Winner: Jenna Prevet, Young Female Referee of the Year

Jenna Prevet, of Nesconset, has been named 2023 Young Female Referee of the Year by the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association. Prevet, who graduated from Smithtown East High School in 2022, is working toward a bachelor’s degree in history with a minor in political science at Sweet Briar College in Virginia, where she plays on the college’s field hockey team. She became an official with the Long Island Soccer Referee Association in 2018 and is one of three Prevet sisters who are refereeing on Long Island.

By Michael R. Ebert

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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.