Liz Proctor is in her seventh season in the University of Rhode Island Strength & Conditioning department and her fifth as Director. She is responsible for creating and overseeing the URI strength and conditioning program with the primary goal of developing strength, power, speed, agility, flexibility and injury prevention for the University's 18 programs. Prior to her time at URI, Proctor spent four years at The College of the Holy Cross as Assistant Strength Coach. While in Worcester, she worked primarily football, hockey, men's basketball, field hockey, men's and women's lacrosse, women's soccer, baseball, and softball. Proctor also spent time as an assistant strength coach with the Worcester Icecats of the American Hockey League (AHL) as well as their National Hockey League (NHL) affiliate, St. Louis Blues. Prior to Holy Cross, she worked at Mike Boyle's strength and conditioning program in Burlington, Mass. During the 2000-01 season, Proctor served as the Strength and Conditioning Coordinator for the WNBA's New York Liberty. Along with designing and incorporating flexibility and endurance exercise for individual players, she implemented the in-season strength and conditioning program. Proctor also assisted the athletic trainer with treatment, rehabilitation exercises and equipment management. Proctor graduated from Southern Connecticut in 1996 with a bachelor's degree in exercise science and minor in nutrition while also competing on the field hockey and softball teams. She earned her master's degree in applied exercise science at Springfield in 2000 while also serving as the assistant strength coach for the football and all Olympic sports. updated: 6/20/10