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2015-16 SMU EQUESTRIAN 2015-16 Schedule FALL SCHEDULE Date Opponent Location Time Sept. 9 Baylor Waco, Texas All Day Sept. 24 TCU Dallas, Texas All Day Sept. 26 at Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Okla. All Day Oct. 3 at New Mexico State University Las Cruces. N.M. All Day Oct. 30 South Dakota State University Dallas, Texas All Day Nov. 7 South Carolina Dallas, Texas All Day Nov. 8 Auburn Dallas, Texas All Day Nov. 20 Baylor Dallas, Texas All Day SPRING SEASON Date Opponent Location Time Feb. 6 Fresno State Dallas, Texas All Day Feb. 12 UT-Martin Martin, Tenn. All Day Feb. 13 Delaware State University Martin, Tenn. All Day March 4 Delaware State University Dover, Del. All Day South Carolina Dover, Del. All Day March 19 at Texas A&M College Station, Texas All Day POST SEASON Date Event Location Time March 25-26 UEC Championships Las Cruces, N.M. TBA April 14-16 NCEA Championships Waco, Texas TBA Media Information MEDIA INFORMATION & POLICIES The SMU Media Relations Department welcomes your interest in Mustang athlet- ATHLETIC PUBLIC RELATIONS ics and we will make every effort to facilitate your coverage of our programs. The CONTACT INFORMATION Public Relations office maintains information on all current student-athletes and coaches, as well as historical information on previous athletes and staff members. SPENCER STEWART Athletic Public Relations In you need any information about the SMU Equestrian program, please contact Assistant Athletic Public Relations Assistant Spencer Stewart at (425)205-7540 or via e-mail Office: 214-768-2883 at [email protected] Cell: 425-205-7540 Email: [email protected] PRESS SERVICES ADDITIONAL Meet previews, event-by-event results and updated statistics are available to all CONTACT INFORMATION interested members of the media. Live meet statistics will be available. For email Mailing Address: service, please contact Spencer Stewart. Box 315 Dallas, TX 75275-0315 SMU ON THE WEB Street Address For Overnighted Materials: All of the latest news concerning the SMU Mustsang, including notes, features, Loyd All-Sports Center updated statistics and results, is available 24 hours a day on the SMU official 5800 Ownby Drive Suite 305 athletics website, www SMUMustangs.com Dallas, TX 75205 INTERVIEWS Media Relations Office: 214-768-2883 Golf Office: 214-768-3283 All athlete and coach interviews must be arranged through the public relations Athletics Website: SMUMustangs.com office by calling or e-mailing Spencer Stewart at least 24 hours in advance.The public relations office will arrange an interview time that is mutually convenient for both the player and the media representative. Players’ home and cell phone numbers will not be given out. @SMUMustangs @SMUEquestrian /SMUMustangs /SMUEquestrian /SMU.Mustangs 2 2015-16 SMU Equestrian 2015-16 SMU EQUESTRIAN GENERAL INFORMATION TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL FACTS Media Information ___________________________________________ 2 Location Dallas, Texas General Information/Table of Contents __________________________ 3 Founded 1911 SMU Facilities ______________________________________________ 4 Enrollment 10,893 Nickname Mustangs SMU Coaching Staff 5-7 Mascot Peruna VII (Shetland Pony) Head coach Carol Gwin _______________________________ 6 Colors Red (PMS 186) & Blue (PMS 286) Western Coach Trista Adkins ___________________________ 7 Conference American Athletic Conference Assistant Hunt Seat Coach _____________________________ 7 Affiliation NCAA Division I President Dr. R. Gerald Turner SMU Roster/Player Bios 9-19 Website www.smu.edu Roster Overview/Breakdown ____________________________ 9 Alex Butterworth ____________________________________ 10 ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION Ariana Dubelko _____________________________________ 10 Director of Athletics Rick Hart Schaefer Raposa ____________________________________ 11 Athletic Representative Paul Rogers Kristen Schramm ____________________________________ 11 SWA Monique Holland Isabel Eastment _____________________________________ 12 Julia Fowler ________________________________________ 12 EQUESTRIAN STAFF Alexis Graves ______________________________________ 12 Head Coach: Carol Gwin Email: [email protected] Kelsey Karanges ____________________________________ 13 Leina King _________________________________________ 13 Assistant Hunt Seat Coach: Megan Southam Melissa Major ______________________________________ 13 Email: [email protected] Hannah McCain _____________________________________ 14 Sarah Mosso _______________________________________ 14 Western Coach: Trista Adkins Email: [email protected] Morgan Redwine ____________________________________ 14 Sylvia de Toledo ____________________________________ 15 Jaclyn White _______________________________________ 15 TEAM FACTS Hayley Banas ______________________________________ 16 Home Arena Sleepy P Ranch Casey Bibbs _______________________________________ 16 First Season 2003 Alex Boggio ________________________________________ 16 Website: www.SMUmustangs.com Morgan Digiulio _____________________________________ 16 Heather Flynn ______________________________________ 17 ATHLETIC PUBLIC RELATIONS Ali Fuller __________________________________________ 17 Associate AD/Public Relations Brad Sutton Carilynn Peyton _____________________________________ 17 Director, Public Relations Herman Hudson Keagan Snively _____________________________________ 17 Equestrian SID Spencer Stewart Nadja Tinktinsky ____________________________________ 18 Email [email protected] Madison Steed _____________________________________ 18 Cell Phone (425) 205-7540 Michaela Dinger ____________________________________ 18 SID Office Phone (214) 768- 2883 Nora Gray _________________________________________ 18 Anne Mason Jackson ________________________________ 19 Ashley Mauney _____________________________________ 19 Alexandra Murphy ___________________________________ 19 Olivia Pakula _______________________________________ 19 SOCIAL MEDIA Laura Weske _______________________________________ 19 Statistical Facts and Record Book 20-31 2014-15 Season Review ______________________________ 21 National Championships ___________________________ 22-23 @SMUMustangs @SMUEquestrian All-American Winners ________________________________ 23 Year-by-year Results ______________________________ 24-25 /SMUMustangs All-time vs. Opponents _______________________________ 26 /SMUEquestrian All-time letterwinners _________________________________ 27 /SMU.Mustangs All-time Individual Results __________________________ 28-38 SMUMUSTANGS.COM 3 2015-16 SMU EQUESTRIAN 2015-16 EQUESTRIAN FACILITIES Sleepy P Ranch serves as the home of the SMU Equestrian program. The 40-acre facility, located in nearby Bartonville, Texas, is the ideal venue for SMU. The ranch supports ample room for both the hunt seat and western teams to practice. Highlights of the ranch include two 10-acre and two five-acre pastures, a full course of natural obstacles, HorseGym 2000 treadmill, a 200x300 synthetic arena and a 130x100 sand arena. In addition there are 23 stalls in two barns to house the SMU horses used for practice and competitions. The student-athletes will also have access to multiple tack rooms, loung- es and wash racks. Sleepy P Ranch is located at 480 Jeter Road in Bartonville, Texas. Please contact an equestrian coach to make an appoint- ment to come and see the facility during practice. We welcome visitors at the ranch. 4 2015-16 SMU Equestrian 2015-16 SMU EQUESTRIAN SMUMUSTANGS.COM 5 2015-16 SMU EQUESTRIAN Carol Gwin Head Coach/Hunt Seat Coach | Second Season | Alma Mater: Mary Washington College Carol Gwin enters her second season as the head coach of the equestrian program in 2015-16. Gwin took over the team in 2014-15 after four seasons as an assistant at two-time national champion South Carolina. During the first year under the helm of Gwin, SMU advanced to the UEC Championship and the NCEA Championship. During the UEC championship, Gwin lead SMU to 10-6 win over New Mexico State. SMU hunt seat riders finished 8-4-3 overall, while the team finished with an overall team record, 7-8. Gwin served as the hunt seat coach, and also directed the program’s equitation over fences squad while at South Carolina. During her tenure with the Gamecocks, Gwin led her teams to a 51-19 hunt seat record and a 50-20 mark in equitation over fences. During the 2013-14 season, South Carolina’s hunt seat team posted a perfect 18-0 record. Overall, Gwin helped lead the Gamecocks to the inaugural SEC championship in 2013. South Carolina successfully defend- ed its SEC title in 2014 and finished as the national runner-up. She coached five student-athletes to eight All-SEC Team honors in the past two seasons, and Katherine Schmidt was named Most Outstanding Player at the 2014 NCEA National Championships in equitation over fences, as well as Rider of the Year in the SEC under Gwin’s guidance. Gwin is a graduate of Mary Washington College in Virginia after four years on the IHSA team, where she competed in the open division. She began her coaching career at Sweet Briar College, leading the program for four years before going to Radford University. She set up her own business at Walnut Spring Stables, establishing a premiere hunter/jumper boarding and lesson facility on a 750 acre farm in Blacksburg, Va. Gwin is a past president of the SWVHJA, a member of the USHJA and USEF, and has judged locally throughout Virginia over the past twenty years. She is currently serving as the chairwoman of the NCEA promotions committee. 6 2015-16 SMU Equestrian 2015-16 SMU EQUESTRIAN Trista