Emory & Henry

Sarai Flores is in her first year as Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach at Emory & Henry College. Hired in the spring of 2023, Flores is the first female to hold a strength & conditioning position in program history.

Flores, originally from Mexico City, Mexico, began her journey in strength & conditioning at Mississippi State University where she played Division I tennis. Before starting her sophomore year, she transferred to the University of West Florida (UWF) where she continued to play tennis and work as an intern with the strength and conditioning department. Flores graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology in 2016 and continued her education at UWF as a graduate student studying exercise science. Upon graduation in 2019, she moved to Cincinnati where she interned at Ignition Athletic Performance Group and online with Elon University. In 2022, she graduated with her second master's degree in interdisciplinary studies from Stephen F. Austin State University, located in Nacogdoches, Texas. 

Flores has experience working with various sports including football, volleyball, basketball, tennis, golf, cross country, softball, bowling, baseball, track & field, soccer and more. 

As a student-athlete, Flores was named to the Gulf South Conference All-Academic Team and was a conference champion with the UWF tennis team for three consecutive years. She also was named to the All-Gulf South First Team in 2015. Flores also holds an abundance of academic achievements throughout her college career. 

In addition to these accomplishments, Flores has co-published two academic research articles in two peer-reviewed journals, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise and the Journal of Science in Sport and Exercise.

Flores will oversee the strength and conditioning program for men's and women's soccer, tennis, and wrestling and assist with men's and women's track & field, football, baseball, and softball.

-3/31/2023