Stacey Patalino has an office at Skaneateles High School.

“I have a soccer game at 6:30, a JV soccer game at 5, a swim meet at 5,” said Patalino, the high school’s athletic trainer, as she looked over the nightly schedule earlier this week.

Most of the day, she’s not at her desk. Patalino tapes ankles and wrists, leads weight training sessions, and is a part of the concussion management program. She makes sure student athletes are ready to take the field, court or pool.

Patalino patrols the campus, stopping by practices, checking in on pregame warmups and cheering during games. She’s been working at Skaneateles since 1996.

“It’s just so shocking to me that I’m on the second generation of student athletes,” said Patalino. “That’s something to be, something to be said for that.”

With so much history at one school, Patalino said she’s created a bond with the students, coaches and administrators. It keeps students on the pool and gets them rehabbed faster.

“I [got] to know the student athletes ever since they were in seventh grade,” said Patalino. “So having the same person from seventh grade all the way to 12th, I get to know their personalities, who they are, and it takes a village.”

Patalino had a few minutes back at her desk. She monitored the weight room from her office decorated with thank-you notes and overflowing with gratitude.

“That is why I do it is the thanks,” said Patalino. “My first child is this athletic training program. I feel like where I’ve been around, but you do it for the kids. You have to.”

When Patalino started in 1996, it was revolutionary to have a full-time athletic trainer. She thanked Skaneateles for being ahead of the curve and making sure the student athletes are healthy.

Patalino will be on the sidelines of tonight’s Friday Night Matchup. Skaneateles hosts Canastota live on Spectrum News 1.