By Randy Vogt, Director of Public Relations, Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association
 
August 21, 2012-The Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) congratulates North Massapequa’s Alexandra Deaton upon receiving a $1,000 Jack Bauman Scholarship.

Alexandra played in the Long Island Junior Soccer League (LIJSL) for the Massapequa Lil Spirit, perennial LIJSL Sportsmanship winners. She was coached by her father Eric since she was five years old.

She commented, “My Dad plays a large role in my soccer world by showing me what a true role model is: a person who is not about winning or losing but about teaching lessons that I will carry with me wherever I go in life.”

Alexandra volunteers with the Massapequa Soccer Club’s TOPSoccer Special Children. She noted, “Extra activities outside of playing soccer made me feel proud of being part of the Massapequa Soccer Club.”

She graduated from Plainedge High School in June and we wish her well as she moves on to Fairfield University.

The scholarship’s namesake, Jack Bauman, is considered the father of women’s soccer on Long Island. Jack was devoted to the Massapequa Soccer Club, ENYYSA and making sure that girls had as many opportunities to play soccer as boys did in an era when girls playing sports was not as accepted as it is today. He would be very proud of all the American women who competed at the London Olympics.
 
With 123,843 youth soccer players––68,587 boys and 55,256 girls––and more than 25,000 volunteers, the non-profit Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association stretches from Montauk Point, Long Island to the Canadian border. Members are affiliated with 12 leagues throughout the association, which covers the entire state of New York east of Route 81. ENYYSA exists to promote and enhance the game of soccer for children and teenagers between the ages of 5 and 19 years old, and to encourage the healthy development of youth players, coaches, referees and administrators. All levels of soccer are offered––from intramural, travel team and premier players as well as Special Children. No child who wants to play soccer is turned away. ENYYSA is a proud member of the United States Soccer Federation and United States Youth Soccer Association. For more information, please log on to http://www.enysoccer.com/, which receives nearly 300,000 hits annually from the growing soccer community.
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