An outstanding multi-sport competitor during her Millersville career,
Erin Carey Corcoran earned a bevy of honors from start to finish.
Corcoran capped a stellar track career in 1996 with All-America honors with an eighth place finish in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA Division II National Championships, and she was named as the Division II East Region Athlete of the Year. She captured the 3K and 5K titles at the 1996 PSAC Outdoor Championships and helped pace Millersville’s women squad to the team crown (4th overall in its history). Indoors, she won the ECAC Division II 5K title.
In her junior season, Corcoran was a two-time PSAC outdoor champion (3K and 10K) and also doubled indoors at the ECAC's with championship performances in the 3K and 5K races.
In 1994, Corcoran tallied third and fifth place efforts in the ECAC 1,500 and 3,000 meter events, respectively, and was a member of the Marauders’ winning 4 x 800 meter relay at the 1993 ECAC meet.
Corcoran holds the Millersville outdoor track standards in the 3,000 meters (9:55.2) and the 5,000 meters (17:18.47), both set in 1996.
In cross country, Corcoran was a three-time All-PSAC, All-ECAC and All-NCAA East Region competitor. Her top post-season performances included fifth place at the 1993 PSAC Championships, fourth place in the 1996 NCAA East Regionals, and third place at the 1996 ECAC finals.
Corcoran was the recipient of the Aurora Wickey Pucillo Scholarship, and she received the Elwood J. Finley Award in 1997 as MU’s outstanding senior female athlete. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in biology in 1996.
Today, Corcoran is employed by the New York State Bar Association and resides in Schenectady, N.Y.
