Weight Room -- Freeman Fitness Center The Missouri Southern Strength and Conditioning Performance Center is a 3,480 square foot facility offering student-athletes the opportunity to train in one of the finest NCAA Division II strength facilities. The facility consists of 12 taning racks, six weightlifting platforms, a full line of dumbbells, 16 upper and lower body weight machines and a variety of cardiovascular equipment. Training occurs in a variety of modalities, including combinations of free weights, selectorized machines, and dumbbells. Student-athletes have their choice of cardiovascular equipment, including upright bikes, stair climbers, treadmills, and slide boards. Reaction balls, step hurdles, timing devices, and medicine balls are a few examples of the numerous training aids providing student-athletes the opportunity to enhance their skill-related components such as speed, coordination, reaction time, and agility. The state-of-the-art equipment was custom developed in conjunction with such companies as Quantum Fitness, O.E.I., Hammer Strength, SciFit, and Cybex. In Troy Jorgensen, Southern also has the only full-time strength and conditioning coach in the MIAA. Missouri Southern has emerged as the standard in NCAA Division II as to which other programs are compared in terms of resistance training facilities. What Can You Expect? Each Missouri Southern student-athlete will receive individual attention from the strength and conditioning staff, as well as individualized workouts for their respective sport. The strength and conditioning staff is also responsible for the speed, agility and conditioning development of each team. Coach Troy Jorgensen Troy Jorgensen begins his first year as director of the Missouri Southern strength and conditioning program. Prior to Southern, Jorgensen spent the past four years as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Jorgensen worked directly with football, softball, women s swimming, gymnastics, men s soccer and men s basketball. During his tenure, UCLA won ten NCAA National Championships, went to four bowl games, the Softball World Series, and the Final Four. Prior to UCLA, Jorgensen spent three years at Utah State as the assistant strength and conditioning coach. He was responsible for softball, women s soccer, gymnastics, track and field, tennis and assisted with football and men s basketball. Jorgensen is certified by the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association and the National Strength and Conditioning Association. He graduated from Missouri Western in 1994 with a BS in exercise science, where he was also a four year letter winner in football.