Every athlete and every sport at Stamford High is so vastly different, but there is one thing that keeps us all bound together, literally. Jordan Napolitano, Stamford High’s athletic trainer of only four years, has quickly won the hearts of athletes and coaches alike.

But what about Napolitano has made everyone so obsessed? Is it his wit and charm? Or maybe his sheer professionalism, along with the ability to create relationships with every athlete he cares for? Whatever it may be, it seems to be working.

Senior basketball player, Kwe Askew recalls last year, when he broke his leg and how Napolitano “helped with the rehab of my [his] leg.”

“Jordan has always been known to take excellent care of his athletes, and never hesitates to put them first” says junior soccer player Isaac Escobar.

Napolitano’s greatest quality is constantly being very involved with the coaches and teams.

“Sometimes he plays with us at practice – he’s ok, but he thinks he’s really good. We all know he’d get cut though,” say sophomore field hockey players Dina Spadaccini and Delaney Lyons.

Girls’ soccer coach Jeremy White says “the best thing about him is that he’s a player’s trainer. He is first and foremost concerned about a player’s health, but he always keeps in mind how badly these athletes want to play, so that makes him really good at telling the difference between hurt and injured.” White then took us back in time, talking about the previous trainers that had worked at Stamford High throughout the years. He says Jordan is “the best trainer we’ve had.”

The most outstanding story about Napolitano comes from sophomore outdoor track runner Patrick Paul. “He saved my life,” said Paul as he began to tell his chilling story. Two years ago, Paul was at practice on the Boyle Stadium track. At the same time the girls field hockey practice was taking place, and when one of the girls went back to take a shot, she lost control of her stick and it struck Patrick violently in the head. Paul recalls Jordan sprinting from his indoor office all the way to the track to deal with the situation. “He stopped the bleeding, and kept telling me that everything was going to be alright. He told the other people around me to call 911; he’s really amazing.”

All in all, Jordan Napolitano has occupied the hearts and legs and elbows and broken bones of the whole Black Knight athlete community.