Meet the Athletic Trainers:

Head Athletic Trainer: Mr. Joe Lisella

Email: LisellaJ@spprep.org

Phone: (201) 547-2306/2307 (treatment room)

  • 10th Year at Saint Peter’s Prep
  • BOC Certified Athletic Trainer in the State of New Jersey, CPR/AED certified
  • Cover all varsity sports
  • Previously worked with the New York Football Giants, Delbarton School, and Yale University
  • Obtained Bachelor’s in Social and Behavioral Sciences and Master’s in Athletic Training at Seton Hall University 

Assistant Athletic Trainer: Ms. Mariah Villanueva

Email: VillanuevaM@spprep.org

Phone: (201) 547-2306/2307 (treatment room)

  • 1st Year at Saint Peter’s Prep
  • Obtained Bachelor’s in Exercise Science at New Jersey City University and Master’s in Athletic Training at Montclair State University

With the addition of Prep’s two certified athletic trainers, Athletic Training has now been added to the already strong athletic tradition.

Prep’s Athletic Training team consists of two full-time Athletic Trainers and a Team Doctor. The Athletic Trainers are available on campus for student-athletes to be seen in two athletic training rooms in the Perkins Athletic Center and the basement of the Humanities Building. They cover a majority of varsity and some sub-varsity sporting events.

With both secondary school and collegiate sports medicine experience, necessary health care services are made available to student-athletes by the athletic trainer in collaboration with physicians. The Athletic Training services at Prep allows for the ready evaluation, treatment, and physical rehabilitation of  injuries optimizing the activity and participation of our student-athletes. Athletic Training includes the management of acute and chronic injuries, conditions, and/or physical limitations affecting the physically active using approved techniques to facilitate recovery and determine appropriate course of action.

Priority practice and game coverage is given to the sports with the most risk for injury, though coordination with coaches and staff of all sports exists to respond to student-athletes in a timely manner.

For more information on the background, scope of practice, and services of certified athletic trainers, visit the NATA website at www.nata.org and the Board of Certification, Inc. (BOC) website at www.bocatc.org.