Jordon Litowchak’s position on the Palm Harbor University football team mirrors his life off the field – selfless.
As a linebacker/fullback, the Canes senior does a lot of the grunt work.
“My position, and like my goal in life, is just like get it done, like get my job done,” Litowchak said. “I mean, whatever I need to do.”
Jordon’s selfless nature continues off the field. It guided him to save a man’s life. When 71-year-old Daniel Vinovich’s car crashed into a retention pond, Jordon didn’t think, he just reacted.
“Kind of like one of those things, like the snap of the ball, you just do it, it just goes,” he said. “And after the play, you’re like I did that, wait that happened. It was kind of just like that. We were driving by and I’m like, I need to do this.”
Enroute to dinner at his grandparent’s house, Jordon saw a splash and told his mom to stop the car.
“Luckily both windows were down, but he kind of was like struggling to get out of the window, so I just ran and jumped in and was able to get him out of the window and swim him up to the bank,” Litowchak said.
“If there was a guy that I would guess that would do something like that, it would be Jordon Litowchak,” Palm Harbor University head coach Reggie Crume said.
Daniel Vinovich gave all the praise to Jordon. He said it was divine intervention and believes Jordon was at the right place at the right time for a reason.
“The kid is a great kid. He did a wonderful thing,” Vinovich said. “It really just makes my heart swell. The kid deserves all the glory.”
The intersection of Highlands Boulevard and Cypress Green Drive is the spot where Jordon and Daniel’s lives intersected and became intertwined together forever.
“I feel like there’s always a reason for everything,” Litowchak said. “Maybe there was a reason for me to be there and do that. I don’t know what would have happened to him if I wasn’t there.”