Winner: Atahan Yetimoglu, Young Male Referee of the Year
Atahan Yetimoglu, of North Lindenhurst. Credit: Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association
Atahan Yetimoglu, of North Lindenhurst, has been named 2023 Young Male Referee of the Year by the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association. Yetimoglu, who is majoring in premed at Stony Brook University, began serving as a referee with the Long Island Soccer Referee Association in 2020 and recruited his two sisters to join him. He was also the 2022 valedictorian of Lindenhurst High School, where he was an all-county swimmer and a member of the soccer and track teams, and is a volunteer for the Lindenhurst Rotary Club.
Michael R. Ebert is an education researcher and has worked for Newsday in various capacities since 2003. He was part of an 11-person team named as 2008 Pulitzer Prize finalists for investigative coverage of the LIRR's platform safety issues.
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