Con Ed Award: Hackley's Allie Coppola of Irvington

Written by Adam Berger, LoHud.com: Allie Coppola remembers being rejected from her first AAU basketball tryout as a 9-year-old. It wasn’t the most impactful moment of her life, but it’s something that has stuck with her since childhood.“That’s always been a good life lesson,” said Coppola, the Con Edison athlete of the week. “I’ve tried out for so many teams. It’s definitely always brought me back to reality in some sense because not everyone makes every team, no matter how good you are. It has pushed me to work a little bit harder.” (Read the rest of the article on LoHud.com.)