ITHACA, N.Y. – The Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association recently announced that Cornell's Erika Rogan has been named the recipient of the 2021 Gatorade and CSCCa Young Achievement Award. Rogan is the first woman to earn the award since its inception in 2017.
 
Rogan is in her ninth season with the Big Red, and the second in her current role as the assistant director of strength & conditioning. She oversees women's lacrosse, women's basketball, volleyball, gymnastics, sailing and the women's track jumpers and sprinters, while also assisting with the football and men's basketball teams. She has helped develop multiple All-Americans, All-Ivy League selections across her multitude of sports.
 
"Erika effortlessly builds genuine relationships that have lasting impacts on the lives of our student-athletes," said Associate Director of Athletics for Strength & Conditioning Jay Andress. "Her training models and prescriptions have resulted in significant performance improvements for the teams she represents. As required in our profession, Erika is always seeking knowledge that will make her a better coach. She takes pride in being the best coach possible, so in turn she can have a greater impact on the teams an athletes she services."
 
The Gatorade CSCCa Young Achievement Award was founded to annually honor a Strength & Conditioning Certified Coach (SCCC), which Rogan achieved in 2018 during her seven years as an assistant strength & conditioning coach at Cornell. The award honors an up-and-comer in the field that has proven his/her dedication to improving athletic performance with safe and effective science-based programs. Ideally, this winner would be someone who has been in the field for no more than 10 years, and has a well-rounded, holistic approach to conditioning with knowledge of science, nutrition and communications in addition to basic conditioning.
 
"I cannot speak highly enough regarding how well Erika represents the organizations she is a part of," Andress said. "She is truly a gold standard ambassador for Cornell University, the CSCCa, and the strength and conditioning profession in general."