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The Long Island Soccer Referee Association awarded six scholarships to six teenagers at the Huntington Hilton in Melville, N.Y. on June 13.
Th LISRA scholarship recipients (left to right): LISRA president Cathy Caldwell, Jocelyn Nashtatik, Julianna Annunziata, Tristen Ventura, Patrick LaBarca, Liam Henshaw and LISRA scholarship chairperson Jean-Marie Maio. Michael Iemma is not pictured. (Photo courtesy of ENYYSA)
The Long Island Soccer Referee Association awarded six scholarships to six teenagers at the Huntington Hilton in Melville, N.Y. on June 13.
The scholarship committee selects the recipients based on essay, resumé, recommendations and grades.
The six were:
Elections were also held at the June LISRA meeting with a slate of 12 candidates vying for seven director positions. Scott Abel (technology), Marty Foeppel (recruitment), Al Giorgianni (finance), Tom Murphy (webmaster), Eugene O’Neill (legal counsel) and John Sengelaub (instruction) wer re-elected with Neal Smith being the lone challenger to be elected to a seat on the board.
Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 25 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both U.S. national teams for Newsday and has penned a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has published ALIVE AND KICKING The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers. It is available at Amazon.com.
