Plattsburgh State Athletics

Earning several honors in two sports, Erin (Hutchinson) Lorah was one of the most talented and versatile student-athletes of her generation at Plattsburgh State. 

A Shortsville, N.Y., native, Erin earned two All-SUNYAC honors in women’s basketball and two All-SUNYAC East laurels in women’s volleyball. In women’s basketball, she netted 1,023 points during her career and is one of just a handful of student-athletes in program history to reach the 1,000-point milestone. 

In women’s volleyball, she finished her career as the all-time program record holder in total blocks as well as its single-season record holder in blocks per set. Furthermore, Erin earned the Plattsburgh State Senior Achievement Award in 2003-04.

Date of Induction into Cardinal Sports Hall of Fame:
November 4, 2017

Where is she now: 

Erin currently works for the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) and is a senior financial analyst (team lead) for the Grants Financial Management Division. The Office on Violence Against Women is a component of the Department of Justice and administers financial and technical assistance to communities across the country that are developing programs, policies and practices aimed at ending domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking.

She moved down to the Washington, D.C., area upon graduating from Plattsburgh in 2004 and has lived there ever since. Erin married her husband, Matthew Lorah, in 2013, and they have three children: Oliver (2.5 years old) and two 11-month-old twin girls: Kennedy and Cassidy.

Erin has stayed active in sports, playing competitive USAV women’s volleyball and recreational softball in addition to completing a 10-mile race just five months after having their first child, despite not being a long-distance runner.

Favorite Plattsburgh State Sports Moment: 

“Going to SUNYACs every year. During my junior year, I’d have to say when we beat Oneonta in overtime to advance to the conference tournament semifinals for the first time ever and when we were selected for the ECAC upstate bid that same year. At that time, we set the school record for the amount of wins in a season.”