2022-23 All-Area girls basketball Player of the Year: Coppell's Julianna LaMendola

If Julianna 'Jules' LaMendola had found success in volleyball at an early age, she might have never tried basketball. As it was, in sixth grade LaM...

March 16, 2023
4:14 PM

If Julianna 'Jules' LaMendola had found success in volleyball at an early age, she might have never tried basketball. As it was, in sixth grade LaMendola found a sport that would allow her to become the best player in Texas and one of the top recruits in the nation. 'I have a twin [sister]. Her name is Skye. She was really good at volleyball, so we both tried out for volleyball,' LaMendola said. 'I wasn't that good at it, so I tried out for basketball. We played both sports at the time, but I just had an inkling for basketball and I took it and ran with it and fell in love with the sport.

Greg Riddle