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DANIELLE BAKER KELSEY CORDELL MADISON ENGELS JORDAN GOODALL MANDY GRADERT SR., SWANTON, OHIO SR., BOTHELL, WASH SR., KINGMAN, ARIZ. SR., CENTENNIAL, COLO. SR., SIBLEY, IOWA

BLAIR LONG SAMANTHA STAHNKE ANDIE VSETECKA SARAH BOWEN SR., DAYTON, VA. SR., SPICER, MINN. SR., CRESCO, IOWA JR., HASTINGS, NEB.

KEAHNA FENWICK MARIELLE GOLDEN ALISHA HADDOCK ANNA HASSEL VANESSA HINKLE JR., MERRILL, WIS. JR., BOCA RATON, FLA. JR., RIO RANCHO, N.M. JR., SIOUX FALLS, S.D. JR., JUNCTION CITY, WIS.

LEXUS HOFFMAN ELAINA JOHNSON RAIVENNE SCOTT JESSICA TAYLOR KRISTEN AKERS JR., WHITEWATER, WIS. JR., DOUSEMAN, WIS. JR., HILLSBORO, ORE. JR., GRANGER, IOWA SO., KINGMAN, ARIZ.

JESSICA ANDRONOWITZ NICOLE BANGASSER CHRISTINA DEXTER DANIELLE DICKERSON MORGAN HALL SO., MCHENRY, ILL. SO., JORDAN, MINN. SO., HARRISONVILLE, MO. SO., SUGAR CREEK, MO. SO., NELIGH, NEB.

GGOOJJACKSACKS..COMCOM SOUTH DAKOTA STATE QUICK FACTS

GENERAL INFORMATION EQUESTRIAN STAFF INSTITUTION...... South Dakota State University HEAD COACH ...... Megan Rossiter CITY/ZIP ...... Brookings, S.D. 57007 ALMA MATER...... Murray State, 2000 FOUNDED ...... Feb. 21, 1881 OFFICE PHONE ...... (605) 688-4506 ENROLLMENT ...... 12,557 ASSISTANT COACH ...... Ellie Wilkins NICKNAME...... Jackrabbits (NO “LADY” JACKRABBITS PLEASE) ALMA MATER ...... Texas A&M, 2014 COLORS ...... Yellow and Blue OFFICE PHONE ...... (605) 688-6856 FIRST YEAR OF COMPETITION...... 2005 GRADUATE ASSISTANT ...... Natalie Gilbert ATHLETIC WEBSITE...... GOJACKS.COM ALMA MATER ...... West Texas A&M, 2013 UNIVERSITY WEBSITE...... sdstate.edu OFFICE PHONE ...... (605) 688-5030 HOME FACILITY ...... DeHaan Equestrian Center GRADUATE ASSISTANT...... Lindsey McNeill CAPACITY ...... 600 ALMA MATER ...... West Texas A&M, 2014 AFFILIATION...... NCAA Division I (Emerging) OFFICE PHONE ...... (605) 688-5030 BARN MANAGER ...... Rachel Boone @GoJacksEQ South Dakota State Equestrian Team ALMA MATER ...... South Dakota State, 2012 OFFICE PHONE ...... (605) 688-5030 ADMINISTRATION PRESIDENT...... Dr. David L. Chicoine SPORTS INFORMATION ALMA MATER ...... South Dakota State, 1969 ASSOCIATE SID/EQUESTRIAN CONTACT...... Ryan Sweeter DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS ...... Justin Sell OFFICE PHONE ...... (605) 688-4822 ALMA MATER ...... Bowling Green State, 1991 CELL PHONE ...... (605) 376-4422 SPORT SUPERVISOR ...... Jeff Holm E-MAIL...... [email protected] ALMA MATER...... MSU, Mankato, 1993 SID MAILING ADDRESS...... 2820 HPER Center SENIOR WOMAN ADMINISTRATOR ...... Kathy Heylens ...... Brookings, SD 57007-1497 ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT PHONE...... (605) 688-5625

2014-15 SCHEDULE

Friday, Sept. 26 vs. New Mexico State Manhattan, Kan. 9 a.m. TABLE OF CONTENTS at Kansas State Manhattan, Kan. 9 a.m. SDSU QUICK FACTS/SCHEDULE ...... 1 Saurday, Sept. 27 at Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla 1 p.m. 2014-15 ROSTER ...... 2 Saturday, Oct. 18 MINNESOTA-CROOKSTON DeHaan Center 10 a.m. JACKRABBIT EQUESTRIAN STAFF ...... 3-4 Saturday, Oct. 25 at Texas A&M College Station, Texas 11 a.m. STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING STAFF ...... 5 Friday, Oct. 31 NEX MEXICO STATE DeHaan Center 8 a.m. SPORTS MEDICINE STAFF...... 6 Saturday, Nov. 1 SMU DeHaan Center 8 a.m. ATHLETIC SUPPORT STAFF ...... 7-9 Friday, Nov. 14 at Delaware State Dover, Del. 9 a.m. ET SEASON PREVIEW...... 10 Saturday, Nov. 15 vs. UT-Martin Dover, Del. 8 a.m. ET JACKRABBIT RIDERS...... 11-24 19-20 AQHA Collegiate Horsemanship Challenge; Oklahoma City, Okla. SENIORS...... 12-15 Saturday, Jan. 31 ALABAMA DeHaan Center 9 a.m. JUNIORS...... 15-18 NORTH DAKOTA STATE (EXHIBITION) SOPHOMORES...... 19-23 Sunday, Feb. 1 Sun Circuit Shootout; Scottsdale, Ariz. FRESHMEN...... 23-24 Friday, Feb. 6 Winter Equestrian Festival; Wellington, Fla. SDSU HORSES ...... 25-30 Friday, Feb. 20 MINNESOTA-CROOKSTON DeHaan Center 8 a.m. HISTORY AND RECORDS...... 32-33 Saturday, Feb. 21 FRESNO STATE DeHaan Center 8 a.m. YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS...... 34-35 Saturday, Feb. 28 at TCU Fort Worth, Texas 10 a.m. ALL-TIME AWARD WINNTERS ...... 36 Sunday, March 1 at SMU Dallas, Texas 10 a.m. 2013-14 STATISTICS AND RESULTS...... 37-38 Friday, March 13 at UT-Martin Martin, Tenn. 10 a.m. ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS...... 39 Saturday, March 14 vs. Sacred Heart Martin, Tenn. 10 a.m. SDSU ATHLETICS MISSION STATEMENT ...... 40 27-28 AT INDEPENDENT CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT FRESNO, CALIF. DEHAAN EQUESTRIAN CENTER...... 41 Friday, March 28 *(Fresno State, New Mexico State, SMU) JACKRABBIT ATHLETIC FACILITIES ...... 42 Saturday, March 29 Championship/Consolation Meets WELCOME TO SDSU...... 43-47 – – – – –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 16-18 AT NCEA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS WACO, TEXAS Thursday, April 16 First Round The South Dakota State Sports Information office produced 100 copies of the 2014-15 SDSU Equestrian Media Guide on recycled paper at a Friday, April 17 Second Round cost of $5.94 each. Front cover design by SDSU Marketing and Com- Saturday, April 18 Finals munications. Photos credited to Eric Landwehr, South Dakota State - –- –- –- –- –- –- –- –- –- –- –- –- –- –- –- –- –- –- –- –- –- –- –- –- –- –- –- –- –- –- –- –- University Relations, Stephen Brua, TomVioland and Beth Schmitz; with additional photos provided by photographers at the NCEA Na- HOME EVENTS IN ALL CAPS tional Championships. For more information regarding the Jackrabbit * = Seeded four-team event with a bracketed format equestrian program, please contact SDSU Associate Sports Informa- tion Director Ryan Sweeter at [email protected] Schedule and start times subject to change 2014-15 JACKRABBIT EQUESTRIAN 1 2014-15 JACKRABBIT RIDERS

NAME YEAR DICIPLINE EVENT(S) HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) Kristen Akers So. Hunt Seat Flat/Fences Kingman, Ariz. (Kingman H.S.) Jessica Andronowitz So. Hunt Seat Flat/Fences McHenry, Ill. (McHenry H.S.) Danielle Baker Sr. Western Reining/Horsemanship Swanton, Ohio (Ohio Virtual Academy) Nicole Bangasser So. Hunt Seat Flat/Fences Jordan, Minn. (New Prague Sr. H.S.) Sarah Bowen Jr. Western Horsemanship Hastings, Neb. (Adams Central H.S.) Kelsey Cordell Sr. Hunt Seat Flat/Fences Bothell, Wash. (Kentridge H.S.) Christina Dexter So. Western Reining Harrisonville, Mo. (Harrisonville H.S.) Danielle Dickerson So. Western Horsemanship Sugar Creek, Mo. (William Chrisman H.S.) Taylor Duerr Fr. Hunt Seat Flat/Fences Rochester, N.Y. (The Ethel Walker School) Madison Engels Sr. Western Reining Kingman, Ariz. (Kingman Academy) Keahna Fenwick Jr. Hunt Seat Flat Merrill, Wis. (Wausau East H.S.) Marielle Golden Jr. Hunt Seat Flat/Fences Boca Raton, Fla. (Spanish River H.S.) Jordan Goodall Sr. Hunt Seat Flat/Fences Centennial, Colo. (Cherry Creek H.S.) Mandy Gradert Sr. Hunt Seat Flat Sibley, Iowa (Sibley-Ocheyedan H.S.) Alissa Greenwald Fr. Hunt Seat Flat/Fences Overland Park, Kan. (Shawnee Mission West H.S.) Carsen Gregg Fr. Hunt Seat Fences Longmont, Colo. (Silver Creek H.S.) Alisha Haddock Jr. Western Horsemanship Rio Rancho, N.M. (New Mexico) (V. Sue Cleveland H.S.) Morgan Hall So. Western Reining Neligh, Neb. (Plainview H.S.) Nicole Harvey So. Western Reining Bozeman, Mont. (Bozeman H.S.) Anna Hassel Jr. Hunt Seat Flat Sioux Falls, S.D. (O'Gorman H.S.) Vanessa Hinkle Jr. Western Horsemanship Junction City, Wis. (Stevens Point Area H.S.) Lexus Hoffman Jr. Western Horsemanship Whitewater, Wis. (Whitewater H.S.) Natalie Howard So. Hunt Seat Flat/Fences Temecula, Calif. (Great Oak H.S.) Elaina Johnson Jr. Hunt Seat Flat/Fences Dousman, Wis. (Kettle Moraine H.S.) Victoria Johnson So. Western Horsemanship Olympia, Wash. (Tumwater H.S.) Emily Kerr Fr. Hunt Seat Flat/Fences Ventura, Calif. (Saugus H.S.) Melissa Kerr Fr. Hunt Seat Flat/Fences Granville, Ohio (Granville H.S.) Maddie Lewis So. Hunt Seat Flat/Fences Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (Ketcham Senior H.S.) Blair Long Sr. Hunt Seat Fences Dayton, Va. (Turner Ashby H.S.) Angela Lopez So. Western Horsemanship Brentwood, Calif. (Liberty H.S.) Hayley Marshall Fr. Western Horsemanship Crestview, Fla. (Crestview H.S.) Katherine McCabe Fr. Hunt Seat Flat/Fences Granville, Ohio (Granville H.S.) Stephanie Mills So. Hunt Seat Flat Esko, Minn. (Lincoln H.S. ) Elizabeth Niewojna So. Western Horsemanship Wilsall, Mont. (Castle View H.S.) Makayla Reed So. Western Reining Porterville, Calif. (Porterville H.S.) Raivenne Scott Jr. Western Reining Hillsboro, Ore. (Hillsboro H.S.) Nicole Siebold So. Western Horsemanship West Jefferson, Ohio (West Jefferson H.S.) Samantha Stahnke Sr. Western Horsemanship Spicer, Minn. (Willmar Senior H.S.) Miranda Sullivan Fr. Western Reining Orleans, Ind. (Orleans Senior H.S.) Kelsey Swainston So. Western Horsemanship Nampa, Idaho (Nampa H.S.) Jessica Taylor Jr. Western Horsemanship Granger, Iowa (Woodward-Granger H.S.) Andie Vsetecka Sr. Western Horsemanship Cresco, Iowa (Crestwood H.S.) Blair Julia Wright So. Hunt Seat Flat/Fences Frisco, Texas (Trinity Christian Academy) Mariah Wright Fr. Western Reining Wooster, Ohio (Wooster H.S.)

2014-15 JACKRABBIT COACHING STAFF

HEAD COACH ...... Megan Rossiter ASSISTANT COACH...... Ellie Wilkins GRADUATE ASSISTANT ...... Natalie Gilbert GRADUATE ASSISTANT...... Lindsey McNeill BARN MANAGER...... Rachel Boone

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

Taylor Duerr ...... Doo-er Nicole Siebold ...... See-bold Keahna Fenwick...... Key-ah-nah Samantha Stahnke...... Ston-kee Mandy Gradert...... Gray-dirt Andie Vsetecka ...... Sha-tesh-kah Elizabeth Niewojna...... Knee-o-wanna

2 GOJACKS.COM HEAD COACH MEGAN ROSSITER

HOMETOWN DePere, Wis.

EDUCATION B.S. Agriculture – Murray State, 2000 M.S. Animal Science – Oklahoma State, 2008

EXPERIENCE Head Coach – South Dakota State, June 2011-present Trainer and Instructor – Drake Johnson Reining Horses, Wray, Colo., 2007-11 Assistant Coach – Oklahoma State, 2003-07 Graduate Assistant Coach – Oklahoma State, 2001-03

Megan Rossiter took over the Jackrabbit equestrian mark in western only meets. The western squad quali- much success in IHSA competition. Rossiter-coached program on June 6, 2011, after spending four years at fied for the NCEA National Championships, but fell to riders won 33 individual Zone championships, 18 Re- Drake Johnson Reining Horses in Wray, Colo., where Kansas State by a 6-2 score in the opening round. gional championships and seven national titles. The she assisted in instructing riders, training and showing In just her second year at SDSU, the Rossiter-led Cowgirls as a team also won Zone and Regional Cham- reining horses. Jackrabbits finished the season with a 7-6 overall pionships in 2004, and the IHSA reserve western na- "I really enjoy working with the young women on the record, with a 1-2 mark in hunt seat meets and a 1-1 tional title in 2002. equestrian team," Rossiter said. "Being involved in a mark in western meets. The western team again ad- The 2013-14 Jackrabbits struggled out of the gate, program with such great support from the administra- vanced to NCEA Nationals, and for the first time in but finished the season strong, by capturing the Inde- tion, staff and community makes this a great place to school history, so did the hunt seat team. pendent Tournament Championship to finish with a 3-9 live and work." Both squads made the most of their trip to Waco, overall mark. Now in her fourth season with the Jackrabbits, Texas, for nationals by downing their first round oppo- Rossiter began her involvement with horses in her Rossiter enters the season with a 12-20 overall record, nents. The western squad rode to a 5-3 win over UT- hometown of DePere, Wis., where she grew up compet- and with a pair of NCEA National Championships ap- Martin in the opening round before falling to Kansas ing in the AQHA circuits, congress and in the AQHYA pearances in both 2012 and in 2013, when the Jackrab- State in the quarterfinals. The hunt seat riders captured World Show. She then competed as an intercollegiate bits made history by becoming the first team in school a win over TCU in the first round on raw score, but fell rider in both hunt seat and western events at Murray history to advance at nationals. to eventual national champion Auburn in the quarterfi- State University in Murray, Ky., where she participated In her first season in 2011-12, Rossiter turned the nals. in the National Student Exchange at New Mexico State team’s focus from NCEA and IHSA competitions to just No stranger to the college coaching ranks, Rossiter University as a junior in 1998. During that year at NCEA meets, which puts more emphasis on the team began her collegiate coaching career at Oklahoma NMSU, she competed with the Aggie equestrian team aspect of the sport. State University in Stillwater, Okla., where she helped under then head coach Larry Sanchez. “Some schools compete in both IHSA and NCEA coach the western team as a graduate assistant under Rossiter graduated from Murray State in 2000 with events, and I understand why they do that, but it just head coach Larry Sanchez from 2001 until 2003, when Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture with a con- didn’t work for our team,” Rossiter said. “For us, we she accepted a newly created assistant coaching posi- centration in equine science, and then earned a Master could do both, but couldn’t do both well, so we shifted tion. During her time on staff at OSU, the Cowgirl west- of Science Degree in Animal Science, with an emphasis our focus to NCEA competition only, which works better ern squad won the Varsity Equestrian National on equine nutrition, from Oklahoma State University in for our team.” Championships in 2003, 2004 and 2006, and the re- 2008. The Jacks posed a 2-5 overall record in her first sea- serve national championship in 2005. son, with a 1-1 mark in hunt seat only meets and an 0-2 In addition to Varsity Equestrian, the Cowgirls attained

ASSISTANT COACH ELLIE WILKINS

HOMETOWN Evergreen, Colo.

EDUCATION B.S. Recreation, Parks and Tourism Science – Texas A&M, 2014

EXPERIENCE Assistant Coach – South Dakota State, Sept. 2014-present Four Year Letterwinner at Texas A&M, 2010-14

Ellie Wilkins joined the Jackrabbit equestrian staff in the Maclay Finals in 2008. Wilkins also worked clinics with Rita Timpanaro and September of 2014 as the team’s hunt seat coach on Wilkins essentially started her coaching career while Nick Karazissis, and brings experience riding and an interim basis after competing for the last four years a student-athlete at Texas A&M, where the Aggie schooling horses for Hugh Graham in Ontario, Canada. at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, coaching staff appointed her as an equitation on the where she competed on the Aggies 2011 and 2012 flat specialist to assist with instruction at practices and NCEA National Championship teams. competitions for her teammates. In addition to riding with her Aggie teammates, After graduating from Texas A&M in 2014 with a Wilkins also competed in United States Equestrian Bachelor of Science in recreation, parks and tourism Federation events, where she won a pair of USEF sciences, the Evergreen, Colo., native returned home Zone 8 equitation championships and competed in the to work with her trainer, Meg Shulman, an “R” judge, USEF Pessoa Medal finals in 2008 and 2009, and in trainer and clinician.

2014-15 JACKRABBIT EQUESTRIAN 3 GRADUATE ASSISTANT NATALIE GILBERT

senior years. She also served as the youth director for HOMETOWN the regional cowhorse association. Dallas, Texas Gilbert graduated from West Texas A&M in 2013 with a Bachelor of Science degree in equine industry and EDUCATION business, with minors in animal science and English, B.S. Equine Industry and Business – West Texas A&M, 2013 and began working towards a master’s degree in cur- M.S. Curriculum and Instruction – South Dakota State, 2013-present riculum and instruction in 2013 at South Dakota State. She eventually wants to teach at the collegiate level in RIDING CAREER an equine program and plans on pursuing a career in Four-Year Letterwinner – West Texas A&M, 2008-12 coaching collegiate equestrian.

Natalie Gilbert joined the Jackrabbit equestrian staff tions, advancing through regionals and zones to com- as a graduate assistant in July 2013. pete nationally. A Dallas, Texas native and a passionate rider and After her career with Buffalos, Gilbert started riding competitor, Gilbert competed in both hunt seat and reined-cowhorses. Her first year showing, she qualified western disciplines since the age of 10. She began her for the NRCHA’s Celebration of Champions and won a competitive career in the pony hunters and equitation, year-end award with the regional NRCHA association. followed by a long career in the jumpers. She then In addition to her horse related success, Gilbert partici- brought that experience to the equestrian team at West pated in and earned honors for her leadership and hard Texas A&M, where she repeatedly competed in postsea- work, earning a selection to serve in the elite West son Intercollegiate Horse Show Association competi- Texas Agriculture Ambassadors during her junior and

GRADUATE ASSISTANT LINDSEY MCNEILL

2014 with a bachelor of science degree in equine indus- HOMETOWN try and business with a minor in animal science, and Houston, Texas started pursuing a master’s degree in curriculum and in- struction at South Dakota State in the fall. After SDSU, EDUCATION she plans on pursuing a career teaching in an eques- B.S. Equine Industry and Business – West Texas A&M, 2014 trian program at the collegiate level. M.S. Curriculum and Instruction – South Dakota State, 2014-present

RIDING CAREER Four-Year Letterwinner – West Texas A&M, 2009-14

Lindsey McNeill joined the Jackrabbit equestrian staff vancing through regionals and zones to compete nation- in July of 2014 as a graduate assistant, after spending ally. the last four years competing on the equestrian team at In addition to her competitive riding, McNeill served as West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas. a member of the West Texas A&M horse judging team Born and raised in Houston, Texas, McNeill worked where she earned top honors and helped lead her team with horses at a Girl Scout camp for seven years before to a pair of world championships and one reserve cham- she began competing at West Texas A&M in both hunt pionship. She also showed exceptional leadership in seat and western events for the Buffaloes equestrian being chosen as an agricultural ambassador at West team, where she regularly competed in postseason In- Texas A&M both junior and senior years. tercollegiate Horse Show Association competitions, ad- McNeill graduated from West Texas A&M in May of

BARN MANAGER RACHEL BOONE

Boone monitors pasture usage to avoid overgrazing, HOMETOWN and maintains the grounds around the equestrian center Aberdeen, S.D. and offices. An Aberdeen, S.D., native, Boone earned a Bachelor EDUCATION of Science degree in environmental management from B.S. Envronmental Management – South Dakota State, 2012 South Dakota State in 2012, with minors in biology and geographic information systems. In addition to working EXPERIENCE at the barn for three years as a student, she played on Equestrian Barn Manager, 2012-present the SDSU rugby team and participated in Air Force Equestrian Center Student Employee, 2009-12 ROTC for two years. An avid recreational rider, Boone earned three varsity Rachel Boone joined the Jackrabbit staff as the ciently and properly. letters in both volleyball and basketball in high school, equestrian barn manager on June 22, 2012, after work- Boone works with the veterinarian and farrier to keep and helped lead her team to four conference titles in vol- ing on the staff as an undergraduate student. the horses shoed and up to date on their vaccinations leyball and a second place finish at the 2006 state tour- A 2012 graduate from South Dakota State, Boone and ensures that all of the equipment runs properly, nament, earning academic all-state honors from oversees the day-to-day operations of the Nathelle and which requires her doing minor maintenance and sched- 2004-06 in the process. Lawrence DeHaan Equestrian Center, which includes uling the needed tune-ups. She also keeps all of the re- the barn staff and the SDSU horse herd. quired supplies of bedding, hay, grain, supplements and In addition to managing the staff, Boone hires the stu- medications on hand that the facility needs for daily op- dent employees, working with them and their class erations. schedule to make sure all of the chores get done effi- In addition to the staff, horses and the building itself, 4 GOJACKS.COM SDSU STRENGTH & CONDITIONING

From 1997 through the spring of 1999, Moe ASSISTANT AD – STRENGTH & CONDIDIONING worked as a graduate assistant in the strength and Nathan Moe, MEd., CSCS, RSCC*D, MSCC, SCCC, USAW conditioning program at the University of Texas in EDUCATION Austin, where he earned a MEd. in Exercise Physi- B.S. Exercise Science: Moorhead State, Minn., 1996 ology. He also worked in private business in physi- MEd. Exercise Physiology: University of Texas, 1999 cal fitness in Austin and Houston, Texas and in Fargo, N.D. EXPERIENCE A Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist Assistant AD-Strength & Conditioning: South Dakota State, 2011-Present and a USA Weightlifting Certified Club Coach, Moe Head Strength & Conditioning Coach: South Dakota State, 2005-11 also maintains certifications in the National Strength Head Strength & Conditioning Coach: Eastern Illinois, 2002-05 and Conditioning Association and the Collegiate Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach: Rice University, 1999-2002 Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association. Strength & Conditioning Graduate Assistant: University of Texas, 1997-99 In May 2012, the Collegiate Strength and Condi- tioning Coaches Association honored Moe as a Nathan Moe joined the South Dakota State staff Illinois University for three years, where he oversaw Master Strength and Conditioning Coach at its con- as the head strength and conditioning coach in Au- the design and implementation of strength and con- vention in Orlando, Fla. gust 2005 and served in that position until being ditioning programs for all 22 of the Panthers varsity A Minnesota native, Moe graduated from Moor- promoted to assistant athletic director for strength sports. head State University in Moorhead, Minn., in 1996, and conditioning in May 2011. Before his days with the Panthers in Moe worked with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Exercise Sci- Moe works directly with the Jackrabbit football as the assistant strength and conditioning coach at ence. He also earned all-conference honors as a and volleyball teams, and he also oversees the de- Rice University in Houston, Texas, where he linebacker for the 1995 Northern Sun Intercollegiate sign and implementation of the year-round strength worked with the Owls football strength program, Conference champion Dragons. and conditioning programs for all of the Jackrabbits while being directly responsible for men’s and Moe and his wife Colleen live in Brookings with 21 varsity sports. women’s track, men’s and women’s tennis, their son, Zachary and daughter Kylie. Moe came to South Dakota State after heading women’s swimming, women’s soccer and men’s the strength and conditioning program at Eastern golf.

ASSISTANT STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACHES

ASSISTANT STRENGTH & CONDIDIONING COACH ASSISTANT STRENGTH & CONDIDIONING COACH Eric Adolph, CSCS, USAW Adam Parsons, MSA, CSCS, USAW

EDUCATION EDUCATION B.A. Human Kinetics: British Columbia, 2010 B.A. Sport Exercise: Dakota Wesleyan, 2009 M.S. Sport Administration: Belmont, 2012 M.S. Health and Nutrition Science: South Dakota State, 2012 EXPERIENCE EXPERIENCE Assistant Coach: South Dakota State, 2013-Present Assistant Coach: South Dakota State, 2012-Present Assistant Coach: North Dakota, 2013 Graduate Assistant: South Dakota State, 2010-12 Graduate Assistant: Belmont, 2011-13

Eric Adolph joined the Jackrabbit staff as the assistant strength and condi- Adam Parsons joined the Jackrabbit staff on Nov. 18, 2013, after working as tioning coach in March 2012, after spending two years on the staff as a gradu- an assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of North Dakota ate assistant. since June of 2013. A Flandreau, S.D., native, Adolph completed his Master of Science degree in Parsons, who works with the Jackrabbit soccer, wrestling and track and field Health and Nutritional Science with an emphasis in Sports Science at South programs, earned a bachelor’s degree in human kinetics from the University of Dakota State in May of 2012. British Columbia in 2010, and added a master’s degree in sport administration Adolph's main responsibilities include working directly with the men’s and from Belmont University in 2013. He also earned certifications from the Ameri- women's basketball teams, while assisting with the remaining 21 varsity sports. can Red Cross in first aid, CPR/AED, as a USA Weightlifting Certified Sports In the past, he also worked directly with the Jackrabbit softball, soccer, men's Performance Coach and a National Strength & Conditioning Association CSCS and women's tennis, men's and women's golf, equestrian and cheer teams. certification. A Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and USA Weightlift- In addition to his work at Belmont and North Dakota, Parsons interned at ing Sports Performance Coach, Adolph graduated from Dakota Wesleyan Uni- Oregon State and Washington State, and also worked as a volunteer assistnat versity in 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sport Exercise and Wellness. at Tennessee State.

STRENGTH & CONDITIONING GRADUATE ASSISTANTS

SPORTS RESPONSIBILITIES SPORTS RESPONSIBILITIES SPORTS RESPONSIBILITIES Golf Golf Swimming and Diving Wrestling Tennis Softball Track and Field Equestrian Cheer and Dance

SETH DAUGHTERS ALEX JARDINE PAUL LUNDGREN

2014-15 JACKRABBIT EQUESTRIAN 5 SDSU SPORTS MEDICINE

ASSISTAN AD – DIRECTOR OF SPORTS MEDICNE Owen Stanley, M.S., ATC, CSCS, NREMT

EDUCATION B.S. Athletic Training: West Chester (Pa.), 2002 M.S. Kinesiology & Health Promotion: Kentucky, 2005

EXPERIENCE Assistant-AD Director of Sports Medicine: South Dakota State, 2009-present Assistant Athletic Trainer: Kansas City Chiefs, 2007-09 Assistant Athletic Trainer/Head Football Trainer: Northern Iowa, 2005-07

Owen Stanley brought a wealth of professional In 2007, Stanley accepted the position of as- collegiate experience with him when he joined sistant athletic trainer for the National Football MISSION STATEMENT the South Dakota State staff in July 2009, where League's Kansas City Chiefs, where he worked he oversees an athletic training staff that in- until joining the Jackrabbits. To administer the most advanced cludes five assistant trainers and five graduate Stanley's other professional experience in- ethical, preventative, comprehensive assistants. cludes internships with the NFL's New York Jets and personalized health care serv- A native of Macungie, Pa., Stanley earned a and the Philadelphia Wings of the Professional ices for continued optimal perform- bachelor's degree in athletic training from West Indoor Lacrosse league. ance of South Dakota State Chester University (Pa.) in 2002, and a master's In addition to his athletic training experience, student-athletes. degree in kinesiology and health promotion at Stanley gave presentations at the National Ath- the University of Kentucky in 2005, while serving letic Trainers' Association Annual Meeting and as a graduate assistant athletic trainer for the the Southeast Athletic Trainers' Association Wildcats' football and baseball teams. Symposium. He also chaired the Young Profes- Upon graduating from Kentucky, Stanley sionals Committee of the Missouri Athletic Train- VISION STATEMENT joined the athletic training staff at the University ers Association and served as an E-Mentor for of Northern Iowa in 2005, working as the assis- NATA. To be at the forefront of contempo- tant director of athletic training services and Stanley lives in Brookings with his wife, Erin. rary healthcare services, medical head athletic trainer for the Panther football amenities and facilities for the well team. being of SDSU student-athletes; accomplished through the utilization of our community medical profes- ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINERS sionals, experienced staff and culti- vating sports medicine research.

CORE VALUES Honesty, equity, academic integrity, fiscal integrity, and social responsibility

BEN HEINZE DAVID KRAGNESS DAVID RULE LISA SPORS SOCCER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL FOOTBALL VOLLEYBALL SOFTBALL MEN’S/WOMEN’S TENNIS SWIMMING & DIVING

GRADUATE ASSISTANTS AND INTERNS

KAITLIN BOLLES JENNIFER BURT BOBBY DAIGLE TAYLER ESPINOZA JOSHUA HAWKINS DAVID HOLFORD FERNANDO PEREZ HEIDI SARTORIUS FOOTBALL SOFTBALL BASEBALL SWIMMING & DIVING WRESTLING TRACK & FIELD EQUESTRIAN TRACK & FIELD CROSS COUNTRY FOOTBALL CROSS COUNTRY

6 GOJACKS.COM SDSU PRESIDENT: DR. DAVID L. CHICOINE

A 1969 graduate of nomic Development and Dean of the College Chicoine and his brother Jeff, who finished South Dakota State Uni- of Agriculture. school here the year before him. versity, David L. Chicoine While vice president at the University of Illi- When President Chicoine graduated, he did became the third alumnus nois, President Chicoine helped launch Illi- so alongside former U.S. Senator Tom to sit in the South Dakota noisVENTURES, LLC, a seed and early-stage Daschle and several men and women who State University presi- technology investment firm. He also reached work at South Dakota State today. dent’s office when he took new milestones each year in restructuring the At State, President Chicoine also met long- office on Jan. 1, 2007. university’s technology licensing offices. time friend and colleague Robert Todd, with The 19th president in As its dean, President Chicoine transformed whom he worked with almost 30 years at the school history met his wife, Marcia, whom he the College of Agriculture, leaving it with seven University of Illinois. spotted in an English class to which he claims academic departments and an Information The president and his wife, Marcia, live in perfect attendance—after he noticed her there Technology unit in place of the previous 14 ad- Woodbine Cottage. Their family includes son first, of course. ministrative units. He raised $134 million in pri- Joshua, a Chicago-based musician; daughter- President Chicoine spent the majority of the vate gifts (surpassing the campaign’s goal of in-law Laura Ellsworth; granddaughter Sylvie; next 30 years away from South Dakota State $115 million) and increased the endowment to and their late son Jason. working in higher education at the University of $60 million. President Chicoine serves as the 19th presi- Illinois, where he held administrative posts, in- Of the eight siblings in President Chicoine’s dent of the University and the 17th to live in cluding Vice President of Technology and Eco- family, five attended State, including President the historic cottage.

SDSU DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: JUSTIN SELL

Justin Sell joined the Learfield Sports quickly established a Brook- J. Dykhouse Stadium. Jackrabbit staff May 7, ings-based entity known as “Jackrabbit Sports Born in Salem, Ore., and raised in Colum- 2009, as the 12th director Properties” that directs all aspects of the part- bus, Ohio, Sell came to South Dakota State of athletics at South nership, including managing and selling multi- from the University of Northern Iowa, where he Dakota State University, media and sponsorship rights for South worked in various roles, both at the university where he oversees the Dakota State Athletics. and in the community for 10 years. He also Jackrabbits’ 21-sport Divi- In addition to the deal with Learfield Sports, worked at Villanova University, Syracuse Uni- sion I athletics program. Sell directed the implementation of the Letter- versity, The Ohio State University and Bowling Under Sell’s leadership, winners Club, which provides opportunities for Green State University. Sell gained further ex- SDSU athletics continues to make strides in Jackrabbit Athletics to reconnect and stay con- perience working in the private sector for vari- athletic competition, in the classroom, in nected with former student-athletes, while sup- ous sports teams and events. fundraising and in reconnecting with alumni. porting current student-athletes at South In the community, Sell serves as a board Athletically, the Jackrabbits claimed 18 regu- Dakota State. member of the Brookings Chamber of Com- lar and postseason league championships in In the years to come, Sell wants to continue merce, Brookings Convention and Visitor's Bu- six different sports since 2009-10. That broad- reconnecting with former Jackrabbit student- reau, Brookings Friends of Baseball and on based success has led SDSU to claim The athletes and enhancing the athletic facilities the Brookings Health System. Summit League Commissioner’s Cup all- while still maintaining success, both in compe- Sell earned his bachelor’s degree in sport sports trophy three times (2010-11, 2012-13, tition, but more importantly, in the classroom. management from Bowling Green State Uni- 2013-14), along with winning both The Summit On the facilities front, Sell oversaw the com- versity (Ohio) in 1991 and completed a mas- League’s Dr. William Steinbrecher Men’s All- pletion of the Dykhouse Student-Athlete Cen- ter’s degree in physical education/sport Sports Award and Dr. Helen Smiley Women’s ter in 2010, and developed the 2025 SDSU administration at The Ohio State University in All-Sports Award during the 2013-14 season. Athletic Facilities Master Plan. Additionally, 1992. SDSU also claimed the Steinbrecher award Sell spearheaded efforts to add permanent Sell and his wife, Jennie, have four children; during the 2012-13 season and earned the seating and a press box at Erv Huether Field, Abbie, Zach, Josh and Eric. league’s Sportsmanship Award, an award chairback seating in both Frost Arena and voted upon by its peers, during the 2010-11 Coughlin-Alumni Stadium. campaign. Construction of the indoor facility—the San- In the classroom, Jackrabbit student-athletes ford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex—began in continually post a GPA of 3.2 or higher in more August 2013, and finished in the fall of 2014. than 70 different majors, which led SDSU to Lead gifts totaling $12.5 million toward the winning The Summit League’s Institutional Ac- construction of the new Dana J. Dykhouse ademic Achievement Award for the 2009-10 Stadium, with seating up to 20,000 were re- and 2012-13 academic years and the Missouri ceived in October 2013. The project began in Valley Football Conference Academic Award in the fall of 2014, with completion set for the all six years in the league (2008-13). summer of 2016. In total, Sell spearheaded In January 2011, Sell announced a partner- the fundraising efforts to raise more than $57 SDSU PRESIDENT DAVID L. CHICOINE ship with Learfield Sports, signing a 10-year million in private donations since Aug. 1, 2012, introduced JUSTIN SELL at a press deal worth $13 million for SDSU athletics. for the Sanford-Jackrabbit Complex and Dana conference on May 7, 2009 2014-15 JACKRABBIT EQUESTRIAN 7 SENIOR WOMAN ADMINISTRATOR: KATHY HEYLENS

POSITIONS Senior Associate Athletic Director for Compliance Senior Woman Administrator

PHONE (605) 688-5308

EMAIL [email protected]

Kathy Heylens came to South Dakota State in July create an environment where staff and student-ath- Board and Compliance Team. She also volunteers in 1984 as a member of the staff in the admissions of- letes can achieve their goals. the community as co-chair of the Brookings Food fice before moving to athletics two years later as a Heylens recently accepted an appointment of a Pantry and serves as a member of the Brookings senior secretary. four-year term on the NCAA Division I Legislative Committee for People With Disabilities. Heylens became the institution’s first full-time Council, which serves as the A Watertown, S.D., native, Kathy and her hus- Compliance Coordinator in 1990 and continues primary legislative body in the Division I band, Bill, live in Volga, S.D. and have two grown those duties as the associate governance structure. She also accepted an ap- children. In her spare time Kathy enjoys reading, athletic director for compliance and senior woman pointment to the four-member Legislative Council spending time at the lake and cheering on the administrator. Administrative Committee, which acts on behalf of Jacks! Heylens manages all aspects of the athletics com- the full Legislative Council between meetings to pliance program to ensure strict adherence with transact routine items of business. NCAA, affiliated conferences and university rules She also serves on the NCAA Division I Football and regulations for amateurism, eligibility, recruiting, Championship Subdivision Governance Committee. financial aid, awards and benefits, playing and prac- In addition to her day-to-day duties, Heylens tice seasons and enforcement. serves on the Undergraduate Experience Commit- As the senior woman administrator, she helps to tee, Diversity Committee, Intercollegiate Athletics

SPORT SUPERVISOR: JEFF HOLM

POSITION Senior Associate Athletic Director for Facilities and Operations

EDUCATION B.S. Math Education – Minnesota State, Mankato, 1993 M.S. Sports Pedagogy – South Dakota State, 1997

PHONE: (605) 688-6287

EMAIL: [email protected]

Jeff Holm joined the SDSU athletic staff as the served as the chair of the exercise science depart- senior associate athletic director for facilities and op- ment at MU in 2001. erations on July 28, 2014, after spending 13 years in A former baseball player at Minnesota State, various roles at Augustana College in Sioux Falls. Mankato, Holm earned a bachelor's degree in math A native of Brookings, Holm brings more than a education with a minor in coaching from MSU in decade of experience in intercollegiate athletics in 1993, and went on to earn a master's degree in both coaching and administration to the Jackrabbits, sport pedagogy from South Dakota State in 1997. the last four years as the associate athletic director While at SDSU, he served as an assistant baseball at Augustana College after serving as an assistant coach for the Jackrabbits. AD from 2006-10. Holm and wife, Amy, are parents to sons J.D. and While at Augustana, Holm served as the Vikings Charlie. head baseball coach from 2001-06, and earned North Central Conference Coach of the Year honors in 2003 after leading his squad to the conference championship. Prior to taking over the Augustana baseball pro- gram, Holm served as the head baseball coach at Millikin University in Decatur, Ill., from 1998-2001 and earned College Conference of Illinois and Wis- consin Coach of the Year honors in 2000. He also

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Despite a tough season overall, the South Dakota State equestrian team closed the 2013- 14 campaign on a winning note, closing the sea- son with three straight wins, with the final two giving the Jackrabbits the Independent Tourna- ment Championship. “We really need to keep that momentum from last season and carry that over into the 2014-15 season,” head coach Megan Rossiter said. “We lost two meets on raw score last season, and that winning mindset can make the difference be- tween a win and a loss, which can be the differ- ence in making nationals.” Of the 28 riders that competed for the Jacks last season, 23 of them return, 11 hunt seat rid- ers and 12 western riders, including All-American Raivenne Scott, who posted a 10-0-1 overall record last season as a sophomore in reining. Already ranked fourth in all-time reining wins at SDSU, Scott’s 10 wins in 2013-14 represent the second-highest single-season total in school his- Jackrabbit junior RAIVENNE SCOTT posted a 10-0-1 record in reining in 2013-14 as a sopho- tory, all of which played a big part in her earning more, earning All-American honors along the way. She also rode at the prestigious NRHA Derby a chance to ride at the prestigious NRHA Derby Catch ride on June 28, in Oklahoma City, where she placed eighth Catch Ride in June in Oklahoma City, where she AQHA Collegiate Horsemanship Challenge on prove during her sophomore season. rode to an eighth place finish. Nov. 19-20 in Oklahoma City, as part of the Sophomore Marielle Golden struggled on the “Raivenne rode in all 15 meets as a freshman, AQHA World Championship Show. flat last season in just three meets, but posted a and even though she only won five points that “Winning MOP in your first-ever collegiate meet winning record as a freshman, when she helped year, you could see her potential,” Rossiter said. really builds confidence for the rest of the sea- the Jackrabbits advance to the second round of “We really saw that potential come to fruition last son, and we saw that last year with Lizzy,” NCEA Nationals. year, as only the second rider in our program’s Rossiter said. “She only won one more MOP the Golden did post a winning record last year over history to post double-digit wins in a season in rest of the season, but she never stopped riding fences, and looks to continue being a dual threat any event.” well, and continued to post high scores for the for the Jackrabbits in 2014-15, as does senior In just her first year on the team, fellow western rest of the season. I think we’ve only scratched Jordan Goodall, who also competed on the 2012- rider Elizabeth Niewojna tied an SDSU single- the surface of her potential.” 13 squad that advanced at nationals. season record last year with eight horsemanship Sophomore Blair Julia Wright leads the return- “We just couldn’t seem to catch a break in hunt wins, and already sits in a tie for third all-time at ing riders on the hunt seat side. She posted a 6- seat last year, so I’m not overly worried about SDSU with a pair of MOP rides in her career. She 3-1 record as a freshman on the flat, and earned that group this year,” Rossiter said. “We return a finished the season with an 8-3 overall record MOP honors in one meet. She also competed in core group of experienced riders, a number of and earned a chance to compete at the 2014 seven meets over fences, where she looks to im- them who helped us advance at nationals a cou- ple of years ago, so I expect them to rebound nicely and really compete hard for us this year.” While the Jackrabbits do return a great deal of talent, they also lost some of top riders in school history to graduation; riders like Santana Wright in hunt seat and both Laura Dunlavy and Shelby Webb in western. The most prolific rider in SDSU equestrian his- tory, Santana Wright graduated as the all-time leader in wins both on the flat and over fences. She also holds the SDSU record for single-sea- son wins in both events and MOPs in a career in both events. A reining All-American in 2013, Dunlavy holds the SDSU record for reining wins in a season and in a career, and tied for MOP record in a single- season and career. Webb graduated tied for the school-record for horsemanship wins in a season and ranked sec- ond all-time at SDSU for horsemanship wins in a career. Sophomore ELIZABETH NIEWOJNA tied an SDSU record with eight horsemanship wins as a For a complete list of the SDSU equestrian freshman in 2013-14, and earned a chance to ride at the 2014 AQHA Collegiate Horsemanship records, turn to page 33 in the media guide. Challenge in November in Oklahoma City 10 GOJACKS.COM THE JACKRABBITS JACKRABBIT SENIORS

DANIELLE BAKER Danielle Baker Career Statistics – Horsemanship Year Win Loss Tie MOP Pct. SENIOR 2011-12 ------WESTERN (REINING/HORSEMANSHIP) 2012-13 4 3 0 0 .571 SWANTON, OHIO 2013-14 1 0 0 0 1.000 OHIO VIRTUAL ACADEMY Total 5 3 0 0 .625 AGRICULTURE SCIENCES MAJOR Danielle Baker Career Statistics – Reining Year Win Loss Tie MOP Pct. 2013-14 : Competed in 11 of the 12 meets in reining, posting a 5-5 record ... picked up her 2011-12 ------first win of the season at SMU (11/1), scoring a 69.5 in the win ... carded a career-high score of 71 in a loss vs. TCU (11/9) at the New Mexico State Tournament ... ended the sea- 2012-13 3 7 0 0 .300 son with four straight wins, starting with a home win vs. No. 5 Kansas State (2/1) ... also 2013-14 5 5 0 0 .500 won at home against Minnesota-Crookston (2/22) ... won both of her reining points in the Total 8 12 0 0 .400 Independent Championship Tournament at the DeHaan Equestrian Center vs. No. 8 CAREER HIGH SCORES Fresno State (3/28) and vs. UT-Martin (3/29) ... won her only ride in horsemanship, scoring HORSEMANSHIP (1 JUDGE) a 72.5 at SMU ...... 73, at Kansas State, 10/20/12 HORSEMANSHIP (2 JUDGE)...... REINING (1 JUDGE) 2012-13: Competed 17 times, posting a 7-10 overall record ... rode in seven meets in ...... 76, vs. New Mexico State, 9/28/13 REINING (2 JUDGE) horsemanship with a 4-3 mark and in 10 reining events with a 3-7 record ... picked up her ...... 146, vs. New Mexico State, 3/22/13 first wins of the season at Kansas State (10/20) with victories in both horsemanship and reining ... scored a horsemanship point in a win at UT-Martin (11/3) ... scored a horseman- ship point in an upset win over Georgia (11/16) ... scored her third straight horsemanship point in a win over New Mexico State (11/18) ... picked up a reining point in a win over Min- nesota-Crookston (2/2) ... scored a reining point in the NCEA Nationals first round win over UT-Martin ... spent the summer of 2013 working as a videographer for the live webcasting of horse shows ... also served as a 4-H youth mentor in the summer of 2013

2011-12: Participated in numerous exhibition rides during the 2011-12 season ... placed second in hunter under saddle 17-18 at the 2012 Ohio State Fair and fourth in the champi- onships out of more than 200 riders ... placed sixth in 18-year-old horsemanship and sev- enth in 18-year-old showmanship ... won the team spirit award ... competed in the national 4-H shooting invitational in Grand Island, Neb.

Before SDSU: Winner in the 2010 All-American Youth Horse Show in English equitation ... earned high-point honors at the Fulton Country Fair in overall English in 2009 ... Harry Hughes Circuit Senior High-Point winner in 2009 ... winner in the 2008 Fulton Country Fair in overall pony performance ... Fulton County Horse Bowl team captain ... member of the Fulton County horse judging team ... named Fulton Country Horse Queen ... member of the Swanton High School equestrian team ... Ohio State 4-H ambassador and queen ... also raises and show rabbits ... named Fulton County Fair Rabbit Queen ... played basketball for four years in high school ... graduated from Owens Community College with an associ- ates of the arts degree before she graduated from high school

KELSEY CORDELL Kelsey Cordell Career Statistics – Equitation on the Flat Year Win Loss Tie MOP Pct. SENIOR 2011-12 ------HUNT SEAT (FLAT/FENCES) 2012-13 0 2 0 0 .000 BOTHELL, WASH. 2013-14 1 0 0 0 1.000 KENTRIDGE H.S. Total 1 2 0 0 .333 PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR Kelsey Cordell Career Statistics – Equitation Over Fences Year Win Loss Tie MOP Pct. 2013-14 : Competed in one meet during the season on the flat, posting a win at home over 2011-12 ------Minnesota-Crookston with a score of 73 2012-13 0 1 0 0 .000 2012-13: Competed in two shows during the season ... rode on the flat against Oklahoma 2013-14 0 0 0 0 .000 State (10/13) and competed in both flat and fences at Kansas State (10/20) ... also did ex- Total 0 1 0 0 .000 hibition rides on the flat and over fences vs. Minnesota Crookston (2/2) and on the flat vs. CAREER HIGH SCORES SMU (2/24) ... finished fifth in a National Hunter Derby in Iowa in May 2013 ON THE FLAT (1 JUDGE) ...... 82, vs. Oklahoma State, 10/13/12 ON THE FLAT (2 JUDGE) 2011-12: Member of the hunt seat team ...... OVER FENCES (1 JUDGE)...... 71, at Kansas State, 10/20/12 OVER FENCES (2 JUDGE) Before SDSU: Transferred to SDSU from Western Washington, where she competed on ...... the school's equestrian club team as a freshman ... earned reserve grand champion honors at the IHSA Region 9 Finals in open equitation on the flat in 2011 ... finished sixth at the 2011 IHSA Zone finals in open equitation on the flat ... earned silver and bronze Girl Scout awards

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MADISON ENGELS Madison Engels Career Statistics – Reining Year Win Loss Tie MOP Pct. SENIOR 2011-12 ------WESTERN (REINING) 2012-13 ------KINGMAN, ARIZ. 2013-14 0 1 0 0 .000 KINGMAN ACADEMY Total 0 1 0 0 .000 ANIMAL SCIENCE MAJOR CAREER HIGH SCORES REINING (1 JUDGE) ...... 70, vs. South Carolina, 11/23/13 2013-14: Competed in one event as a junior, posting a reining score of 70 in a home loss to REINING (2 JUDGE) ...... No. 2 South Carolina (11/23) ... NCEA Academic Honor Roll selection ... fall Dean's List honoree

2012-13: Member of the Jackrabbit western squad ... spent the summer volunteering at the Arizona statewide 4-H camp and at Mohave County 4-H

2011-12: Team spirit award winner ... spent the summer working as a veterinary tech at Write Veterinary Service in Kingman, Ariz.

Before SDSU: 2010 national top-five Paint Alternative Competition in both English and western ... Arizona 4-H state champion in hunter hack, equitation, horsemanship, bareback horsemanship and bareback equitation ... four-year Mohave County all-around champion in both English and western ... two-year Mohave County horse judging champion ... worked as a 4-H camp counselor for five years ... three-year 4-H club president ... served as a del- egate to the National 4-H Congress in Atlanta, Ga. ... spent the summer of 2011 riding for Casey Hinton Quarter Horses

JORDAN GOODALL Jordan Goodall Career Statistics – Equitation on the Flat Year Win Loss Tie MOP Pct. SENIOR 2011-12 0 3 0 0 .000 HUNT SEAT (FLAT/FENCES) 2012-13 1 4 1 0 .250 CENTENNIAL, COLO. 2013-14 0 4 0 0 .000 CHERRY CREEK H.S. Total 1 11 1 0 .115 SPANISH AND GLOBAL STUDIES MAJOR Jordan Goodall Career Statistics – Equitation Over Fences Year Win Loss Tie MOP Pct. 2013-14 : Competed in all 12 meets over fences, posting a 3-7-2 record, with one MOP ... 2011-12 2 2 0 0 .500 picked up her first win of the season with a score of 81 at No. 6 New Mexico State (11/9) at the New Mexico State Tournament ... rode to a tie at home vs. No. 2 South Carolina (11/23) 2012-13 5 7 0 0 .417 ... won her point with a score of 81 at home vs. No. 5 Kansas State (2/1) ... carded a ca- 2013-14 3 7 2 1 .333 reer-high score of 87 in a home win over Minnesota-Crookston (2/22) ... also competed in Total 10 16 2 1 .393 four meets on the flat, posting an 0-4 record ... set a career-high on the flat score with an CAREER HIGH SCORES 80 in a loss at SMU (11/1) ... earned the 2013-14 SDSU Strength and Conditioning Most ON THE FLAT (1 JUDGE)...... 81, vs. SMU, 2/24/13 Improved equestrian rider award ... modified junior/Ao jumpers champion at the 2014 Estes ON THE FLAT (2 JUDGE)...... 149, at UT-Martin, 3/23/13 Park Hunter/Jumper Festival II ... NCEA Academic All-American first team selection ... OVER FENCES (1 JUDGE) ...... 87, vs. Minnesota-Crookston, 2/22/14 Dean's List honoree in both semesters OVER FENCES (2 JUDGE) ...... 158, vs. New Mexico State, 3/22/13 2012-13: Posted a combined record of 6-11-1 on the season in both hunt seat events ... competed in 12 meets over fences with a 5-7 record and in six meets on the flat with a 1-4- 1 mark ... picked up her first win of the season vs. New Mexico State (11/18) over fences ... won a point on the flat vs. Minnesota-Crookston (2/2) ... scored a point over fences vs. Sa- cred Heart (2/23) ... scored a season-high 83 in earning a point over fences at Fresno State (3/1) ... won a point over fences vs. New Mexico State (3/22) in Martin, Tenn. ... won her point over fences at UT-Martin (3/23) ... competed on the flat vs. TCU (4/18) at NCEA Na- tionals and in both hunt seat events vs. Auburn (4/19) at NCEA Nationals ... earned NCEA All-Academic second team honors ... worked at Hillcrest Farms in the summer of 2013

2011-12: Posted a 2-5 overall record, including a 2-2 mark in over fences ... won points at home against New Mexico State (11/19) and at SMU (3/2) ... earned MVP honors over fences in an exhibition show against Nebraska (3/17) ... selected to represent SDSU at the Pin Oak Collegiate Invitational (3/26), where she finished fourth

Before SDSU:Showed in 1.10 meter jumpers throughout the Colorado hunter/jumper show circuit ... worked with top trainers in 2010 after being selected for the Zone 8 and Region 4 levels of the emerging athletes program ... rode to four top-10 finishes at the 2011 Adult Jumper Classic in Parker, Colo. ... finished sixth at the 2011 Adult Jumper Classic in Estes Park, Colo. ... named reserve champion in 1.05 jumpers at the 2010 Adult Jumper Classic in Estes Park, Colo. ... also competed on the swimming team in high school ... four-year member of the high honor roll ... two-year member of the National Honor Society and Span- ish Honor Society ... won a bronze award winner on the 2010 National Spanish Exam ... graduated with honors

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MANDY GRADERT Mandy Gradert Career Statistics – Equitation on the flat Year Win Loss Tie MOP Pct. SENIOR 2011-12 ------HUNT SEAT (FLAT) 2012-13 0 0 0 0 .000 SIBLEY, IOWA 2013-14 1 6 0 1 .143 SIBLEY-OCHEYEDAN H.S. Total 1 6 0 1 .143 GRAPHIC DESIGN MAJOR CAREER HIGH SCORES ON THE FLAT (1 JUDGE) ...... 79, vs. South Carolina, 11/23/13 2013-14: Rode in seven shows on the flat as a junior, posting a 1-6 record with one MOP ... ON THE FLAT (2 JUDGE) ...... 152, vs. UT-Martin, 3/29/14 picked up her lone win and MOP of the season at home vs. No. 2 South Carolina (11/23), Before SDSU: Earned top-five placings in hunter over fences, equitation over fences reining when she carded a career-high score of 79 ... Dean’s List honoree in both and versatility at the 2011 Pony of the Americas International Show ... earned reserve high- semesters pointe rider honors at the 2011 POA Midwest Regional show ... won regional championships in hunter hack, hunter over fences, equitation over fences and open jumping at the 2009 2012-13: Demo rider on the flat vs. Texas A&M (9/22), vs. Oklahoma State (10/13) vs. Midwest Regional POA show ... won numerous events at the state OPA shows from 2003-11 Georgia (11/16) Sacred Heart vs. SMU (2/23) ... demo rider for fences vs. Minnesota- ... also played volleyball and basketball in high school, earning Siouxland Conference honor- Crookston (2/2) able mention and team MVP honors in volleyball as a senior in 2010 ... academic all-confer- ence selection for volleyball in 2010 ... four-year honor roll student ... two-year member of the 2011-12: Demo rider over fences in the exhibition meet vs. Nebraska (3/17) ... earned re- National Honor Society serve high-point rider honors in the 13-18 class at the 2011 Reichert Celebration

BLAIR LONG Blair Long Career Statistics – Equitation Over Fences Year Win Loss Tie MOP Pct. SENIOR 2011-12 0 2 0 0 .000 HUNT SEAT (FENCES) 2012-13 1 2 0 0 .333 DAYTON, VA. 2013-14 1 4 0 0 .200 TURNER ASHBY H.S. Total 2 8 0 0 .200 AG EDUCATION MAJOR CAREER HIGH SCORES OVER FENCES (1 JUDGE)...... 78, at Delaware State, 11/3/12 2013-14: Team captain ... rode in five meets over fences, posting a 1-4 record ... picked up OVER FENCES (2 JUDGE)...... 143, vs. UT-Martin, 3/29/14 her lone with of the season at home vs. Minnesota-Crookston (2/22), when she scored a Before SDSU: Earned the Virginia Pony Breeders Association (VPBA) Young Ponies Per- season-high 72 ... also rode at Baylor (9/28), at SMU (11/1), vs. UT-Martin (3/29) at the In- formance Division Reserve Champion in 2009 ... qualified and competed in the Southwest dependent Championship Tournament and at the Pin Oak Collegiate Challenge (3/23) ... Virginia Hunters and Jumpers Association Pony Medal Finals from 2006-10 ... SWVHJA NCEA Academic Honor Roll selection ... received team community service award ... partici- Show Small/Medium Pony Division Champion in 2010 ... SWVHJA Finals Pony Hunter Derby pated in the SDSU FCA mission trip to Jamaica ... three-time Iron Jack selection for her winner in 2010 ... finished eighth at the 2010 SWVHJA Finals ... finished third in junior equi- work in the weight room tation on the flat at the SWVHJA Finals in 2009 ... also competed on the Interscholastic Equestrian Association team from 2007-08 ... finished third in the open hunter division at the 2012-13: Competed in three meets over fences as a sophomore, posting a 1-2 record ... 2008 IEA Zone 3 Finals ... named the Outstanding Equestrian/MVP in 2009 for her high picked up her win with a season-high score of 78 over fences at Delaware State (11/3) ... school IEA team ... spend summers from 2005-09 catch riding and traveling across Virginia also rode exhibition on the flat and over fences vs. Minnesota-Crookston (2/2), vs. Sacred to 'A' shows for various trainers ... active in FFA and student council association in high Heart (2/23) and over fences vs. SMU (2/24) ... active in FCA and in collegiate FFA school ... two-year member of the National Honor Society ... graduated with honors

2011-12: Competed in two shows for the Jackrabbits as a freshman in over fences at SMU and at TCU ... the only freshman equestrian team member to earn "Iron Jack" for her ef- forts in the weight room ... active participant in FCA

SAMANTHA STAHNKE

SENIOR WESTERN (HORSEMANSHIP) SPICER, MINN. WILLMAR SENIOR H.S. OPERATIONS MGMT. ENGINEERING MAJOR

2013-14: Battled injuries for much of the season ... member of the team’s community serv- 2011-12: Dan Patch Leadership Award recipient ... Kandiyohi County reserve champion ice committee ... member of the Student Athletic Advisory Committee and the Hobo Day senior horse showman and sportsmanship award winner ... Dean's List honoree in both se- Committee ... volunteered her time at numerous organizations, including; State-A-Thon, mesters Children's Miracle Network and Harvest Table ... earned the team’s Sportsmanship Award for strength and conditioning ... Dean's List honoree in both semesters Before SDSU: Kandiyohi County 4-H reserve champion horse and champion showman in 2011 ... first runner-up for the 2011 Dan Patch Horse Leadership award ... finished in the 2012-13: Member of the western squad ... demo rider for horsemanship vs. Minnesota- top-10 for the 2010 Dan Patch award ... served at the Minnesota State 4-H Youth Chair for Crookston (2/2) ... represents the equestrian team on the Student-Athlete Advisory Com- the 2010-11 Winter Roundup ... earned numerous high-point awards and won numerous mittee ... facility coordinator for State-A-Thon ... member of the University Program events at various horse shows since 2007 ... advanced to the state speech competition in Council ... youth chair of Minnesota 4-H Horse Association ... worked as a fundraiser for 2009 and 2010 ... named MVP and captain her high school speech team in 2010 and 2011 Children’s Miracle Network ... completed a safety internship at Prinsco Inc. ... completed ... active in FFA and figure skating ... four-year honor roll student ... two-year executive 75 hours of community service in 2013 ... named Team Spirit Award winner by her team- member of the National Honor Society ... graduated with exemplary honors mates following the season

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ANDIE VSETECKA

SENIOR WESTERN (HORSEMANSHIP) CRESCO, IOWA CRESTWOOD H.S. ANIMAL SCIENCE/PRE-VET MAJOR

2013-14: Rode to a world championship in amateur western horsemanship and earned re- Before SDSU: Rode to a top-six finish in all of her classes at the 2010 International Buck- serve world champion in both amateur western pleasure and amateur western discipline skin Horse Association World Show ... 2010 high point open Iowa Buckskin Horse Associa- rail at the International Buckskin Horse Association World Championship Show in tion ... reserve high-point champion 14-18 IaBHA in 2010 ... Earned grand champion Cloverdale, Ind., giving her the opportunity to represent the IBHA at the 2014 Miss Buck- honors in Western showmanship in both 2007 and 2009 at the Iowa State Fair ... Iowa skin World Show ... Dean’s List honoree in both semesters State Fair Cowgirl Queen finalist in 2008 and 2010 ... 2011 reserve world champion in Eng- lish disp. rail and 14-18 Western pleasure ... senior showmanship winter at the 2011 Iowa 2012-13: Finished seventh in the 2013 International Buckskin Horse Association World State Fair ... 2011 IaBHA high-point and 14-18 winner ... four-year honor roll student Show in yearling lounge line ... horse project leader for Howard County (Iowa) 4-H ... Dean’s List honoree in the spring 2013 semester

2011-12: Iowa "Ride to the Buckle" 14-18 youth winner for buckskin horses in the, Ameri- can Buckskin Registry Association World Show top-10 in all-around events ... IBHA world champion in six events, reserve world champion in five events and youth 14-18 world all- around champion ... dean's list honoree in both the fall and spring semesters

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SARAH BOWEN Sarah Bowen Career Statistics – Horsemanship Year Win Loss Tie MOP Pct. JUNIOR 2012-13 ------WESTERN (HORSEMANSHIP) 2013-14 1 5 0 0 .167 HASTINGS, NEB. Total 1 5 0 0 .167 ADAMS CENTRAL H.S. CAREER HIGH SCORES BIOLOGY MAJOR HORSEMANSHIP (1 JUDGE)...... 74.5, at Baylor, 9/28/13 HORSEMANSHIP (2 JUDGE)...... 2013-14: Rode in six meets for the Jackrabbits in horsemanship, posting a 1-5 record ... Before SDSU: 2012 Palomino Horse Breeders of America youth 14-18 trail world champion scored a season-high 74.5 in a loss to New Mexico State (9/28) at the Willis Invitational ... at the Palomino Horse Breeders of America youth world show ... 2012 PHBA youth perform- carded a 71.5 to earn her point vs. TCU (11/9) at the New Mexico State Tournament ... also ance mares world champion at youth world show ... 2011 Top-10 youth all-around at the scored 71.5 in losses at Oklahoma State (11/2) and at home vs. No. 2 South Carolina year-end awards for Palomino Horse Breeders of America ... 2011 Palomino Horse Ex- (11/23) ... SAAC representative ... member of the FCA leadership team, the Lost and hibitors of Kansas youth president ... earned multiple AQHA youth and open all-around titles Found organization and secretary for the team community service committee ... made an ... eight-year member of the Nebraska Quarter Horse Association ... also played volleyball, FCA mission trip to Jamaica over spring break ... team community service award winner ... basketball and track in high school ... active volunteer in the church and community ... four- set team record for sit ups and push ups year honor roll student

2012-13: Worked as a scribe or alternate during the season, also did demo and exhibition rides ... showed and won various titles at American Quarter Horse Association shows in horsemanship and trail in the summer of 2013 ... Dean’s List honoree ... completed more than 100 hours of community service as a mentor at the Boys and Girls Club

KEAHNA FENWICK

JUNIOR HUNT SEAT (FLAT) MERRILL, WIS. WAUSAU EAST H.S. SOCIOLOGY MAJOR

2013-14: Actively involved with several different organizations as a volunteer ... event man- Before SDSU: Wisconsin Interscholastic Horse Association English equitation grand ager of Brookings Lost and Found ... SAAC board member ... Dean’s List honoree ... mem- champion and state champion in 2009 and 2010 ... Wisconsin Valley Fair grand champion ber of the National Honor Society in English equitation and western horsemanship in 2010 and 2011 ... WVG reserve grand champion in Gymkhana in 2010 ... earned VFW Sportsman Award in 2009 ... Marshfield 2012-13: Demo rider for home meet vs. New Mexico State (11/18) ... placed in limit and Boot and Saddle dressage shows grand champion on the flat and over fences in 2009 ... child adult flat and fences classes at New Heights Hunters and Jumpers Annual Class ‘A’ Silver Spur Show Series grand champion in English equitation in 2009 and 2010, and Show ... Dean’s List honoree grand champion in intermediate horsemanship in 2009 ... four-year honor roll student ... two-year member of the National Honor Society ... National Merit Scholar in 2011 and 2012 ... graduated with International Baccalaureate certificate

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MARIELLE GOLDEN Marielle Golden Career Statistics – Equitation on the Flat Year Win Loss Tie MOP Pct. JUNIOR 2012-13 4 2 0 1 .667 HUNT SEAT (FLAT/FENCES) 2013-14 1 2 0 0 .333 BOCA RATON, FLA. Total 5 4 0 1 .556 SPANISH RIVER H.S. Marielle Golden Career Statistics – Equitation Over Fences ADVERTISING MAJOR Year Win Loss Tie MOP Pct. 2012-13 3 7 0 2 .300 2013-14 : Rode in three meets each on the flat and over fences, posting a 2-1 mark over 2013-14 2 1 0 0 .667 fences and a 1-2 mark on the flat ... picked up her lone flat win at home against No. 8 Total 5 8 0 2 .385 Fresno State (3/28) at the Independent Championship Tournament ... scored an over fences career-high 78 in a home win vs. No. 5 Kansas State (2/1) ... also scored a point vs. CAREER HIGH SCORES UT-Martin (3/29) in the title meet at the Independent Championship Tournament at the De- ON THE FLAT (1 JUDGE)...... 87, vs. SMU, 2/24/13 Haan Equestrian Center ON THE FLAT (2 JUDGE) ...... 173, vs. Fresno State, 3/28/14 OVER FENCES (1 JUDGE)...... 78, vs. Kansas State, 2/1/14 2012-13: Rode in 16 events in both flat and fences, compiling a 4-9 record ... finished with OVER FENCES (2 JUDGE)...... 162, vs. UT-Martin, 3/29/14; at UT-Martin, 3/23/13 a 4-2 record on the flat with one MVP and with a 3-7 mark over fences with a pair of MVPs ... scored her first collegiate points vs. Minnesota-Crookston (2/2), when she scored in both hunt seat events, and earned her first MVP over fences ... scored two more points vs. Sa- cred Heart (2/23), including another MVP over fences ... scored a season-high 87 in earn- ing MVP honors on the flat vs. SMU (2/24) ... scored a point on the flat in a win over New Mexico State (3/22) in Martin, Tenn. ... added a point over fences at UT-Martin (3/22) ... also rode on both days of NCEA Nationals (4/18-19) ... won the South Florida Hunter Jumper Association adult medal at the Castlewood Farm Summer Series Show

Before SDSU: Began riding at age five and showing at nine ... competed up and down the East Coast in the three-feet and three feet six inches, and showed horses at prestigious shows such as Pony Finals, Marshall and Sterling Finals, Winter Equestrian Festival, ASPCA Medal Maclay and Interscholastic Equestrian Association finals ... won first place in individual jumping, first place in team equitation on the flat and second place in team jump- ing at the 2009 Interscholastic Equestrian Association regional show

ALISHA HADDOCK

JUNIOR WESTERN (HORSEMANSHIP) RIO RANCHO, N.M. V. SUE CLEVELAND H.S. NURSING MAJOR

2013-14: Scored a 72 to earn her point in horsemanship in an exhibition meet vs. North Before SDSU: Transferred to South Dakota State from New Mexico ... 2011 AQHYA world Dakota State (10/19) ... completed an exhibition ride in horsemanship vs. Oklahoma State show qualifier ... 2011 AQHA Justin Boots Rookie of the Year and 14-18 year-end reserve (11/2) ... demo rider in horsemanship vs. Kansas State (2/1) high-point rider ... earned NMQHA Amateur high-point riders honors in June, July and Au- gust 2012 ... member of the Bernalillo County, N.M., 4-H horse project ... also participated 2012-13: Demo and exhibition rider during the season ... earned Southwest Quarter Horse in ice hockey in high school ... four-year honor roll student Boarder Circuit all-around honors and high point rider honors in novice amateur, western and English in 2013

ANNA HASSEL

JUNIOR HUNT SEAT (FLAT) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. O’GORMAN H.S. CONSUMER AFFAIRS MAJOR

2013-14: Completed multiple demo and exhibition rides throughout the season ... cham- Before SDSU: Began riding at age seven and started competing at 12 years old ... com- pion and reserve champion at the Sioux Empire Fair hunter jumper show in limit equitation piled numerous victories at Sioux Empire Hunter Jumper shows from 2007-12 ... volun- on the flat and hunter hack ... volunteers at multiple animal shelters teered for the Handi-Riders in 2010 ... helped local rescues train horses for resale ... earned a varsity letter in choir in high school and participated in an award-winning chow 2012-13: Member of the hunt seat squad ... completed an internship at Sandy Point Sta- choir in 2012 ... graduated with honors from O'Gorman High School, a Blue Ribbon school bles in Portsmouth, R.I. in the summer of 2013 for six years

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VANESSA HINKLE

JUNIOR WESTERN (HORSEMANSHIP) JUNCTION CITY, WIS. STEVENS POINT AREA H.S. PHARMACY MAJOR

2013-14: Scored a 72 and earned MOP as a horsemanship exhibition rider in an exhibition Before SDSU: Won numerous honors in District 11 of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Horse- meet vs. Minnesota-Crookston (10/19) ... also completed an exhibition ride in horseman- manship association in 2009 and 2010 ... won gold-rated proficiency award in equine en- ship vs. Minnesota-Crookston (2/22) ... horsemanship demo rider at the Independent trepreneurship in 2009 ... national reserve champion of the POAC open show in 2009 ... Championship Tournament (3/28-29) ... member of the Honors College ... Dean’s List hon- qualified for the Wisconsin State Fair in western pleasure, horsemanship and hunt seat eq- oree in both semesters uitation from 2009-12 ... reserve high-point rider at Amherst Fair in 2009 ... served as treasurer of Stevens Point FFA chapter in 2011-12 ... member of the Pony of the Americas 2012-13: Demo rider in horsemanship vs. Georgia (11/16), vs. New Mexico State (11/18) Club from 2008-12 ... also competed in swimming in high school ... honor roll student in all and vs. Minnesota-Crookston (2/2) ... earned Wisconsin Pony of the America’s club show four years of high school ... graduated with honors 13-18 high point rider and reserve youth 14-18 high point rider for the Wisconsin Quarter Horse Association show in the summer of 2013

LEXUS HOFFMAN Lexus Hoffman Career Statistics – Horsemanship Year Win Loss Tie MOP Pct. JUNIOR 2012-13 5 6 1 0 .458 WESTERN (HORSEMANSHIP) 2013-14 2 2 0 2 .500 WHITEWATER, WIS. Total 7 8 1 2 .469 WHITEWATER H.S. CAREER HIGH SCORES AG BUSINESS MAJOR HORSEMANSHIP (1 JUDGE)...... 77.5, vs. Minnesota-Crookston, 2/22/14 HORSEMANSHIP (2 JUDGE) ...... 145, vs. UT-Martin, 3/29/14 2013-14: Competed in four events, posting a 2-2 record with a pair of MOPs, which ties her under saddle at the 2010 BQHA show ... 2011 AQYHA world show finalist in equitation ... for third all-time at SDSU in career horsemanship MOP awards ... scored a career-high won multiple all-around titles in 2012 and ranked second in the nation in showmanship ... 77.5 and earned MOP at home vs. Minnesota-Crookston (2/22) ... picked up her second member of BQHA and WQHA from 2007-12 and served as an officer twice ... member of FFA win of the season vs. No. 8 Fresno State (3/28) in the first round of the Independent Cham- throughout high school, serving as the secretary as a sophomore ... multiple honor roll selec- pionship Tournament ... earned MOP honors, but did not win her point vs. UT-Martin (3/29) tions in high school in the Independent Championship Tournament finals

2012-13: Competed in 12 meets in horsemanship, posting a 5-6-1 record ... picked up her first-career win against UT-Martin (11/3) in Dover, Del., with a season-high score of 73 ... won her point at Delaware State (11/3) ... scored a point vs. Minnesota-Crookston (2/2) and vs. New Mexico State (3/22) at the Independent Tournament in Martin, Tenn. ... rode in both rounds at NCEA Nationals, and scored a point in the first round win over UT-Martin (4/18) ... qualified for the AQHA Amateur World Show in showmanship in three days ... earned 100-plus performance points and earned superior in showmanship at the Minnesota Amateur Quarter Horse Association’s Corporate Challenge and at the Iowa Horse Show Circuit’s Iowa Run in the summer of 2013

Before SDSU: Placed in three categories at the 2008 AQHA Congress ... 2008 WQHA 300 point champion in youth, high-point rider in novice youth, all-around and reserve novice youth horsemanship, high-point rider in novice youth equitation and western pleasure ... earned high-point rider in equitation and western pleasure, and reserve high-point rider in junior mare and horsemanship at the 2008 BQHA show ... won high-point rider in hunter

ELAINA JOHNSON

SOPHOMORE HUNT SEAT (FLAT/FENCES) DOUSMAN, WIS. KETTLE MORAINE H.S. ECONOMICS MAJOR

2013-14: Completed exhibition rides on the flat at New Mexico State (9/28) and at home Before SDSU: Competed on the Wisconsin Hunter Jumper Association 'A' circuit ... earned vs. Minnesota-Crookston (2/22) ... participated in LeadState leadership development pro- champion ribbons in the junior and children's hunter classes ... earned one varsity letter in gram in the fall ... member of the Student Sustainability Council and Honors College swimming ... qualified for the Wisconsin High School State meet in 2008 ... two-year mem- Dean's Student Advisory Board ... Dean’s List honoree in both semesters ber of the National Honor Society ... three-year member of the Tri-M Music Honor Society

2012-13: Rode exhibition for flat and fences vs. Minnesota-Crookston (2/2) ... rode exhibi- tion over fences vs. SMU (2/24) ... Honors College Dean’s List selection in both semesters ... equestrian team volunteer committee member 2014-15 JACKRABBIT EQUESTRIAN 17 JACKRABBIT JUNIORS

RAIVENNE SCOTT Raivenne Scott Career Statistics – Reining Year Win Loss Tie MOP Pct. JUNIOR 2012-13 5 10 0 1 .333 WESTERN (REINING) 2013-14 10 0 1 1 .956 HILLSBORO, ORE. Total 15 10 1 2 .596 HILLSBORO H.S. CAREER HIGH SCORES REINING (1 JUDGE) ...... 76, at Baylor, 9/28/13 ANIMAL SCIENCE MAJOR REINING (2 JUDGE) ...... 142.5, vs. Fresno State, 3/28/14 2013-14: Earned NCEA All-American in reining after posting a 10-0-1 record in 11 of the 12 meets of the season ... those 10 wins rank second all-time at SDSU for wins in a season ... opened the season with a score of 71.5 vs. UT-Martin (9/27) at the Willis Invitational ... also rode to a win vs. New Mexico State (9/28) at the same event with a score of 73 ... closed the Willis Invite with a career-high score of 76 in earning her point and MOP honors vs. host Baylor (9/28) ... won her points at SMU (11/1) and at Oklahoma State (11/2) ... earned both of her points at the New Mexico State Tournament with a 70.5 vs. No. 3 TCU (11/9) and a 73 at New Mexico State (11/9) ... her only non-win came with a tie score of 72 at home vs. No. 5 Kansas State (2/1) ... carded a 71 in a win over Minnesota-Crookston (2/22) ... won both of her points in the Independent Championship Tournament at the De- Haan Equestrian Center vs. No. 8 Fresno State (3/28) and vs. UT-Martin (3/29) in the tour- nament finals ... finished the season tied for fourth all-time at SDSU with 15 reining wins in a career and ranked fifth all-time at SDSU with two career reining MOP awards ... also competed in the Sun Circuit Shootout (2/2) and the NRHA Derby Catch Ride (6/28) where she finished eighth

2012-13: Competed in all 15 shows in reining as a freshmen, posting a 5-10 record with one MVP ... picked up her first career win against UT-Martin (11/3) in Dover, Del. ... made it two wins in a row with a victory at Delaware State (11/3) ... earned her first career MVP award with a career-high ride of 73 at home against New Mexico State (11/18), the first of three straight wins ... second of three straight wins came at home against Minnesota- Crookston (2/2) ... capped the winning streak with a win at home against Sacred Heart (2/23) ... competed in both rounds at NCEA Nationals (4/18-19) ... competed in a number of Oregon Reining Horse Association shows in the summer of 2013, with several top-five and top-10 finishes in the non-pro and rookie divisions

Before SDSU: Earned multiple top-five placings competing at the Oregon Reining Horse Association and National Reining Horse Association and American Morgan Horse Associa- tion Region 8 youth shows ... won multiple gold, silver and bronze medals at district and state level at Oregon High School Equestrian Team competitions ... OHSET all-district se- lection ... three-year team captain ... five-year swine and equine FFA member ... graduated with a chancellors degree

JESSICA TAYLOR Jessica Taylor Career Statistics – Horsemanship Year Win Loss Tie MOP Pct. JUNIOR 2012-13 ------WESTERN (HORSEMANSHIP) 2013-14 0 1 0 0 .000 GRANGER, IOWA Total 0 1 0 0 .000 WOODWARD-GRANGER H.S. CAREER HIGH SCORES HORSEMANSHIP (1 JUDGE)...... 71, vs. Minnesota-Crookston, 2/22/14 BIOCHEMISTRY/PRE-MED MAJOR HORSEMANSHIP (2 JUDGE)...... 2013-14: Rode in one meet as a sophomore in horsemanship, carding a score of 71 in a Before SDSU: Earned numerous awards and citations in American Paint Horse Association, loss against Minnesota-Crookston (2/22) ... rode as an exhibition rider in horsemanship vs. Iowa Paint Horse Club and Iowa Pinto Horse Association shows from 2010-12 ... named North Dakota State (10/19) and vs. Kansas State (2/1)... rode as a demo rider in Horse- IPHA Senior Cowgirl Queen in 2011 and 2012 and Iowa State Fair Junior Cowgirl Queen in manship vs. South Carolina (11/23) and in the Independent Championship Tournament 2010 ... won numerous high-point rider honors at the Polk County Fair from 2006-12 ... also (3/28-29)... won the team Workhorse Award at the North Dakota State, Minnesota-Crook- competed in track, drama and speech in high school ... 'A' honor roll student from 2006-12 ... ston meet (10/19) ... served as co-chair of the Horse Care Committee ... Iron Jack selection Iowa Governor's Scholar ... valedictorian from her graduating class ... member of the Na- ... named Strength and Conditioning Female Student-Athlete of the Month for November tional Honor Society ... National Merit Scholar semifinalist 2013 ... earned the 2013-14 Strength and Conditioning Most Outstanding Equestrian Ath- lete Award ... acted and danced in Capers ... team SAAC representative ... LeadState par- ticipant ... member of the SDSU Student Affiliation of the American Chemical Society ... member of SDSU FCA ... Honors College Dean's List selection in both semesters ... awarded the DeHaan Scholarship from the College of Ag and Bio ... NCEA Academic Honor Roll selection

2012-13: Showed as a demo rider in horsemanship vs. Oklahoma State (10/13), at Kansas State (10/20) and vs. Sacred Heart (2/23) ... won the team spirit award vs. Texas A&M (9/22) ... won the Webster-Klug award for the most outstanding freshman chemistry major ... named Iron Jack for her work in the weight room ... Dean’s List honoree in both semes- ters with a 4.0 grade point average

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KRISTEN AKERS

SOPHOMORE HUNT SEAT (FLAT) KINGMAN, ARIZ. KINGMAN H.S. ECOLOGY AND ENVIR. SCIENCE MAJOR

2013-14: Member of the hunt seat squad Before SDSU: 2012 Arizona 4-H state champion in hunter over fences, equitation over fences and hunter hack ... 2013 4-H high point all-around champion ... Southern Nevada Hunter Jumper Association 2’9” equitation division reserve champion and 2’9” medal reserve champion ... Desert Sport Horse 2’9”-3’0” jumper champion from 2010-12 ... four-year honor roll student ... graduated in the top 25 percent of her high school class

JESSICA ANDRONOWITZ Jessica Andronowitz Career Statistics – Equitation on the Flat Year Win Loss Tie MOP Pct. 2013-14 1 6 0 0 .143 SOPHOMORE Jessica Andronowitz Career Statistics – Equitation Over Fences HUNT SEAT (FLAT/FENCES) 2013-14 2 5 0 0 .286 MCHENRY, ILL. CAREER HIGH SCORES MCHENRY H.S. ON THE FLAT (1 JUDGE) ...... 74, at Baylor, 9/28/13 ANIMAL SCIENCE/PRE-VET MAJOR ON THE FLAT (2 JUDGE) ...... OVER FENCES (1 JUDGE) ...... 84, at Oklahoma State, 11/2/13 2013-14: Posted a 1-6 record on the flat and a 2-5 mark over fences in her first season as OVER FENCES (2 JUDGE)...... a Jackrabbit ... picked up a win on the flat in her first meet vs. UT-Martin (9/27) at the Willis Invitational ... scored a season-high 74 in a loss at Baylor (9/28) at the Willis Invitational ... won her first point over fences at SMU (11/1) ... scored a season-high 84 over fences in a loss at Oklahoma State (11/2) ... picked up her second win over fences at No. 6 New Mex- ico State (11/9) at the New Mexico State Tournament

Before SDSU: Won numerous championships and reserve championships in Northern Illi- nois Hunter Jumper Association rated shows in hunters and equitation from 2008-10 ... won numerous championships and reserve championships in NIHJA and ‘A’ rated shows in hunters, jumpers and equitation from 2011-13 ... four-year honor roll student ... named a Distinguished Warrior for academics and community service ... 2013 Illinois State Scholar ... graduated with top honors

NICOLE BANGASSAR Nicole Bangassar Career Statistics – Equitation Over Fences Year Win Loss Tie MOP Pct. 2013-14 1 2 0 0 .333 SOPHOMORE CAREER HIGH SCORES HUNT SEAT (FENCES) OVER FENCES (1 JUDGE) ...... 76, vs. Minnesota-Crookston, 2/22/14 JORDAN, MINN. OVER FENCES (2 JUDGE)...... NEW PRAGUE SENIOR H.S. PHARMACY MAJOR

2013-14: Competed in three meets as a freshman over fences, compiling a 1-2 record ... Before SDSU: 2010 U.S. Equestrian Federation low children’s jumper horse of the year made her Jackrabbit debut at home vs. No. 2 South Carolina (11/23), scoring a 74 in a loss champion ... 2010 Minnesota Hunter Jumper Association low children’s jumper champion ...... also scored a 74 at home vs. No. 5 Kansas State (2/1), but in a win ... scored a season- 2012 USEF high children’s jumper champion ... 2012 MHJA high children’s jumper champion high 76 in a home meet vs. Minnesota-Crookston (2/22) ... 2013 Zone 6 children’s jumper champion ... earned three varsity letters in high school in figure skating and one in swimming ... a competitive figure skater for the last 10 years ... Min- nesota State juvenile ladies bronze medalist for figure skating

CHRISTINA DEXTER Christina Dexter Career Statistics – Reining Year Win Loss Tie MOP Pct. 2013-14 1 1 0 0 .500 SOPHOMORE CAREER HIGH SCORES WESTERN (REINING) REINING (1 JUDGE) ...... 72, at Baylor, 9/28/13 HARRISONVILLE, MO. REINING (2 JUDGE) ...... HARRISONVILLE H.S. EXPLORATORY STUDIES MAJOR

2013-14: Competed in two events in reining as a freshman with a 1-1 record ... posted her Before SDSU: Kansas Buckskin Horse Association 18 and under champion in 2012 ... first-career win and a season-high score of 72 at Baylor (9/28) at the Willis Invitational ... showed in Kansas Reining Horse Association show circuits, Southwest Missouri Reining also rode at Oklahoma State (11/2), scoring a 67 in a loss ... spent the summer riding with Horse Association and Kansas Buckskin Association show circuits since 2011 ... three-year her trainer in Stilwell, Okla. honor roll student and three-year ‘A+’ tutor in high school 2013-14 JACKRABBIT EQUESTRIAN 19 JACKRABBIT SOPHOMORES

DANIELLE DICKERSON Danielle Dickerson Career Statistics – Horsemanship Year Win Loss Tie MOP Pct. 2013-14 1 2 0 0 .333 SOPHOMORE CAREER HIGH SCORES WESTERN (HORSEMANSHIP) HORSEMANSHIP (1 JUDGE) ...... 73.5,vs. South Carolina, 11/23/13 SUGAR CREEK, MO. HORSEMANSHIP (2 JUDGE)...... WILLIAM CHRISMAN H.S. COMMUNICATIONS MAJOR

2013-14: Rode in three meets in horsemanship in her freshman campaign, finishing with a 1-2 record ... earned her first collegiate win at home against No. 2 South Carolina (11/23)

Before SDSU: Five-time Missouri Quarter Horse Youth Association world team member ... 2009 MQHYA rookie of the year ... 2010 Gateway Classic circuit champion ... finalist in eq- uitation and semifinalist in hunter under saddle at the 2012 All-American Quarter Horse Congress ... Carthage Quarter Horse Show youth all-around champion and reserve all- around champion for Missouri in 2011 ... student council president and debate and forensics president in 2012-13 ... state qualifier for debate and Lincoln-Douglas debate, where she finished in the top-10 in Missouri ... Future Business Leaders of America state qualifier and finalist in 2013 ... earned varsity letters in debate, FBLA, youth court, student council and excellence in community service ... completed over 500 hours of community service from 2008-13 ... two-year member of the National Honor Society and German Na- tional Honor Society... graduate in top five percent of her class ... AP Scholar in 2013 ... four-year Principal’s Honor Roll Student

MORGAN HALL

SOPHOMORE WESTERN (REINING) NELIGH, NEB. PLAINVIEW H.S. ANIMAL SCIENCE MAJOR

Joined the equestrian team after her freshman year at South Dakota State

Before SDSU: 2014 Jackrabbit Stampede Rodeo Ambassador ... 2013 Nebraska High School Rodeo state champion in girls cutting ... 2013 National High School Rodeo Finals qualifier in girls cutting ... 2013 American Quarter Horse Association's Horseback Riding Program 1,000-hour award recipient ... 2012-13 National Cutting Horse Association Youth Scholarship recipient ... 2011 Clearwater Rodeo Queen ... two-year member of the National Honor Society ... four-year honor roll and honor scholar student in high school ... 2013 recipient of the President's Academic Award ... also lettered in volleyball and track and field in high school ... spring 2014 dean’s list honoree ... served as secretary and re- porter for the Plainview FFA Chapter... 2013 District FFA Champion with Equine Entrepre- neurship Proficiency ... three- time qualifier for Nebraska State Speech Competition in informative public speaking

NICOLE HARVEY Nicole Harvey Career Statistics – Reining Year Win Loss Tie MOP Pct. 2013-14 0 1 0 0 .000 SOPHOMORE CAREER HIGH SCORES WESTERN (REINING) REINING (1 JUDGE) ...... 69.5, vs. South Carolina, 11/23/13 BOZEMAN, MONT. REINING (2 JUDGE) ...... BOZEMAN H.S. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MAJOR

2013-14: Competed in one event as a freshman, posting a reining score of 69.5 in a home loss to No. 2 South Carolina (11/23) ... completed an exhibition ride in reining in an exhibi- tion meet vs. Minnesota-Crookston (10/19) ... competed in a National Reining Horse Asso- ciation show in Montana in June, and earned a second place finish in the geldings class

Before SDSU: Fifth generation Montanan ... 2012 Northern Rockies Reining Horse Associ- ation Youth 14-18 champion ... 2013 Montana Reining Horse Association two-handed youth 14-18 champion ... earned three varsity letters in soccer at Bozeman High School ... four- year honor roll student ... academic all-state selection in 2011 ... graduated with a 4.0 grade point average

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NATALIE HOWARD Natalie Howard Career Statistics – Equitation on the Flat Year Win Loss Tie MOP Pct. 2013-14 0 4 0 0 .000 SOPHOMORE Natalie Howard Career Statistics – Equitation Over Fences HUNT SEAT (FLAT/FENCES) 2013-14 0 2 0 0 .000 TEMECULA, CALIF. GREAT OAK H.S. CAREER HIGH SCORES ON THE FLAT (1 JUDGE)...... 80, at Oklahoma State, 11/2/13 COMMUNICATIONS MAJOR ON THE FLAT (2 JUDGE) ...... OVER FENCES (1 JUDGE) ...... 71, at Oklahoma State, 11/2/13 2013-14 : Posted an 0-4 mark on the flat and an 0-2 mark over fences in her first season as OVER FENCES (2 JUDGE)...... a Jackrabbit ... exhibition rider over fences and on the flat in an exhibition meet vs. Min- Before SDSU nesota (10/12) ... recorded a season-high on the flat score of 80 at Oklahoma State (11/2) : Earned two equestrian varsity letters in high school ... reserve champion in ... also set a season-high over fences score at Oklahoma State with a 71 ... competed on modified junior amateur jumpers for San Diego Scholastic Equestrian League in 2012-13 ... the flat vs. South Carolina (11/23) and served as an alternate over fences ... also com- earned reserve champion honors for 3’3” equitation medal and for junior amateur jumpers in pleted an exhibition ride on the flat at the Independent Championship Tournament (3/28-29) 2011-12 ... received SDSEL leader of the pack award and named spirit award winner in 2012 ... Dean’s List honoree on both semesters ... team spirit award winner and 2013 ... member of the National Honor Society and the Spanish National Honor Society ... enrolled in international baccalaureate program in 2011-13 ... 2013 academic letterwinner

VICTORIA JOHNSON Victoria Johnson Career Statistics – Horsemanship Year Win Loss Tie MOP Pct. 2013-14 7 4 0 1 .636 SOPHOMORE CAREER HIGH SCORES WESTERN (HORSEMANSHIP) HORSEMANSHIP (1 JUDGE)...... 77, at Baylor, 9/28/13 OLYMPIA, WASH. HORSEMANSHIP (2 JUDGE) ...... 143, vs. Fresno State, 3/28/14 TUMWATER H.S. ANIMAL SCIENCE MAJOR

2013-14: Competed in 11 of the 12 meets in horsemanship as a freshman, posting a 7-4 Before SDSU: Competed in various American Quarter Horse Association, Appaloosa record with one MOP ... earned her first collegiate win and earned her first-career MOP Horse Club and National Snaffle Bit Association horse shows .. also competed in eques- with a score of 74 vs. New Mexico State (9/28) at the Willis Invitational ... followed up her trian at Tumwater High School ... won two world champion titles, along with multiple top-five first win with a season-high score of 77 in a win at Baylor (9/28) at the Willis Invitational ... and top-10 finishes in her career, including a third place finish in horsemanship and an made it three wins in a row at SMU (11/1) ... rode to a win with a score of 72.5 vs. No. 3 eighth place finish in novice western pleasure at the 2011 Appaloosa Youth World Show ... TCU (11/9) at the New Mexico State Tournament ... scored a 72 in a home win vs. No. 5 earned Mount Rainer Appaloosa Club year-end youth all-around champion honors in 2011 Kansas State (2/1) ... closed the season with a pair of wins at the Independent Champi- ... graduated high school with a 3.5 grade point average onship Tournament at the DeHaan Equestrian Center vs. No. 8 Fresno State (3/28) and vs. UT-Martin (3/29)

MADDIE LEWIS Maddie Lewis Career Statistics – Equitation on the Flat Year Win Loss Tie MOP Pct. 2013-14 0 4 0 0 .000 SOPHOMORE Maddie Lewis Career Statistics – Equitation Over Fences HUNT SEAT (FLAT/FENCES) 2013-14 1 0 0 0 1.000 POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. CAREER HIGH SCORES KETCHAM SENIOR H.S. ON THE FLAT (1 JUDGE) ...... 62, vs. South Carollina, 11/23/13; vs. UT-Martin, 9/27/13 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE MAJOR ON THE FLAT (2 JUDGE) ...... OVER FENCES (1 JUDGE)...... 68, vs. UT-Martin, 9/27/13 2013-14: Finished her freshman season with an 0-4 mark on the flat and a 1-0 record over OVER FENCES (2 JUDGE)...... fences ... opened her career with a season-high flat score of 62 at the Willis Invitational Before SDSU against UT-Martin (9/27) ... equaled her season-high flat score with a 62 vs. No. 2 South : 2012 Old Salem Farm Children’s Equitation Winter Series champion ... fin- Carolina (11/23) ... won her only ride over fences, scoring a 68 against UT-Martin at the ished second in the Thoroughbred Hunter Classic at Sussex County Horseshow in 2013 ... Willis Invitational reserve champion in limit equitation at Sussex County Horseshow in 2012 ... four-year honor roll student

ANGELA LOPEZ

SOPHOMORE WESTERN (HORSEMANSHIP) BRENTWOOD, CALIF. LIBERTY H.S. ANIMAL SCIENCE MAJOR

2013-14: Won the circuit champion novice youth 14-18 showmanship, reserve circuit cham- Before SDSU: Earned youth 14-18 all-around champion, reserve champion in 14-18 west- pion novice youth 14-18 trail and reserve all around champion 14-18 at the California Quar- ern riding and reserve champion in 14-18 trail at Oregon Summer Classic in 2010 ter Horst Association Summer Celebration in Rancho Murieta, Calif.

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STEPHANIE MILLS

SOPHOMORE HUNT SEAT (FLAT) ESKO, MINN. LINCOLN H.S. SOCIOLOGY MAJOR

2013-14: Demo rider on the flat and over fences in an exhibition meet vs. Minnesota Before SDSU: Twin Ports Hunter Jumper Association circuit equitation champion in 2011 ... (10/12) ... ex-officio of the GSA Safe zone trainer Volunteer at Brookings Humane Society 2012 high point jumping champion at the River Ranch Arena Show ... competed in and ... Honors College Dean’s List honoree in both semesters achieved numerous first place finishes at the 2’9” level at various Minnesota Hunter jumper Association, TPHJA and Northwoods Dressage Association shows ... four-year honor roll student

ELIZABETH NIEWOJNA Ellizabeth Niewojna Career Statistics – Horsemanship Year Win Loss Tie MOP Pct. 2013-14 8 3 0 2 .727 SOPHOMORE CAREER HIGH SCORES WESTERN (HORSEMANSHIP) HORSEMANSHIP (1 JUDGE)...... 75.5, at Baylor, 9/28/13 WILSALL, MONT. HORSEMANSHIP (2 JUDGE) ...... 146.5, vs. UT-Martin, 3/29/14 CASTLE VIEW H.S. JOURNALISM MAJOR

2013-14: Posted a team-best eight wins ... tied a school record for horsemanship wins in a Before SDSU: Won all-around title at the 2013 Novice Championship World Show in Las season, and ranks fifth all-time for career wins ... posted a team-best two MOPs in horse- Vegas after finishing first in trail, first in western riding and third in horsemanship ... finished manship, which ties her for third all-time in career MOPs ... started her career with a win 11th and 12 in western riding categories at the 2013 American Quarter Horse Youth World and an MOP with a score of 72 in the season-opener vs. UT-Martin at the Willis Invitational Show in Oklahoma City ... rode to a fifth place finish in novice horsemanship in 2011 at the ... also won vs. New Mexico State (9/28) with a score of 72 and at Baylor (9/28) with a sea- prestigious All-American Quarter Horse Congress in Columbus, Ohio ... honor roll student son-high score of 75.5 ... recovered from her first-career loss with a win and MOP vs. No. 3 TCU (11/9) at the New Mexico State Tournament with a of 73.5 ... earned her first-career home win vs. No. 2 South Carolina (11/23) ... won at home vs. No. 5 Kansas State (2/1) and vs. Minnesota-Crookston (2/22) ... closed the season with a win over UT-Martin (3/29) in the Independent Championship Tournament Finals

MAKAYLA REED Makayla Reed Career Statistics – Reining Year Win Loss Tie MOP Pct. 2013-14 2 4 0 1 .333 SOPHOMORE CAREER HIGH SCORES WESTERN (REINING) REINING (1 JUDGE)...... 72.5, at Oklahoma State, 11/2/13 PORTERVILLE, CALIF. REINING (2 JUDGE) ...... PORTERVILLE H.S. DAIRY MANUFACTURING MAJOR

2013-14: Competed in six events in her freshman campaign, posting a 2-4 record with one Before SDSU: Transferred to SDSU from Porterville College in Porterville, Calif. ... 2012 MOP ... made her collegiate debut with a win and MOP with a score of 70 at SMU (11/1) ... American Quarter Horse Youth Association cow horse boxing world champion and reserve scored a season-high 72.5 in a win at Oklahoma State (11/2) world champion ... earned top-five and top-10 finishes in the nation for the National Reining Cow Horse Association in 2012, which automatically qualified her for the NRCHA World Show ... earned second and fifth finishes in the Valley Cow Horse Association year-end awards ... earned two varsity letters in both water polo and swimming in high school ... California Scholarship Federation honoree from 2009-12

NICOLE SIEBOLD

SOPHOMORE WESTERN (HORSEMANSHIP) WEST JEFFERSON, OHIO WEST JEFFERSON H.S. ANIMAL SCIENCE MAJOR

2013-14: Horsemanship demo rider in a western exhibition meet vs. Minnesota-Crookston Before SDSU: American Quarter Horse Youth Association World Show qualifier in 2012 ... (10/19) Ohio Quarter Horse Association reserve horsemanship champion in 2008, 2009 and 2012 ... finished in the top-10 in equitation at the All-American Quarter Horse Congress in 2011 ... ac- ademic top-20 selection in 2009 ... served as the West Jefferson High School Class of 2013 vice president from 2009-13 22 GOJACKS.COM JACKRABBIT SOPHOMORE

KELSEY SWAINSTON Kelsey Swainston Career Statistics – Horsemanship Year Win Loss Tie MOP Pct. 2013-14 2 4 0 0 .333 SOPHOMORE CAREER HIGH SCORES WESTERN (HORSEMANSHIP) HORSEMANSHIP (1 JUDGE)...... 75.5, at Baylor, 9/28/13 NAMPA, IDAHO HORSEMANSHIP (2 JUDGE) ...... 137, vs. Fresno State, 3/28/14 NAMPA H.S. ANIMAL SCIENCE MAJOR

2013-14: Rode in six meets with a 2-4 mark in horsemanship in her freshman season ... Before SDSU: Earned numerous APHA and PHA rider of merit ... 2012 Idaho Quarter Horse scored a season-high 75.5 at Baylor (9/28) at the Willis Invitational, but came up on the los- Fall Classic 14-18 all-around winner ... 2010 and 2011 Idaho Paint Horse Club all-around 14- ing end ... earned her first win of the season with a score of 72.5 at SMU (11/1) ... scored a 18 year-end high point winner ... four-year honor roll student ... National Honor Society mem- 71.5 in a home win vs. No. 5 Kansas State (2/1) ber ... presidential scholar ... graduated with high honors

BLAIR JULIA WRIGHT Blair Julia Wright Career Statistics – Equitation on the Flat Year Win Loss Tie MOP Pct. 2013-14 6 3 1 1 .650 SOPHOMORE Blair Julia Wright Career Statistics – Equitation Over Fences HUNT SEAT (FLAT/FENCES) 2013-14 0 7 0 0 .000 FRISCO, TEXAS CAREER HIGH SCORES TRINITY CHRISTIAN ADADEMY ON THE FLAT (1 JUDGE)...... 79, vs. Minnesota-Crookston, 2/22/14 NURSING MAJOR ON THE FLAT (2 JUDGE) ...... 167, vs. UT-Martin, 3/29/14 OVER FENCES (1 JUDGE) ...... 82, vs. TCU, 11/9/13 2013-14: Competed in 10 meets on the flat , posting a 6-3-1 overall record and one MOP ... OVER FENCES (2 JUDGE)...... 136, vs. Fresno State, 3/28/14 started her career with a pair of wins at the Willis Invitational, with wins against UT-Martin Before SDSU (9/27) and New Mexico State (9/28) ... also earned a point vs. No. 3 TCU (11/9) at the New : Finished 13th at the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- Mexico State Tournament and a tie at No. 6 New Mexico State (11/9) ... picked up home mals Maclay Regionals in St. Louis in 2012 ... participated in the Alltech National Horse victories against No. 5 Kansas State (2/1) and against Minnesota-Crookston (2/22), when Show medal finals in Harrisburg, Pa., in 2012 ... rode in National Horse Show Maclay Finals she scored a season-high 79 in earning MOP honors ... also competed over fences in in Lexington, Ky. In 2013 ... finished first in overall equitation at the 2012 Pink Oak Invita- seven meets, posting an 0-7 record ... scored a season-high mark of 82 vs. TCU tional... finished fourth in the Hunter Derby at Fleur De Lis in 2012 ... cum laude student as a sophomore and junior ... magnum cum laude as a senior

JACKRABBIT FRESHMEN

TAYLOR DUERR EMILY KERR

FRESHMAN FRESHMAN HUNT SEAT (FLAT/FENCES) HUNT SEAT (FLAT/FENCES) ROCHESTER, N.Y. VENTURA, CALIF. THE ETHEL WALKER SCHOOL SAUGUS H.S. ENGINEERING MAJOR ENGLISH MAJOR Before SDSU: Rode at the 2013 New England Equitation Finals in junior medal ... com- Before SDSU: Transferred to SDSU from Cal State-Channel Islands ... finished in fifth peted at the 2013 Interscholastic Equestrian Association in Varsity Open Regions Zone 1 place at the Year End United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Zone 10 large pony Region 6 ... finished seventh over fences at the 2014 Devon Horse Show in the amateur- hunter in 2009 ...Year End Los Angeles Hunter Jumper Association large pony hunter owner 3’3” ... won multiple championships in the amateur-owners 3’3” and the adult champion, pony equitation champion and best pony rider in 2009 ... finished ninth out of medals from 2013 to 2014 ... won The Cortabel Farm Hunter Derby at the 2013 Folly 32 riders, and as the highest placing junior rider, at the 2010 $3,000 Memorial Day United Classic ... earned titles at the Child Adult Hunter Classic and the Junior Medal Classic ... States Hunter Jumper Association National Hunter Classic ... Year End Interscholastic named Best Junior Rider for the show at the Junior Medal Classic ... earned Brighton Equestrian League junior varsity 3’0” hunter champion in 2011 and 2012, adding IEL jun- High Schools Technology Award in 2013 ... earned four varsity letters in Alpine Ski Racing ior varsity 3’6” hunter champion in 2013

ALISSA GREENWALD CARSEN GREGG

FRESHMAN FRESHMAN HUNT SEAT (FLAT/FENCES) HUNT SEAT (FLAT/FENCES) OVERLAND PARK, KAN. LONGMONT, COLO. SHAWNEE MISSION WEST H.S. SILVER CREEK H.S. POLITICAL SCIENCE/PRE-LAW MAJOR ANIMAL SCIENCE MAJOR Before SDSU: Won both hunter derbies at the 2013 Thomas Fahey Memorial Horse Before SDSU: Competed on an Interscholastic Equestrian Association High School Team Show ... 2013 Zone 7 children's hunter champion ... won the United States Equestrian that qualified for nationals in 2014 ... participant in the 2013 Emerging Athlete Program re- Federation Medal at Zone 7 Finals ... won the Carol Durand Challenge Trophy for high gional clinic ... 2012 Colorado Hunter Jumper Association medal finals champion and Col. point equitation rider at 2013 American Royal ... qualified two horses to the 2014 National R.L. Robertson Medal winner ... named 2011 Colorado Hunter Jumper Association year- Junior Hunter Finals ... qualified for the 2014 Hunterdon Cup Equitation Classic at Junior end junior hunters champion, junior equitation reserve champion, best CHJA child rider Hunter Finals ... qualified for the 2014 Maclay Regional Finals and the 2014 Zone 7 Equi- and earned the Spirit of Excellence Award ... 2014 recipient of the Colorado Hunter tation Championship ... four-year honor roll student ... two-year member of the National Jumper Foundation Educational Scholarship ... four-year participant in the USEF High Honor Society ... member of the Spanish National Honor Society ... four-time academic School Equestrian Athlete Program ... 2014 Academic Letter Award... earned a second letterwinner ... also earned varsity letters in softball and debate in high school year varsity letter in choir in 2014 2013-14 JACKRABBIT EQUESTRIAN 23 JACKRABBIT FRESHMEN

MELISSA KERR MIRANDA SULLIVAN

FRESHMAN FRESHMAN HUNT SEAT (FLAT/FENCES) WESTERN (REINING/HORSEMANSHIP) GRANVILLE, OHIO ORLEANS, IND. GRANCILLE H.S. ORLEANS SENIOR H.S. PRE-MED MAJOR AVIATION MAJOR

Before SDSU: Earned the United States Hunter Jumper Association 2013 Sportsman of Before SDSU: Five-year member of the American Quarter Horse Association ... AQHA the Year Award ... also garnered a 2013 United States Equestrian Federation Junior Youth World qualifier from 2011-13 with two horses ... earned youth performance register Equestrian of the Year nomination ... competed at the International Equestrian Federation of merit twice in 2012 ... high point limited rider in reining and performance open reining in FEI International Cup in Quito, Ecuador in June 2014 ... USHJA gold medal 3'0” equitation 2012 ... four-year member of the National Reining Horse Association ... NRHA youth Champion for Ohio ... competed at Interscholastic Equestrian Association nationals ... rookie champion, levels one and two, in 2012 ... two-time participant in the National Youth children's jumpers champion at numerous venues ... also earned two varsity letters in Athletic Team Tournament ... rode in the 2011 NYATT on team two horses ... showed two cross country, winning both a sportsmanship medal, team MVP and academic all-state horses and earned top-10 placing at the 2012 NYATT ... three-time year-end award win- honors in 2013 ... earned two varsity letters in indoor and outdoor track, where she quali- ner in the Indiana Quarter Horse Youth Association ... member of the Redline Dance fied for the state indoor meet in 2013 ... member of the National Honor Society and Span- Team from 2008-12 ... earned three varsity letters in track and field and two in cross coun- ish Honor Society ... graduated Cum Laude from high school ... awarded numerous try ... honor roll student from 2008-14 ... graduated with honors college scholarships

HAYLEY MARSHALL MARIAH WRIGHT

FRESHMAN FRESHMAN WESTERN (HORSEMANSHIP) WESTERN (REINING) CRESTVIEW, FLA. WOOSTER, OHIO CRESTVIEW H.S. WOOSTER H.S. ANIMAL SCIENCE MAJOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERING MAJOR

Before SDSU: Northwest Florida Quarter Horse Association All-Around Youth Winner in Before SDSU: Ohio State Fair Reining Champion and Central Ohio Reining Horse Asso- both 2012 and 2013 ... two-time National Youth Activity Team Tournament team member ciation Jackpot Gelding of the Year in 2010 ... earned a top-10 finish in reining at the 2013 at the American Quarter Horse Congress representing the NWFQHA ... earned equitation All-American Quarter Horse Congress ... qualified for the American Quarter Horse Youth finalist at the Dixie Nationals novice championships in 2012 and reserve champion in World Show in reining in 2013 and 2014, and qualified in ranch horse pleasure in 2014 ... youth equitation in 2013 ... four-year member of the National Honor Society ... graduated rode to youth reining and ranch horse pleasure circuit championships at the 2014 South- with honor senior superlative as chosen by faculty members for character ... AP scholar ... ern Ohio Quarter Horse Association Madness in March event ... reserve champion in trail four-year member of the color guard in high school ... named to rifle and dance line as a at the 2014 Ohio State Fair ... national champion in open varsity team horsemanship at... sophomore and chosen as a first officer as a senior ... volunteers with the Boy and Girl also finished fourth in open varsity individual horsemanship and sixth in open varsity team Scouts to help scouts earn their horsemanship merit badges reining at the 2014 IEA National Finals ... 2014 IEA Zone 5 western high-point rider and individual open varsity horsemanship champion ... also finished third in open varsity team reining and open varsity team horsemanship and fifth in open varsity individual reining at IEA Zone 5 event ... four-year honor roll student ... member National Honor Society

KATHERINE MCCABE

FRESHMAN HUNT SEAT (FLAT/FENCES) GRANVILLE, OHIO GRANVILLE H.S. EXPLORATORY STUDIES MAJOR

Before SDSU: Finished fifth over fences at the Interscholastic Equestrian Association Hunt Seat National Finals in 2010, 2011 and 2013, and qualified on the flat in both 2011 and 2013 ... also a hunt seat national qualifier at the IEA Varsity Open in 2012 and 2013 ... Single Zone Qualifier for IEA Varsity Open in flat and Fences Chosen Sportsman in 2009-12 seasons ... American Quarter Horse Association Hunter Hack finalist in 2011 ... earned third place in flat and fourth in fences in AQHA regionals in 2011 ... finished first on the flat and eighth over fences at the 2011 Winter Equestrian Festival College Prep Invita- tional, adding a fourth place finish over fences in 2013 ... four-year honor roll student in high school

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AMAZING GRACE AR RIVER TAXI CALVIN KLEIN Barn Name: Grace Barn Name: AR Barn Name: Calvin Year of Birth: 2001 Year of Birth: 2002 Year of Birth: 2000 Sex: Mare Sex: Gelding Sex: Gelding Breed: Warmblood Breed: Quarter Horse Breed: Thoroughbred Donor: Virginia Croskey Donor: Darlene Mandelke Owner: Julie Gallo

CHICS RUBY TUESDAY CLYDE DISTRACT THE LEAGUE Barn Name: Ruby Barn Name: Clyde Barn Name: Marshal Year of Birth: 2001 Year of Birth: 2001 Year of Birth: 2001 Sex: Mare Sex: Gelding Sex: Gelding Breed: Quarter Horse Breed: American Paint Horse Breed: Quarter Horse Seller: Fox Run Farm Donor: Warren Hammerbeck Seller: Oklahoma State Univ.

DOCS ULTIMATE RIDE DOLCE FIRST TIME FANCY Barn Name: Ryder Barn Name: Dolce Barn Name: Trigger Year of Birth: 1999 Year of Birth: 2006 Year of Birth: 2006 Sex: Gelding Sex: Gelding Sex: Gelding Breed: Quarter Horse Breed: Thoroughbred Breed: Paint Donor: Jo Goss Owner: Julie Gallo Seller: Rachel Twogood

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FRANKLY IM SMART GONNA GETCHA GOOD HICKORY CHIC AHOLIC Barn Name: Thumper Barn Name: Ditto Barn Name: Hooch Year of Birth: 2010 Year of Birth: 2002 Year of Birth: 2006 Sex: Gelding Sex: Gelding Sex: Gelding Breed: Quarter Horse Breed: Appaloosa Breed: Quarter Horse Owner: South Dakota State Donors: Alice and Jay Stewart Donor: Jennifer Blount

HOT MIA HOT RODDIN’ THERAPY JACKSON Barn Name: Betty Barn Name: Marley Barn Name: Jackson Year of Birth: 2006 Year of Birth: 2007 Year of Birth: 1993 Sex: Mare Sex: Gelding Sex: Gelding Breed: Thoroughbred Cross Breed: Quarter Horse Breed: Thoroughbred Donor: Dan and Natalie Hosch Owner: Pam Wells Donor: Stephen F. Austin State Univ.

JACKSON Z K DEES WHIZ LONESOME JAEBARBUNNY Barn Name: Jacks Barn Name: Dino Barn Name: Bunny Year of Birth: 1999 Year of Birth: 2014 Year of Birth: 2004 Sex: Gelding Sex: Gelding Sex: Mare Breed: Warmblood Breed: Quarter Horse Breed: Quarter Horse Donor: Eliza Hunt Owner: Patricia Robertson Owner: Sue Grant

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LONESOME SILVER ROY MARLEY MEANT TO BE Barn Name: Chase Barn Name: Marley Barn Name: Benny Year of Birth: 2009 Year of Birth: 2007 Year of Birth: 1994 Sex: Gelding Sex: Gelding Sex: Gelding Breed: Quarter Horse Breed: Quarter Horse Breed: Thoroughbred Owner: Keith Dittrich Owner: Pam Wells Donor: Jordan Goodall

MR. GERONIMO MS. DITTO TOO PHOENIX Barn Name: Flash Barn Name: Porscha Barn Name: Phoenix Year of Birth: 1996 Year of Birth: 2003 Year of Birth: 2004 Sex: Gelding Sex: Mare Sex: Mare Breed: Appaloosa Breed: Arabian Cross Breed: Warmblood Seller: Martha Tacha Donor: Jeanine Nielsen Owner: Julie Gallo

PICK THIS DUN IT RATHER BE RARE READY REAGENT Barn Name: Annie Barn Name: Val Barn Name: Elliot Year of Birth: 2006 Year of Birth: 2000 Year of Birth: 2002 Sex: Mare Sex: Mare Sex: Gelding Breed: Quarter Horse Breed: Thoroughbred Breed: Thoroughbred Owner: Keith Dittrich Owner: Carolyn & Dale Hansen Donor: Dana Brandys

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REPEATABLE SIMPLE INTEREST SMART PEPI ROOSTER Barn Name: Myrna Barn Name: Broker Barn Name: Lucy Year of Birth: 2001 Year of Birth: 2005 Year of Birth: 2007 Sex: Mare Sex: Gelding Sex: Mare Breed: Appendix Breed: Paint Breed: Quarter Horse Owner: Carolyn & Dale Hansen Seller: Jared Clark Owner: Joe Goss

SONATO STEALIN MY HEART TELLURIDE Barn Name: Duke Barn Name: Moonshine Barn Name: Snowy Year of Birth: 1999 Year of Birth: 2008 Year of Birth: 1999 Sex: Gelding Sex: Mare Sex: Gelding Breed: Warmblood Breed: Quarter Horse Breed: Thoroughbred Owner: Barb Stoyko Owner: Shelby Webb Donor: The Weaver Family

TROOPER TWO TONE VICTORIA VALENTINE Barn Name: Trooper Barn Name: Oreo Barn Name: Aggie Year of Birth: 1998 Year of Birth: 2002 Year of Birth: 2007 Sex: Gelding Sex: Gelding Sex: Mare Breed: Thoroughbred Breed: Pinto Breed: Thoroughbred Seller: Michelle Crissinger Seller: Kathlene Gaddis Owner: Lesousky Family

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WHOA N GO ZAPPHIRE Z AWESOME INVITATION Barn Name: Whoa Barn Name: Zapphire Barn Name: Z-Man Year of Birth: 1999 Year of Birth: 2007 Year of Birth: 2009 Sex: Gelding Sex: Mare Sex: Gelding Breed: Half Arabian Breed: Thoroughbred Breed: Paint Seller: Rancho Del Sol/Don & Kamber Ulmer Owner: Julie Gallo Owner: Shelby Webb

HORSE DONATIONS

The South Dakota State Equestrian team is consist of hunters, jumpers and horses with always looking for quality horses to lease or backgrounds in eventing. Hunt seat horses accept as donations for the program. with training and show experience on the flat Completion of the DeHaan Equestrian Cen- and/or jumping over three feet are preferred. ter in 2008 more than tripled the team's previ- On the western side, SDSU looks for horses ous training facilities. At nearly 26,000 square with training and show experience in either feet, the $3.6 million climate-controlled facility horsemanship or reining. In order for the riders features an indoor riding arena, 41 stalls, to prepare for the level of competition in the areas for grooming, washing and preparing National Collegiate Equestrian Association, the horses, as well as separate on-site work SDSU can only accept horses that meet these ZIPPIN FANCY FREE areas for veterinarians and farriers. levels of training and experience. Barn Name: Mick The DeHaan Equestrian Center property If leasing or donating your horse to the pro- consists of a total of 160 acres, with approxi- gram is something that interests you, please Year of Birth: 2002 mately 35 acres of fenced paddocks where contact SDSU Head Equestrian Coach Megan Sex: Gelding horses receive daily turnout. Rossiter by phone at (605) 688-4506 or by SDSU utilizes horses from both western and email at [email protected] Breed: Paint hunt seat disciplines. The hunt seat horses Owner: Jennifer VanHal

TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

HORSE BREEDS Dutch Warmblood - Developed through a breeding Quarter Horse - One of a breed of strong saddle American Paint Horse - While the colorful coat pat- program that started in the 1960s, they can be iden- horses developed in the western United States. tern essentially identifies the breed, American Paint tified by its thoroughbred type head, strong neck, Horses must adhere to strict bloodline requirements compact deep body, good hooves and good legs. Thoroughbred - A pedigreed animal of unmixed and a distinctive body type. lineage. Half-Arabian - A cross between an Arabian and an- Appaloosa - Noted by its distinctive spotted coat, other breed. Somtimes done to improve a horses' developed by the Nez Perce people of northeast constitution, soundness and endurance capabilities, GENDER DEFINITIONS Oregon in the 18th century. French trappers named or to gain Arabian type in a particular color, such as Gelding - A castrated male horse. Unless used for it for the Palouse River in southeast Washington. Pinto or Appaloosa. breeding purposes, male horses should be cas- trated. This can make for a more even tempered an- Appendix Quarter Horse - A quarter horse and Paint - APHA-registered horses that can prove imal. thoroughbred cross. parentage from one of the three approved registries AQHA, TB and APHA, as well as meet a minimum Mare - A female horse over the age of four. A fe- Arabian - A breed that originated in the Middle color requirement. male horse under the age of four is known as a East. Noted by its head shape and high tail car- philly. riage. Pinto - Defined by color rather than genetic ances- try. Pintos have a dark background coloring and upon this color random patches of white.

30 GOJACKS.COM HISTORY AND RECORDS SDSU EQUESTRIAN HISTORY

A new era of athletic competition at South Dakota State began in the fall of 2005 as the Jackrabbits fielded their first varsity equestrian team. Equestrian emerged as a natural fit with SDSU’s status as a land-grant institution with strong ties to agriculture. SDSU currently offers majors in pre-veterinary and animal science within its College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, while offering coursework in equine studies. The program formed in the spring of 2004, mak- ing equestrian the 21st varsity sport at SDSU, 10 sports for men and 11 for women. Megan McGee came on board as the program’s first head coach on Aug. 31, 2004, and served in For the first time in school history, both the western and hunt seat teams qualified for NCEA that position through the 2009-10 season. Joe Nationals in 2013, and also for the first time, both squads advanced to the second round Humphrey joined the coaching staff in the spring when it earned a selection to compete in the Var- In 2011, Jackrabbit reining rider Angela Gebhart of 2005, and took over the head coaching duties sity Equestrian National Championships in Waco, made history by becoming the first-ever SDSU on an interim basis from the fall of 2010 through Texas. rider to earn All-American honors. The Maple June 2011, when Megan Rossiter took over the The SDSU equestrian program continues its Grove, Minn., native posted a 6-1 record in her program. rise in the collegiate equestrian ranks to this day. senior season, with four MOP awards to her During the inaugural 2005-06 season, the Eleven riders qualified for regional competition credit. Jackrabbits put together a schedule that included during the 2007-08 season, with four earning trips Following in Gebhart’s footsteps, Laura Dunlavy five head-to-head competitions against some of to national competition. The 2008-09 season saw got an All-American nod in 2013, also in reining, the top Varsity Equestrian programs in the coun- 10 Jackrabbit riders qualify for regional events, after posting a school-record 12 wins with just try, including opening competition Oct. 1, 2005, at and a school-record eight riders that moved on to three losses in her junior campaign, with a trio of Kansas State. The first head-to-head win in pro- national competition. MOP honors. gram history came on Nov. 20, when the Jacks The Jackrabbit western team boasts a total of A native of Cornelius, Ore., Raivenne Scott beat Stephen F. Austin. SDSU filled out its sched- five appearances at Varsity Equestrian Nationals, joined the growing class of reining All-Americans ule by competing in Intercollegiate Horse Show now known as the NCEA National Champi- in 2014, and became the youngest to win the Association events, something the team did onships, held annually in Waco, Texas, with the honor, when she finished her sophomore season through the 2010-11 season before switching ex- hunt seat squad making its initial appearance at with a 10-0-1 record, with one MOP to earn the clusively to varsity equestrian shows. nationals in 2013, when both teams made school award. During the 2006-07 season, Kaylee DeVries be- history by becoming the first Jackrabbit teams to Helen Lauth earned reining All-American honor- came the first Jackrabbit rider to qualify for na- advance at Nationals. able mention in 2012 after going 7-2 on the sea- tional competition, earning a trip to IHSA Starting in the 2013-14 season, the NCEA no son. Jessie Miller added an All-American Nationals in intermediate equitation on the flat. longer separates teams into hunt seat and west- honorable mention selection in 2013 with a 6-3 Over the years, 10 other Jackrabbit riders ern. Although the two disciplines still exist sepa- mark, while Lauren Kerr became the first hunt earned a chance to ride at IHSA Nationals before rately, teams win or lose based on a total team seat rider to get an All-American honorable men- the program shifted to competing solely at NCEA score of hunt seat and western teams combined. tion selection in 2013 with a 6-1 record on the flat. events in the fall of 2011. Additionally, teams can only qualify for NCEA Na- Along with the individual accomplishments, the Also during the spring of 2007, the Jackrabbit tionals as one team, meaning that a school’s program picked up a number of team milestones Western squad became the first team SDSU western and/or hunt seat team can no longer over the years as well; including the programs equestrian team to make a national tournament, qualify on its own. first win over a ranked team, which came over No. 3 ranked Georgia on Nov. 17, 2013, when the Jacks topped the Bulldogs on raw score. The win over Georgia also propelled the Jackrabbits to their first-ever national rank, as the team went from receiving votes in the National Equestrian Coaches Poll to ranked No. 9 in the nation. Later on in the 2012-13 season, the Jackrabbits made history again by advancing at NCEA Na- tionals for the first time in school history. The western squad downed UT-Martin in the opening round at nationals before falling to Auburn the second round. That same year, the hunt seat team not only qualified for nationals for the first time, but also edged TCU on raw score to ad- vance to the second round, where they came up The 2007 western team qualified for Varsity Equestrian National Championshps, making them the short against Kansas State. first equestrian team to qualify for a national event.

32 GOJACKS.COM INDIVIDUAL RECORDS BY EVENT

ON THE FLAT – WINS IN A SEASON ON THE FLAT – WINS IN A CAREER ON THE FLAT – MOP IN A SEASON ON THE FLAT – MOP IN A CAREER 1. 8 ...... Santana Wright - 2012-13 1. 13 ...... Santana Wright - 2010-14 1. 3 ...... Santana Wright - 2012-13 1. 4 ...... Santana Wright - 2010-14 2. 6 ...... Blair Julia Wright - 2013-14 2. 12 ...... Lauren Kerr - 2009-13 2. 2 ...... Megan Violand - 2012-13 4 ...... Megan Violand - 2009-13 6 ...... Lauren Kerr - 2012-13 3. 9 ...... Megan Schiffman - 2009-13 2 ...... Megan Violand - 2011-12 3. 3 ...... Lauren Kerr - 2009-13 6 ...... Megan Schiffman - 2012-13 9 ...... Megan Violand - 2009-13 2 ...... Lauren Kerr - 2009-10 3 ...... Megan Schiffman - 2009-13 5. 5 ...... Santana Wright - 2013-14 5. 8 ...... Victoria Pecak - 2008-12 5. 1 ...... 11 times 5. 1...... Six times 5 ...... Megan Schiffman - 2012-13

OVER FENCES – WINS IN A SEASON OVER FENCES – WINS IN A CAREER OVER FENCES – MOP IN A SEASON OVER FENCES – MOP IN A CAREER 1. 7 ...... Santana Wright - 2013-14 1. 21 ...... Santana Wright - 2010-14 1. 3...... Santana Wright - 2011-12 1. 7 ...... Santana Wright - 2010-14 7...... Santana Wright - 2011-12 2. 12 ...... Megan Violand - 2009-13 2. 2 ...... Santana Wright - 2013-14 2. 2...... Marielle Golden - 2012-pres. 3. 5...... Jordan Goodall - 2012-13 3. 11...... Meredith Sauer - 2008-12 2...... Marielle Golden - 2012-13 2 ...... Ashley Marrin - 2007-11 5 ...... Santana Wright - 2012-13 4. 10....Jordan Goodall - 2011-present 2 ...... Ashley Marrin - 2009-10 4. 1 ...... Five times 5...... Meredith Sauer - 2011-12 5. 6 ...... Jenna Boscardin - 2009-13 5. 1...... Seven times

HORSEMANSHIP – WINS IN A SEASON HORSEMANSHIP – WINS IN A CAREER HORSEMANSHIP – MOP IN A SEASON HORSEMANSHIP – MOP IN A CAREER 1. 8...... Elizabeth Niewojna - 2013-14 1. 15...... Kelsey Champagne - 2009-13 1. 3...... Kelsey Champagne - 2009-10 1. 7...... Kelsey Champagne - 2009-13 8...... Shelby Webb - 2012-13 2. 12...... Shelby Webb - 2010-14 2...... Lexus Hoffman - 2013-14 2. 3 ...... Maggie Holzworth - 2008-12 3. 7...... Victoria Johnson - 2013-14 3. 11...... Kaylee Mundwiler - 2006-10 2...... Elizabeth Niewojna - 2013-14 3. 2...... Lexus Hoffman - 2013-pres. 7...... Kelsey Champagne - 2012-13 4. 9 ...... Maggie Holzworth - 2008-12 2...... Kelsey Champagne - 2012-13 2....Elizabeth Niewojna - 2013-pres. 5. 6...... Ashlie Centra - 2008-09 5. 8...... Elizabeth Niewojna - 2013-pres. 2...... Kelsey Champagne - 2011-12 2...... Kaylee Mundwiler - 2006-10 2...... Maggie Holzworth - 2011-12 2...... Kaylee Mundwiler - 2008-09

REINING – WINS IN A SEASON REINING – WINS IN A CAREER REINING – MOP IN A SEASON REINING – MOP IN A CAREER 1. 12...... Laura Dunlavy - 2012-13 1. 19...... Laura Dunlavy - 2010-14 1. 3...... Laura Dunlavy - 2013-14 1. 6...... Laura Dunlavy - 2010-14 2. 10...... Raivenne Scott - 2013-14 19 ...... Lydia Placzek - 2007-11 3 ...... Jana Basler - 2012-13 6 ...... Angela Gebhart - 2007-11 3. 8 ...... Jana Basler - 2012-13 3. 18 ...... Angela Gebhart - 2007-11 3...... Laura Dunlavy - 2012-13 3. 5 ...... Lydia Placzek - 2007-11 4. 7...... Helen Lauth - 2011-12 4. 15...... Raivenne Scott - 2012-pres. 3 ...... Angela Gebhart - 2010-11 4. 3 ...... Jana Basler - 2009-13 5. 6 ...... Jessie Miller - 2012-13 15...... Helen Lauth - 2008-12 5. 2 ...... Lydia Placzek - 2010-11 5. 2...... Raivenne Scott - 2012-pres. 6 ...... Angela Gebhart - 2010-11 6...... Lydia Placzek - 2009-10

TEAM RECORDS BY EVENT

ON THE FLAT – WINS IN A SEASON ON THE FLAT – MOP IN A SEASON OVER FENCES – WINS IN A SEASON OVER FENCES – MOP IN A SEASON 1. 30...... 2012-13 1. 8...... 2012-13 1. 22...... 2012-13 1. 5 ...... 2011-12 2. 16...... 2013-14 2. 3...... 2013-14 2. 19 ...... 2011-12 2. 4...... 2012-13 3. 13...... 2009-10 3 ...... 2011-12 3. 17...... 2013-14 3. 3...... 2013-14 4. 11...... 2011-12 3...... 2009-10 4. 16...... 2008-09 4. 2 ...... 2010-11 5. 8...... 2008-09 5. 2 ...... 2010-11 5. 8 ...... 2010-11 2...... 2009-10 8...... 2009-10

HORSEMANSHIP – WINS IN A SEASON HORSEMANSHIP – MOP IN A SEASON REINING – WINS IN A SEASON REINING – MOP IN A SEASON 1. 27...... 2012-13 1. 5...... 2013-14 1. 34...... 2012-13 1. 7...... 2012-13 2. 25...... 2013-14 2. 4 ...... 2011-12 2. 27...... 2013-14 2. 5...... 2013-14 3. 18...... 2008-09 3. 3...... 2012-13 3. 19...... 2008-09 5 ...... 2010-11 4. 16...... 2009-10 3...... 2009-10 4. 17 ...... 2011-12 4. 3...... 2009-10 5. 15 ...... 2011-12 5. 2...... 2008-09 17...... 2007-08 5. 2 ...... 2011-12 2...... 2007-08 2...... 2008-09

ALL-TIME HEAD COACHES

Megan McGee Joe Humphrey Megan Rossiter Head Coach: 2005-10 Interim Head Coach: 2010-11 Head Coach: 2011-Present

Overall Record...... 10-15 Overall Record...... 1-6 Overall Record...... 12-20 Hunt Seat Only Record...... 2-3 Hunt Seat Only Record...... N/A Hunt Seat Only Record...... 2-3 Western Only Record ...... 2-7 Western Only Record ...... N/A Western Only Record ...... 1-3

at Varsity Equestrian National Championships at Varsity Equestrian National Championships at NCEA National Championships 2007...... Western: Lost in First Round None 2012...... Western: Lost in First Round 2009...... Western: Lost in First Round 2013...... Hunt Seat: Lost in Second Round 2010...... Western: Lost in First Round ...... Western: Lost in Second Round

2014-15 JACKRABBIT EQUESTRIAN 33 YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS

2005-06 2008-09 2011-12 Head Coach: Megan McGee Head Coach: Megan McGee Head Coach: Megan Rossiter INAUGURAL SEASON Combined...... Won 2, Lost 7 Combined...... Won 2, Lost 5 Combined...... Won 1, Lost 4 Hunt Seat Only...... N/A Hunt Seat Only...... Won 1, Lost 1 Hunt Seat Only...... Won 0, Lost 2 Western Only ...... Won 0, Lost 1 Western Only ...... Won 0, Lost 2 Western Only ...... Won 0, Lost 1 DATE OPPONENT RESULT SCORE DATE OPPONENT RESULT SCORE DATE OPPONENT RESULT SCORE 10/11 FRESNO STATE ...... W 13-7 at Willis Invitational; Waco, Texas 10/1 at Kansas State ...... L 88-170 10/12 MINN.-CROOKSTON ...... L 7-9 9/30 at Baylor ...... L 5-10 at Big Eight English Tournament; Athens, Ga. at Best of the West; Fresno Calif. 10/1 vs Fresno State ...... L 7-9 10/7 at Georgia (HS) ...... L 261-344 2/14 vs TCU ...... W 6-5 10/1 vs Miami (Ohio) [HS] ...... W 6-2 10/7 vs Oklahoma State (HS).L 289-384 2/14 vs UT-Martin ...... L 5-7 –– – ––– 2/15 at Fresno State...... L 2-9 10/22 UT-MARTIN ...... L *8-8 11/18 at Baylor ...... L 743-934 ––– 11/5 AUBURN ...... L 5-11 11/20 at Stephen F. Austin ...... W 1030-1008.5 2/22 at UT-Martin...... L *10-10 11/6 DELAWARE STATE ...... W 9-5 2/4 at South Carolina (WE)...L 462.5-520 3/8 at Kansas State ...... L 6-14 11/19 NEW MEXICO STATE...... L 9-11 3/18 at Auburn ...... L 1257.5-1136 at Delaware State Tournament; Dover, Del. 2/11 at New Mexico State (WE) ...... L 1-6 4/1 SOUTH CAROLINA...... L 1146.5-1143 3/21 vs New Mexico State...... L 4-12 2/19 at Sacred Heart...... W **8-8 3/21 at Delaware State...... L 6-8 3/2 at SMU (HS) ...... L 2-10 –––––––––––––––––– at Varsity Eq. Nat’l Championships; Waco, Texas 3/3 at TCU ...... L 3-15 4/17 vs South Carolina (WE)...... L 1-6 at NCEA National Championships; Waco, Texas 2006-07 4/12 vs Kansas State (WE) ...... L 2-6 Head Coach: Megan McGee * - Lost Tiebreaker, 1299.5-1265 Combined...... N/A * - Lost Tiebreaker, 1101-1049.5 Hunt Seat Only...... Won 2, Lost 0 –––––––––––––––––– ** - Won Tiebreaker, 1092.5-848 Western Only ...... Won 1, Lost 3 2009-10 –––––––––––––––––– DATE OPPONENT RESULT SCORE Head Coach: Megan McGee at Best of the West; Fresno Calif. Combined...... Won 4, Lost 1 2012-13 3/3 at Fresno State (WE)...... L 2-4 Hunt Seat Only...... Won 0, Lost 1 Head Coach: Megan Rossiter 3/3 vs Delaware State (WE)...... W 5-1 Western Only ...... Won 1, Lost 1 Combined...... Won 7, Lost 6 3/3 vs TCU (WE)...... L 1-5 Hunt Seat Only...... Won 1, Lost 2 3/4 vs UT-Martin (HS) ...... W *3-3 DATE OPPONENT RESULT SCORE Western Only ...... Won 1, Lost 1 3/4 vs TCU (HS)...... W 4-1 10/3 DELAWARE STATE ...... W 10-5 at Varsity Eq. Nat’l Championships; Waco, Texas 10/3 TCU...... W 9-7 DATE OPPONENT RESULT SCORE 4/17 vs New Mexico State (WE)...... L 1-7 11/21 at Texas A&M...... L 3-13 9/22 TEXAS A&M ...... L 5-15 11/22 at SMU (HS) ...... L 2-9 10/13 OKLAHOMA STATE ...... L 4-16 * - Won Tiebreaker, 405-396 1/30 SACRED HEART ...... W 13-3 10/20 at Kansas State ...... L 6-13 1/31 SACRED HEART (WE)...... W 6-1 11/3 # vs UT-Martin...... W 9-7 –––––––––––––––––– 3/22 MINN.-CROOKSTON...... W 10-7 11/3 at Delaware State...... W 10-6 at Varsity Eq. Nat’l Championships; Waco, Texas ––– 2007-08 4/15 vs Georgia (WE)...... L 1-7 11/17 GEORGIA ...... W *8-8 Head Coach: Megan McGee 11/18 NEW MEXICO STATE...... W 10-5 Combined...... Won 3, Lost 3 –––––––––––––––––– 2/2 MINN.-CROOKSTON...... W 16-3 Hunt Seat Only...... N/A 2/23 SACRED HEART ...... W 11-5 Western Only ...... Won 0, Lost 1 2010-11 2/24 SMU (HS) ...... L 4-6 Interim Head Coach: Joe Humphrey 3/1 at Fresno State...... L 3-13 DATE OPPONENT RESULT SCORE Combined...... Won 1, Lost 6 3/2 % vs New Mexico State ...... W 9-5 9/22 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN...... L *8-8 Hunt Seat Only...... N/A at Independent Championships; Martin, Tenn. 9/22 KANSAS STATE...... L 5.5-11.5 Western Only ...... N/A 3/22 vs New Mexico State...... W 9-7 10/6 at South Carolina...... L 3-14 3/23 at UT-Martin...... L 4-12 10/27 at New Mexico State (WE) ...... L 2-6 DATE OPPONENT RESULT SCORE at NCEA National Championships; Waco, Texas 11/10 at Delaware State...... W 9-7 9/24 at Auburn ...... L 4-15 4/18 vs TCU (HS)...... W **4-4 3/9 SACRED HEART ...... W 10-6 9/24 vs Kansas State* ...... L 3-16 4/18 vs UT-Martin (WE)...... W 5-3 3/9 MINN.-CROOKSTON...... W 10-4 9/25 at South Carolina...... L 7-12 4/19 vs Auburn (HS) ...... L 0-8 2/13 at UT-Martin...... L 8-11 4/19 vs Kansas State (WE) ...... L 0-8 * - Lost Tiebreaker, 996.5-984.5 at Bulldog Invitational; Bishop, Ga. 2/26 vs UT-Martin ...... L 4-11 # - in Dover, Del. 2/27 vs New Mexico State...... W 9-5 % - in Fresno, Calif. ––– * - Won Tiebreaker, 1201-1198 3/20 at Delaware State...... L 6-10 ** - Won Tiebreaker, 1107-1022

* - in Auburn, Ala.

34 GOJACKS.COM YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS

2013-14 Head Coach: Megan Rossiter Overall Record...... Won 3, Lost 9

DATE OPPONENT RESULT SCORE at Willis Invitational; Waco, Texas 9/27 vs UT-Martin ...... L *8-8 9/28 vs New Mexico State...... L 5-11 9/28 at Baylor ...... L 4-12 ––– 11/1 at SMU...... L 9-11 11/2 at Oklahoma State...... L 3-15 at New Mexico St. Tournament; Las Cruces, N.M. 11/9 vs TCU...... L **7-7 11/9 at New Mexico State...... L 4-10 11/23 SOUTH CAROLINA...... L 5-14 2/1 KANSAS STATE...... L 9-10 2/22 MINN.-CROOKSTON...... W 13-3 Independent Championships; Brookings, S.D. 3/28 FRESNO STATE ...... W ***8-8 3/29 UT-MARTIN...... W 10-6

* - Lost Tiebreaker, 1150.25-1154 ** - Lost Tiebreaker, 1200.75-116.25 *** - Won Tiebreaker, 2056.5-2042

ALL-TIME RECORD VS. OPPONENT

Auburn...... 0-2 Kansas State...... 0-6 Sacred Heart ...... 4-0 Texas A&M ...... 0-2 Hunt Seat Only ...... 0-1 Western Only ...... 0-2 Western Only ...... 1-0 UT-Martin...... 2-7 Baylor ...... 0-3 Miami (Ohio)...... 0-0 South Carolina...... 0-4 Hunt Seat Only ...... 1-0 Hunt Seat Only ...... 1-0 Western Only ...... 0-2 Western Only ...... 1-0 Delaware State...... 4-2 Western Only ...... 1-0 Minnesota-Crookston ...... 4-1 SMU ...... 0-1 Hunt Seat Only ...... 0-3 Fresno State...... 2-3 New Mexico State ...... 4-4 Western Only ...... 0-1 Western Only ...... 0-3 Stephen F. Austin ...... 1-1

Georgia...... 1-0 Oklahoma State ...... 70-2 TCU...... 2-2 Hunt Seat Only ...... 0-1 Hunt Seat Only ...... 0-1 Hunt Seat Only ...... 2-0 Western Only ...... 0-1 Western Only ...... 0-1

2014-15 JACKRABBIT EQUESTRIAN 35 ALL-TIME AWARDS AND HONORS

VARSITY EQUESTRIAN ALL-AMERICAN IHSA NATIONAL QUALIFIERS EQUESTRIAN COACHES HONOR ROLL Angela Gebhart (REINING) ...... 2011 Skye Byrnes (HUNT SEAT) ...... 2011 Hillery Baysinger...... 2010 Kaylee DeVries (HUNT SEAT)...... 2007 Cynthia Bartha ...... 2014 NCEA ALL-AMERICANS Angela Gebhart (WESTERN)...... 2010 Jordanne Blair...... 2008, 2009 REINING Abby Knobbe (WESTERN) ...... 2008 Leah Bohlander...... 2009, 2010 Helen Lauth (HONORABLE MENTION)...... 2012 Amy Mandelke (WESTERN)...... 2011 Allison Carie...... 2008, 2009 Laura Dunlavy...... 2013 Ashley Marrin (HUNT SEAT) ...... 2009, 2010 Kristen Carlson ...... 2008, 2009, 2010 Jessie Miller (HONORABLE MENTION) ...... 2013 Marian Michalson (HUNT SEAT)...... 2008, 2009 Julie Corcoran...... 2009, 2010 EQUITATION ON THE FLAT Tory Ruppert (WESTERN) ...... 2009 Kelsey Cordell...... 2014 Lauren Kerr (HONORABLE MENTION) ...... 2013 Molly Ryan (HUNT SEAT) ...... 2009 Kaylee DeVries ...... 2008 Trisha Smeenk (WESTERN)...... 2008 Madison Engels ...... 2014 IHSA REGIONAL QUALIFIERS Melissa Zajac (HUNT SEAT) ...... 2009 Keahna Fenwick ...... 2014 WESTERN Angela Gebhart...... 2008, 2009, 2010 Britta Barta ...... 2009, 2010, 2011 IHSA ALL-ACADEMIC SECOND TEAM Brianna Grohs...... 2008 Hillery Baysinger ...... 2011 Santana Wright ...... 2011 Kate Gunderson...... 2008, 2009 Jordanne Blair...... 2008 Meghan Gunn ...... 2009 Leah Bohlander...... 2010 VARSITY EQUESTRIAN NATIONAL QUALIFIERS Lindsay Harr...... 2008, 2009 Kristen Carlson ...... 2009 Lydia Placzek...... 2008 Margo Helvick ...... 2010 Jessica Carr...... 2008 Western Team...... 2007, 2009, 2010 Kathryn Hendrickson...... 2009 Ashlie Centa...... 2007 Brittany Henry ...... 2009, 2010 Julie Corcoran...... 2009, 2010 NCEA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS Vanessa Hinkle ...... 2014 Brittnay Entsminger...... 2009 Western Team...... 2012, 2013 Laura Hoff ...... 2008, 2009 Angela Gebhart...... 2010 Hunt Seat Team ...... 2013 Maggie Holzworth ...... 2009 Katie Hendrickson...... 2007 Morgan Hough ...... 2010 Maggie Holzworth ...... 2010 NCEA ALL-ACADEMIC FIRST TEAM Elaina Johnson ...... 2014 Nicole Jensen ...... 2007, 2008 Jana Basler...... 2012, 2013 Abby Knobbe ...... 2008, 2009 Abby Knobbe ...... 2008 Hillery Baysinger...... 2012 Helen Lauth...... 2009, 2010 Kelsey Likness...... 2007 Kelsey Champagne...... 2012, 2013 Kelsey Likness...... 2008 Amy Mandelke ...... 2011 Laura Dunlavy...... 2012, 2013, 2014 Blair Long...... 2014 Kaylee Mundwiler...... 2007, 2010 Jordan Goodall...... 2014 Amy Mandelke ...... 2009, 2010 Tory Ruppert ...... 2008, 2009, 2010 Maggie Holzworth ...... 2012 Ashley Marrin...... 2009, 2010 Molly Seidel...... 2007 Lauren Kerr...... 2013 Marian Michalson...... 2008, 2009, 2010 Jenna Smeenk ...... 2011 Helen Lauth...... 2012 Kaylee Mundwiler...... 2008, 2009, 2010 Trisha Smeenk ...... 2008, 2010, 2011 Amy Mandelke ...... 2012 Angie Noyes...... 2009, 2010 Karley Stoltenburg ...... 2007 Meredith Sauer ...... 2012 Victoria Pecak...... 2009, 2010 Hannah Stone ...... 2011 Shelby Webb...... 2014 Lydia Placzek...... 2008, 2009, 2010 Carolyn Wehde ...... 2007 Santana Wright ...... 2012 Tory Ruppert ...... 2008, 2009, 2010 HUNT SEAT Megan Violand...... 2012, 2013 Molly Ryan ...... 2010 Jenna Boscardin ...... 2011 Meredith Sauer ...... 2010 Skye Byrnes...... 2011 NCEA ALL-ACADEMIC SECOND TEAM Leslie Sauter...... 2009 Allison Carie...... 2007 Jordan Goodall...... 2013 Megan Schiferl...... 2009, 2010 Ashton Dearing ...... 2010 Hannah Stone...... 2013 Molly Seidel...... 2008, 2009 Kaylee DeVries ...... 2007, 2008 Shelby Webb...... 2013 Hillary Siebels ...... 2008, 2009 Brittany Henry ...... 2008, 2010 Trisha Smeenk...... 2008, 2009, 2010 Laura Hoff ...... 2008 NCEA ALL-ACADEMIC HONORABLE MENTION Courtney Smith ...... 2008 Katelyn Knudsen...... 2010 Jordan Goodall...... 2013 Samantha Stahnke ...... 2014 Ashley Marrin ...... 2009, 2010, 2011 Mandy Gradert...... 2014 Sara Stirton...... 2009 Marian Michalson...... 2008, 2009 Santana Wright ...... 2013 Hannah Stone...... 2010 Angela Noyes...... 2010 Anna Taylor...... 2008 Victoria Pecak...... 2010 Jessica Taylor ...... 2014 Molly Ryan ...... 2009, 2010 Megan Violand...... 2010 Leslie Sauter...... 2009, 2010 Andie Vsetecka...... 2014 Megan Schiferl...... 2010 Diana Sneve ...... 2010 Sara Stirton...... 2010 Megan Violand ...... 2011 Melissa Zajac...... 2009

JACKRABBIT ALL-AMERICANS

Angela Gebhart - 2011 Helen Lauth - 2012 Laura Dunlavy - 2013 Lauren Kerr - 2013 Jessie Miller - 2013 Raivenne Scott - 2014 Reining Reining Honorable Mention Reining Flat Honorable Mention Reining Honorable Mention Reining

36 GOJACKS.COM South Dakota State Equestrian 2013-14 Individual Rider meet-by-meet results FINAL SEASON STATISTICS at SMU vs. TCU at Baylor Feb. 1, 2014 Nov. 1, 2013 Nov. Nov. 2, 1013 Nov. Feb. 22, 2014 Nov. 23, 2013 Nov. vs. UT-Martin vs. UT-Martin % Nov. 9, 2013 % Nov. % Nov. 9, 2013 % Nov. # Sept. 28, 2013 * March 28, 2014 KANSAS STATE vs. Fresno State # Sept. 29, 2013 # Sept. 28, 2013 * March 29, 2014 at Oklahoma State SOUTH CAROLINA UM-CROOKSTRON at New Mexico State On the Flat Rider Win Loss Tie MOP Pct. vs. New Mexico State Jessica Andronowitz - Fr. 1 6 0 0 .143 69, W 60, L 74, L 70, L 66, L – 70, L 68, L – – – – Kelsey Cordell - Sr. 1 0 0 0 1.000 – – – – – – – – – 73, W – – Marielle Golden - So. 1 2 0 0 .333 – – – – – – – – 71, L – 173, W 154, L Jordan Goodall - Jr. 0 4 0 0 .000 – – – 80, L 76, L 56, L – – 69, L – – – Mandy Gradert - Jr. 1 6 0 1 .143 – – – – 71, L 67, L 64, L 79, W 74, L – 146, L 152, L Natalie Howard - Fr. 0 4 0 0 .000 – – – – 80, L – 66, L 63, L – 0, L – – Maddie Lewis - Fr. 0 4 0 0 .000 62, L 54, L – 59, L – – – 62, L – – – – Jane Mikusa - Fr. 1 1 0 0 .500 – – 72, L – – – – – – 76, W – – Blair Julia Wright - Fr. 6 3 1 1 .650 71, W 72, W 77, L 68, L – 65, W 68, T – 70, W 79, W 147, L 167, W Santana Wright - Sr. 5 5 0 1 .500 65, L 76, W 76, L 76, W 76, L 55, L – 56, L 74, W – 155, W 176, W TEAM STATS 16 35 1 3 .317 2-2 2-2 0-4 1-4 0-5 1-3 0-3-1 1-4 2-2 3-1 2-2 2-2 Over Fences Rider Win Loss Tie MOP Pct. Jessica Andronowitz - Fr. 2 5 0 0 .286 75, L 60, L – 80, W 84, L 70, L 82, W 41, L – – – – Nicole Bangasser - Fr. 1 2 0 0 .333 – – – – – – – 74, L 74, W 76, L – – Marielle Golden - So. 2 1 0 0 .667 – – – – – – – – 78, W – 128, L 162, W Jordan Goodall - Jr. 3 7 2 1 .333 75, L 66, L 61, L 70, L 74, L 78, T 81, W 69, T 81, W 87, W 142, L 157, L Natalie Howard - Fr. 0 2 0 0 .000 – 58, L – – 71, L – – – – – – – Maddie Lewis - Fr. 1 0 0 0 1.000 68, W – – – – – – – – – – – Blair Long - Jr. 1 4 0 0 .200 – – 62, L 69, L – – – 68, L – 72, W – 143, L Blair Julia Wright - Fr. 0 7 0 0 .000 – – 70, L 77, L 78, L 82, L 72, L – 80, L – 136, L – Santana Wright - Sr. 7 5 0 2 .583 74, W 72, L 80, L 75, L 87, W 76, W 77, L 66, W 55, L 70, W 152, W 169, W TEAM STATS 17 33 2 3 .346 2-2 0-4 0-4 1-4 1-4 1-2-1 2-2 1-3-1 3-2 3-1 1-3 2-2

Horsemanship Rider Win Loss Tie MOP Pct. 2013-14 INDIVIDUAL RIDERMEET-BY-MEET STATS Danielle Baker - Jr. 1 0 0 0 1.000 – – – 72.5, W – – – – – – – – Sarah Bowen - So. 1 5 0 0 .167 – – 74.5, L 71.5, L 71, L 71.5, W 70, L 71.5, L – – – – Danielle Dickerson - Fr. 1 2 0 0 .333 – 72.5, L – – 70.5, L – – 73.5, W – – – – Lexus Hoffman - So. 2 2 0 2 .500 – – – – – – – – 72.5, L 77.5, W 144, W 145, L Victoria Johnson - Fr. 7 4 0 1 .636 67.5, L 74, W 77, W 68.5, W 70, L 72.5, W 71, L 67.5, L 72, W – 143, W 142, W Elizabeth Niewojna - Fr. 8 3 0 2 .727 72, W 74, W 75.5, W – 71, L 73.5, W 72, L 69.5, W 72, W 73.5, W 142, L 146.5, W

2013-14 JACKRABBIT EQUESTRIAN Kelsey Swainston - Fr. 2 4 0 0 .333 68.5, L – 75.5, L 72.5, W 71.5, L – – – 71.5, W – 137, L – Jessica Taylor - So. 0 1 0 0 .000 – – – – – – – – – 71, L – – Shelby Webb - Sr. 3 5 1 0 .389 70, W 67.5, L – 71, L – 71, W 72.5, T 71, L 71, L 73.5, W – 144, L TEAM STATS 25 26 1 5 .490 2-2 2-2 2-2 3-2 0-5 4-0 0-3-1 2-2 3-2 3-1 2-2 2-2 Reining Rider Win Loss Tie MOP Pct. Danielle Baker - Jr. 5 5 0 0 .500 65.5, L 76, L – 69.5, W 67, L 71, L – 70, L 66.5, W 54, W 139.5, W 141.5, W Christina Dexter - Fr. 1 1 0 0 .500 – – 72, W – 67, L – – – – – – – Laura Dunlavy - Sr. 5 5 1 3 .500 69.5, L 69, L 69, L 67, L – 72, T 72, W 69.5, W 65.5, L 75.5, W 143, W 145, W Madison Engels - Jr. 0 1 0 0 .000 – – – – – – – 70, L – – – – Nicole Harvey - Fr. 0 1 0 0 .000 – – – – – – – 69.5, L – – – – Caroline Lesousky - So. 4 6 0 0 .400 72, W 70.5, L 71.5, L 67, W 62, L – 69.5, L – 70, L 74, W 0, L 142, W Makayla Reed - Fr. 2 4 0 1 .333 – – – 70, W 72.5, W 64.5, L 68.5, L 0, L 68.5, L – – – Raivenne Scott - So. 10 0 1 1 .956 71.5, W 73, W 76, W 67.5, W 71.5, W 70.5, W 73, W – 72, T 71, W 142.5, W 142, W TEAM STATS 27 23 2 5 .538 2-2 1-3 2-2 4-1 2-2 1-2-1 2-2 1-4 1-3-1 4-0 3-1 4-0 FINAL TEAM RESULT r1111 L, 8-8* L, 11-5 L, 12-4 L, 11-9 L, 15-3 L, 7-7** L, 10-4 L, 14-5 L, 10-9 W, 13-3 W, 8-8*** W, 10-6 * = Lost Tiebreaker (1,150.25-1,154) ** = Lost Tiebreaker (1,200.75-1,165.25) Overall Season Record - 3 wins, 9 losses *** = Won Tiebreaker (2,056.5-2,042) # = at Willis Invitational Waco, Texas % = at New Mexico State Tournament, Las Cruces, N.M. * = Indpendent Championship Tournament Brookings, S.D. (two judge format) 37 2013-14 RIDER STATISTICS

EQUITATION ON THE FLAT

RIDER MEETS WIN LOSS TIE MOP WINING PCT. Jessica Andronowitz 7 1 6 0 0 .143 Kelsey Cordell 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 Jordan Goodall 4 0 4 0 0 .000 Mandy Gradert 7 1 6 0 1 .143 Natalie Howard 4 0 4 0 0 .000 Maddie Lewis 4 0 4 0 0 .000 Jane Mikusa 2 1 1 0 0 .500 Blair Julia Wright 10 6 3 1 1 .650 Santana Wright 10 5 5 0 1 .500 Marielle Golden 3 1 2 0 0 .333 EQUITATION OVER FENCES

RIDER MEETS WIN LOSS TIE MOP WINING PCT. Jessica Andronowitz 7 2 5 0 0 .286 Nicole Bangasser 3 1 2 0 0 .333 Marielle Golden 3 2 1 0 0 .667 Jordan Goodall 12 3 7 2 1 .333 Natalie Howard 2 0 2 0 0 .000 Maddie Lewis 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 Blair Long 5 1 4 0 0 .200 Blair Julia Wright 7 0 7 0 0 .000 Santana Wright 12 7 5 0 2 .583 HORSEMANSHIP

RIDER MEETS WIN LOSS TIE MOP WINING PCT. Danielle Baker 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 Sarah Bowen 6 1 5 0 0 .167 Danielle Dickerson 3 1 2 0 0 .333 Lexus Hoffman 4 2 2 0 2 .500 Victoria Johnson 11 7 4 0 1 .636 Elizabeth Niewojna 11 8 3 0 2 .727 Kelsey Swainston 6 2 4 0 0 .333 Jessica Taylor 1 0 1 0 0 .000 Shelby Webb 9 3 5 1 0 .389 REINING

RIDER MEETS WIN LOSS TIE MOP WINING PCT. Danielle Baker 10 5 5 0 0 .500 Christina Dexter 2 1 1 0 0 .500 Laura Dunlavy 11 5 5 1 3 .500 Madison Engels 1 0 1 0 0 .000 Nicole Harvey 1 0 1 0 0 .000 Caroline Lesousky 10 4 6 0 0 .400 Makayla Reed 6 2 4 0 1 .333 Raivenne Scott 11 10 0 1 1 .956

2013-14 SCHEDULE/RESULTS

Sept. 27-28 at Willis Invitational; Waco, Texas Feb. 1 No. 5 KANSAS STATE L, 9-10 Sept. 27 vs. UT-Martin L, 8-8* Feb. 22 MINNESOTA-CROOKSTON W, 13-3 Sept. 28 vs. New Mexico State L, 5-11 March 28-29 Independent Championship Tournament; Brookings Sept. 28 at Baylor L, 4-12 March 28 No. 8 FRESNO STATE W, 8-8*** ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– March 29 UT-MARTIN W, 10-6 Oct. 12 # MINNESOTA (HUNT SEAT) W, 8-2 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Oct. 19 # NORTH DAKOTA STATE (WESTERN) W, 4-3 # = exhibition meet Oct. 19 # MINNESOTA-CROOKSTON (WESTERN) W, 7-1 * = lost tiebreaker, 1,150.25-1,154 Nov. 1 at SMU L, 9-11 ** = lost tiebreaker, 1,200.75-1,165.25 Nov. 2 at Oklahoma State L, 3-15 *** = won tiebreaker, 2,056.5-2,042 Nov. 9 at New Mexico State Tournament; Las Cruces, N.M. HOME EVENTS IN ALL CAPS Nov. 9 vs. No. 3 TCU L, 7-7** Nov. 9 at No. 6 New Mexico State L, 4-10 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Nov. 23 No. 2 SOUTH CAROLINA L, 5-14

38 GOJACKS.COM ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS –– A –– –– J –– –– S –– Assid, Lisa ...... 2006, 2007 Jensen, Nikki ...... 2006, 2007, 2008 Sauer, Meredith ...... 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Andronowitz, Jessica...... 2014 Jespersen, Gina ...... 2009, 2010, 2012 Sauter, Leslie...... 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Johnson, Elaina ...... 2013 Schiferl, Megan...... 2009, 2010 –– B –– Johnson, Victoria ...... 2014 Schiffman, Megan...... 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Baker, Danielle...... 2013, 2014 Scott, Raivenne ...... 2013, 2014 Bangassar, Nicole...... 2014 –– K –– Schreiner, Laure...... 2011 Barta, Britta...... 2010, 2011 Kerr, Lauren ...... 2010, 2011 Seidel, Molly ...... 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Bartha, Cynthia ...... 2011, 2014 Knobbe, Abby ...... 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Siebels, Hillary...... 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Basler, Jana ...... 2011, 2012, 2013 Knudsen, Katelyn ...... 2008, 2009, 2010 Smeenk, Jenna ...... 2010, 2011 Baysinger, Hillery...... 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Kostello, Lauren...... 2012 Smeenk, Trisha...... 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Blair, Jordanne...... 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Smith, Courtney ...... 2008 Bohlander, Leah...... 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 –– L –– Sneve, Diana...... 2008, 2009, 2010 Boscardin, Jenna ...... 2010, 2011, 2012 Lauth, Helen ...... 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Stahnke, Samantha ...... 2014 Bowen, Sarah ...... 2014 Lesousky, Caroline...... 2014 Steen, Chelsea ...... 2008 Bussard, Janelle ...... 2008 Lewis, Maddie...... 2014 Stirton, Sara...... 2008, 2009, 2010 Byrnes, Kelsey...... 2010, 2011 Likness, Kelsey...... 2006, 2007, 2008 Stoltenburg, Karley ...... 2006, 2007 Long, Blair...... 2014 Stone, Hannah...... 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 –– C –– Swainston, Kelsey ...... 2014 Carie, Allison...... 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 –– M –– Sykes, Elizabeth ...... 2010 Carlson, Kristen...... 2008, 2009, 2010 Mandelke, Amy ...... 2010, 2011, 2012 –– T –– Carr, Jessica...... 2008 Mann, Jessica...... 2006, 2007 Carstensen, Andrea...... 2006, 2007 Marrin, Ashley...... 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Taylor, Anna ...... 2007 Champagne, Kelsey ...... 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Michalson, Marian ...... 2008, 2009, 2010 Taylor, Jessica ...... 2014 Corcoran, Julie...... 2009, 2010, 2011 Mikusa, Jane...... 2014 Cordell, Kelsey...... 2014 Miller, Jessie ...... 2013 –– V –– Curran, Sara ...... 2006, 2007 Morris, Katie ...... 2006, 2007, 2008 Vernon, Lacey...... 2008 Mundwiler, Kaylee ...... 2008, 2009, 2010 Violand, Megan...... 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 –– D –– Vsetecka, Andie...... 2014 Dearing, Ashton ...... 2009, 2010 –– N –– Dexter, Christina ...... 2014 Niewonjna, Elizabeth ...... 2014 –– W –– DeVries, Kaylee...... 2006, 2007, 2008 Noyes, Angella...... 2010, 2011, 2012 Webb, Shelby...... 2011, 2013, 2014 Dickerson, Danielle...... 2014 Weber, Brittany ...... 2012 Dunlavy, Laura...... 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 –– P –– Wehde, Carolyn...... 2007, 2008, 2009 Pecak, Victoria...... 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Winter, Calista...... 2014 –– E –– Placzek, Lydia...... 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Wright, Blair Julia...... 2014 Engels, Madison ...... 2014 Price, Sheila...... 2011, 2014 Wright, Santana ...... 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Entsminger, Brittany...... 2009 –– R –– –– Z –– –– F –– Reed, Makayla...... 2014 Zajac, Melissa...... 2008, 2009 Fithian, Rachael...... 2008 Ruppert, Tory...... 2008, 2009, 2010 Ryan, Molly...... 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 –– G –– Gebhart, Angela...... 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Golden, Marielle...... 2013, 2014 Goodall, Jordan ...... 2012, 2013, 2014 Gradert, Mandy...... 2014 Grohs, Brianna ...... 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Gruener, Stephanie...... 2011, 2014 Gunderson, Kate ...... 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Gunn, Meghan...... 2008, 2009

–– H –– Haddock, Alisha...... 2014 Hansen, Emily...... 2006, 2007 Harr, Lindsay ...... 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Harvey, Nicole...... 2014 Hendrickson, Katie ...... 2006, 2007, 2008 Henry, Brittany ...... 2008, 2010 Hinkle, Vanessa ...... 2014 Hoff, Laura...... 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Hoffman, Lexus...... 2013, 2014 Holzworth, Maggie...... 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Hough, Morgan ...... 2010, 2011 Howard, Natalie ...... 2014

2014-15 JACKRABBIT EQUESTRIAN 39 SDSU ATHLETICS MISSION AND VALUES

MISSION: We are committed to providing a student-athlete cen- SOUTH DAKOTA STATE tered culture that promotes academic and competitive excel- ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT CORE VALUES lence while embracing equity, diversity and social responsibility. In support of the University’s Mission and Vision, our passion, STUDENT–ATHLETE CENTERED integrity and creativity fosters a source of pride for the SDSU • Focus on the academic success, well-being, equity of opportunity community, state of South Dakota and region and respect for all student-athletes COMPETITIVE EXCELLENCE VISION: Recognized nationally for the complete development of • Passionate pursuit of the highest level of competitiveness within the student-athlete, pursuit of excellence, uncompromising the conference and nationally integrity and passionate fans. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY • Uncompromising commitment to high academic achievement, account ability for academic standards and respect for the learning environment HONESTY • Accountable, transparent decision making characterized by ethical values and trust FISCAL INTEGRITY • Efficient and transparent use of resources while adhering to accountability measures EQUITY AND DIVERSITY • Acceptance and embracement of diverse cultures and perspectives SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY • Positive representation of the University and Athletics distinguished by public service and considerate decision making SUCCESS FACTOR 1 SUCCESS FACTOR 6 PROVIDE HIGH-QUALITY, MODERN PRACTICE AND COMPETITION FACILITIES MAINTAIN FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY • Complete the university’s top priority athletic facilities projects; Sanford • Implement zero-base budgeting for all athletic cost centers Jackrabbit Athletic Complex; football stadium and renovation of Frost Arena – • Develop a five-year revenue and expense forecasting model Phase I • Adhere to annual federal, state, university, NCAA and conference standards • Improve off-campus athletic facilities • Develop revenue driven plan for proposed capital projects • Develop plans for on-campus athletics facilities identified in 2025 Master Plan for Athletics Facilities SUCCESS FACTOR 7 FOSTER A CULTURE THAT WELCOMES EQUITY AND DIVERSITY SUCCESS FACTOR 2 • Align athletics’ and University equity and diversity goals ENSURE STUDENT-ATHLETE WELL-BEING AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS • Maintain and celebrate athletics commitment to Title IX compliance • Continue to enhance student-athlete well-being • Ensure student-athlete academic success

SUCCESS FACTOR 3 ENHANCE ATHLETICS CONFERENCE AND DIVISION I COMPETITIVE POSITION • Establish a sustainable funding model for Athletics • Provide athletics facilities that are comparable to NCAA Division I FCS peers • Attract and retain talented and diverse Division I quality coaches and staff • Strengthen the competiveness of each SDSU sport

SUCCESS FACTOR 4 CAPITALIZE ON ATHLETIC REVENUE GENERATING OPPORTUNITIES • Develop and operate under an annual fundraising plan for increasing Jackrabbit Club membership and revenue • Increase ticket sales revenue • Maximize corporate salesrevenues and opportunities

SUCCESS FACTOR 5 STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND THE SDSU BRAND • Develop programs to engage current and prospective Jackrabbit fans • Increase the exposure of Jackrabbit Athletics through select media platforms • Continue to improve university and athletics relationships to increase collaboration and partnership opportunities • Continue providing contemporary broadcast and video production technology

40 GOJACKS.COM NATHELLE AND LAWRENCE DEHAAN EQUESTRIAN CENTER

Located along the U.S. Highway 14 Bypass north and east of the SDSU cam- pus, the Nathelle and Lawrence DeHaan Equestrian Center became the new home for Jackrabbit Equestrian at South Dakota State University when it opened in the fall of 2008. Dedicated on Oct. 15, 2008, project benefactor Nathelle DeHaan’s avid support of South Dakota State University and love for horses grew to make the SDSU Equestrian program and the Nathelle and Lawrence DeHaan Equestrian Center a reality. A 1937 graduate of South Dakota State, Nathelle DeHaan provided the initial gift to build the facility. For nearly five decades, she and her late husband, Lawrence played an active role in the local horse community, traveling to judge and show quarter horses. Aerial view of the Nathelle and Lawrence DeHaan Equestrian Center Nathaelle DeHann died on Jan. 24, 2011 ous training facilities. At nearly 26,000 in the country,” SDSU Head Equestrian at the age of 96, but not before she real- square feet, the $3.6 million climate-con- Coach Megan Rossiter said. “A facility this ized her dream of seeing the day when trolled facility features an indoor riding size allows us to provide a first-class prac- young women could attend college, com- arena, 42 stalls with additional areas for tice and competition venue for our student- pete at the highest level and create experi- grooming, washing and preparing the athletes and spectators.” ences and memories that last a lifetime. horses, as well as separate on-site work The additional space allows the team’s “The Equestrian program provides a areas for veterinarians and farriers. In roster to eventually grow to 60 riders while wonderful opportunity for young women,” addition, the additional area for the horses, continuing to offer the NCAA-maximum 15 Nathelle said at the dedication of the facili- the building houses a team locker room full scholarships. The proximity of the ty. “I’m excited about the future of the equipped with a study area. Nathelle and Lawrence DeHaan SDSU Equestrian team.” “The DeHaan Equestrian Center is a Equestrian Center to the main SDSU cam- Completion of the building in the spring beautiful and thoroughly modern facility, pus makes it unique in the collegiate of 2008 more than tripled the team’s previ- equal to any collegiate equestrian center equestrian ranks and should allow for the equestrian program to become further ingrained in the SDSU Athletic Department as it continues to mature. Once the SDSU Foundation completes fund-raising for Phase I, planning begins for the second phase of the project. Phase II includes the addition of a stall barn, a large outdoor riding arena, viewing rooms, coaching offices, a meeting room and tro- phy room. “Completion of phase II would allow the program to continue attracting top-level student-athletes from around the country and help us enhance the growth of our equestrian program,” Rossiter said. For more information on the SDSU Equestrian team, or to make a donation for scholarship support or facilities, please contact the Jackrabbit development office by phone at (605) 697-7475. Interior view of the riding arena at the DeHaan Equestrian Center 2013-14 JACKRABBIT EQUESTRIAN 41 ON CAMPUS FACILITIES

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN THE DEHAAN EQUESTRIAN STALL AREA OF THE DEHAAN EQUESTRIAN CENTER CENTER UPON THE COMPLETION OF PHASE II

COMMUNITY FITNESS WELLNESS CENTER DYKHOUSE STUDENT-ATHLETE CENTER

DYKHOUSE CENTER WEIGHTROOM DYKHOUSE STUDENT-ATHLETE ACADEMIC CENTER

FROST ARENA STANLEY J. MARSHALL HPER CENTER

42 GOJACKS.COM WELCOME TO SOUTH DAKOTA STATE SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY

South Dakota State University is the state’s Morrill Act land-grant university and its largest, most comprehensive institution of higher education. With an en- rollment of 12,554 students in the fall of 2013 from all 50 states and 70 coun- tries, students can choose from more than 175 majors, minors and specializations. The institution also offers 29 master’s degree programs, 13 Ph.D. and two professional programs. SDSU grew from 80 acres at its founding in 1881 to a 422-acre campus with facilities valued at more than $381 million. The university owns or leases an- other 15,000 acres of land for research throughout the state. The university provides a rich academic experience in an environment of in- clusion and access through inspired, student-centered education, creative activ- ities and research, innovation and engagement that improve the quality of life in South Dakota, the region, the nation and the world. SDSU confers degrees through six colleges: Agriculture and Biological Sci- ences, Arts and Sciences, Education and Human Sciences, the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering, Nursing and Pharmacy, as well as the Graduate School. Qualified students may enroll in the Van D. and Barbara B. Fishback Honors College. The Office of Continuing and Distance Education facilitates distance delivery of credit and noncredit programming, and University Centers in Sioux Falls, Pierre and Rapid City offer degree programs and student support services com- parable to those offered on the Brookings campus. SDSU Extension and the Agricultural Experiment Station reach all parts of the state. The federally funded North Central Regional Sun Grant Center (fo- cused on developing biobased energy alternatives) and the North Central Agri- cultural Research Laboratory (the only USDA Agricultural Research Service facility in the state), along with the Northern Plains Biostress Laboratory, the Water and Environmental Engineering Research Center, the Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory and the Northeast Research Center near South Shore demonstrate the university’s commitment to purpose-driven re- At 165 feet tall, South Dakota State University’s most recognizable landmark, search and that supports economic development. the Coughlin Campanile sits just south of the South Dakota Art Museum

FACILITIES

The South Dakota State campus witnessed numerous building projects over the past 10 past years, and the building boom continues into 2014-15. Recent or current construction projects include the Architecture, Mathematics and Engineering Building and an updated Medary Commons. The Architecture, Mathematics and Engineering Building houses several of the most dynamic programs on campus including: • Center for Financial Analytics • Center for Statistics and Biometrics • Center for Computational Science • Senior Design Lab for Mechanical Engineering • Engineering Resource Center Construction of that 60,000-square-foot, $17 million project started in fall 2013 after spending the summer cleaning and then demolishing Solberg Annex and the Industrial Arts Building. The new building’s footprint also extends to the Currently under construction, the Architecture, Mathematics and parking lot north of those structures. Engineering Building opens in early 2015 Set for completion in early 2015 with most of the moving to occur in spring and summer 2015, the first floor houses the mechanical engineering prototyping and design labs and construction and operations management departments as well as shared lab space with architecture. The mathematics and statistics de- partment can be found on the second floor while the third floor houses the archi- tecture department. The formerly known as Medary Commons, the Enrollment Services Center now houses enrollment services, admissions, financial aid, records and registra- tion, and scholarships. Other recently completed projects include: • The 144,000-square-foot Avera Health and Science Center • The 30,000-square-foot Daktronics Engineering Hall • A $7.8 million campus wellness center • Four new residence halls that add housing for more than 800 students • A 20,000 square foot expansion to the student union that adds 350 new seats and three nationally branded dining options The Enrollment Services Center opened in the fall of 2014 on the site of the former Medary Commons

44 GOJACKS.COM ATHLETIC FACILITIES

The South Dakota State building boom also includes athletic facilities, which started with the completion of the Dykhouse Student-Athlete Center in 2010, and continues with the completion of the Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex in the fall of 2014 and Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium, scheduled for completion in 2016. The multi-use Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex features an indoor prac- tice and competition space of more than 149,000 square feet and a human performance area of nearly 15,000 square feet. The facility also houses one of the only eight-lane, 300-meter tracks in the region, along with 100 yards of soy-based synthetic turf. The building measures 61 feet high at midfield. SDSU broke ground on the facility in August 2013, with the final beam raised in March 2014 and the turf installed in July 2014. Scheduled for completion in time for the 2016 football season, the 2014 The inside of the Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex South Dakota State Legislature approved the construction of Dana J. Dyk- house on the site of the current Coughlin-Alumni Stadium. Gov. Dennis Dau- gaard signed the bill into law and then held a ceremonial signing of the bill on May 22 on the field of the current stadium. Plans call for the stadium to seat 18,500-20,000 fans and cost an esti- mated $65 million, with one-third of the funds coming through private gives and long-term revenue streams, including concessions, suite, loge box and ticket sales. The university secured bonds to finance the final two-thirds of cost. SDSU announced on Oct. 5, 2013, in conjunction with the 100th Hobo Day game at SDSU, lead gifts totaling $12.5 million from Sioux Falls banker Dana Dykhouse and philanthropist T. Denny Sanford. The first phase of construction begins in the fall of 2014 with the east and south stands scheduled for completion in time for the 2015 football season, Conceptual drawing of Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium and the rest of the stadium ready for the 2016 season.

INNOVATIVE

The Innovation Campus at South Dakota State University marks the state’s first and only university-affiliated research park. Located on 125 acres just east of campus, it provides an environment that fosters partnerships among the Uni- versity, business, government and the community to grow the sciences and technology-based economy. SDSU boasts the highest percentage of undergraduates involved in research of any South Dakota public university. SDSU is large enough to offer competi- tive research opportunities, yet small enough to foster student faculty learning opportunities.

Major areas of research at SDSU include: • Engineering and technology research into photovoltaic devices, nanotechnology, materials science, wind power, surface transportation systems, signal and image processing, water treatment, computer sciences, software engineering and computational science and statistics

The first building of the Innovation Campus opened in 2008 • Agricultural sciences research on crops and livestock, including food manufacturing, bio-based energy, economics and horticulture

• Management and conservation of natural resources

• Health sciences, nutritional sciences and wellness research programs in pharmaceutical sciences, nutrition and exercise physiology

• Renewable energy research develops bio-based energy technologies, while promoting diversification and environmental sustainability of America’s agriculture

• The federal government awarded SDSU and six other universities $69 million in federal funds over the next five years to serve as Vanguard centers for the National Children’s Study. The NCS studies more than 100,000 children from across the country from conception to age 21 SDSU offers the most undergraduate research opportunities in the state 2013-14 JACKRABBIT EQUESTRIAN 45 THE JACKRABBITS

South Dakota State offers 21 varsity sports with Jackrabbits teams The Jackrabbit can run at speeds of 30-to-35 miles per hour, with competing at the NCAA Division I level. Football competes in the Divi- bursts up to 45, making it the second fastest animal in North America, sion I Football Championship Subdivision in the Missouri Valley Football second only to the pronghorn antelope, which can run at speeds up to Conference, while 18 sports compete in The Summit League. Wrestling 60 miles per hour. competes in the Western Wrestling Conference, while equestrian cur- Properly speaking, Jackrabbits should not be called rabbits but hares, rently competes in the National Collegiate Equestrian Association. with longer feet and longer ears than rabbits. Most hares live in open Evolution of a Nickname country, whereas rabbits - like cottontails - live in brushy habitats. Jackrabbits can grow up to two feet long; weigh from six to nine Two theories exist as to how and why SDSU’s athletic teams became pounds, with ears up to eight inches long. Hares do not eat meat; they known as the Jackrabbits. Most believe that the name “Jackrabbits” eat tender herbs in the summer and woody twigs and bark in the winter. came from a story and cartoon sketch that appeared in a Minneapolis newspaper following a 1905 football game between the University of SPORTS CURRENTLY OFFERED AT SDSU INCLUDE: Minnesota and South Dakota State College. Many believe that a re- porter for the newspaper, knowing of the preponderance of jackrabbits WOMEN’S SPORTS MEN’S SPORTS in the Brookings area, wrote that the SDSC team was as quick as Basketball Baseball jackrabbits. Many people believe that the school adopted the Jackrab- Cross Country Basketball bits as its official nickname from that beginning. Equestrian Cross Country The other theory about the origin of the nickname came in “The Golf Football Jackrabbit”, SDSU’s yearbook. A poem in the 1907 yearbook puts forth Indoor Track and Field Golf the idea that the yearbook is called “The Jackrabbit” because a group of Outdoor Track and Field Indoor Track and Field juniors wished to immortalize themselves by changing the name of the Soccer Outdoor Track and Field yearbook. Athletic teams followed suit, adopting the nickname. Softball Swimming and Diving Prior to the adoption of the Jackrabbit nickname, fans knew the school Swimming and Diving Tennis athletic teams as the Barn Yard Cadets, which made sense, because Tennis Wrestling the school went by the name of South Dakota State College of Agricul- Volleyball ture and Mechanic Arts in 1907.

COMMUNITY

South Dakota State is located in Brookings, S.D., a community of more than 22,000 residents in eastern South Dakota, ranked No. 5 on the “Top 10 Best Small Towns 2013” list by Livability.com. Brookings sits 55 miles north of Sioux Falls on Interstate 29 and half-an-hour west of the Min- nesota border, within a day’s drive of Minneapolis (200 miles), Omaha (230 miles), Des Moines (330 miles) and Kansas City (415 miles). The city is the world headquarters for Daktronics and Larson Manufac- turing. Other large businesses that call Brookings home include Falcon Plastics, 3M, Bel Brands USA and Rainbow Play Systems. South Dakota State also houses several facilities, including museums and gardens, which highlight South Dakota history and heritage. The South Dakota Art Museum houses several collections, including early Sioux Indian tribal art, the famed Harvey Dunn paintings of pioneer life and the exclusive Vera Way Marghab linens. The State Agricultural The South Dakota Art Museum is free and open to the public Heritage Museum transformed the former Stock Judging Pavilion into a home for exhibits that record and preserve the agrarian heritage of South Dakota. The 70-acre McCrory Gardens and South Dakota Arboretum, located south and east of campus, provide a beautiful setting for area residents and tourists to enjoy a stroll through the radiant colors and fragrances of one of the top-10 small ornamental gardens in the nation. Adding to its honors, McCrory Gardens earned the distinction of being named an All-American Display Garden, one of only 13 in the nation. The community houses several recognizable companies including Rainbow Play Systems, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (3M), Lar- son Manufacturing and Daktronics, a leading manufacturer of score- boards and display systems. McCrory Gardens honors Professor S.A. McCrory, who headed the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences from 1947 until his death in 1964 46 GOJACKS.COM ACADEMICS AT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

ACADEMIC OVERVIEW International Agricultural Specialization Music (B.A., Minor) • Power Systems The following list includes the more than Landscape Architecture (B.S.) • Choral Music Electronics Engineering Technology (B.S.) 200 majors, minors and options available in Microbiology (B.S., Minor) • Instrumental Music Engineering (M.S.) the classroom at South Dakota State Univer- • Applied/Environmental Music Education (B.M.E.) Engineering Physics (B.S.) sity: • Infectious Disease Music Merchandising (B.S.) • Electrical Engineering • Molecular Biology Philosophy (Minor) • Mechanical Engineering • Indicates options within the major Park Management (B.S.) Political Science (B.A., B.S., Minor) Industrial Management (M.S.) Pest Management (Minor) Pre-Occupational Therapy Manufacturing Engineering Technology (B.S.) COLLEGE OF GENERAL STUDIES AND OUTREACH Plant Pathology (M.S.) Pre-Physical Therapy Mechanical Engineering (B.S.) PROGRAMS Pre-Veterinary Medicine Psychology (B.A., Minor) Physics (B.S., Minor) General Registration — the most Range Science (B.S., Minor) • Applied Option • Professional Physics popular freshman option • Range Livestock Production • Pre-Professional • Science Education Liberal Studies (B.S.) • Rangeland Ecology & Habitat • Psychological Services Safety Management (B.S.) General Studies (A.A.) Management • Teaching Software Engineering (B.S.) Applied Technical Science (B.A.T.S.) • Rangeland Resource Conservation Public Recreation (B.S., Minor) • Food Service Management Applied Agriculture Rural Sociology (M.S., Minor) Religion (Minor) • Hotel and Hospitality Management General Supervision Zoology (Minor) Sociology (B.A., B.S., Ph.D., Minor) Human Development and Family General Technology • Human Services Studies (B.S.) Industrial Sales COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE • Human Resources Human Development, Child and Industrial Supervision Accounting (Minor) • Social Work Family Studies (Minor) Pre-Professional Programs Aerospace Studies (Minor) Spanish (B.A., Minor) Interior Design (B.S., Minor) Pre-Chiropractic American Indian Studies (Minor) Women’s Studies (Minor) Nutrition, Food Science (B.S., Minor) Pre-Dental Art (B.A., B.S., Minor) • Dietetics Pre-Law • Art Education COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND COUNSELING • Food Science Pre-Medicine • Fine Arts Aviation • Nutrition Pre-Ministerial • Painting/Printmaking Career and Technical Education (B.S.) Pre-Mortuary Science • Ceramics/Sculpture • Aviation COLLEGE OF FAMILY AND Pre-Optometry Athletic Training (B.S.) Counseling and Human Resource CONSUMER SCIENCES Pre-Physical Therapy Biology (B.S., M.S., Minor) Development (M.S.) Apparel Merchandising (B.S., Minor) Pre-Physician’s Assistant • Ecology Curriculum and Instruction (M.Ed.) Consumer Affairs (B.S., Minor) Pre-Veterinary Medicine • Molecular/Cellular Educational Administration (M.Ed.) Early Childhood Education (B.S.) • Organismal Career and Technical Education (B.S.) • Birth to age 8 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND • Pre-Professional Secondary Education Certification • Cooperative programs in elementary BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Business (Minor) Agriculture education Ag Business (B.S., Minor) Chemistry (B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Minor) Art (K-12) Family and Consumer Sciences (M.S.) Ag & Resources Economics (B.S.) Clinical Lab Technology Biology Gerontology (Minor) • Environmental Economics Communication Studies and Theatre Career and Technical Education Hotel and Food Service Management (B.S.) Ag Education (B.S.) (B.A., B.S., Minor) Chemistry • Food Service Management Ag Journalism (B.S.) • Radio, TV and Film Computer Science • Hotel and Hospitality Management Ag Marketing (Minor) • Speech Communications Economics Human Development and Family Ag Systems Technology (B.S., Minor) • Speech Education English Studies (B.S.) • Business • Theatre Family and Consumer Sciences Human Development, Child and • Environmental Systems Communication Studies and French Family Studies (Minor) • Processing Journalism (M.S.) Geography Interior Design (B.S., Minor) • Production Criminal Justice (Minor) German (K-12) Nutrition, Food Science (B.S., Minor) Agronomy (B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Minor) Economics (B.A., B.S., M.S., Minor) Health, Physical Education and • Dietetics • Business • Business Economics Recreation (K-12) • Food Science • Production English (B.A., M.A., Minor) History • Nutrition • Science European Studies Program Journalism Animal Sciences (B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Minor) French (B.A., Minor) Mathematics COLLEGE OF NURSING • Business and Production Geographic Information Systems (B.S., Music (K-12) Nursing (B.S., M.S.) • Science Minor) Physics • Accelerated Program Atmospheric, Environmental and Water Geography (B.S., M.S., Minor) Political Science • RN Upward Mobility Resources (Ph.D.) • Environmental Planning & Psychology Health Science (Minor) Biology (B.S., Minor) Management Sociology Gerontology (Minor) • Ecology • Technical Geography - Science Spanish (K-12) • Molecular/Cellular German (B.A., Minor) Speech (Speech/Debate, Drama/Theatre) COLLEGE OF PHARMACY • Organismal Global Studies Pharmacy (Pharm. D.) • Pre-Professional Graphic Design (B.A., B.S.) COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Biological Sciences (M.S., Ph.D.) Health Education (Minor) Agricultural and Biosystems For more information about South Botany (Minor) Health, Physical Education and Recreation Engineering (B.S.) Dakota State University academic pro- Business Area Studies (B.S., M.S., Minor) • Food and Bio-Materials grams, call the Admissions Office at: Dairy Manufacturing (B.S.) Health Promotion (B.S.) • Power and Machinery 1-800-952-3541 or (605) 688-6891 Dairy Production (B.S.) History (B.A., B.S., Minor) • Structures and Environment • Business Journalism (B.A., B.S., Minor) • Water and Natural Resources Admissions E-Mail: • Science • Advertising Civil and Environmental Engineering (B.S.) [email protected] Dairy Science (M.S.) • Broadcast Journalism Computer Science (B.S., Minor) Entomology • News-Editorial Construction Management (B.S.) University Web Site: Environmental Management (B.S.) Latin America Area Studies Electrical Engineering (B.S.) SDstate.edu General Agriculture (A.S., B.S.) Mathematics (B.S., M.S., Minor) • Biomedical Engineering Horticulture (B.S.) Microbiology (B.S., M.S., Minor) • Communications and Advanced Athletics Web Site: • Business Military Science (Minor) Electronics GOJACKS.COM • Production Modern Language Business-Economics • Computers-Digital Hardware • Science Specialization • Image Processing

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