Winner: Ana Penagos, girls soccer Coach of the Year
Ana Penagos. Credit: Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association
Ana Penagos, of Melville, has been named 2023 Girls Competitive Coach of the Year by the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association. Penagos, who has been coaching for nearly nine years, has served three years as coach of the Merrick Pumas Under-12 team in the Long Island Junior Soccer League. Under her tenure, the team has gone from Division 2 to the Premier Division, and even won the Long Island Cup. She also coaches the Merrick Spartans Under-13 team and the Merrick Cyclones Under-11 team, and works for the soccer training organization Kapper Soccer.
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