Berkowitz Selected For Mentorship Program

GREENVILLE, N.C. – For the third-straight year, East Carolina track and field assistant coach Brie Berkowitz has been selected to serve as a mentor in the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Female Coaches Mentorship program.

"It is truly an honor to again be selected as one of the mentors for the USTFCCCA Female Coaches Mentorship program," Berkowitz said. "I am extremely appreciative to be surrounded by such positive mentors in my life. It is my goal each and every day to set positive examples and to help others to achieve their goals. We, as coaches, are constantly striving to positively impact our student-athletes in ways on and off the track. This program has given me the opportunity to develop relationships with very talented and successful female coaches and has enabled me to grow both personally and professionally. I am very thankful to the group of dedicated women who have worked so hard to make this vision become a reality and impact so many lives. I have had such rewarding experiences with this program and am so excited to begin this year building new relationships!"

The program is designed to increase the representation, depth of knowledge and advancement of female coaches in the field of NCAA cross country and track and field coaching in positions at every level: volunteer, paid-assistant, paid-part-time assistant, paid-full-time assistant, paid-head coach at divisions I, II, III, NAIA and female coaches who continue to coach post-collegiate athletes as well as create accessibility to female leaders within the industry.

Mentees in the program experience direct benefits of mentorship and career guidance within a space allowing room for holistic self-reflection in an emotionally-supported environment.

"I am so excited for Coach Berkowitz," Director of Men's and Women's Track and Field and Cross Country Curt Kraft said. "She is very deserving of this recognition once again. Coach Brie is a wonderful coach and role model for young student athletes. She served in this same role the last two years and did a wonderful job with it. We are so proud to have Coach Brie representing ECU."

An East Carolina University alumna and a former track and field standout for the Pirates from 2003-2007, Berkowitz enters her seventh season as an assistant coach at ECU after joining the staff in August 2012. Berkowitz supervises the Pirate pole vaulters and assists in all aspects of the program. She recently coached Sommer Knight to a third-place finish and all-conference honors at the 2020 American Athletic Conference Indoor Championships. Her current student-athletes (Knight, Mia Alamo-Worley and Savannah Wood) occupy three of the top four places on the program's indoor top-10 pole vault list while Knight holds both the indoor and outdoor pole vault school records.

Berkowitz has been part of two conference championship teams at ECU, helping the Pirate women to the 2014 Conference USA indoor and outdoor titles.

Players Mentioned

Mia Alamo-Worley

Sommer Knight

Savannah Wood

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