Paelay is now the assistant coach for the girls varsity basketball team at the Steward School.
On the pitch, Paelay was named the Washington, D.C. Area Player of the Year in fall 2001 after scoring 19 goals, recording 12 assists and leading Magruder to their first ever boys' soccer state championship.
[1] As a senior, he averaged 17.7 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game and was named to the Second Team All-Metro and All-County squads.
[1] He was also a participant in the D.C. Capital Classic, a postseason all-star game featuring the best high school seniors from the Washington area.
[6] No National Basketball Association teams showed interest in drafting nor signing Paelay to a contract upon his graduation, so he began his professional career overseas.