Balancing college and athletics is no easy task. Being a professional athlete isn’t a walk in the park, either. For former Virginia tennis player JC Aragone, he’s done - or continues to do - those things while fighting another challenge: diabetes.
While participating in a tournament in Florida, Aragone got a deadly scare.
“But in 2011, a respiratory infection brought on by an adverse drug reaction landed him in intensive care. The diabetes diagnosis soon followed. He was in and out of hospitals for nearly two years. He did not pick up a racket for nearly three.