Erika Stratton is in her second season as an assistant softball coach after spending the 2015 campaign as the program's volunteer assistant.  Stratton is involved with a variety of duties, including recruiting and scouting.  She continues to coach the catchers and assist with the pitchers.

In 2016, she helped lead Morehead State to a 26-27 record and a 12-12 OVC mark. They downed Tennessee Tech in the OVC Tournament, 2-1, to claim their first tournament win since 2009. 

Stratton helped Morehead State to its third consecutive Ohio Valley Conference Tournament appearance in 2015.  The Eagles finished 22-24 overall, 11-11 in league play and 10-6 at home.

From 2011-14, Stratton tallied 14 home runs and 68 RBI in 193 games at Mid-American Conference school Bowling Green.  The catcher tied for first on the team with a .378 on-base percentage as a senior.  She also collected a career-high six roundtrippers and seven doubles in 2014.

Stratton earned a bachelor's degree in marketing from Bowling Green in 2014.  She traveled to the Netherlands the summer after graduation to play for DSS in a professional league called Softbal Hoofdklasse.

A Las Vegas native, Stratton began her prep career at Basic High School and finished at Palo Verde where she graduated with honors.  She was named First-Team All-Conference and Second-Team All-State as a senior.