Monica Paolicelli, a McLean resident and former soccer player at James Madison University, is the quintessential athlete.
When she was in high school at Paul VI, she played soccer and basketball, then played a year of Division 1 and a year of club soccer at JMU before graduating in 2013.
Paolicelli, who describes herself as “ultra-competitive” now has taken up pickleball. She said she first took up the game at the urging of her aunt and uncle, Jim and Cici Koons, who live in Naples, Florida and have another house on the Eastern Shore of Maryland…[Read more…]
Original Story By: Hugh Rist
Source: InsideNoVa
Published: Jan 17, 2023
Photo Credit: DC Pickleball Team