Athlete to Mentor
Playmaker Sports was built on lived experience, not theory.
The foundation began in Lincoln, Rhode Island, where competition, teamwork, and discipline were shaped through multiple sports at Lincoln High School. Competing in football, basketball, baseball, tennis, and later joining the hockey team mid-season and contributing to a playoff run reinforced a powerful lesson: leadership, effort, and belief can change outcomes at any moment.
That journey continued 5 years after graduating high school at Salve Regina University, competing at the collegiate level in both football and tennis. Beyond performance, the focus was always on character, sportsmanship, and leadership culminating in receiving the Sportsmanship Award during senior year and induction into the Salve Regina University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2019.
Becoming the first and only athlete from Lincoln High School inducted into a collegiate athletic Hall of Fame wasn’t about talent alone, it was about consistency, faith, mindset, and resilience.
Those lessons now drive the mission of Playmaker Sports: to give athletes what many never receive; clarity, perspective, and honest mentorship during the most demanding stages of their athletic and personal lives.
This is about building competitors who can handle pressure, setbacks, and expectations, and still lead.
John Picozzi
Playmaker Sports, LLC.
