Jonathan May serves as an Assistant Athletic Trainer at Villanova University, a position he has held since 2024. In this role, he provides healthcare services for the Wildcats' Baseball program and assists with athletic training coverage across multiple sports during the fall semester.
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Prior to joining Villanova, May served as an Assistant Athletic Trainer at Swarthmore College in 2023. Over a distinguished 24-year career, he has developed a diverse and well-rounded professional background spanning the high school, post-rehabilitation, and collegiate settings. He also spent the majority of his professional career within the Philadelphia Phillies Minor League Baseball system, serving in athletic training roles from 2006 to 2019 and gaining extensive experience in the prevention, evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of baseball-related injuries.
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May has presented professionally on topics including movement dysfunction, Postural Restoration Institute (PRI) methodologies, and Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS). He has also delivered educational presentations to youth sport stakeholders on early sport specialization, strength and conditioning, nutrition, and sleep hygiene.
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He earned a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology (Athletic Training) from Temple University and a Master of Science in Exercise Science and Health Promotion from California University of Pennsylvania in 2019. His professional interests include the prevention of baseball overuse injuries, rehabilitation of overhead athletes, PRI techniques, core stabilization, manual therapy, and blood flow restriction (BFR) training.
In addition to being a Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC), May holds numerous professional certifications, including Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES), Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES), Speed Specialist, Applied Functional Science (AFS) certification, and Precision Nutrition Level 1 Coach certification.
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Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, May currently resides in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, with his wife, Lindsay, and their two cats, Maggie and Stewart. Outside of his professional responsibilities, he enjoys reading, strength training, and running.
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