Cheryl Rockwood returns for her 39th season with the Union College Athletic Training staff in 2025-26. She joined the department as the assistant athletic trainer in 1987 and was promoted to head athletic trainer a year later in 1988.
In her role, Rockwood supervises all athletic training staff and oversees all of Union’s 26 intercollegiate sports and more than 600 student-athletes, taking care of the sports medicine needs of the athletes throughout the season, as well as off-season rehabilitation and training.
In addition to her training responsibilities, Rockwood has served as Union’s Director of Student-Athlete Programming since 2000 and worked previously as the College’s Senior Woman Administrator from 1996-2000.
Rockwood has remained involved in athletics outside of Union, working as a trainer for the New Jersey Nets Rookie Camp and World Cup Soccer, as well as for the United States Olympic team in Albertville, France and numerous United States Olympic Festivals and training camps.
Rockwood received her Bachelor of Science degree in physical education from Central Connecticut State University in 1985, earned her Teaching Certification from the State of Connecticut in 1985, and completed her Masters of Science in education at Old Dominion University in 1986. She has been certified through the National Athletic Trainers’ Association and is also a member of the Eastern Athletic Trainers’ Association and the New York State Athletic Trainers’ Association.
Rockwood and her husband, Barry Maday, reside in Niskayuna, N.Y.
