Sporting Kansas City Chief Financial Officer Marty Nevshemal has been named a CFO of the Year honoree by the Kansas City Business Journal, the club announced on Wednesday.

Nevshemal is one of 16 individuals selected to receive the prestigious award, which recognizes financial professionals in the Kansas City region for outstanding performance in their roles as corporate financial stewards. Honorees for the 2018 CFO of the Year program will be formally celebrated at a luncheon on June 14 at the InterContinental Kansas City at the Plaza.

Nevshemal, a former CFO at Sprint, was hired by Sporting Kansas City in 2016 as the club's Vice President of Finance before earning a promotion to Chief Financial Officer at the start of this year. He directs the club’s fiscal and accounting functions and oversees the financial planning and analysis of all matters having economic impact to the business.

After receiving a degree in Finance from the University of Iowa in 1993, Nevshemal entered the officer ranks of the United States Marine Corps with a military occupational specialty of Military Intelligence. He was an active-duty military officer from 1993-1997 and afterwards served in the reserves through 2003. Marty was named the Marine Corps Intelligence Association’s U.S. Marine Corps Intelligence Officer of the Year in 1996. Upon finishing his active duty military service, Nevshemal received an MBA in Finance from the Henry B. Tippie School of Management at Iowa.

In addition to his passions for soccer and finance, Nevshemal’s interest in military history led to the publication of his first book in July 2015. In early 2016, Nevshemal’s leadership was extended civically as he joined the Board of Directors as a Trustee of Kansas City’s world-renown National World War I Museum and Memorial. In addition, Nevshemal helped launch the inaugural Sporting Salutes initiative in 2016 to honor military veterans and their families.

Nevshemal is also involved with Dragons FC as an assistant coach for his son's competitive youth soccer team in addition to serving as a Trustee for The Victory Project and sitting on the Board of Directors for the KCK Chamber.