an offensive team find themselves facing fourth down, they may elect to punt the ball. During a punt, the kicker drives the ball deep downfield, attempting to leave opponents with the poorest field positioning as possible. A successful drive, meanwhile, ends with either a field goal or a touchdown, the latter of which is followed by a 20-yard kick for an extra point. Both types of scoring drives are followed by a kickoff, which begins the cycle over again. |
AuthorAs a fund accountant with the New York City firm of Grassi & Co., Kevin Martoken administers and oversees all financials, reconciliations, and audit support for an active hedge fund. Archives
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