The Story Behind the Jersey Number
Family traditions, bad luck, and chance are all factors that play a role in selecting a jersey number for St.Paul Academy and Summit School athletes. Read below for some of their stories.
Junior A.M. Roberts
“My big brother played hockey and that was his number, I looked up to him when I was younger, so I chose that number...he didn’t play college hockey but he was a big player on the high school team in Alaska and I really looked up to him.”
Sophomore Hannah Scott
“When I was a JV player, at the end of the JV game [the coaches asked me] if I wanted to play varsity and they just gave me a varsity jersey (#11) and I have just stuck with it.”
Sophomore Erin McNamer
"When my siblings were in high school they all had the number 21 and they were all really good and I decided that I wanted to follow in their footsteps and I chose the number 21.”
Senior Ryan Peacock
“I was #2 when I was a freshman and a sophomore but when we got new jerseys my junior year every returning player that was in the rotation got their number back except for me, because either God was spiting me or Brownie [Athletic Director Mike Brown] just forgot, so I had to change to #5. I wish I was number 2 still.”
Junior Emerson Egly
“[Former] coach McKenzie was really stingy about giving out the number 23, (worn by NBA legends Lebron James and Michael Jordan) but my first year on the team, there were no more numbers left, so he begrudgingly gave it to me and I still have it.”
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