Josh Ford, the head water polo coach at Jesuit High School in Sacramento, shared his personal story of foster care and how a Court-Appointed Special Advocate, or CASA, mentor changed his life.
"My teams know, and every team I ever coached knows that my team is my family," Ford said.
"I was a foster youth from the age of 13 until I aged out at 18," he said.
"He essentially told me you can have anything you want in this world, but it's going to start by getting good grades and playing a sport," Ford said of Rogers.
"He pushed me in the direction of, 'Why don't you try water polo?' " Ford said. "And I came into water polo and tried out during a conditioning week, tried to quit three times but stayed with it."
Rogers stuck by his side as his coach.
Ford would go on to play water polo at American River College, winning the first Big Eight championship in program history. Rogers always showed up.
After graduating from Sacramento State with an English degree, Ford joined Jesuit High School as the head coach. Team captain Declan Blewett admires Ford's leadership and passion for the sport.
As the playoff push continues for the Jesuit Marauders, Ford said he is thankful for the stranger who saw him for who he was and taught him what it means to be family.
"He had the foresight to see that I just needed a structure and a family like a water polo team," Ford said. "And now, year in, year out, I get a family every year."
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