Dena Floyd

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About Dena Floyd

Dena Floyd is the sports information director at Ravenscroft School in Raleigh, NC. She was formerly an athletic director (CAA). She is also a certified strength and conditioning specialist. As a former collegiate player and coach, she has served in many realms of athletics. A native of Midlothian, Virginia, Dena is a graduate of the University of Florida where she was a starting Varsity Collegiate Soccer Player for 4 years and tri-captain her senior year. Dena received several academic and athletic awards during her career. After graduating from UF, Dena completed her year long strength and conditioning internship, and from there she traveled across country and accepted a job at Stanford University as an assistant strength and conditioning coach. It was there that she trained and constructed programs for seven varsity teams,as well as training several professional and Olympic athletes. During her time in Northern CA, she played semi-professional soccer for the Sacramento Storm and Walnut Creek Power. After working at Stanford for four years, Dena moved back to the east coast and served as the assistant women's soccer coach and she also received her masters in Liberal Studies at NC State University. After coaching at NC State, Dena started to regain her mastery in sports performance training and is training local athletes, and then moved into athletic administration as a certified athletic director (K-12 school). Dena revels in being around sports and athletics all while building relationships and providing positive pathways and connections through sport. Sports exceeds competition. It builds character and provides so many life lessons beyond our imagination.