Sheila Price

Santana W right

Cynthia Bartha

2013-14

CYNTHIA BARTHASR., WINNETKA, ILL

KELSEY CORDELLSR., BOTHELL, WASH

LAURA DUNLAVYSR., WILLMAR, MINN.

STEPHANIE GRUENERSR., CLEAR LAKE, S.D.

SHEILA PRICESR ., REDFIELD, S.D.

SHELBY WEBBSR., HINTON, IOWA

CALISTA WINTERSR., HARRISBURG, S.D.

SANTANA WRIGHTSR., PORT HOPE, ONTARIO

ALISHA HADDOCKSO., RIO RANCHO, N.M.

SAMANTHA STAHNKEJR., SPICER, MINN.

ANDIE VSETECKAJR., CRESCO, IOWA

SARAH BOWENSO., HASTINGS, NEB.

KEAHNA FENWICKSO., MERRILL, WIS.

MARIELLE GOLDENSO., BOCA RATON, FLA.

JORDAN GOODALLJR., CENTENNIAL, COLO.

MANDY GRADERTJR., SIBLEY, IOWA

BLAIR LONGJR., DAYTON, VA.

DANIELLE BAKERJR., SWANTON, OHIO

MADISON ENGELSJR., KINGMAN, ARIZ.

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ANNA HASSELSO., SIOUX FALLS, S.D.

VANESSA HINKLESO., JUNCTION CITY, WIS.

LEXUS HOFFMANSO., WHITEWATER, WIS.

ELAINA JOHNSONSO., DOUSEMAN, WIS.

GENERAL INFORMATION

INSTITUTION ...............................................South Dakota State UniversityCITY/ZIP ..............................................................Brookings, S.D. 57007FOUNDED ..........................................................................Feb. 21, 1881ENROLLMENT...............................................................................12,554NICKNAME.......................................Jackrabbits (NO “LADY” JACKRABBITS PLEASE)COLORS .........................................................................Yellow and BlueFIRST YEAR OF COMPETITION .............................................................2005ATHLETIC WEBSITE .................................................................GOJACKS.COM

UNIVERSITY WEBSITE...............................................................sdstate.eduHOME FACILITY ................................................DeHaan Equestrian CenterCAPACITY.........................................................................................600AFFILIATION ...................................................NCAA Division I (Emerging)

ADMINISTRATION

PRESIDENT ..............................................................Dr. David L. Chicoine ALMA MATER ...................................................South Dakota State, 1969 DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS.............................................................Justin SellALMA MATER ..................................................Bowling Green State, 1991SR. ASSOCIATE AD - EXTERNAL (SPORT SUPERVISOR) .................Rob PetersonALMA MATER .....................................................Northern Michigan, 1992SENIOR WOMAN ADMINISTRATOR ...........................................Kathy HeylensATHLETIC DEPARTMENT PHONE ..........................................(605) 688-5625

EQUESTRIAN STAFF

HEAD COACH:...................................................................Megan RossiterALMA MATER .............................................................Murray State, 2000OFFICE PHONE ...............................................................(605) 688-4506ASSISTANT COACH ............................................................Kamerra BrownALMA MATER .........................................................Delaware State, 2010OFFICE PHONE ...............................................................(605) 688-6856GRADUATE ASSISTANT ..........................................................Amy MitchemALMA MATER ........................................................West Texas A&M, 2012OFFICE PHONE ...............................................................(605) 688-5030 GRADUATE ASSISTANT .........................................................Natalie GilbertALMA MATER ........................................................West Texas A&M, 2013OFFICE PHONE ...............................................................(605) 688-5030BARN MANAGER..................................................................Rachel BooneALMA MATER ...................................................South Dakota State, 2012OFFICE PHONE ...............................................................(605) 688-5030

SPORTS INFORMATION

ASSOCIATE SID/EQUESTRIAN CONTACT.....................................Ryan SweeterOFFICE PHONE ...............................................................(605) 688-4822CELL PHONE ..................................................................(605) 376-4422E-MAIL..........................................................Ryan.Sweeter@sdstate.eduSID MAILING ADDRESS .................................................2820 HPER Center..................................................................Brookings, SD 57007-1497

TABLE OF CONTENTSSDSU QUICK FACTS/SCHEDULE .......................12013-14 ROSTER.............................................2JACKRABBIT COACHING STAFF .....................3-4STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING STAFF ............5SPORTS MEDICINE STAFF ................................6ATHLETIC SUPPORT STAFF ...........................7-9SEASON PREVIEW .........................................10JACKRABBIT RIDERS ................................11-20

SENIORS...............................................12-14JUNIORS ...............................................15-16SOPHOMORES......................................17-18FRESHMEN ...........................................19-21

NCEA HISTORY & MISSION ............................21SDSU AT 2013 NCEA NATIONALS..............22-23ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS ...........................24SDSU HORSES..........................................25-30DEHAAN EQUESTRIAN CENTER......................31JACKRABBIT ATHLETIC FACILITIES .................32SDSU EQUESTRIAN HISTORY .........................332012-13 STATISTICS & RESULTS....................34WELCOME TO SDSU..................................35-39SDSU ATHLETICS MISSION STATEMENT .........40

The South Dakota State Sports Information office produced 125copies of the 2013-14 SDSU Equestrian Media Guide on recycledpaper at a cost of $5.05 each. Front cover design by SDSU Univer-sity Relations. Photos credited to Eric Landwehr, South Dakota StateUniversity Relations, Stephen Brua, TomVioland and Beth Schmitz;with additional photos provided by photographers at the NCEA Na-tional Championships. For more information regarding the Jackrabbitequestrian program, please contact SDSU Associate Sports Informa-tion Director Ryan Sweeter at Ryan.Sweeter@sdstate.edu

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE QUICK FACTS

2013-14 JACKRABBIT EQUESTRIAN 1

SEPT. 27-28 AT WILLIS INVITATIONAL WACO, TEXAS

Friday, Sept. 27 vs. UT-Martin 10 a.m.Saturday, Sept. 28 vs. New Mexico State 10 a.m.

28 at Baylor 3 p.m.– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

Saturday, Oct. 12 MINNESOTA (HUNT SEAT) DeHaan Center 10 a.m.Saturday, Oct. 19 MINNESOTA-CROOKSTON (WESTERN) DeHaan Center 10 a.m.

NORTH DAKOTA STATE (WESTERN)Friday, Nov. 1 at SMU Dallas, Texas 10 a.m.

Saturday, Nov. 2 at Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. 10 a.m.SATURDAY, NOV. 9 AT NEW MEXICO STATE TOURNAMENT LAS CRUCES, N.M

vs. TCU 9 a.m.at New Mexico State 3 p.m.

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –Saturday, Nov. 23 SOUTH CAROLINA DeHaan Center 10 a.m.

Saturday, Feb. 1 KANSAS STATE DeHaan Center 9 a.m.Sunday, Feb. 2 at Sun Circuit Shootout Reining Invitational Scottsdale, Ariz.

Thursday, Feb. 7 at Winter Equestrian Festival Wellington, Fla.Saturday, Feb. 22 MINNESOTA-CROOKSTON DeHaan Center 10 a.m.

Sunday, March 23 at Pin Oak Collegiate Invitational Katy, Texas28-29 INDEPENDENT CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT DEHAAN CENTER

Friday, March 28 *(UT-Martin, Fresno State, Delaware State) 9 a.m.Saturday, March 29 Championship/Consolation Meets 9 a.m.

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –17-19 AT NCEA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS WACO, TEXAS

Thursday, April 17 First RoundFriday, April 18 Second Round

Saturday, April 19 Finals- – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - –HOME EVENTS IN ALL CAPS* = Seeded four-team event with a bracketed formatSchedule and start times subject to change

2013-14 SCHEDULE

HEAD COACH .......................................................................................................................................................................................Megan RossiterASSISTANT COACH.................................................................................................................................................................................Kamerra BrownBARN MANAGER ......................................................................................................................................................................................Rachel BooneGRADUATE ASSISTANT ...............................................................................................................................................................................Amy MitchemGRADUATE ASSISTANT ..............................................................................................................................................................................Natalie Gilbert

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2013-14 JACKRABBIT HUNT SEAT RIDERS

2013-14 JACKRABBIT WESTERN RIDERS

2013-14 JACKRABBIT COACHING STAFF

NAME YEAR DICIPLINE EVENT(S) HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL)Kristen Akers Fr. Hunt Seat Flat Kingman, Ariz. (Kingman H.S.)Jessica Andronowitz Fr. Hunt Seat Fences/Flat McHenry, Ill. (McHenry H.S.)Nicole Bangassar Fr. Hunt Seat Fences Jordan, Minn. (New Prague Sr. H.S.)Cynthia Bartha Sr. Hunt Seat Flat Winnetka, Ill. (New Trier Township H.S. )Shannon Burbage Fr. Hunt Seat Fences/Flat Frisco, Texas (Wakeland H.S.)Kelsey Cordell Sr. Hunt Seat Fences Bothell, Wash. (Kentridge H.S.)Keahna Fenwick So. Hunt Seat Flat Merrill, Wis. (Wausau East H.S.)Marielle Golden So. Hunt Seat Fences/Flat Boca Raton, Fla. (Spanish River H.S.)Jordan Goodall Jr. Hunt Seat Fences/Flat Centennial, Colo. (Cherry Creek H.S.)Mandy Gradert Jr. Hunt Seat Fences Sibley, Iowa (Sibley-Ocheyedan H.S.)Anna Hassel So. Hunt Seat Flat Sioux Falls, S.D. (O'Gorman H.S.)Natalie Howard Fr. Hunt Seat Fences/Flat Temecula, Calif. (Great Oak H.S.)Elaina Johnson So. Hunt Seat Fences/Flat Dousman, Wis. (Kettle Moraine H.S.) Maddie Lewis Fr. Hunt Seat Fences/Flat Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (Ketcham Senior H.S.)Blair Long Jr. Hunt Seat Fences Dayton, Va. (Turner Ashby H.S.)Jane Mikusa Fr. Hunt Seat Flat Crystal Lake, Ill. (Crystal Lake Central H.S.)Stephanie Mills Fr. Hunt Seat Flat Esko, Minn. (Lincoln H.S. )Calista Winter Sr. Hunt Seat Flat Harrisburg, S.D. (Harrisburg H.S.)Blair Julia Wright Fr. Hunt Seat Fences/Flat Frisco, Texas (Trinity Christian Academy)Santana Wright Sr. Hunt Seat Fences/Flat Port Hope, Ontario (Port Hope H.S.)Nicole Zaun So. Hunt Seat Fences/Flat Lakeville, Minn. (Lakeville South H.S.)

NAME YEAR DICIPLINE EVENT(S) HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL)Danielle Baker Jr. Western Horsemanship/Reining Swanton, Ohio (Ohio Virtual Academy)Sarah Bowen So. Western Horsemanship Hastings, Neb. (Adams Central H.S.)Sarah Boxer Fr. Western Horsemanship Mokena, Ill. (Lincolnway East H.S.)Christina Dexter Fr. Western Reining Harrisonville, Mo. (Harrisonville H.S.)Danielle Dickerson Fr. Western Horsemanship Sugar Creek, Mo. (William Chrisman H.S.)Laura Dunlavy Sr. Western Reining Willmar, Minn. (Willmar Senior H.S.)Madison Engels Jr. Western Reining Kingman, Ariz. (Kingman Academy)Hannah Glowacki Fr. Western Horsemanship Rochester, Minn. (Lourdes H.S.)Stephanie Gruener Sr. Western Horsemanship Brandt, S.D. (Deuel H.S.)Alisha Haddock So. Western Horsemanship Rio Rancho, N.M. (New Mexico)(V. Sue Cleveland H.S.)Nicole Harvey Fr. Western Reining Bozeman, Mont. (Bozeman H.S.)Vanessa Hinkle So. Western Horsemanship Junction City, Wis. (Stevens Point Area H.S.)Lexus Hoffman So. Western Horsemanship Whitewater, Wis. (Whitewater H.S.)Victoria Johnson Fr. Western Horsemanship Olympia, Wash. (Tumwater H.S.)Caroline Lesousky So. Western Reining Gainesville, Fla. (P.K. Younge H.S.)Angela Lopez Fr. Western Horsemanship Brentwood, Calif. (Liberty H.S.)Elizabeth Niewojna Fr. Western Horsemanship Wilsall, Mont. (Castle View H.S.)Sheila Price Sr. Western Horsemanship Redfield, S.D. (Redfield H.S.)Makayla Reed Fr. Western Reining Porterville, Calif. (Porterville H.S.)Raivenne Scott So. Western Reining Cornelius, Ore. (Hillsboro H.S.)Nicole Siebold Fr. Western Horsemanship West Jefferson, Ohio (West Jefferson H.S.)Samantha Stahnke Jr. Western Horsemanship Spicer, Minn. (Willmar Senior H.S.)Kelsey Swainston Fr. Western Horsemanship Nampa, Idaho (Nampa H.S.)Jessica Taylor So. Western Horsemanship Granger, Iowa (Woodward-Granger H.S.)Andie Vsetecka Jr. Western Horsemanship Cresco, Iowa (Crestwood H.S.)Shelby Webb Sr. Western Horsemanship Hinton, Iowa (Hinton H.S.)

Megan Rossiter took over the Jackrabbitequestrian program on June 6, 2011, afterspending four years at Drake Johnson ReiningHorses in Wray, Colo., where she assisted in in-structing riders, training and showing reininghorses.

"I really enjoy working with the young womenon the equestrian team," Rossiter said. "Beinginvolved in a program with such great supportfrom the administration, staff and communitymakes this a great place to live and work."

No stranger to the college coaching ranks,Rossiter began her collegiate coaching career atOklahoma State University in Stillwater, Okla.,where she helped coach the Western team,under head coach Larry Sanchez, as a graduate

assistant from 2001 until 2003, when she ac-cepted a newly created assistant coaching posi-tion. During her time on staff at OSU, theCowgirl Western squad won the Varsity Eques-trian National Championships in 2003, 2004and 2006, and the reserve national champi-onship in 2005.

In addition to Varsity Equestrian, the Cowgirlsattained much success in IHSA competition.Rossiter-coached riders won 33 individual Zonechampionships, 18 Regional championships andseven national titles. The Cowgirls as a team alsowon Zone and Regional Championships in2004, and the IHSA reserve Western nationaltitle in 2002.

Rossiter began her involvement with horses in

her hometown of DePere, Wis., where she grewup competing in the AQHA circuits, congress andin the AQHYA World Show. She then competedas an intercollegiate rider in both hunt seat andWestern events at Murray State University inMurray, Ky., where she participated in the Na-tional Student Exchange at New Mexico StateUniversity as a junior in 1998. During that yearat NMSU, she competed with the Aggie eques-trian team under coach Larry Sanchez.

Rossiter graduated from Murray State in 2000with Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculturewith a concentration in equine science, and thenearned a Master of Science Degree in AnimalScience, with an emphasis on equine nutrition,from Oklahoma State University in 2008.

HOMETOWN

DePere, Wis.

EDUCATION

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

EXPERIENCE

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

Kamerra Brown joined the Jackrabbit eques-trian staff full-time on July 8, 2011, as an assis-tant coach working with the hunt seat riders,after serving as a graduate assistant for the2010-11 and after a successful riding career atDelaware State University in Dover, Del.

"I am so happy and excited to work for a uni-versity where the community and staff gets be-hind their athletic programs," Brown said. "I alsoworking with the young and talented riders onour team."

A four-year letterwinner and captain atDelaware State, Brown earned team MVP hon-ors following her freshman, sophomore and jun-ior seasons, and won numerous MVP awards atvarious shows throughout her four years at DSU.

In addition to her individual accomplishments,she helped lead the hunt seat team to the VarsityEquestrian National Championships in 2008 and2009, where she posted wins in equitation overfences.

Before graduating from Delaware State in2010 with a Bachelor of Science degree in ani-mal and poultry science. Brown added to herathletic resume by competing on the Hornetstrack team as a junior, where she excelled insprinting events on the traveling squad.

A Culpeper, Va., native, Brown started ridinghorses at five years old, and won numerousawards over the years, but she lists her mostproud moments as qualifying for the 2003 Na-tional Pony Finals in Ohio, and finishing 16th in

the country in the Large Green Pony Hunter di-vision. She also won Reserve Champion honorsat the 'A' rated Upperville Horse show in thePony Hunter division and won the WashingtonInternational Equitation Medal class, both in2004. She also earned all-state track and fieldhonors as a sprinter in high school.

An active member in FFA, Brown participatedin heart walks and stayed actively involved withstudent life, volunteering at local elementaryschools and in the Student-Athlete AdvisoryCommittee (SAAC), including a stint as treasurerfrom 2006-09 and as president from 2009-10.Brown also topped a list of 1,800 nominationsto appear at the 2008 NCAA Leadership Con-vention in Florida.

HOMETOWN

Culpepper, Va.

EDUCATION

B.S. Animal and Poultry Science – Delaware State, 2010M.S. Sports and Recreational Sciences – South Dakota State, 2012

EXPERIENCE

Assistant Coach – South Dakota State, July 2011-presentGraduate Assistant Coach – South Dakota State, 2009-11 NCAA Leadership Convention – 2008

HEAD COACH MEGAN ROSSITER

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ASSISTANT COACH KAMERRA BROWN

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GRADUATE ASSISTANT AMY MITCHEM

Amy Mitchem brought national level experience withthe South Dakota State staff as a graduate assistantafter a standout career at West Texas A&M University inAmarillo, Texas.

A four-year starter with the Buffalos, Mitchem com-peted in every competition during her career and rep-resented herself, and her team, at the IHSA NationalChampionships in Murfreesboro, Tenn., as a freshmanand again in Lexington, Ky., as a Sophomore where

she competed in both hunt seat events and in horse-manship. A knee injury kept Mitchem from competing in her jun-ior year, but she discovered coaching, and assisted thecoaching staff during her recovery.

She came back strong as a senior, winning HighPoint Rider honors for her region and immediately ad-vancing on to Nationals in equitation over fences, equi-tation on the flat and in horsemanship.

An education major at West Texas A&M, Mitchemgraduated in 2012, certified to teach in the special ed-ucation and in general education classrooms.

An accomplished rider long before her days at WestTexas A&M, Mitchem started riding at the age of sevenand competing shortly thereafter. She excelled in com-petitions locally and internationally on numerous levelsand on a variety of horses.

In addition to her equestrian skills, she served as anambassador for her community as a rodeo queen, ayouth mentor and as a founder of DREAM, an anti-drug and alcohol program. Mitchem begins pursuit her master's degree in coun-seling in the fall of 2012 at South Dakota State andeventually wants to become a vocational rehabilitationcounselor. She also wants to get further involved infeeder programs for equestrian competitions at the col-legiate level, with the ultimate goal of expanding thesport and broadening the opportunity to those not cur-rently exposed to NCAA/NCEA and IHSA programs.

HOMETOWN

Brush Prairie, Wash.

EDUCATION

B.S. Education – West Texas A&M, 2012M.S. Counseling – South Dakota State, 2012-present

RIDING CAREER

Four-Year Letterwinner – West Texas A&M, 2008-12

Natalie Gilbert joined the Jackrabbit equestrian staffas a graduate assistant in July 2013.

A Dallas, Texas native and a passionate rider andcompetitor, Gilbert competed in both hunt seat andwestern disciplines since the age of 10. She began hercompetitive career in the pony hunters and equitation,followed by a long career in the jumpers. She thenbrought that experience to the equestrian team at WestTexas A&M, where she repeatedly competed in post-

season Intercollegiate Horse Show Association compe-titions, advancing through regionals and zones to com-pete nationally.

After her career with Buffalos, Gilbert started ridingreined-cowhorses. Her first year showing, she qualifiedfor the NRCHA’s Celebration of Champions and won ayear-end award with the regional NRCHA association.In addition to her horse related success, Gilbert partici-pated in and earned honors for her leadership and

hard work, earning a selection to serve in the elite WestTexas Agriculture Ambassadors during her junior andsenior years. She also served as the youth director forthe regional cowhorse association.

Gilbert graduated from West Texas A&M in 2013 witha Bachelor of Science degree in equine industry andbusiness, with minors in animal science and English,and began working towards a master’s degree in cur-riculum and instruction in 2013 at South Dakota State.She eventually wants to teach at the collegiate level inan equine program and plans on pursuing a career incoaching collegiate equestrian.

HOMETOWN

Dallas, Texas

EDUCATION

B.S. Equine Industry and Business – West Texas A&M, 2013M.S. Curriculum and Instruction – South Dakota State, 2013-present

RIDING CAREER

Four-Year Letterwinner – West Texas A&M, 2008-12

Rachel Boone joined the Jackrabbit staff as theequestrian barn manager on June 22, 2012, afterworking on the staff as an undergraduate student.

A 2012 graduate from South Dakota State, Booneoversees the day-to-day operations of the Nathelle andLawrence DeHaan Equestrian Center, which includesthe barn staff and the SDSU horse herd.

In addition to managing the staff, Boone hires thestudent employees, working with them and their class

schedule to make sure all of the chores get done effi-ciently and properly.

Boone works with the veterinarian and farrier tokeep the horses shoed and up to date on their vaccina-tions and ensures that all of the equipment runs prop-erly, which requires her doing minor maintenance andscheduling the needed tune-ups. She also keeps all ofthe required supplies of bedding, hay, grain, supple-ments and medications on hand that the facility needs

for daily operations.In addition to the staff, horses and the building itself,

Boone monitors pasture usage to avoid overgrazing,and maintains the grounds around the equestrian cen-ter and offices.

An Aberdeen, S.D., native, Boone earned a Bachelorof Science degree in environmental management fromSouth Dakota State in 2012, with minors in biologyand geographic information systems. In addition toworking at the barn for three years as a student, sheplayed on the SDSU rugby team and participated in AirForce ROTC for two years.

An avid recreational rider, Boone earned three varsityletters in both volleyball and basketball in high school,and helped lead her team to four conference titles involleyball and a second place finish at the 2006 statetournament, earning academic all-state honors from2004-06 in the process.

HOMETOWN

Aberdeen, S.D.

EDUCATION

B.S. Envronmental Management – South Dakota State, 2012

EXPERIENCE

Equestrian Barn Manager, 2012-presentEquestrian Center Student Employee, 2009-12

GRADUATE ASSISTANT NATALIE GILBERT

BARN MANAGER RACHEL BOONE

ASSISTANT STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH: ERIC ADOLPH

STRENGTH & CONDITIONING GRADUATE ASSISTANTS

Nathan Moe joined the South Dakota Statestaff as the head strength and conditioningcoach in August 2005 and served in that posi-tion until being promoted to assistant athletic di-rector for strength and conditioning in May2011.

Moe works directly with the Jackrabbit football,volleyball, baseball and softball teams, and healso oversees the design and implementation ofthe year-round strength and conditioning pro-grams for all of the Jackrabbits 21 varsity sports.

Moe came to South Dakota State after headingthe strength and conditioning program at East-ern Illinois University for three years, where he

oversaw the design and implementation ofstrength and conditioning programs for all 22 ofthe Panthers varsity sports.

Before his days with the Panthers in Moeworked as the assistant strength and condition-ing coach at Rice University in Houston, Texas,where he worked with the Owls football strengthprogram, while being directly responsible formen’s and women’s track, men’s and women’stennis, women’s swimming, women’s soccer andmen’s golf.

From 1997 through the spring of 1999, Moeworked as a graduate assistant in the strengthand conditioning program at the University of

Texas in Austin, where he earned a MEd. in Exer-cise Physiology. He also worked in private busi-ness in physical fitness in Austin and Houston,Texas and in Fargo, N.D.

A Certified Strength and Conditioning Special-ist and a USA Weightlifting Certified Club Coach,Moe also maintains certifications in the NationalStrength and Conditioning Association and theCollegiate Strength and Conditioning CoachesAssociation.

In May 2012, the Collegiate Strength andConditioning Coaches Association honored Moeas a Master Strength and Conditioning Coach atits convention in Orlando, Fla.

A Minnesota native, Moe graduated fromMoorhead State University in Moorhead, Minn.,in 1996, with a Bachelor of Science Degree inExercise Science. He also earned all-conferencehonors as a linebacker for the 1995 NorthernSun Intercollegiate Conference champion Drag-ons.

Moe and his wife Colleen live in Brookingswith their son, Zachary and daughter Kylie.

ASSISTANT AD – STRENGTH & CONDIDIONING: Nathan Moe, MEd.CSCS, RSCC*D, MSCC, SCCC, USAW

FAMILY: Wife: Colleen – Son: Zachary – Daughter: Kylie

EDUCATION: B.S. Exercise Science: Moorhead State, Minn., 1996MEd. Exercise Physiology: University of Texas, 1999

EXPERIENCE: Assistant AD-Strength & Conditioning: South Dakota State, 2011-PresentHead Strength & Conditioning Coach: South Dakota State, 2005-11Head Strength & Conditioning Coach: Eastern Illinois, 2002-05Asst. Strength & Conditioning Coach: Rice University, 1999-2002Strength & Conditioning Graduate Assistant: University of Texas, 1997-99

Eric Adolph joined the Jackrabbit staff as theassistant strength and conditioning coach inMarch 2012, after spending two years on thestaff as a graduate assistant.

A Flandreau native, Adolph completed hisMaster of Science degree in Health and Nutri-tional Science with an emphasis in Sports Sci-ence at South Dakota State in May of 2012.

Adolph's main responsibilities include workingdirectly with the soccer, women's basketball andbaseball teams, while assisting with the remain-

ing 21 Varsity sports. In the past, he also workeddirectly with the Jackrabbit softball, men's andwomen's tennis, men's and women's Golf,equestrian and cheer teams

A Certified Strength and Conditioning Special-ist (CSCS) and USA Weightlifting Sports Per-formance Coach, Adolph graduated from DakotaWesleyan University in 2009 with a Bachelor ofArts degree in Sport Exercise and Wellness.

ASSISTANT STRENGTH & CONDIDIONING COACH: Eric Adolph

EDUCATION: B.A. Sport Exercise: Dakota Wesleyan, 2009M.S. Health and Nutrition Science: South Dakota State, 2012

EXPERIENCE: Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach: South Dakota State, 2012-PresentStrength & Conditioning Graduate Asst.: South Dakota State, 2010-12

CERTIFICATIONS: Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS)USA Weightlifting Sports Performance Coach

LOGAN OGDENCROSS COUNTRY

EQUESTRIAN

TRACK & FIELD

JESSE RODRIGUEZGOLF

SOFTBALL

CHEER & DANCE

ANDY STOCKSWRESTLING

SWIMMING & DIVING

TENNIS

SDSU STRENGTH & CONDITIONING

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BEN HEINZESOCCER

SOFTBALL

DAVID KRAGNESSWOMEN’S BASKETBALL

MEN’S/WOMEN’S TENNIS

DAVID RULEFOOTBALL

LISA SPORSVOLLEYBALL

SWIMMING & DIVING

EQUESTRIAN ATHLETIC TRAINER: KAITLIN BOLLES

ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINERS

ATHLETIC TRAINING GRADUATE ASSISTANTS AND INTERNS

Owen Stanley brought a wealth of professional colle-giate experience with him when he joined the SouthDakota State staff in July 2009, where he oversees anathletic training staff that includes five assistant train-ers and five graduate assistants.

A native of Macungie, Pa., Stanley earned a bache-lor's degree in athletic training from West Chester Uni-versity (Pa.) in 2002, and a master's degree in

kinesiology and health promotion at the University ofKentucky in 2005, while serving as a graduate assis-tant athletic trainer for the Wildcats' football and base-ball teams.

Upon graduating from Kentucky, Stanley joined theathletic training staff at the University of Northern Iowain 2005, working as the assistant director of athletictraining services and head football athletic trainer.

In 2007, Stanley accepted the position of assistantathletic trainer for the National Football League'sKansas City Chiefs, where he worked until joining theJackrabbits.

Stanley's other professional experience includes in-ternships with the NFL's New York Jets and thePhiladelphia Wings of the Professional Indoor Lacrosseleague.

In addition to his athletic training experience, Stanleygave presentations at the National Athletic Trainers' As-sociation Annual Meeting and the Southeast AthleticTrainers' Association Symposium. He also chaired theYoung Professionals Committee of the Missouri AthleticTrainers Association and served as an E-Mentor forNATA.

ASSISTAN AD – SPORTS MEDICNE: Owen Stanley M.S., ATC, CSCS, EMT

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

EXPERIENCE: Assistant-AD for Sports Medicine: South Dakota State, 2011-presentDirector of Sports Medicine: South Dakota State, 2009-11Assistant Athletic Trainer: Kansas City Chiefs, 2007-09Assistant Athletic Trainer/Head Football Trainer: Northern Iowa, 2005-07

Kaitlin Bolles joined the Jackrabbit athletic trainingstaff in the fall of 2013 as a graduate assistant work-ing with both the Jackrabbit equestrian and footballteams while she pursues a master’s degree in sportand recreation studies.

A Fairbanks, Alaska native, Bolles, who goes by Kaiti,graduated from Eastern Washington University in Ch-eney, Wash., in the spring of 2013 with a degree in

athletic training after working with the Eags volleyballand football teams as an undergraduate.

Bolles calls herself a typical Alaskan girl who loveshunting, fishing and camping, along with hockey read-ing and baseball, and would like to continue workingin Division I athletics when she graduates from SouthDakota State.

GRADUATE ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER: Kaitlin Bolles

SPORT ASSIGNMENTS: Equestrian, Football

EDUCATION: B.S. Athletic Training: Eastern Washington University, 2013M.S. Sport and Recreation Studies: South Dakota State, 2013-present

EXPERIENCE: Eastern Washington: Volleyball and Football

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SDSU SPORTS MEDICINE

JENNIFER BURTSOFTBALL

KAITLIN BOLLESFOOTBALL/EQUESTRIAN

BOBBY DAIGLEBASEBALL

TAYLER ESPINOZASWIMMING & DIVING

JOSHUA HAWKINSWRESTLING

DANISE MAASCROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD

HEIDI SARTORIUSCROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD

Justin Sell joined theJackrabbit staff on May 7,2009 as the 12th directorof athletics at South DakotaState University."I love working as part of

a team, and that's exactlyhow we work at SDSU,"Sell said. "From President

Chicoine, to the faculty and staff, administration,donors and fans, we all work together for thebenefit of South Dakota State University andJackrabbit Athletics."Sell oversees the Jackrabbits' 21-sport Divi-

sion I varsity athletics program. Eighteen SDSUteams compete in The Summit League, whilefootball competes in the Missouri Valley FootballConference of the Football Championship Subdi-vision and wrestling competes as a member ofthe Western Wrestling Conference. Women'sequestrian competes under the umbrella of theNational Collegiate Equestrian Association.Under Sell's leadership, SDSU athletics contin-

ues to make strides in athletic competition, inthe classroom, in fundraising and in reconnect-ing with alumni.Athletically, the Jackrabbits claimed a total of

10 regular and postseason league champi-onships in five different sports since 2009-10.That success earned SDSU The Summit LeagueCommissioner's Cup all-sports trophy followingthe 2010-11 season, after a runner-up finishthe year before. Also in 2010-11, SDSU earnedthe league's Sportsmanship Award, an awardvoted upon by their peers.In the classroom, Jackrabbit student-athletes

continually post a grade-point average of 3.2 orhigher in more than 70 different majors, which

led SDSU to winning The Summit League's Insti-tutional Academic Achievement Award for the2009-10 academic year and the Missouri ValleyFootball Conference Academic Award in all fouryears in the league (2008-11).In January of 2011, Sell announced a partner-

ship with Learfield Sports, signing a 10-yeardeal worth $13 million for SDSU athletics.Learfield Sports quickly established a Brook-ings-based entity known as "Jackrabbit SportsProperties" that directs all aspects of the part-nership, including managing and selling multi-media and sponsorship rights for South DakotaState Athletics.In addition to the deal with Learfield Sports,

Sell directed the implementation of the Letter-winners Club, which provides opportunities forJackrabbit Athletics to reconnect and stay con-nected with former student-athletes, while sup-porting current student-athletes at SouthDakota State.In the years to come, Sell wants to continue

reconnecting with former Jackrabbit student-athletes and enhancing the athletic facilitieswhile still maintaining success, both in competi-tion, but more importantly, in the classroom.On the facilities front, Sell oversaw the com-

pletion of the Dykhouse Student-Athlete Centerin 2010, and developed the 2025 SDSU AthleticFacilities Master Plan. Additionally, Sell spear-headed efforts to add permanent seating and apress box at Erv Huether Field, chairback seat-ing in both Frost Arena and Coughlin-AlumniStadium and continues working towards thebuilding of an indoor practice facility and foot-ball stadium.Born in Salem, Ore., and raised in Columbus,

Ohio, Sell came to South Dakota State from the

University of Northern Iowa, where he worked invarious roles, both at the university and in thecommunity for 10 years. He also worked at Vil-lanova University, Syracuse University, OhioState University and Bowling Green State Uni-versity. Sell gained further experience working inthe private sector for various sports teams andevents.In the Brookings community, where Sell lives

with his wife, Jennie, and their four children:Abbie, Zach, Josh and Eric, he serves as VicePresident of the Brookings Chamber of Com-merce, Vice President for the Brookings Friendsof Baseball and on the Brookings Health SystemBoard of Trustees.Sell earned his bachelor's degree in sport

management from Bowling Green State Univer-sity (Ohio) in 1991 and completed a master'sdegree in physical education/sport administra-tion at The Ohio State University in 1992.

SDSU PRESIDENT DAVID L. CHICOINEintroduced JUSTIN SELL at a press conference on May 7, 2009

A 1969 graduate ofSouth Dakota State Univer-sity, David L. Chicoine be-came the third alumnus tosit in the South DakotaState University president’soffice when he took officeon Jan. 1, 2007. The 19th president in

school history met his wife, Marcia, whom hespotted in an English class to which he claimsperfect attendance—after he noticed her therefirst, of course.President Chicoine spent the majority of the

next 30 years away from South Dakota Stateworking in higher education at the University ofIllinois, where he held administrative posts, in-cluding Vice President of Technology and Eco-

nomic Development and Dean of the College ofAgriculture.While vice president at the University of Illi-

nois, President Chicoine helped launch Illi-noisVENTURES, LLC, a seed and early-stagetechnology investment firm. He also reachednew milestones each year in restructuring theuniversity’s technology licensing offices.As its dean, President Chicoine transformed

the College of Agriculture, leaving it with sevenacademic departments and an Information Tech-nology unit in place of the previous 14 adminis-trative units. He raised $134 million in privategifts (surpassing the campaign’s goal of $115million) and increased the endowment to $60million.Of the eight siblings in President Chicoine’s

family, five attended State, including President

Chicoine and his brother Jeff, who finishedschool here the year before him. When President Chicoine graduated, he did so

alongside former U.S. Senator Tom Daschle andseveral men and women who work at SouthDakota State today.At State, President Chicoine also met longtime

friend and colleague Robert Todd, with whom heworked with almost 30 years at the University ofIllinois.The president and his wife, Marcia, live in

Woodbine Cottage. Their family includes sonJoshua, a Chicago-based musician; daughter-in-law Laura Ellsworth; granddaughter Sylvie; andtheir late son Jason. President Chicoine serves as the 19th presi-

dent of the University and the 17th to live in thehistoric cottage.

sDsu Director of athletics: justin sell

sDsu presiDent: Dr. DaviD l. chicoine

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Kathy Heylens came to South Dakota State inJuly 1984 as a member of the staff in the admis-sions office before moving to athletics two yearslater as a senior secretary.

Heylens became the institution’s first full-timeCompliance Coordinator in 1990 and continuesthose duties as the associate athletic director for compliance and senior womanadministrator.

Heylens manages all aspects of the athleticscompliance program to ensure strict adherencewith NCAA, affiliated conferences and universityrules and regulations for amateurism, eligibility,recruiting, financial aid, awards and benefits, play-ing and practice seasons and enforcement.

As the senior woman administrator, she helps tocreate an environment where staff and student-athletes can achieve their goals.

Heylens recently accepted an appointment of afour-year term on the NCAA Division I LegislativeCouncil, which serves as the primary legislative body in the Division I governance structure. She also accepted an ap-pointment to the four-member Legislative CouncilAdministrative Committee, which acts on behalf ofthe full Legislative Council between meetings totransact routine items of business.

She also serves on the NCAA Division I FootballChampionship Subdivision Governance Commit-tee.

In addition to her day-to-day duties, Heylensserves on the Undergraduate Experience Commit-tee, Diversity Committee, Intercollegiate AthleticsBoard and Compliance Team. She also volunteersin the community as co-chair of the BrookingsFood Pantry and serves as a member of theBrookings Committee for People With Disabilities.

A Watertown, S.D., native, Kathy and her hus-band, Bill, live in Volga, S.D. and have two grownchildren. In her spare time Kathy enjoys reading,spending time at the lake and cheering on theJacks!

POSITIONS: Senior Associate Athletic Director for ComplianceSenior Woman Administrator

HOMETOWN: Watertown, S.D.

PHONE: (605) 688-5308

EMAIL: Kathy.Heylens@sdstate.edu

Rob Peterson joined the South Dakota State staffas an assistant athletic director for internal opera-tions in April 2000. Now the Jackrabbits senior as-sociate athletic director for internal affairs,Peterson supervises the Jackrabbit athletic depart-ment internal operations, with a primary focus onthe day-to-day operations of the department, spe-cial projects, football scheduling, strategic planningand new facility development.

Since joining SDSU, Peterson supervised theconstruction of several new facilities, including theDeHaan Equestrian Center, Dykhouse Student-Athlete Center, Jackrabbit Softball Stadium, thenew Erv Heuther Baseball Stadium and renova-tions to the Stanley J. Marshall HPER Center.

Peterson currently supervises the construction ofthe new SDSU Indoor Practice and Human Per-formance Facility, along with the planning and de-velopment of the new SDSU Football Stadium.Peterson also leads the department’s efforts instrategic planning and facility master planning.From 2003 to 2007 Peterson coordinated the ath-letic department transition from NCAA Division IIto Division I.

In addition to his day-to-day duties, Petersonalso serves on a variety of university committeesand task forces, including Campus Planning andDesign, the university compliance team and theIntercollegiate Athletic Board. He also plays an ac-tive role in the community, serving on the SwiftelCenter Advisory Board and previously the VisitorsPromotions Committee.

Nationally, Peterson serves as a member of theNational Collegiate Equestrian Association Cham-pionships Committee and Selections Committee.He is a member of the FCS Athletic Directors Asso-ciation (FCS ADA), the Collegiate Athletic BusinessManagers Association (CABMA) and National As-sociation of Collegiate Directors of Athletics(NACDA).

Peterson also serves as the sports supervisor forfootball, equestrian, baseball, swimming and div-ing and track and cross country at South DakotaState.

Before joining the SDSU staff, Peterson workedas the coordinator of athletic facilities, events andprojects for Fresno State University from 1997-2000. In this position, his responsibilities included

the oversight of seven athletic venues and thegame operations for 10 sports.

Prior to his time at Fresno State, Peterson servedas assistant director of recreation - facilities andevents at Northern Michigan University from1995-97. This position provided him the opportu-nity to supervise events and operations for the Su-perior Dome on the campus of NMU. Petersonstarted his career at Northern Michigan as the di-rector of sport clubs from 1994-95.

Peterson's collegiate education includes a Bach-elor of Science in Physical Education and Healthfrom Northern Michigan University in 1992, and aMasters of Arts in Sports Administration from Cen-tral Michigan University in 1995. He also com-pleted a collegiate marketing internship with NMUathletics and a professional sports administrationinternship with the Green Bay Packers, both in1993.

A Marquette, Mich., native, Peterson lives inBrookings with his dogs Emmitt and Messier.

POSITION: Senior Associate Athletic Director for Internal Operations

HOMETOWN: Marquette, Mich.

EDUCATION: B.S. Physical Education and Health – Northern Michigan University, 1992M.S. Sports Administration – Central Michigan University, 1995

PHONE: (605) 688-6287

EMAIL: Rob.Peterson@sdstate.edu

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SENIOR WOMAN ADMINISTRATOR: KATHY HEYLENS

SPORT SUPERVISOR: ROB PETERSON

SDSU ATHLETICS SUPPORT STAFF

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Nik AamlidAssistant AD-Annual Giving

Sonja AndersonWomen’s Equipment

Mike BrotzmanJackrabbit Sports Properties

Leon CostelloSr. Associate AD-External

Elisabeth DaltonMarketing and Promotions

Tim DeWittEquipment Manager

Kelli HermanAthletic Development

Jason HoveAsst. AD-Sports Info

Ashley JoachimAthletic Academic Advisor

Dan HaverkampTicket Sales Coordinator

Adam HeemeyerAssistant AD-Ticket Operations

Kathy HeylensAssoc. AD-Compliance/SWA

Cole KukowskiSports Information

Bruce LichtyFacilities Staff

Tammy LobanProgram Assistant

Drew NewhartTickets

Brad PoeJackrabbit Sports Properties

Ed PosaskiAssistant AD-Budget

Rich ReidFaculty Athletics Rep.

Will RottlerSports Information

Sara SchneiderAthletic Development

Natasha SchreiberCompliance Assistant

Jennifer SellAssistant AD-Academics

Ryan SweeterAssociate Sports Info. Dir.

Christi WilliamsAssociate AD-Tickets/Mktg.

Beth YoshidaAccounting Assistant

Not Pictured

Brody BushoFacilities Coordinator

Jill SargentAssistant to the AD

As the South Dakota State equestrian team en-ters the third year of the Megan Rossiter era, theyprepare for another season of change. In her firstseason, Rossiter’s Jackrabbits stopped competing inInternational Horse Show Association events tofocus exclusively on National Collegiate EquestrianAssociation events.

A year after shifting the focus to NCEA, and ayear removed from their last visit, the Jackrabbitwestern team returned to NCEA Nationals in 2012,only to fall to Kansas State in the opening round.

Last year in 2013, the hunt seat team joined thewestern squad at NCEA Nationals for the first timeever, and in another series of firsts, both squads ad-vanced to the second round. The western squadrode to a 5-3 win over UT-Martin, while the huntseat riders tied TCU 4-4, but completed the upsetwin in a tiebreaker.

More changes take effect this season when thetwo disciplines combine to form one team, whichRossiter thinks benefits the Jackrabbits, and givesthem a chance top last season’s success.

“Our hunt seat riders performed well last yearwhen we needed strong rides in every event to getour bigger wins, like the win against top-rankedGeorgia,” Rossiter said. “We won’t know until we’reable to start competing some of the freshman howstrong we can be this year, however we’re confidentin the athletes we recruited. Advancing as a totalteam helps us, and makes us stronger as a wholethan some of the other teams we compete against.I’m excited for the change.”

That much improved hunt seat team lost four sen-iors to graduation, including NCEA Honorable Men-tion All-American Lauren Kerr, and three more thatrode at NCEA Nationals last season, but still returnsa good group riders.

“In the hunt seat events, our strong returning ath-letes include Santana Wright and Jordan Goodall,”Rossiter said. “We’ll also depend heavily on fresh-man Natalie Howard and Blair Julia Wright.”

Wright rode in both fences and flat in all 16events last season as a junior, posting a 5-11 markover fences, with one MVP, and an even 8-8 markon the flat, with a trio of MVP honors. She also rep-resented the Jackrabbits at the prestigious WinterEquestrian Festival in Wellington, Fla., in February.Goodall gained valuable experience last year inboth hunt seat events, making her best rides overfences, posting a 5-7 mark as a sophomore.

Senior Laura Dunlavy earned NCEA All-Americanhonors in reining last year as a junior, and leads ayoung and talented group of Jackrabbit western rid-ers that lost three experienced horsemanship riders,but only one reiner.

I expect another solid year out of seniors Dunlavyand Shelby Webb, who both put together standoutjunior seasons,” Rossiter said of her western team.“Danielle Baker played a key role last year, evenafter we switched over into the reining. Dependingon where we need her this year, Baker may be our

only athlete to compete in both the reining andhorsemanship.”

After the late switch, Baker went posted a 3-7mark in reining after posting a 4-3 mark in sevenmeets in the horsemanship ring. Dunlavy competedin all 15 western competitions last year, posting animpressive 12-3 mark.

A skilled athlete and rider, Raivenne Scott rodewell in her freshman year, posting a 5-10 markwith an MVP to her credit, so coming back hersophomore year with some more confidence andexperience in collegiate competition should pavethe way for further success in 2013-14.

Rossiter expects both Webb and sophomore LexusHoffman to play key roles in the horsemanship ring.Webb led all SDSU horsemanship riders with an 8-4 mark last year, while Hoffman compiled a re-spectable 5-6-1 mark in just her first year ofcollegiate riding.

After riding in an intrasquad scrimmage on Sept.13-14 at the DeHaan Equestrian Center, theJackrabbits open the season at the Willis Invita-tional, hosted by Baylor, on Sept. 22-23, withshows against UT-Martin, New Mexico State andthe host Bears on the slate.

“Last year we started out the season with threestraight losses against Texas A&M and OklahomaState at home and Kansas State on the road, andcompeting against those teams just made us rideharder and better, and really prepared us for therest of the season,” Rossiter said of last year’s start.“This year we start our season at the Willis Invita-tional with three meets in one weekend. It’s a greatway to start the season, however it’ll be tough witha young team.”

The Jacks ride in the first of their five scheduledmeets at home on Oct. 19, and then end the regu-lar season by hosting the Independent Champi-onships on March 28-29 at the DeHaan Centerbefore closing the season at the NCEA NationalChampionships on April 17-19 in Waco, Texas.

Jackrabbit senior SANTANA WRIGHT competed in all 16 shows in both hunt seat events last sea-son and represented the team at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Fla.

Jackrabbit senior LAURA DUNLAVY competed in all 15 western events in 2012-13 as a junior,posting a 12-3 record on her way to earning NCEA All-American honors

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2013-14 SEASON PREVIEW

MEET THE JACKRABBITS

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RIDERS

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JACKRABBIT SENIORS

CYNTHIA BARTHA

SENIORHUNT SEAT (FLAT)WINNETKA, ILL.NEW TRIER TOWNSHIP H.S.PHARMACY MAJOR

2012-13: Member of the Jackrabbit hunt seat team ... Dean’s List honoree

2011-12: Reserve Champion in beginner hunter over fences and first place finish in be-ginner hunter classic over fences in the fields and fences at the 'A' rated USEF springhunter/jumper show in June 2012

2010-11: Competed for SDSU in beginner walk, trot, canter at an IHSA show in Crook-ston, Minn. (11/7)

Before SDSU: Finished first in long stirrup equitation walk, trot, canter at Fields &Fences Spring Hunter/Jumper Show, a United States Equestrian Federation 'A' ratedShow in 2010 ... earned reserve champion honors in Long Stirrup at Fields & FencesSpring Hunter/Jumper Show United States Equestrian Federation 'A' Rated Show, reservechampion for long stirrup hunter at Fields & Fences Open Hunter/Jumper Show, and re-serve champion for long stirrup equitation at Fields & Fences Open Hunter/Jumper Show,all in 2010... also earned Academic All-American honors in field hockey in 2007 ...named a 2010 scholar athlete and Academic All-American in swimming and diving ...member of the National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society ... earnedSenior Award of Distinction from New Trier Township High School in 2010

KELSEY CORDELL

SENIORHUNT SEAT (FENCES)BOTHELL, WASH.KENTRIDGE H.S.PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR

2012-13: Competed in two shows during the season ... rode on the flat against Okla-homa State (10/13) and competed in both flat and fences at Kansas State (10/20) ...also did exhibition rides on the flat and over fences vs. Minnesota Crookston (2/2) andon the flat vs. SMU (2/24) ... finished fifth in a National Hunter Derby in Iowa in May2013

2011-12: Member of the hunt seat team

Before SDSU: Transferred to SDSU from Western Washington, where she competed onthe school's equestrian club team as a freshman ... earned reserve grand champion hon-ors at the IHSA Region 9 Finals in open equitation on the flat in 2011 ... finished sixth atthe 2011 IHSA Zone finals in open equitation on the flat ... earned silver and bronze GirlScout awards

LAURA DUNLAVY

SENIORWESTERN (REINING)WILMAR, MINN.WILMAR SENIOR H.S.HPER MAJOR

2012-13: Named an NCEA All-American in reining ... NCEA All-Academic first team se-lection ... competed in all 15 western shows in reining, posting a 12-3 record, with threeMVPs ... started the season with four straight wins, with points at home against TexasA&M (9/22), where she also took home MVP honors, and against Oklahoma State(10/13), along with wins at Kansas State (10/20) and against UT-Martin (11/3) inDover, Del. ... followed her first loss of the season with seven straight wins, which in-cludes a season-high score of 73.5 at Fresno State (3/1) and MVP rides at home againstSacred Heart (2/23) and against New Mexico State (3/2) at a show in Fresno, Calif. ...scored a point for the Jacks in her NCEA Nationals ride against UT-Martin ... selected tocompeted in the prestigious NRHA Derby in Oklahoma City, Okla., in June 2013 ...named an Iron Jack for her work in the weight room ... Dean’s List honoree

2011-12: Competed in five shows in reining as a sophomore, posting a 2-2-1 record ...scored her first point of the season at home against New Mexico State (11/19) ... alsoscored a point at Sacred Heart (2/19) ... scored a point for the Jacks at NCEA Nationalsagainst Kansas State (4/12) ... named athlete of the year at the year-end banquet ...SAAC representative ... named Nov. 2011 strength and conditioning athlete of the month

2010-11: Named SDSU equestrian team most improved western rider ... rode to a firstplace finish in her section of horsemanship in an IHSA show hosted by North DakotaState (11/14) ... added a fifth place finish in horsemanship at IHSA show hosted by Min-nesota-Crookston (11/7) ... serves as the equestrian team's SAAC representative ... fin-ished fourth overall and third in oral reasons at the 2011 American Junior Paint HorseAssociation World Show ... earned Iron Jack honors for her work in the weight room ...earned SDSU Strength and Conditioning Athlete of the Month Honorable Mention ...dean's list honoree ... IHSA Academic All-American Second Team selection

Before SDSU: Ten-time Kandiyohi County 4-H Horse Champion ... Minnesota 4-H StateHorse Show Showmanship champion in 2005 and Training champion in 2007 ... Numer-ous State 4-H Horse Show Top-10 awards ... Glacial Ridge Appaloosa Club show high-point awards earner from 2007-10 ... extensive high point open show winner from2005-10 ... Minnesota State Fair creative arts champion in 2008 and 2009 ... 2010Minnesota Dan Patch Winner ... winner of multiple national horse judging team awardsincluding American Quarter Horse Congress, Morgan Grand National, International Ara-bian Horse Competition and National Western Stock Show ... 2004 National 4-H HorseKnowledge Bowl award winner ... Minnesota Horse Council scholarship winner ... youthchairperson of Minnesota 4-H Horse Association ... Minnesota 4-H Horse Bowl youthchairman from 2007-10 ... 2008 National Youth Horse Council participant ... high schoolbasketball letterwinner ... four-year honor roll student ... two-year member of the Na-tional Honor Society ... D.A.R.E. role model ... advanced placement scholar ... graduatedwith high honors

JACKRABBIT SENIORS

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STEPHANIE GRUENER

SENIORWESTERN (HORSEMANSHIP)BRANDT, S.D.DEUEL H.S.AG BUSINESS MAJOR

2012-13: Demo rider at multiple events throughout the season ... crowned SDSUJackrabbit Stampede Ambassador in April ... spent the summer competing at variousrodeos in the region

2011-12: Demo rider for SDSU home shows ... placed third in hunter under saddle,fourth in English pleasure and fourth in western pleasure at the Watertown, S.D., OpenShow in August placed fourth in English stock seat, third in Arabian pleasure, fourth inEnglish pleasure and second in western pleasure at the Sioux Empire Horse Show in Au-gust

2010-11: Rode in two shows for the Jackrabbits, placing in the top-five at one show andin the top-10 at the other show

Before SDSU: Won reserve grand champion at the 2009 Deuel County Horse Show ...also earned multiple ribbons at the South Dakota State 4-H horse shows from 2000-09... placed in the top-three in numerous events at the 2009 Empire State Horse Show...two year varsity letterwinner in basketball and volleyball ... four-year honor roll student

SHEILA PRICE

SENIORWESTERN (HORSEMANSHIP)REDFIELD, S.D.REDFIELD H.S.ANIMAL SCIENCE MAJOR

2012-13: Named the team’s most improved rider in strength and conditioning and mostimproved western rider ... showed in various American Quarter Horse Association showsthroughout the year

2011-12: Member of the western team ... competed in various quarter horse and openshows over the summer ... volunteered at weekly practices with her county's local 4-Hhorse youth

2010-11: Competed in various IHSA competitions during her freshman season ...earned Reserve Grand Champion in reining at the 2011 South Dakota State 4-H HorseShow

Before SDSU: Active member of 4-H and FFA ... 2006 junior 4-H reining champion ...winner of the 2009 Spink County Senior Horse Award ... member of the 2009 SouthDakota 4-H quiz bowl team ... five-year member of the Redfield High School volleyballand track teams ... won the 2009 volleyball student coach award ... won the 2009 Dan-forth "I Dare You" Citizenship Award ... member of the National Honor Society, four-yearhonor roll student ... Presidential Scholar from 2007-10

SHELBY WEBB

SENIORWESTERN (HORSEMANSHIP)HINTON, IOWAHINTON H.S.EDUCATION MAJOR

2012-13: Rode in 12 meets as a junior in horsemanship, posting an 8-4 overall record... won a point in her first ride of the season at Kansas State (10/20) ... started a streakof three wins in a row vs. Georgia (11/16) ... also won points at home vs. New MexicoState (11/18) and vs. Minnesota-Crookston (2/2) when she scored a season-high 72.5... scored a point at Fresno State (3/1) ... also scored points vs. New Mexico State (3/22)in Martin, Tenn., at UT-Martin (3/23) and vs. UT-Martin (4/18) at NCEA Nationals, whereshe rode in both rounds ... NCEA All-Academic second team selection ... reserve worldchampion at 2013 Pinto World Championship in amateur ideal English ... also finishedfourth in the world in amateur western pleasure and in amateur ideal western, alongwith a sixth place finish in amateur disciplined rail western ... 2013 and 2014 Miss Ne-braska Pinto Queen ... competed in American Paint Horse Association events in Iowa,Nebraska, Colorado and Minnesota in the summer of 2013 ... also competed in PintoHorse Association of America shows in Oklahoma and Nebraska and at Color Breed Con-gress in Tulsa, Okla., where she placed in the top-five ... competed at the National West-ern Stock Show in Denver, Colo. ... Dean’s List honoree in both semesters ... serves as the2013-14 chapter president of Phi Upsilon Omicron Honor Society ... campus vice presi-dent of American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences/Family Career and Com-munity Leaders of America ... member of Chi Omega sorority, Student NationalEducation Association, Mortar Boart Honor Society, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, AlphaLambda Delta Honor Society and Golden Key International Honour Society ... served onthe Little International staff ... volunteers at Feeding Brookings, Harvest Table and Brook-ings Backpack Project

2011-12: Competed in two shows in horsemanship at the season-opening Willis Invita-tional against Baylor and Fresno State (9/30-10/1) ... also rode in an exhibition againstNebraska (3/17) ... serves as an officer in AAFCS/FCCLA ... member of the Little Interna-tional staff ... competed in numerous pinto and paint horse shows during the summer ...received individual judge placings at the Pinto World Championship ... dean's list hon-oree in the spring ... member of the Golden Key International Honour Society, AlphaLambda Delta Honor Society and Phi Upsilon Omicon Honor Society

2010-11: Competed in IHSA shows at home (10/29-30) and at North Dakota State(11/13-14), where she finished first in open horsemanship ... also competed in varsityevents against UT-Martin (2/13), where she won a point in horsemanship ... also com-peted at numerous events in the offseason, including top-five and a top-10 placings atthe 2010 Color Breed Congress ... received youth all-around award form the NebraskaPaint Horse Club at the Bloomin Color Show ... earned class placings in every show inthe Iowa Paint Horse and Nebraska Paint Horse shows ... finished in the top-10 at the2011 Pinto World Championship Competition in senior youth bareback Western horse-manship ... also received individual judge placings in senior youth Western disciplined railand senior youth Western pleasure ... named a youth champion by the Pinto Horse Asso-ciation of America and a youth superior in Western horsemanship from the AmericanPaint Horse Association ... dean's list honoree in both semesters of her freshman year ...member of Alpha Lambda Delta National Honor Society and Golden Key InternationalHonour Society

Before SDSU: Top-10 in Pinto World in 2007-09 in the youth senior division ... IowaState Fair western pleasure champion in 2009 ... Plymouth Country Fair 4-H horse all-around champion from 2003-07 ... earned register of merit a total of seven times fromPinto Horse Association in seven different disciplines and five times from the AmericanPaint Horse Association in five difference disciplines ... also recieved her youth versitilityfrom the American Paint Horse Association ... earned academic athlete honors andserved on the student council and played in the band all four years in high school ...member of the math club ... captain of the cheer and dance teams in high school ... volunteers at the Discovery Shop, soup kitchen and for Habitat for Humanity

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JACKRABBIT SENIORS

SANTANA WRIGHT

SENIORHUNT SEAT (FENCES/FLAT)PORT HOPE, ONTARIOPORT HOPE H.S.ANIMAL SCIENCE MAJOR

2012-13: Competed in all 16 shows as a junior in both hunt seat events ... posted an8-8 record on the flat, with a trio of MVPs and a 5-11 mark over fences with one MVP ...scored a season-high 88 on the flat at Kansas State (10/20), earning MVP honors in theprocess ... won a point and MVP on the flat at Delaware State (11/3) ... scored a pair ofpoints in an upset win over Georgia (11/16), and took home MVP honors on the flat ...scored a season-high 84 and earned her lone MVP over fences in a home win over NewMexico State (11/18) ... picked up her third MVP on the flat in a home win over Min-nesota-Crookston (2/2) ... scored her point on the flat vs. Sacred Heart (2/23) ... scoredpoints in both rides vs. SMU (2/24) ... won on the flat vs. New Mexico State (3/2) inFresno, Calif. ... scored her point over fences vs. New Mexico State (3/22) in Martin, Tenn.... rode on both meets at NCEA Nationals, and scored in both rides vs. UT-Martin (4/18)in the first round ... also competed over fences at the Winter Equestrian Festival inWellington Fla. (2/8) ... NCEA All-Academic honorable mention selection

2011-12: Competed in all 10 shows in fences and four shows on the flat, compiling a7-7 record overall and a 7-3 record over fences with three MVPs ... earned MVP honorsover fences vs. Delaware State (11/6), vs. New Mexico State (11/19) and at TCU (3/3)... also scored points vs. Miami [Ohio] (9/30), vs. Auburn (11/5), at Sacred Heart (2/19)and at SMU (3/2) ... represented the team at the Winter Equestrian Festival (2/10) inWellington, Fla. ... dean's list honoree in both semesters ... earned NCEA first team aca-demic honors

2010-11: Opened the season with a first place finish in novice on the flat and a secondplace finish in novice over fences in an IHSA show at UW-River Falls (9/10) ... finishedsecond in both novice flat and novice fences in an IHSA show at Minnesota-Crookston(11/7) ... finished first in novice over fences in an IHSA show at UW-River Falls (2/20) ...

rode in varsity shows in equitation over fences against UT-Martin (2/26) and then won apoint against New Mexico State (2/27) at the Bulldog Invitational hosted by Georgia ...earned MVP honors in equitation over fences at Delaware State (3/20) ... finished sec-ond in novice over fences and third in novice on the flat at IHSA Regionals (3/5-6) ...rode to a third place finish over fences at the Inaugural Pin Oak Collegiate EquitationChallenge in Katy, Texas (4/3) ... worked at an Olympic level show barn as a groomer inthe summer of 2011 ... dean's list honoree ... IHSA National All-Academic second-teamselection

Before SDSU: Won numerous division championships in large pony and children'shunter divisions on the 'A' rated national circuit from 2003-10 ... also earned numeroustop awards in hunter and jumper equitation medal classes on the 'A' rated national cir-cuit from 2003-10 ... also played volleyball, coed badminton, track and field and rugbyin high school ... coordinator and referee for high school intramural sports ... served asan athletic representative in student government in 2009 and 2010 ... recognized as anathlete of the week by City-TV in Toronto ... graduated in the top third of her class ... vol-unteers as a foster parent with the Lions Foundation Canine Vision Canada by caring forand training puppies before they become seeing eye dogs

CALISTA WINTER

SENIORHUNT SEAT (FLAT)HARRISBURG, S.D.HARRISBURG H.S.ATHLETIC TRAINING MAJOR

2012-13: Demo rider on the flat for home meets against New Mexico State (11/18),Sacred Heart vs. SMU (2/23) and Minnesota-Crookston (2/2) ... earned team spiritaward vs. Oklahoma State (10/13) ... completed an athletic training internship with theSioux Falls Canaries of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball inthe summer of 2013

2011-12: Named Most Improved hunt seat rider ... earned team workhorse award vs.New Mexico State (11/19) ... demo rider for equitation on the flat for exhibition showwith Nebraska (3/17) ... participated and placed in numerous classes at open horseshows for Southeast South Dakota Horse Show Association

Before SDSU: Named Lincoln Country 4-H English Showmanship Junior Grand Cham-pion in 2002 and 2005 and Senior Grand Champion in 2008 and 2010 ... also namedSenior Grand Champion in Western Showmanship in 2008 ... won the 4-H ReserveGrand Champion honors in junior hunt seat equitation in 2003 and Grand Championhonors in junior saddle seat equitation in 2005 and in senior saddle seat equitation in2007 ... seven-time winner of Lincoln Country's 4-H High-Point award for top showman... earned numerous other honors in various events related to 4-H and FFA ... also amember of the basketball and volleyball teams in high school and a member of bandand chorus ... four-year honor roll student ... two year member of the National Honor So-ciety ... graduated with honors ... earned academic all-state honors in volleyball and bas-ketball ... 2010 Regent's Scholar and Career and Technical Education Scholar

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DANIELLE BAKER

JUNIORWESTERN (HORSEMANSHIP/REINING)SWANTON, OHIOOHIO VIRTUAL ACADEMYAGRICULTURE SCIENCES MAJOR

2012-13: Competed 17 times as a sophomore, posting a 7-10 overall record ... competed inseven meets in horsemanship with a 4-3 mark and in 10 reining events with a 3-7 record ...picked up her first wins of the season at Kansas State (10/20) with victories in both horse-manship and reining ... scored a horsemanship point in a win at UT-Martin (11/3) ... scored ahorsemanship point in the Jacks upset win over Georgia (11/16) ... scored her third straighthorsemanship point in a win over New Mexico State (11/18) ... picked up a reining point in awin over Minnesota-Crookston (2/2) ... scored a reining point in the NCEA Nationals firstround win over UT-Martin ... spent the summer of 2013 working as a videographer for the livewebcasting 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 season ... placed second inhunter under saddle 17-18 at the Ohio State Fair and fourth in the championships out of morethan 200 riders ... also placed sixth in 18 year old horsemanship and seventh in 18 year oldshowmanship ... won the team spirit award ... spent summer mentoring riders in the commu-nity ... competed in the national 4-H shooting invitational in Grand Island, Neb.

Before SDSU: Won the 2010 all-American Youth Horse Show in English equitation ... earnedhigh-point honors at the Fulton Country Fair in overall English in 2009 ... Harry Hughes Cir-cuit Senior High-Point winner in 2009 ... won the 2008 Fulton Country Fair in overall ponyperformance ... Fulton County Horse Bowl team captain ... member of the Fulton County horsejudging team ... named Fulton Country Horse Queen ... member of the Swanton High SchoolEquestrian team ... Ohio State 4-H ambassador and 4-H Queen ... also raises and show rab-bits ... named Fulton County Fair Rabbit Queen ... also played basketball for four years in highschool ... graduated from Owens Community College with an associates of the arts degree be-fore she graduated from high school

MADISON ENGELS

JUNIORWESTERN (REINING)KINGMAN, ARIZ.KINGMAN ACADEMYANIMAL SCIENCE MAJOR

2012-13: Member of the Jackrabbit western squad ... spent the summer volunteering at theArizona 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 WriteVeterinary Service in Kingman, Ariz.

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

JORDAN GOODALL

JUNIORHUNT SEAT (FENCES/FLAT)CENTENNIAL, COLO.CHERRY CREEK H.S.SPANISH MAJOR

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 1-4-1mark ... picked up her first win of the season vs. New Mexico State (11/18) over fences ... wona point on the flat vs. Minnesota-Crookston (2/2) ... scored a point over fences vs. SacredHeart (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 overfences at UT-Martin (3/23) ... competed on the flat vs. TCU (4/18) at NCEA Nationals (pic-tured below) and in both hunt seat events vs. Auburn (4/19) at NCEA Nationals ... earnedNCEA 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 athome against New Mexico State (11/19) and at SMU (3/2) ... earned MVP honors over fencesin an exhibition show against Nebraska (3/17) ... selected to represent SDSU at the Pin OakCollegiate Invitational (3/26), where she finished fourth

Before SDSU: Started riding at age 10 and started showing at age 13 ... shows in 1.10 meterjumpers throughout the Colorado hunter/jumper show circuit ... worked with top trainers in2010 after being selected for the Zone 8 and Region 4 levels of the emerging athletes pro-gram ... rode to four top-10 finishes at the 2011 Adult Jumper Classic in Parker, Colo. ... fin-ished sixth at the 2011 Adult Jumper Classic in Estes Park, Colo. ... named reserve championin 1.05 jumpers at the 2010 Adult Jumper Classic in Estes Park, Colo. ... also competed on theswimming team in high school ... four-year member of the high honor roll ... two-year mem-ber of the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society ... won a bronze award winneron the 2010 National Spanish Exam ... graduated with honors

MANDY GRADERT

JUNIORHUNT SEAT (FENCES)SIBLEY, IOWASIBLEY-OCHEYEDAN H.S.GRAPHIC DESIGN MAJOR

2012-13: Demo rider on the flat vs. Texas A&M (9/22), vs. Oklahoma State (10/13) vs. Geor-gia (11/16) Sacred Heart vs. SMU (2/23) ... demo rider for fences vs. Minn.-Crookston (2/2)

2011-12: Demo rider over fences in the exhibition show vs. Nebraska (3/17) ... earned re-serve high-point rider honors in the girls 13-18 class at the 2011 Reichert Celebration

Before SDSU: Earned top-five placings in hunter over fences, equitation over fences, reiningand versatility at the 2011 Pony of the Americas International Show ... earned reserve high-pointe rider honors at the 2011 POA Midwest Regional show ... won regional championshipsin hunter hack, hunter over fences, equitation over fences and open jumping at the 2009 Mid-west Regional POA show ... won numerous events at the state OPA shows from 2003-11 ...also played volleyball and basketball in high school, earning Siouxland Conference honorablemention and team MVP honors in volleyball as a senior ... academic all-conference selectionfor volleyball in 2010 ... four-year honor roll student ... member of the National Honor Society

DID YOU KNOW?The NCAA classified equestrian as an emerging sport

in 1998, with six participating teams. Today, 22 schools offer equestrian as a varsity sport,

and more continue to add it each year. Equestrian became the 21st varsity sport at

South Dakota State in 2005.

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BLAIR LONG

JUNIORHUNT SEAT (FENCES)DAYTON, VA.TURNER ASHBY H.S.AG EDUCATION MAJOR

2012-13: Competed in three meets over fences as a sophomore, posting a 1-2 record ...picked up her win with a season-high score of 78 over fences at Delaware State (11/3) ... alsorode exhibition on the flat and over fences vs. Minnesota-Crookston (2/2), vs. Sacred Heart(2/23) and over fences vs. SMU (2/24) ... active in FCA and in collegiate FFA

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

Before SDSU: Comes to SDSU with 11 years of riding experience ... earned the Virginia PonyBreeders Association (VPBA) Young Ponies Performance Division Reserve Champion in 2009 ...qualified and competed in the Southwest Virginia Hunters and Jumpers Association Pony MedalFinals from 2006-10 ... SWVHJA Show Small/Medium Pony Division Champion in 2010 ...SWVHJA Finals Pony Hunter Derby winner in 2010 ... finished eighth at the 2010 SWVHJA Fi-nals ... finished third in junior equitation on the flat at the SWVHJA Finals in 2009 ... alsocompeted on the Interscholastic Equestrian Association team from 2007-08 ... finished third inthe open hunter division at the 2008 IEA Zone 3 Finals ... named the Outstanding Eques-trian/MVP in 2009 for her high school IEA team ... spend summers from 2005-09 catch ridingand traveling across Virginia to 'A' shows for various trainers ... active in FFA and studentcouncil association in high school ... two-year member of the National Honor Society ... gradu-ated with honors

SAMANTHA STAHNKE

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

2012-13: Member of the Jackrabbit western squad ... demo rider for horsemanship vs. Min-nesota-Crookston (2/2) ... represents the equestrian team on the Student-Athlete AdvisoryCommittee ... State-A-Thon community assistant for 2013-14 ... worked as a fundraiser forChildren’s Miracle Network ... completed a safety internship at Prinsco Inc. ... completed 75hours of community service in 2013 ... named Team Spirit Award winner by her teammatesfollowing the season

2011-12: Dan Patch Leadership Award recipient ... Kandiyohi County reserve champion sen-ior horse showman ... Kandiyohi County sportsmanship award winner ... Dean's List honoreein the fall and spring semesters ... ranked in the top 15 percent of her class ... named facilitycoordinator for State-A-Thon in 2013 ... member of the University Program Council in 2012-13 ... youth chair of Minnesota 4-H Horse Association in 2012-13

Before SDSU: Earned 2011 reserve champion horse and 2011 champion showman byKandiyohi County 4-H ... first runner-up for the 2011 Dan Patch Horse Leadership award ...finished in the top-10 for the 2010 Dan Patch award ... served at the Minnesota State 4-HYouth Chair for the 2010-11 Winter Roundup ... earned numerous high-point awards and wonnumerous events at various horse shows since 2007 ... also competed in speech events in highschool ... advanced to the state speech competition in 2009 and 2010 ... named MVP andcaptain of the Willmar High School Speech Team in 2010 and 2011... also active in FFA andfigure skating ... four-year honor roll student ... two-year executive member of the NationalHonor Society ... graduated with exemplary honors ... recipient of at least six scholarships

ANDIE VSETECKA

JUNIORWESTERN (HORSEMANSHIP)CRESCO, IOWACRESTWOOD H.S.ANIMAL SCIENCE/PRE-VET MAJOR

2012-13: Finished seventh in the 2013 International Buckskin Horse Association World Showin yearling lounge line ... horse project leader for Howard County (Iowa) 4-H ... Dean’s Listhonoree in the spring 2013 semester

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

Before SDSU: Rode to a top-six finish in all of her classes at the 2010 International BuckskinHorse Association World Show ... 2010 high point open Iowa Buckskin Horse Association ... re-serve high-point champion 14-18 IaBHA in 2010 ... Earned grand champion honors in West-ern showmanship in both 2007 and 2009 at the Iowa State Fair ... Iowa State Fair CowgirlQueen finalist in 2008 and 2010 ... 2011 reserve world champion in English disp. rail and14-18 Western pleasure ... senior showmanship winter at the 2011 Iowa State Fair ... 2011IaBHA high-point and 14-18 winner ... four-year honor roll student

DID YOU KNOW?Varsity Equestrian officially changed its name to the National Collegiate Equestrian Association

(NCEA) in 2011

The horsemanship riders at the 2013 NCEA National Champi-onships pose for a picture in the competition arena at the ExtracoEvents Center in Waco, Texas. From L to R: Shelby Webb, Lexus Hoffman, Hannah Stone, KelseyChampagne and Hillery Basysinger

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SARAH BOWEN

SOPHOMOREWESTERN (HORSEMANSHIP)HASTINGS, NEB.ADAMS CENTRAL H.S.BIOLOGY MAJOR

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

Before SDSU: 2012 Palomino Horse Breeders of America youth 14-18 trail world championat the Palomino Horse Breeders of America youth world show ... 2012 PHBA youth perform-ance mares world champion at youth world show ... 2011 Top-10 youth all-around at theyear-end awards for Palomino Horse Breeders of America ... 2011 Palomino Horse Exhibitorsof Kansas youth president ... earned multiple AQHA youth and open all-around titles ... eight-year member of the Nebraska Quarter Horse Association ... also played volleyball, basketballand track in high school ... active volunteer in the church and community ... four-year honor

MARIELLE GOLDEN

SOPHOMOREHUNT SEAT (FENCES/FLAT)BOCA RATON, FLA.SPANISH RIVER H.S.ADVERTISING MAJOR

2012-13: Rode in 16 events as a freshmen in both flat and fences, compiling a 4-9 record ...finished with a 4-2 record on the flat with one MVP and with a 3-7 mark over fences with apair of MVPs ... scored her first collegiate points vs. Minnesota-Crookston (2/2), when shescored in both hunt seat events, and earned her first MVP over fences ... scored two morepoints vs. Sacred Heart (2/23), including another MVP over fences ... scored a season-high 87in earning MVP honors on the flat vs. SMU (2/24) ... scored a point on the flat in a win overNew 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 JumperAssociation adult medal at the Castlewood Farm Summer Series Show

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

KEAHNA FENWICK

SOPHOMOREHUNT SEAT (FLAT)MERRILL, WIS.WAUSAU EAST H.S.UNDECIDED MAJOR

2012-13: Demo rider for home meet vs. New Mexico State (11/18) ... placed in limit andchild adult flat and fences classes at New Heights Hunters and Jumpers Annual Class ‘A’ Show... Dean’s List honoree

Before SDSU: Wisconsin Interscholastic Horse Association English equitation grand championand state champion in 2009 and 2010 ... Wisconsin Valley Fair grand champion in English eq-uitation and western horsemanship in 2010 and 2011 ... WVG reserve grand champion inGymkhana in 2010 ... earned VFW Sportsman Award in 2009 ... Marshfield Boot and Saddledressage shows grand champion on the flat and over fences in 2009 ... Silver Spur Show Se-ries grand champion in English equitation in 2009 and 2010, and grand champion in interme-diate horsemanship in 2009 ... four-year honor roll student ... two-year member of theNational Honor Society ... National Merit Scholar in 2011 and 2012 ... graduated with Inter-national Baccalaureate certificate

ALISHA HADDOCK

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

2012-13: Demo and exhibition rider during the season ... earned Southwest Quarter HorseBoarder Circuit all-around honors and high point rider honors in novice amateur, western andEnglish in 2013

Before SDSU: Transferred to SDSU from New Mexico ... 2011 AQHYA world show qualifier ...2011 AQHA Justin Boots Rookie of the Year and 14-18 year-end reserve high-point rider ...earned NMQHA Amateur high-point riders honors in June, July and August 2012 ... member ofthe Bernalillo County, N.M., 4-H horse project ... also participated in ice hockey in high school... four-year honor roll student

VANESSA HINKLE

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

2012-13: Demo rider in horsemanship vs. Georgia (11/16), vs. New Mexico State (11/18)and vs. Minnesota-Crookston (2/2) ... earned Wisconsin Pony of the America’s club show 13-18 high point rider and reserve youth 14-18 high point rider for the Wisconsin Quarter HorseAssociation show in the summer of 2013

Before SDSU: Won numerous honors in District 11 of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Horseman-ship association in 2009 and 2010 ... won gold-rated proficiency award in equine entrepre-neurship in 2009 ... national reserve champion of the POAC open show in 2009 ... qualifiedfor the Wisconsin State Fair in western pleasure, horsemanship and hunt seat equitation from2009-12 ... reserve high-point rider at Amherst Fair in 2009 ... served as treasurer of StevensPoint FFA chapter in 2011-12 ... member of the Pony of the Americas Club from 2008-12 ...also competed in swimming in high school ... honor roll student in all four years of high school... graduated with honors

ANNA HASSEL

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

2012-13: Member of the hunt seat squad ... completed an internship at Sandy Point Stablesin Portsmouth, R.I. in the summer of 2013

Before SDSU: Began riding at age seven and started competing at 12 years old ... compilednumerous victories at Sioux Empire Hunter Jumper shows from 2007-12 ... volunteered forthe Handi-Riders in 2010 ... helped local rescues train horses for resale ... earned a varsity let-ter in choir in high school and participated in an award-winning chow choir in 2012 ... gradu-ated with honors from O'Gorman High School, a Blue Ribbon school for six years

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LEXUS HOFFMAN

SOPHOMOREWESTERN (HORSEMANSHIP)WHITEWATER, WIS.WHITEWATER H.S.AG BUSINESS MAJOR

2012-13: Competed in 12 meets as a freshman 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-highscore of 73 ... won a second straight point at Delaware State (11/3) ... scored a point at homevs. Minnesota-Crookston (2/2) ... won her point vs. New Mexico State (3/22) at the Independ-ent Tournament in Martin, Tenn. ... rode in both rounds at NCEA Nationals, and scored a pointin the first round in a win over UT-Martin (4/18) ... qualified for the American Quarter HorseAmateur World Show in showmanship in three days ... earned 100-plus performance pointsand earned superior in showmanship at the Minnesota Amateur Quarter Horse Association’sCorporate 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 300point champion in youth, high-point rider in novice youth, all-around and reserve novice youthhorsemanship, high-point rider in novice youth equitation and western pleasure ... earnedhigh-point rider in equitation and western pleasure, and reserve high-point rider in juniormare and horsemanship at the 2008 BQHA show ... won high-point rider in hunter under sad-dle at the 2010 BQHA show ... 2011 AQYHA world show finalist in equitation ... won multipleall-around titles in 2012 and ranked second in the nation in showmanship ... five-year mem-ber and two-time officer of BQHA and WQHA ... member of FFA throughout high school, serv-ing as the secretary as a sophomore ... multiple honor roll selections in high school

ELAINA JOHNSON

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

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 the fall and springsemesters ... member of the equestrian team volunteer committee

Before SDSU: Competed on the Wisconsin Hunter Jumper Association 'A' circuit ... earnedchampion ribbons in the junior and children's hunter classes ... earned one varsity letter inswimming in high school ... qualified for the Wisconsin High School State meet in 2008 ...two-year member of the National Honor Society ... three-year member of the Tri-M MusicHonor Society

JESSICA TAYLOR

SOPHOMOREWESTERN (HORSEMANSHIP)GRANGER, IOWAWOODWARD-GRANGER H.S.BIOCHEMISTRY/PRE-MED MAJOR

2012-13: 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 theWebster-Klug award for the most outstanding freshman chemistry major ... named Iron Jackfor her work in the weight room ... Dean’s List honoree in both semesters with a 4.0 gradepoint average

Before SDSU: Earned numerous awards and citations in American Paint Horse Association,Iowa Paint Horse Club and Iowa Pinto Horse Association shows from 2010-12 ... named IPHASenior Cowgirl Queen in 2011 and 2012 and Iowa State Fair Junior Cowgirl Queen in 2010 ...won numerous high-point rider honors at the Polk County Fair from 2006-12 ... also com-peted in track, drama and speech in high school ... 'A' honor roll student from 2006-12 ...Iowa Governor's Scholar ... valedictorian from her graduating class ... member of the NationalHonor Society ... National Merit Scholar semifinalist

RAIVENNE SCOTT

SOPHOMOREWESTERN (REINING)CORNELIUS, ORE.HILLSBORO H.S.ANIMAL SCIENCE MAJOR

2012-13: Competed in all 15 shows in reining as a freshmen, posting a 5-10 record with oneMVP ... picked up her first career win against UT-Martin (11/3) in Dover, Del. ... made it twowins in a row with a victory at Delaware State (11/3) ... earned her first career MVP awardwith a career-high ride of 73 at home against New Mexico State (11/18), the first of threestraight 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) ... com-peted in both rounds at NCEA Nationals (4/18-19) ... competed in a number of Oregon Rein-ing Horse Association shows in the summer of 2013, with several top-five and top-10 finishesin the non-pro and rookie divisions

Before SDSU: Earned multiple top-five placings at Oregon Reining Horse Association, Na-tional Reining Horse Association and American Morgan Horse Association Region 8 youthshows ... won multiple gold, silver and bronze medals at district and state level at Oregon HighSchool Equestrian Team competitions ... OHSET all-district selection ... three-year team cap-tain ... five-year swine and equine FFA member ... graduated with a chancellors degree

CAROLINE LESOUSKY

SOPHOMOREWESTERN (REINING)GAINESVILLE, FLA.P.K. YOUNGE H.S.EXERCISE SCIENCE MAJOR

2012-13: Rode reining horses in Florida all summer long ... showed her mare Victoria Valen-tine at the Dixie Reining Horse Association Summer Classic, where she placed in the top-10

Before SDSU: Finished in the top-10 at the youth world show in both 2010 and 2011 inyouth halter mares and youth color ... member of the U.S. Equestrian team from 2008-12 ...competed at the Everglades Appaloosa Horse Club High-Point Games from 2008-10 ... rodeat the Florida Big East High-Point Games in 2010 and at the Central Florida Appaloosa HorseClub High-Point Games in 2008 and 2009 ... honor roll student in 2011 and 2012 ... alsocompeted on the cheer team in high school

NICOLE ZAUN

SOPHOMOREHUNT SEAT (FENCES/FLAT)LAKEVILLE, MINN.LAKEVILLE SOUTH H.S.PSYCHOLOGY/SOCIOLOGY MAJOR

2012-13: Won titles in multiple 3’3” performance hunter classes in the summer of 2013 ...also a champion in multiple 3’6” amateur owner classes ... qualified for the 2013 MinnesotaHunter Jumper Association hunt seat equitation medal finals ... qualified for the 2013 juniorhunter national championships

Before SDSU: Earned numerous victories in hunter and equitation in Minnesota HunterJumper medal classes from 2007-12 ... competed for Lakeville South High School's varsityequestrian team ... finished third in the state in the Minnesota High School Equestrian Associ-ation in 2010 and fourth place in 2011 ... posted strong finishes and several victories in nu-merous MHJA hunter and equitation derbies ... painted several pictures that appear onMinnesota Wild tickets ... also won other art awards in high school

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KRISTEN AKERS

FRESHMANHUNT SEAT (FLAT)KINGMAN, ARIZ.KINGMAN H.S.UNDECIDED MAJOR

Before SDSU: 2012 Arizona 4-H state champion in hunter over fences, equitation over fencesand hunter hack ... 2013 4-H high point all-around champion ... Southern Nevada HunterJumper Association 2’9” equitation division reserve champion and 2’9” medal reserve cham-pion ... Desert Sport Horse 2’9”-3’0” jumper champion from 2010-12 ... four-year honor rollstudent ... graduated in the top 25 percent of her high school class

JESSICA ANDRONOWITZ

FRESHMANHUNT SEAT (FENCES/FLAT)MCHENRY, ILL.MCHENRY H.S.ANIMAL SCIENCE/PRE-VET MAJOR

Before SDSU: Won numerous championships and reserve championships in Northern IllinoisHunter Jumper Association rated shows in hunters and equitation from 2008-10 ... won nu-merous 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 Distin-guished Warrior for academics and community service ... 2013 Illinois State Scholar ... gradu-ated with top honors

NICOLE BANGASSAR

FRESHMANHUNT SEAT (FENCES)JORDAN, MINN.NEW PRAGUE SENIOR H.S.PHARMACY MAJOR

Before SDSU: 2010 U.S. Equestrian Federation low children’s jumper horse of the year cham-pion ... 2010 Minnesota Hunter Jumper Association low children’s jumper champion ... 2012USEF high children’s jumper champion ... 2012 MHJA high children’s jumper champion ...2013 Zone 6 children’s jumper champion ... earned three varsity letters in high school in fig-ure skating and one in swimming ... a competitive figure skater for the last 10 years ... Min-nesota State juvenile ladies bronze medalist for figure skating

SARAH BOXER

FRESHMANWESTERN (HORSEMANSHIP)MOKENA, ILL.LINCOLNWAY EAST H.S.BIOTECHNOLOGY MAJOR

Before SDSU: Won more than 40 Pony of Americas Club national titles ... 2013 POAC Na-tional Congress bareback horsemanship champion and fifth place finisher in girl’s horseman-ship ... 2012 National Snaffle Bit Association western pleasure, English pleasure and trailchampion at Color Breed Congress ... 2012 Color Breed Congress reserve champion of cham-pions in bareback horsemanship ... won a total of 13 championships at the 2012 Color BreedCongress ... 2012 Francis Field showmanship champion and overall high-point youth rider ...finished third overall in the Illinois 4-H State Fair show, where she also earned versatilitychampion and high-point rider in western pony ... 2012 POAC Midwest Regional high-pointrider ... president of the Will County 4-H Bronc Buster’s Club ... longtime member of POAC,NSBA and 4-H ... honor roll student ... Animal Science Student of the Month in October 2012

SHANNON BURBAGE

FRESHMANHUNT SEAT (FENCES/FLAT)FRISCO, TEXASWAKELAND H.S.ENTREPRENEURSHIP MAJOR

Before SDSU: North Texas Hunter Jumper Club overall reserve champion of the 3' schoolingjumpers division and reserve champion in 3' medal final in 2012-13 ... two-time AP ScholarAward winner ... member of National Technical Honor Society in 2012-13

CHRISTINA DEXTER

FRESHMANWESTERN (REINING)HARRISONVILLE, MO.HARRISONVILLE H.S.UNDECIDED MAJOR

Before SDSU: Kansas Buckskin Horse Association 18 and under champion in 2012 ... showedin Kansas Reining Horse Association show circuits, Southwest Missouri Reining Horse Associa-tion and Kansas Buckskin Association show circuits since 2011 ... three-year honor roll studentand three-year ‘A+’ tutor in high school

DANIELLE DICKERSON

FRESHMANWESTERN (HORSEMANSHIP)SUGAR CREEK, MO.WILLIAM CHRISMAN H.S.COMMUNICATIONS MAJOR

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 equi-tation and semifinalist in hunter under saddle at the 2012 All-American Quarter Horse Con-gress ... Carthage Quarter Horse Show youth all-around champion and reserve all-aroundchampion for Missouri in 2011 ... student council president and debate and forensics presidentin 2012-13 ... state qualifier for debate and Lincoln-Douglas debate, where she finished in thetop-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 com-munity service ... completed over 500 hours of community service from 2008-13 ... two-yearmember of the National Honor Society and German National Honor Society... graduate in topfive percent of her class ... AP Scholar in 2013 ... four-year Principal’s Honor Roll Student

HANNAH GLOWACKI

FRESHMANWESTERN (HORSEMANSHIP)ROCHESTER, MINN.LOURDES H.S.PHARMACY MAJOR

Before SDSU: 2011 Minnesota State 4-H Horse Show western pleasure champion ... 2012Western Saddle Clubs Association championship show top-10 in 14-17 western pleasure andwestern horsemanship ... 2012 Minnesota Quarter Horse Association rookie western pleasurehigh point champion ... earned multiple top-10s and won four classes at the 2013 AmericanQuarter Horse Region 3 championships ... 2013 American Quarter Horse Youth AssociationMinnesota Team qualifier in western pleasure and western horsemanship ... 2011 Root RiverSaddle Club Queen ... member of the National Honor Society ... four year honor roll student ...Dean’s List Honoree at Rochester Community and Technical College ... 2013 MQHA scholar-ship recipient

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NICOLE HARVEY

FRESHMANWESTERN (REINING)BOZEMAN, MONT.BOZEMAN H.S.MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MAJOR

Before SDSU: Fifth generation Montanan ... 2012 Northern Rockies Reining Horse Associa-tion Youth 14-18 champion ... 2013 Montana Reining Horse Association two-handed youth14-18 champion ... earned three varsity letters in soccer at Bozeman High School ... four-yearhonor roll student ... academic all-state selection in 2011 ... graduated with a 4.0 grade pointaverage

NATALIE HOWARD

FRESHMANHUNT SEAT (FENCES/FLAT)TEMECULA, CALIF.GREAT OAK H.S.COMMUNICATIONS MAJOR

Before SDSU: Earned two equestrian varsity letters in high school ... reserve champion inmodified junior amateur jumpers for San Diego Scholastic Equestrian League in 2012-13 ...also earned reserve champion honors for 3’3” equitation medal and for junior amateurjumpers in 2011-12 ... received SDSEL leader of the pack award in both 2012 and 2013 ...received spirit award for passion in both 2012 and 2013 ... member of the National HonorSociety and the Spanish National Honor Society ... enrolled in international baccalaureate pro-gram in 2011-13 ... 2013 academic letterwinner

VICTORIA JOHNSON

FRESHMANWESTERN (HORSEMANSHIP)OLYMPIA, WASH.TUMWATER H.S.ANIMAL SCIENCE MAJOR

Before SDSU: Competed in various American Quarter Horse Association, Appaloosa HorseClub and National Snaffle Bit Association horse shows .. also competed in equestrian atTumwater High School ... won two world champion titles, along with multiple top-five andtop-10 finishes in her career, including a third place finish in horsemanship and an eighthplace finish in novice western pleasure at the 2011 Appaloosa Youth World Show ... earnedMount Rainer Appaloosa Club year-end youth all-around champion honors in 2011 ... gradu-ated high school with a 3.5 grade point average

MADDIE LEWIS

FRESHMANHUNT SEAT (FENCES/FLAT)POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y.KETCHAM SENIOR H.S.ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE MAJOR

Before SDSU: 2012 Old Salem Farm Children’s Equitation Winter Series champion ... finishedsecond in the Thoroughbred Hunter Classic at Sussex County Horseshow in 2013 and earnedreserve champion in limit equitation in 2012 ... four-year honor roll student

ANGELA LOPEZ

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

Before SDSU: Earned youth 14-18 all-around champion, reserve champion in 14-18 westernriding and reserve champion in 14-18 trail at Oregon Summer Classic in 2010

JANE MIKUSA

FRESHMANHUNT SEAT (FLAT)CRYSTAL LAKE, ILL.CRYSTAL LAKE CENTRAL H.S.HISTORY MAJOR

Before SDSU: Won the 2013 Birch Hill Farm Hunter Derby ... qualified for the Northern Illi-nois Hunter Jumper Association medal finals and earned multiple champion ships in the juniorequitation and low jumper divisions ... four-year honor roll student ... 2013 Illinois statescholar ... graduated with honors

STEPHANIE MILLS

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

Before SDSU: Twin Ports Hunter Jumper Association circuit equitation champion in 2011 ...2012 high point jumping champion at the River Ranch Arena Show ... competed in andachieved numerous first place finishes at the 2’9” level at various Minnesota Hunter jumperAssociation, TPHJA and Northwoods Dressage Association shows ... four-year honor roll student

ELIZABETH NIEWOJNA

FRESHMANWESTERN (HORSEMANSHIP)WILSALL, MONT.CASTLE VIEW H.S.JOURNALISM MAJOR

Before SDSU: Won all-around title at the 2013 Novice Championship World Show in LasVegas after finishing first in trail, first in western riding and third in horsemanship ... finished11th and 12 in western riding categories at the 2013 American Quarter Horse Youth WorldShow in Oklahoma City ... rode to a fifth place finish in novice horsemanship in 2011 at theprestigious All-American Quarter Horse Congress in Columbus, Ohio ... honor roll student

JACKS FACTSThe 20 riders in the freshman class hail from 11

different states; three each from California, Illinoisand Minnesota, two each from Missouri, Montana

and Texas and one each from Arizona, Idaho, New York, Ohio and Washington

NICOLE SIEBOLD

FRESHMANWESTERN (HORSEMANSHIP)WEST JEFFERSON, OHIOWEST JEFFERSON H.S.UNDECIDED MAJOR

Before SDSU: American Quarter Horse Youth Association World Show qualifier in 2012 ...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 ...academic top-20 selection in 2009 ... served as the West Jefferson High School Class of 2013vice president from 2009-13

MAKAYLA REED

FRESHMANWESTERN (REINING)PORTERVILLE, CALIF.PORTERVILLE H.S.UNDECIDED MAJOR

Before SDSU: Transferred to SDSU from Porterville College in Porterville, Calif. ... 2012 Amer-ican Quarter Horse Youth Association cow horse boxing world champion and reserve worldchampion ... earned top-five and top-10 finishes in the nation for the National Reining CowHorse 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 ... earnedtwo varsity letters in both water polo and swimming in high school ... California ScholarshipFederation honoree from 2009-12

KELSEY SWAINSTON

FRESHMANWESTERN (HORSEMANSHIP)NAMPA, IDAHONAMPA H.S.ANIMAL SCIENCE MAJOR

Before SDSU: Earned numerous American Paint Horse Association and Pinto Horse Associa-tion rider of merit awards ... 2012 Idaho Quarter Horse Fall Classic 14-18 all-around winner... 2010 and 2011 Idaho Paint Horse Club all-around 14-18 year-end high point award win-ner ... four-year honor roll student ... member of the National Honor Society ... presidentialscholar ... graduated with high honors

BLAIR JULIA WRIGHT

FRESHMANHUNT SEAT (FENCES/FLAT)FRISCO, TEXASTRINITY CHRISTIAN ADADEMYNURSING MAJOR

Before SDSU: Finished 13th at the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to AnimalsMaclay Regionals in St. Louis in 2012 ... participated in the Alltech National Horse Showmedal finals in Harrisburg, Pa., in 2012 ... rode in National Horse Show Maclay Finals in Lex-ington, Ky. In 2013 ... finished first in overall equitation at the 2012 Pink Oak Invitational...finished fourth in the Hunter Derby at Fleur De Lis in 2012 ... cum laude student as a sopho-more and junior ... magnum cum laude as a senior

HISTORYIn 1998, the NCAA classified equestrian as an emerging sport. At that time, six teams

(Auburn, Fresno State, Georgia, Oklahoma State, South Carolina and Texas A&M) partic-ipated in the sport. Today, 22 colleges and universities offer equestrian as a varsity sport,and more continue to add the program each year.

The teams compete in a head-to-head format, where a rider from each team com-petes on the same horse. The rider earning the highest score on that particular horsewins the point for their team. At the end of the competition, the team with the mostpoints wins the competition. A random draw determines the horse and rider match-up.

Prior to their competition ride, each competitor gets a four-minute warm-up (fiveminute for reining) to familiarize themselves with the horse and prepare for their com-petition ride.

This format of competition was developed to level the playing field between riders andto allow each rider the same opportunity on the same horse. There is only one elite levelof competition for the four events.

The National Collegiate Equestrian Association was created to advance the sport ofEquestrian from emerging to championship status with the NCAA by promoting thebenefits of Equestrian to potential institutions, riders, parents, horse industry profession-als and sponsors while developing the rules and format of competition.

Waco, Texas currently hosts The National Collegiate Equestrian Association Champi-onships, where 12 teams earn a chance to compete. The NCEA Selection Committee in-vites these teams based on their win/loss record throughout the season.

The NCEA Championships are made possible with the help of generous sponsors, vol-unteers and donors of current universities and local horse trainers that contribute com-petition horses, tack and horse transport. Two nationally recognized and carded judges inboth hunt seat and western travel to Texas to judge the three days of competition. Morethan 200 student-athletes from across the country compete at the championships.

Many people within the horse industry united together to advance the sport of eques-trian to full NCAA championship status. In order to attain this goal and hold an NCAAsponsored equestrian national championship, there must be 40 Division I and or Divi-sion II schools that sponsor equestrian at their institution.

MISSION• To provide amateur equestrian student-athletes the opportunity to compete in a

collegiate national championship event

• To promote for equal collegiate opportunities for female athletes through collegiatelevel equestrian competition

• To assist in the development of amateur equestrian student-athletes through collegiate level equestrian competition

• To promote the advancement of equestrian from emerging to championship statuswith the NCAA

• To generate growth of and interest in equestrian activity via the marketing, promotion and publicity of sport benefits to universities, riders, prospective student-athletes, parents, horse industry professionals and sponsors

• To support the enhancement of participating institutions who offer varsity level collegiate equestrian programs

• To preserve the integrity of the sport through ongoing rule and format development

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The Jackrabbit equestrian team made history in 2013, when boththe western and hunt seat squads qualified for NCEA Nationals.

In their fifth appearance at the national meet, the SDSU westernsquad won for the first time at nationals, defeating UT-Martin by a5-3 score to advance to the second round, where they fell to KansasState, which went on to earn reserve national champion honors inwestern.

In their first-ever appearance at NCEA Nationals, the Jackrabbit huntseat team scored a huge upset win over TCU in the first round bywinning the tiebreaker by a 1,107-1,022 score.

The hunt seat squad fell to eventual national champion Auburn inthe second round.

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–– A ––Assid, Lisa.........................................2006, 2007

–– B ––Baker, Danielle............................................2013Barta, Britta......................................2010, 2011Bartha, Cynthia ...........................................2011Basler, Jana .............................2011, 2012, 2013Baysinger, Hillery ...........2010, 2011, 2012, 2013Blair, Jordanne...............2006, 2007, 2008, 2009Bohlander, Leah ............2009, 2010, 2011, 2012Boscardin, Jenna......................2010, 2011, 2012Bussard, Janelle...........................................2008Byrnes, Kelsey...................................2010, 2011

–– C ––Carie, Allison .................2006, 2007, 2008, 2009Carlson, Kristen .......................2008, 2009, 2010Carr, Jessica ................................................2008Carstensen, Andrea............................2006, 2007Champagne, Kelsey .......2010, 2011, 2012, 2013Corcoran, Julie .........................2009, 2010, 2011Curran, Sara......................................2006, 2007

–– D ––Dearing, Ashton.................................2009, 2010DeVries, Kaylee .......................2006, 2007, 2008Dunlavy, Laura ........................2011, 2012, 2013

–– E ––Entsminger, Brittany ....................................2009

–– F ––Fithian, Rachael ..........................................2008

–– G ––Gebhart, Angela ............2008, 2009, 2010, 2011Golden, Marielle ..........................................2013Goodall, Jordan .................................2012, 2013Grohs, Brianna ..............2006, 2007, 2008, 2009Gruener, Stephanie ......................................2011Gunderson, Kate ............2006, 2007, 2008, 2009Gunn, Meghan ..................................2008, 2009

–– H ––Hansen, Emily ...................................2006, 2007Harr, Lindsay .................2006, 2007, 2008, 2009Hendrickson, Katie...................2006, 2007, 2008Henry, Brittany ..................................2008, 2010Hoff, Laura....................2006, 2007, 2008, 2009Hoffman, Lexus ...........................................2013Holzworth, Maggie.........2009, 2010, 2011, 2012Hough, Morgan .................................2010, 2011

–– J ––Jensen, Nikki ...........................2006, 2007, 2008Jespersen, Gina........................2009, 2010, 2012Johnson, Elaina ...........................................2013

–– K ––Kerr, Lauren ......................................2010, 2011Knobbe, Abby................2006, 2007, 2008, 2009Knudsen, Katelyn.....................2008, 2009, 2010Kostello, Lauren ..........................................2012

–– L ––Lauth, Helen .................2009, 2010, 2011, 2012Likness, Kelsey ........................2006, 2007, 2008

–– M ––Mandelke, Amy........................2010, 2011, 2012Mann, Jessica ....................................2006, 2007Marrin, Ashley ...............2008, 2009, 2010, 2011Michalson, Marian ...................2008, 2009, 2010Miller, Jessie ................................................2013Morris, Katie............................2006, 2007, 2008Mundwiler, Kaylee ...................2008, 2009, 2010

–– N ––Noyes, Angella.........................2010, 2011, 2012

–– P ––Pecak, Victoria...............2009, 2010, 2011, 2012Placzek, Lydia................2008, 2009, 2010, 2011Price, Sheila................................................2011

–– R ––Ruppert, Tory ...........................2008, 2009, 2010Ryan, Molly ...................2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

–– S ––Sauer, Meredith .............2009, 2010, 2011, 2012Sauter, Leslie.................2008, 2009, 2010, 2011Schiferl, Megan .................................2009, 2010Schiffman, Megan..........2010, 2011, 2012, 2013Scott, Raivenne ...........................................2013Schreiner, Laure ..........................................2011Seidel, Molly .................2006, 2007, 2008, 2009Siebels, Hillary...............2006, 2007, 2008, 2009Smeenk, Jenna ..................................2010, 2011Smeenk, Trisha...............2008, 2009, 2010, 2011Smith, Courtney ..........................................2008Sneve, Diana...........................2008, 2009, 2010Steen, Chelsea ............................................2008Stirton, Sara............................2008, 2009, 2010Stoltenburg, Karley ............................2006, 2007Stone, Hannah ..............2010, 2011, 2012, 2013Sykes, Elizabeth ..........................................2010

–– T ––Taylor, Anna ................................................2007

–– V ––Vernon, Lacey .............................................2008Violand, Megan .............2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

–– W ––Webb, Shelby ....................................2011, 2013Weber, Brittany ...........................................2012Wehde, Carolyn .......................2007, 2008, 2009Wright, Santana ......................2011, 2012, 2013

–– Z ––Zajac, Melissa....................................2008, 2009

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HORSES

AR RIVER TAXIBarn Name: ARYear of Birth: 2002Sex: GeldingBreed: Quarter HorseDonor: Darlene Mandelke

CHICS RUBY TUESDAYBarn Name: RubyYear of Birth: 2001Sex: MareBreed: Quarter HorseSeller: Fox Run Farm

AMAZING GRACEBarn Name: GraceYear of Birth: 2001Sex: MareBreed: WarmbloodDonor: Virginia Croskey

BABS LQ NAVARIOBarn Name: JacksonYear of Birth: 2004Sex: GeldingBreed: Warmblood CrossOwner: Loretta Den Besten

CLYDEBarn Name: ClydeYear of Birth: 2001Sex: GeldingBreed: American Paint HorseDonor: Warren Hammerbeck

DOCS ULTIMATE RIDEBarn Name: RyderYear of Birth: 1999Sex: GeldingBreed: Quarter HorseDonor: Jo Goss

DISTRACT THE LEAGUEBarn Name: MarshalYear of Birth: 2001Sex: GeldingBreed: Quarter HorseSeller: Oklahoma State Univ.

FE JERICHOBarn Name: JerryYear of Birth: 2003Sex: GeldingBreed: Quarter HorseOwner: Megan Hegerfeld

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A MR. SHOWPOKEBarn Name: CaesarYear of Birth: 1997Sex: GeldingBreed: Quarter HorseSeller: Jodie Svennes

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GONNA GETCHA GOODBarn Name: DittoYear of Birth: 2002Sex: GeldingBreed: AppaloosaDonors: Alice and Jay Stewart

HICKORY CHIC AHOLICBarn Name: HoochYear of Birth: 2006Sex: GeldingBreed: Quarter HorseDonor: Jennifer Blount

GOSH I’M GORGEOUSBarn Name: GorgeousYear of Birth: 2002Sex: MareBreed: American Quarter HorseOwner: Kari Nelson

FIRST TIME FANCYBarn Name: TriggerYear of Birth: 2006Sex: GeldingBreed: PaintSeller: Rachel Twogood

GRATEFUL EXITBarn Name: GraceYear of Birth: 2007Sex: MareBreed: ThoroughbredOwner: Kamerra Brown

HOT MIABarn Name: BettyYear of Birth: 2006Sex: MareBreed: Thoroughbred CrossDonor: Dan and Natalie Hosch

JACKSON ZBarn Name: JacksYear of Birth: 1999Sex: GeldingBreed: WarmbloodDonor: Eliza Hunt

JACKSONBarn Name: JacksonYear of Birth: 1993Sex: GeldingBreed: ThoroughbredDonor: Stephen F. Austin State Univ.

JAG KING TRINITY RUMBarn Name: JagYear of Birth: 2001Sex: MareBreed: Quarter HorseOwner: Kari Nelson

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LONESOME JAEBARBUNNYBarn Name: BunnyYear of Birth: 2004Sex: MareBreed: Quarter HorseOwner: Sue Grant

MARLEYBarn Name: MarleyYear of Birth: 2007Sex: GeldingBreed: Quarter HorseOwner: Pam Wells

LOST n LASTBarn Name: HunterYear of Birth: 1990Sex: GeldingBreed: ThoroughbredDonor: Brittany Henry

LEAD BELLYBarn Name: Lead BellyYear of Birth: 2006Sex: GeldingBreed: ThoroughbredOwner: Kamerra Brown

MALIBU MOON PIEBarn Name: Moon PieYear of Birth: 2004Sex: MareBreed: ThoroughbredDonor: Cathy Gulick

MAYBE NEXT SUMMERBarn Name: GucciYear of Birth: 1996Sex: MareBreed: PaintOwner: Amy Mitchem

MILLENIABarn Name: JustyYear of Birth: 1994Sex: MareBreed: WarmbloodDonor: Denis Marcis

MEANT TO BEBarn Name: BennyYear of Birth: 1994Sex: GeldingBreed: ThoroughbredDonor: Jordan Goodall

MR. GERONIMOBarn Name: FlashYear of Birth: 1996Sex: GeldingBreed: AppaloosaSeller: Martha Tacha

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NUGGETS LIL APOLLOBarn Name: NuggetYear of Birth: 2006Sex: GeldingBreed: AppaloosaOwner: Dana Vettel

RATHER BE RAREBarn Name: ValYear of Birth: 2000Sex: MareBreed: ThoroughbredOwner: Carolyn & Dale Hansen

POWDER RIVER PATINABarn Name: TazYear of Birth: 2003Sex: GeldingBreed: Quarter HorseSeller: Oklahoma State Univ.

QUINCY’S LAST HAVANABarn Name: HavanaYear of Birth: 2003Sex: MareBreed: Arabian CrossDonor: Kristin Lebert

READY REAGENTBarn Name: ElliotYear of Birth: 2002Sex: GeldingBreed: ThoroughbredDonor: Dana Brandys

SILLY GUMBOBarn Name: GumbyYear of Birth: 2003Sex: GeldingBreed: ThoroughbredOwner: Lena Cottle

REPEATABLEBarn Name: MyrnaYear of Birth: 2001Sex: MareBreed: AppendixOwner: Carolyn & Dale Hansen

SIMPLE INTERESTBarn Name: BrokerYear of Birth: 2005Sex: GeldingBreed: PaintSeller: Jared Clark

MS. DITTO TOOBarn Name: PorschaYear of Birth: 2003Sex: MareBreed: Arabian CrossDonor: Jeanine Nielsen

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SMART PEPI ROOSTERBarn Name: LucyYear of Birth: 2007Sex: MareBreed: Quarter HorseOwner: Joe Goss

TROOPERBarn Name: TrooperYear of Birth: 1998Sex: GeldingBreed: ThoroughbredSeller: Michelle Crissinger

TARIS PERFECT SHADOWBarn Name: ShadowYear of Birth: 2001Sex: MareBreed: American Quarter HorseOwner: Pat Robertson

SL STAR LIGHTBarn Name: StellaYear of Birth: 2003Sex: MareBreed: AppendixSeller: MaKala Combs

TELLURIDEBarn Name: SnowyYear of Birth: 1999Sex: GeldingBreed: ThoroughbredDonor: The Weaver Family

TWO TONEBarn Name: OreoYear of Birth: 2002Sex: GeldingBreed: PintoSeller: Kathlene Gaddis

WHOA N GOBarn Name: WhoaYear of Birth: 1999Sex: GeldingBreed: Half ArabianSeller: Rancho Del Sol/Don & Kamber Ulmer

The South Dakota State Equestrian team is always looking for quality horses to lease or accept asdonations for the program. Completion of the DeHaan Equestrian Center in 2008 more thantripled the team's previous training facilities. At nearly 26,000 square feet, the $3.6 million cli-mate-controlled facility features an indoor riding arena, 41 stalls, areas for grooming, washingand preparing the horses, as well as separate on-site work areas for veterinarians and farriers.The DeHaan Equestrian Center property consists of a total of 160 acres, with approximately 35acres of fenced paddocks where horses receive daily turnout.

SDSU utilizes horses from both western and hunt seat disciplines. The hunt seat horses consist ofhunters, jumpers and horses with backgrounds in eventing. Hunt seat horses with training andshow experience on the flat and/or jumping over three feet are preferred. On the western side,SDSU looks for horses with training and show experience in either horsemanship or reining. Inorder for the riders to prepare for the level of competition in the National Collegiate EquestrianAssociation, SDSU can only accept horses that meet these levels of training and experience.

If leasing or donating your horse to the program is something that interests you, please contactSDSU Head Equestrian Coach Megan Rossiter by phone at (605) 688-4506 or by email atMegan.Rossiter@sdstate.edu

Located along the U.S. Highway 14Bypass north and east of the SDSU cam-pus, the Nathelle and Lawrence DeHaanEquestrian Center became the new homefor Jackrabbit Equestrian at South DakotaState University when it opened in the fallof 2008.

Dedicated on Oct. 15, 2008, projectbenefactor Nathelle DeHaan’s avid supportof South Dakota State University and lovefor horses grew to make the SDSUEquestrian program and the Nathelle andLawrence DeHaan Equestrian Center areality.

A 1937 graduate of South Dakota State,Nathelle DeHaan provided the initial gift tobuild the facility. For nearly five decades,she and her late husband, Lawrence playedan active role in the local horse community,traveling to judge and show quarter horses.

Nathaelle DeHann died on Jan. 24, 2011at the age of 96, but not before she real-ized her dream of seeing the day whenyoung women could attend college, com-pete at the highest level and create experi-ences and memories that last a lifetime.

“The Equestrian program provides awonderful opportunity for young women,”Nathelle said at the dedication of the facili-ty. “I’m excited about the future of theSDSU Equestrian team.”

Completion of the building in the springof 2008 more than tripled the team’s pre-vious training facilities. At nearly 26,000

square feet, the $3.6 million climate-con-trolled facility features an indoor ridingarena, 42 stalls with additional areas forgrooming, washing and preparing the hors-es, as well as separate on-site work areasfor veterinarians and farriers. In addition,the additional area for the horses, thebuilding houses a team locker roomequipped with a study area.

“The DeHaan Equestrian Center is abeautiful and thoroughly modern facility,equal to any collegiate equestrian center inthe country,” SDSU Head Equestrian Coach

Megan Rossiter said. “A facility this sizeallows us to provide a first-class practiceand competition venue for our student-ath-letes and spectators.”

The additional space allows the team’sroster to eventually grow to 60 riders whilecontinuing to offer the NCAA-maximum 15full scholarships. The proximity of theNathelle and Lawrence DeHaan EquestrianCenter to the main SDSU campus makes itunique in the collegiate equestrian ranksand should allow for the equestrian pro-gram to become further ingrained in theSDSU Athletic Department as it continuesto mature.

Once the SDSU Foundation completesfund-raising for Phase I, planning beginsfor the second phase of the project. PhaseII includes the addition of a stall barn, alarge outdoor riding arena, viewing rooms,coaching offices, a meeting room and tro-phy room.

“Completion of phase II would allow theprogram to continue attracting top-levelstudent-athletes from around the countryand help us enhance the growth of ourequestrian program,” Rossiter said.

For more information on the SDSUEquestrian team, or to make a donation forscholarship support or facilities, please con-tact the Jackrabbit development office byphone at (605) 697-7475.

Aerial view of the Nathelle and Lawrence DeHaan Equestrian Center

Interior view of the riding arena at the DeHaan Equestrian Center

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

DYKHOUSE STUDENT-ATHLETE CENTER

DYKHOUSE STUDENT-ATHLETE ACADEMIC CENTER

STALL AREA OF THE DEHAAN EQUESTRIAN CENTER

DYKHOUSE CENTER WEIGHTROOM

COMMUNITY FITNESS WELLNESS CENTER

FROST ARENA STANLEY J. MARSHALL HPER CENTER

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ON CAMPUS FACILITIES

VARSITY EQ. ALL-AMERICANAngela Gebhart (REINING) .................2011

NCEA ALL-AMERICANSREINING

Helen Lauth (HONORABLE MENTION)........2012Laura Dunlavy ..............................2013Jessie Miller (HONORABLE MENTION) ........2013

EQUITATION ON THE FLAT

Lauren Kerr (HONORABLE MENTION) ........2013

IHSA REGIONAL QUALIFIERSWESTERN

Britta Barta ...............2009, 2010, 2011Hillery Baysinger ...........................2011Jordanne Blair ...............................2008Leah Bohlander.............................2010Kristen Carlson..............................2009Jessica Carr ...................................2008Ashlie Centa..................................2007Julie Corcoran......................2009, 2010Brittnay Entsminger.......................2009Angela Gebhart .............................2010Katie Hendrickson .........................2007Maggie Holzworth .........................2010Nicole Jensen ......................2007, 2008Abby Knobbe ................................2008Kelsey Likness...............................2007Amy Mandelke ..............................2011Kaylee Mundwiler ................2007, 2010Tory Ruppert .............2008, 2009, 2010Molly Seidel ..................................2007Jenna Smeenk...............................2011Trisha Smeenk...........2008, 2010, 2011Karley Stoltenburg.........................2007Hannah Stone ...............................2011Carolyn Wehde ..............................2007

HUNT SEAT

Jenna Boscardin ............................2011Skye Byrnes ..................................2011Allison Carie..................................2007Ashton Dearing .............................2010Kaylee DeVries ....................2007, 2008Brittany Henry.....................2008, 2010Laura Hoff ....................................2008Katelyn Knudsen ...........................2010Ashley Marrin ............2009, 2010, 2011Marian Michalson ................2008, 2009Angela Noyes ................................2010Victoria Pecak ...............................2010Molly Ryan..........................2009, 2010Leslie Sauter .......................2009, 2010

Megan Schiferl ..............................2010Diana Sneve .................................2010Sara Stirton ..................................2010Megan Violand...............................2011Melissa Zajac ................................2009

IHSA NATIONAL QUALIFIERSWESTERN

Angela Gebhart .............................2010Abby Knobbe ................................2008Amy Mandelke ..............................2011Tory Ruppert .................................2009Trisha Smeenk...............................2008

HUNT SEAT

Skye Byrnes ..................................2011Kaylee DeVries ..............................2007Ashley Marrin ......................2009, 2010Marian Michalson ................2008, 2009Molly Ryan....................................2009Melissa Zajac ................................2009

VARSITY EQUESTRIAN NATIONAL QUALIFIERS

Lydia Placzek ................................2008Western Team ............2007, 2009, 2010

NCEA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS

Western Team ......................2012, 2013Hunt Seat Team .............................2013

NCEA ACADEMIC FIRST TEAMJana Basler .........................2012, 2013Hillery Baysinger ...........................2012Kelsey Champagne ..............2012, 2013Laura Dunlavy.....................2012, 2013Maggie Holzworth .........................2012Lauren Kerr ..................................2013Helen Lauth ..................................2012Amy Mandelke ..............................2012Meredith Sauer .............................2012Santana Wright .............................2012Megan Violand.....................2012, 2013

NCEA ACADEMIC SECOND TEAMJordan Goodall ..............................2013Hannah Stone ...............................2013Shelby Webb .................................2013

NCEA ACADEMIC HON. MENTIONJordan Goodall ..............................2013

EQUESTRIAN COACHES HONOR ROLLHillery Baysinger ...........................2010Jordanne Blair .....................2008, 2009Leah Bohlander...................2009, 2010Allison Carie........................2008, 2009Kristen Carlson ..........2008, 2009, 2010Julie Corcoran......................2009, 2010Kaylee DeVries ..............................2008Angela Gebhart .........2008, 2009, 2010Brianna Grohs...............................2008Kate Gunderson...................2008, 2009Meghan Gunn ...............................2009Lindsay Harr .......................2008, 2009Margo Helvick ...............................2010Kathryn Hendrickson......................2009Brittany Henry.....................2009, 2010Laura Hoff ..........................2008, 2009Maggie Holzworth .........................2009Morgan Hough ..............................2010Abby Knobbe.......................2008, 2009Helen Lauth ........................2009, 2010Kelsey Likness...............................2008Amy Mandelke ....................2009, 2010Ashley Marrin ......................2009, 2010Marian Michalson ......2008, 2009, 2010Kaylee Mundwiler ......2008, 2009, 2010Angie Noyes ........................2009, 2010Victoria Pecak......................2009, 2010Lydia Placzek ............2008, 2009, 2010Tory Ruppert .............2008, 2009, 2010Molly Ryan....................................2010Meredith Sauer .............................2010Leslie Sauter .................................2009Megan Schiferl ....................2009, 2010Molly Seidel ........................2008, 2009Hillary Siebels .....................2008, 2009Trisha Smeenk...........2008, 2009, 2010Courtney Smith .............................2008Sara Stirton ..................................2009Hannah Stone ...............................2010Anna Taylor ...................................2008Megan Violand...............................2010

For the first time in school history, both the western and hunt seat teams qualified for NCEA Nationalsin 2013, and also for the first time, both squads advanced to the second round

A new era of athletic competition at SouthDakota State University began in the fall of2005 as the Jackrabbits fielded their first varsityequestrian team.

Equestrian emerged as a natural fit withSDSU’s status as a land-grant institution withstrong ties to agriculture. SDSU currently offersmajors in pre-veterinary and animal sciencewithin its College of Agriculture and BiologicalSciences, while offering coursework in equinestudies.

The program formed in the spring of 2004,making equestrian the 21st varsity sport atSDSU, 10 sports for men and 11 for women.

Megan McGee came on board as the pro-gram’s first head coach on Aug. 31, 2004, andserved in that position through the 2009-10season. Joe Humphrey joined the coaching staffin the spring of 2005, and took over the headcoaching duties on an interim basis from the fallof 2010 through June 2011, when MeganRossiter took over the program.

During the inaugural 2005-06 season, theJackrabbits put together a schedule that includedhead-to-head competitions against some of thetop Varsity Equestrian programs in the country,including opening competition Oct. 1, 2005, atKansas State. SDSU filled out its schedule bycompeting in Intercollegiate Horse Show Associ-ation events, something the team did throughthe 2010-11 season before switching exclusivelyto varsity equestrian shows.

During the 2006-07 season, Kaylee DeVriesbecame the first Jackrabbit rider to qualify fornational competition, earning a trip to IHSA Na-tionals in intermediate equitation on the flat.Also during the spring of 2007, the JackrabbitWestern squad earned a selection to compete inthe Varsity Equestrian National Championships inWaco, Texas.

The SDSU equestrian program continues itsrise in the collegiate equestrian ranks to this day.Eleven riders qualified for regional competitionduring the 2007-08 season, with four earningtrips to national competition. The 2008-09 sea-son saw 10 Jackrabbit riders qualify for regionalevents, and a school-record eight riders thatmoved on to national competition.

The Jackrabbit western team boasts a total offive appearances at Varsity Equestrian Nationals,now known as the NCEA National Champi-onships, held annually in Waco, Texas, with thehunt seat squad making its initial appearance atnationals in 2013, when both teams madeschool history by becoming the first Jackrabbitteams to advance at Nationals.

Starting in the 2013-14 seasons, teams canonly qualify for NCEA Nationals as one team,meaning that a school’s western and/or huntseat team can no longer qualify on its own.

ALL-TIME JACKRABBIT EQUESTRIAN AWARD WINNERS

JACKRABBIT EQUESTRIAN HISTORY

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HORSEMANSHIP

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2012-13 RIDER STATISTICS

RIDER MEETS MVPS WINS LOSSES TIES WINING PCT.Danielle Baker 7 0 4 3 0 .571Hillery Baysinger 9 0 2 7 0 .222Kelsey Champagne 15 2 7 8 0 .467Lexus Hoffman 12 0 5 6 1 .458Hannah Stone 9 1 1 7 1 .167Shelby Webb 12 0 8 4 0 .667

EQUITATION ON THE FLAT

RIDER MEETS MVPS WINS LOSSES TIES WINING PCT.Kelsey Cordell 2 0 0 2 0 .000Marielle Golden 6 1 4 2 0 .667Jordan Goodall 6 0 1 4 1 .250Lauren Kerr 7 1 6 1 0 .857Megan Schiffman 16 1 5 10 1 .344Megan Violand 16 2 6 9 1 .406Santana Wright 16 3 8 8 0 .500

EQUITATION OVER FENCES

RIDER MEETS MVPS WINS LOSSES TIES WINING PCT.Jenna Boscardin 5 0 2 3 0 .400Kelsey Cordell 1 0 0 1 0 .000Marielle Golden 10 2 3 7 0 .300Jordan Goodall 12 0 5 7 0 .417Lauren Kerr 7 1 2 5 0 .286Blair Long 3 0 1 2 0 .333Megan Violand 15 0 4 11 0 .267Santana Wright 16 1 5 11 0 .313

REINING

RIDER MEETS MVPS WINS LOSSES TIES WINING PCT.Danielle Baker 10 0 3 7 0 .300Jana Basler 15 3 8 7 0 .533Laura Dunlavy 15 3 12 3 0 .800Jessie Miller 9 0 6 3 0 .667Raivenne Scott 15 1 5 10 0 .333

2012-13 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

DATE OPPONENT LOCATION RESULT

Saturday, Sept. 22 TEXAS A&M DeHaan Center L, 15-5Saturday, Oct. 13 OKLAHOMA STATE DeHaan Center L, 16-4Saturday, Oct. 20 at Kansas State at Manhattan, Kan. L, 13-6Saturday, Nov. 3 vs. UT-Martin at Dover, Del. W, 9 - 7 Saturday, Nov. 3 at Delaware State at Dover, Del. W, 10-6

Saturday, Nov. 17 GEORGIA DeHaan Center T, 8-8 – WONTIEBREAKER, 1,201-1,198Sunday, Nov. 18 NEW MEXICO STATE DeHaan Center W, 10-5 Saturday, Feb. 2 MINNESOTA CROOKSTRON DeHaan Center W, 16-3

Saturday, Feb. 23 SACRED HEART DeHaan Center W, 11-5 Sunday, Feb. 24 SMU (HUNT SEAT) DeHaan Center L, 6-4Friday, March 1 at Fresno State at Fresno, Calif. L, 13-3

Saturday, March 2 vs. New Mexico State at Fresno, Calif. L, 9-5AT UT-MARTIN TOURNAMENT/INDEPENDENT TOURNAMENT; MARTIN, TENN.

Friday, March 22 vs. New Mexico State W, 9-7Saturday, March 23 at UT-Martin L, 12-4

AT NCEA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS; WACO, TEXAS

Thursday, April 18 vs. UT-Martin (WESTERN) W, 5-3Thursday, April 18 vs. TCU (HUNT SEAT) T, 4-4 – WONTIEBREAKER, 1,107-1,022

Friday, April 19 vs. Kansas State (WESTERN) L, 8-0Friday, April 19 vs. Auburn (HUNT SEAT) L, 8-0

WELCOME TO SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

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South Dakota State University provides its student-athletes the opportunityto train and compete in some of the finest facilities in The Summit League.Within the past five years, SDSU added or enhanced several Jackrabbit athleticfacilities, including:

• Construction of new on-campus baseball and softball competition fields;• Construction of a new equestrian center;• Installation of new video boards and scoreboards at Coughlin-Alumni

Stadium and Frost Arena;• Completion of a practice soccer field

SDSU further enhanced its student-athlete facilities in 2009 with the com-pletion of the Dykhouse Student-Athlete Center. Located in the north end zoneof Coughlin-Alumni Stadium, the Dykhouse Student-Athlete Center houses anacademic center for use by all Jackrabbit student-athletes, as well as newlocker room and training facilities for the SDSU football team.

Construction on the Dykhouse Student-Athlete Center marks the first stage ofa master plan to dramatically modernize athletic facilities at SDSU.

The $6 million donated by Sioux Falls bankers Dana Dykhouse and T. DennySanford in the fall of 2007 set in motion the construction of the first major ath-letic building on campus since Frost Arena in 1973.

Future additions to the Dykhouse Student-Athlete Center, which would be in-cluded in a comprehensive athletic facilities master plan, would house offices,meeting rooms and locker facilities for all outdoor sports at South Dakota StateUniversity.

SDSU added state of the art video scoreboards in Frost Arena in 2005

The Dykhouse Student-Athlete Center opened in the fall of 2009

With an enrollment of 12,554 students in the fall of 2013, South DakotaState University remains the state’s largest institution of higher education. Stu-dents from all 50 states and more than 40 nations attend SDSU, a public,land-grant institution.

SDSU granted over 80,000 degrees since its charter in 1881, with degreesoffered through these nine colleges:

• Agriculture and Biological Sciences• Arts and Sciences• Education and Counseling• Engineering• Family and Consumer Sciences• General Studies• Nursing• Pharmacy• Graduate School

SDSU also offers degree programs through the University Center in SiouxFalls. The Office of Continuing and Extended Education coordinates evening,RDTN, Internet and off-campus courses.

SDSU offers more than 200 majors, minors and options, with more than2,500 different course offerings. Students can choose from more than 200clubs and organizations active on campus.

Master’s degrees can be earned in more than 30 areas, with doctoratesavailable in eight fields.

SDSU maintains a student-faculty ratio of 18:1.The University as a whole employs more than 2,000 people, with a total op-

erating budget of nearly $288 million in fiscal year 2011.At 165 feet tall, South Dakota State University’s most recognizable landmark,

the Coughlin Campanile sits just south of the South Dakota Art Museum

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EXCELLENCE

South Dakota State continues to experience unprecedented growth, both inenrollment and building projects.

Projects recently completed or currently under way include:

• The $48 million, 144,000-square-foot Avera Health and Science Center

• Daktronics Engineering Hall, a 30,000-square-foot building that houses an expansion within the College of Engineering

• The $6 million Dykhouse Student-Athlete Center

• A $7.8 million campus wellness center

• Union Dining Expansion, a 20,000 square foot expansion to the studentunion that adds 350 new seats and three nationally branded dining options at a cost of $8.3 million

• Four new residence halls currently under construction; Southwest Hall,Southeast Hall, Northeast Hall and Honors Hall add housing for more than 800 freshman and sophomores at a cost of $45.7 million

For more information on the new residence halls and the Student Uniondining expansion, log onto www.sdstate.edu/campus/expansion

The SDSU Foundation’s “It Starts With State” campaign, a comprehensivefund-raising initiative designed to raise $200 million by the end of the2012, with pledges and payments extending beyond 2012, continues toidentify additional facility projects and enhancements to academic programs.

Every college, department and unit stands to benefit from “It Starts WithState” campaign. The impact of scholarships, endowments, facility enhance-ments, professorships, endowed chairs and the Funds for Excellence reachesevery academic college and program on campus.

An artist’s rendering of Honors Hall, one of four residence halls currently under construction. Scheduled for completion in August 2013,

the new halls add more than 800 beds for freshman and sophomores

The Community Wellness Center opened in the fall of 2008

SDSU offers the most undergraduate research opportunities in the state

The first building of the Innovation Campus opened in 2008

The Innovation Campus at South Dakota State University marks thestate’s first and only university-affiliated research park. Located on 125acres just east of campus, it provides an environment that fosters partner-ships among the University, business, government and the community togrow the sciences and technology-based economy.

SDSU boasts the highest percentage of undergraduates involved in re-search of any South Dakota public university. SDSU is large enough tooffer competitive research opportunities, yet small enough to foster stu-dent faculty learning opportunities.

Major areas of research at SDSU include:• Engineering and technology research into photovoltaic devices,

nanotechnology, materials science, wind power, surface transportationsystems, signal and image processing, water treatment, computer sciences, software engineering and computational science and statistics

• Agricultural sciences research on crops and livestock, including foodmanufacturing, bio-based energy, economics and horticulture

• Management and conservation of natural resources

• Health sciences, nutritional sciences and wellness research programs inpharmaceutical 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 $69million 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

PROGRESSIVE

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INNOVATIVE

South Dakota State offers 21 varsity sports with Jackrabbit teams com-peting at the NCAA Division I level. Football competes in the Division IFootball Championship Subdivision in the Missouri Valley Football Confer-ence, while 18 sports compete in The Summit League. Wrestling competesin the Western Wrestling Conference, while equestrian currently competesin the National Collegiate Equestrian Association.

Evolution of a NicknameTwo theories exist as to how and why SDSU’s athletic teams became

known as the Jackrabbits. Most believe that the name “Jackrabbits” camefrom a story and cartoon sketch that appeared in a Minneapolis newspaperfollowing a 1905 football game between the University of Minnesota andSouth Dakota State College. Many believe that a reporter for the newspa-per, knowing of the preponderance of jackrabbits in the Brookings area,wrote that the SDSC team was as quick as jackrabbits. Many people be-lieve that the school adopted the Jackrabbits as its official nickname fromthat beginning.

The other theory about the origin of the nickname came in “The Jackrab-bit”, SDSU’s yearbook. A poem in the 1907 yearbook puts forth the ideathat the yearbook is called “The Jackrabbit” because a group of juniorswished to immortalize themselves by changing the name of the yearbook.Athletic teams followed suit, adopting the nickname.

Prior to the adoption of the Jackrabbit nickname, fans knew the schoolathletic teams as the Barn Yard Cadets, which made sense, because theschool went by the name of South Dakota State College of Agriculture andMechanic Arts in 1907.

The Jackrabbit can run at speeds of 30-to-35 miles per hour, withbursts up to 45, making it the second fastest animal in North America,second only to the pronghorn antelope, which can run at speeds up to 60miles per hour.

Properly speaking, Jackrabbits should not be called rabbits but hares,with longer feet and longer ears than rabbits. Most hares live in opencountry, whereas rabbits - like cottontails - live in brushy habitats.

Jackrabbits can grow up to two feet long; weigh from six to nine pounds,with ears up to eight inches long. Hares do not eat meat; they eat tenderherbs in the summer and woody twigs and bark in the winter.

Located in Brookings, a growing community of about 22,000 people,South Dakota State University sits 20 miles west of the Minnesota borderand 50 miles north of Sioux Falls in east-central South Dakota, Brookingssits at the intersection of U.S. Highway 14 and Interstate 29.

Brookings and the surrounding area feature tremendous recreational andcultural opportunities. The city features a vibrant downtown area with shop-ping, nightlife opportunities and a new interactive children’s museum.Brookings also maintains an extensive park and recreational trail system,with two 18-hole golf courses, and serves as a gateway to first-class fishingand hunting areas throughout eastern South Dakota.

South Dakota State University also houses several facilities, including mu-seums and gardens, which highlight South Dakota history and heritage.

The South Dakota Art Museum houses several collections, including earlySioux Indian tribal art, the famed Harvey Dunn paintings of pioneer life andthe exclusive Vera Way Marghab linens. The State Agricultural Heritage Mu-seum transformed the former Stock Judging Pavilion into a home for ex-hibits that record and preserve the agrarian heritage of South Dakota.

The 70-acre McCrory Gardens and South Dakota Arboretum, locatedsouth and east of campus, provide a beautiful setting for area residents andtourists to enjoy a stroll through the radiant colors and fragrances of one ofthe 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 RainbowPlay Systems, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (3M), Larson Manufac-turing and Daktronics, a leading manufacturer of scoreboards and displaysystems.

The South Dakota Art Museum is free and open to the public

McCrory Gardens honors Professor S.A. McCrory, who headed the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences from 1947 until his death in 1964

WOMEN’S SPORTSBasketball

Cross CountryEquestrian

GolfIndoor Track and Field

Outdoor Track and FieldSoccerSoftball

Swimming and DivingTennis

Volleyball

MEN’S SPORTSBaseball

BasketballCross Country

FootballGolf

Indoor Track and FieldOutdoor Track and FieldSwimming and Diving

TennisWrestling

SPORTS CURRENTLY OFFERED AT SDSU INCLUDE:

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COMMUNITY

ACADEMIC OVERVIEW

The following list includes the more than200 majors, minors and options available inthe classroom at South Dakota State Univer-sity:

• Indicates options within the major

COLLEGE OF GENERAL STUDIES AND OUTREACH

PROGRAMS

General Registration — the most popular freshman option

Liberal Studies (B.S.)General Studies (A.A.)Applied Technical Science (B.A.T.S.)

Applied AgricultureGeneral SupervisionGeneral TechnologyIndustrial SalesIndustrial Supervision

Pre-Professional ProgramsPre-ChiropracticPre-DentalPre-LawPre-MedicinePre-MinisterialPre-Mortuary SciencePre-OptometryPre-Physical TherapyPre-Physician’s AssistantPre-Veterinary Medicine

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Ag Business (B.S., Minor)Ag & Resources Economics (B.S.)• Environmental Economics

Ag Education (B.S.)Ag Journalism (B.S.)Ag Marketing (Minor)Ag Systems Technology (B.S., Minor)• Business• Environmental Systems• Processing• Production

Agronomy (B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Minor)• Business• Production• Science

Animal Sciences (B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Minor)• Business and Production• Science

Atmospheric, Environmental and WaterResources (Ph.D.)

Biology (B.S., Minor)• Ecology• Molecular/Cellular• Organismal• Pre-Professional

Biological Sciences (M.S., Ph.D.)Botany (Minor)Business Area StudiesDairy Manufacturing (B.S.)Dairy Production (B.S.)• Business• Science

Dairy Science (M.S.)EntomologyEnvironmental Management (B.S.)General Agriculture (A.S., B.S.)Horticulture (B.S.)• Business• Production• Science

International Agricultural SpecializationLandscape Architecture (B.S.)Microbiology (B.S., Minor)• Applied/Environmental• Infectious Disease• Molecular Biology

Park Management (B.S.)Pest Management (Minor)Plant Pathology (M.S.)Pre-Veterinary MedicineRange Science (B.S., Minor)• Range Livestock Production• Rangeland Ecology & HabitatManagement

• Rangeland Resource ConservationRural Sociology (M.S., Minor)Zoology (Minor)

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE

Accounting (Minor)Aerospace Studies (Minor)American Indian Studies (Minor)Art (B.A., B.S., Minor)• Art Education• Fine Arts• Painting/Printmaking• Ceramics/Sculpture

Athletic Training (B.S.)Biology (B.S., M.S., Minor)• Ecology• Molecular/Cellular• Organismal• Pre-Professional

Business (Minor)Chemistry (B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Minor)Clinical Lab TechnologyCommunication Studies and Theatre(B.A., B.S., Minor)• Radio, TV and Film• Speech Communications• Speech Education• Theatre

Communication Studies andJournalism (M.S.)

Criminal Justice (Minor)Economics (B.A., B.S., M.S., Minor)• Business Economics

English (B.A., M.A., Minor)European Studies ProgramFrench (B.A., Minor)Geographic Information Systems (B.S.,Minor)

Geography (B.S., M.S., Minor)• Environmental Planning &Management

• Technical Geography - ScienceGerman (B.A., Minor)Global StudiesGraphic Design (B.A., B.S.)Health Education (Minor)Health, Physical Education and Recreation(B.S., M.S., Minor)Health Promotion (B.S.)History (B.A., B.S., Minor)Journalism (B.A., B.S., Minor)• Advertising• Broadcast Journalism• News-Editorial

Latin America Area StudiesMathematics (B.S., M.S., Minor)Microbiology (B.S., M.S., Minor)Military Science (Minor)Modern Language Business-EconomicsSpecialization

Music (B.A., Minor)• Choral Music• Instrumental Music

Music Education (B.M.E.)Music Merchandising (B.S.)Philosophy (Minor)Political Science (B.A., B.S., Minor)Pre-Occupational TherapyPre-Physical TherapyPsychology (B.A., Minor)• Applied Option• Pre-Professional• Psychological Services• Teaching

Public Recreation (B.S., Minor)Religion (Minor)Sociology (B.A., B.S., Ph.D., Minor)• Human Services• Human Resources• Social Work

Spanish (B.A., Minor)Women’s Studies (Minor)

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND COUNSELING

AviationCareer and Technical Education (B.S.)• Aviation

Counseling and Human ResourceDevelopment (M.S.)

Curriculum and Instruction (M.Ed.)Educational Administration (M.Ed.)Career and Technical Education (B.S.)Secondary Education Certification

AgricultureArt (K-12)BiologyCareer and Technical EducationChemistryComputer ScienceEconomicsEnglishFamily and Consumer SciencesFrenchGeographyGerman (K-12)Health, Physical Education andRecreation (K-12)HistoryJournalismMathematicsMusic (K-12)PhysicsPolitical SciencePsychologySociologySpanish (K-12)Speech (Speech/Debate, Drama/Theatre)

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Agricultural and BiosystemsEngineering (B.S.)• Food and Bio-Materials• Power and Machinery• Structures and Environment• Water and Natural Resources

Civil and Environmental Engineering (B.S.)Computer Science (B.S., Minor)Construction Management (B.S.)Electrical Engineering (B.S.)• Biomedical Engineering• Communications and AdvancedElectronics

• Computers-Digital Hardware• Image Processing

• Power SystemsElectronics Engineering Technology (B.S.)Engineering (M.S.)Engineering Physics (B.S.)• Electrical Engineering• Mechanical Engineering

Industrial Management (M.S.)Manufacturing Engineering Technology (B.S.)Mechanical Engineering (B.S.)Physics (B.S., Minor)• Professional Physics• Science Education

Safety Management (B.S.)Software Engineering (B.S.)• Food Service Management• Hotel and Hospitality Management

Human Development and FamilyStudies (B.S.)

Human Development, Child andFamily Studies (Minor)

Interior Design (B.S., Minor)Nutrition, Food Science (B.S., Minor)• Dietetics• Food Science• Nutrition

COLLEGE OF FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES

Apparel Merchandising (B.S., Minor)Consumer Affairs (B.S., Minor)Early Childhood Education (B.S.)• Birth to age 8• Cooperative programs in elementary

education Family and Consumer Sciences (M.S.)Gerontology (Minor)Hotel and Food Service Management (B.S.)• Food Service Management• Hotel and Hospitality Management

Human Development and FamilyStudies (B.S.)

Human Development, Child andFamily Studies (Minor)

Interior Design (B.S., Minor)Nutrition, Food Science (B.S., Minor)• Dietetics• Food Science• Nutrition

COLLEGE OF NURSING

Nursing (B.S., M.S.)• Accelerated Program• RN Upward MobilityHealth Science (Minor)Gerontology (Minor)

COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

Pharmacy (Pharm. D.)

For more information about SouthDakota State University academic pro-grams, call the Admissions Office at:

1-800-952-3541 or (605) 688-6891

Admissions E-Mail:SDSU.Admissions@sdstate.edu

University Web Site:SDstate.edu

Athletics Web Site: GOJACKS.COM

ACADEMICS AT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

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VISION: To be a premier student-centered collegiate athletic program.How will SDSU Athletics achieve that vision? By workingtirelessly to create a special place where student-athleteswho share our drive and determination can develop life skillsthat lead not only to athletic success, but pave the way forvictories long into their lives. The important work of creatingthat setting is the heart of our mission:

VISION, MISSION AND VALUES OF THE SDSU ATHLETIC DEPARTMENTEvery undertaking of South Dakota State University is driven by a common force — a relentless commitment to excellence. TheAthletic Department measures excellence by much more than wins and losses. We committ ourselves to providing each and everystudent-athlete with a comprehensive collegiate experience that ranks second to none. Every decision that guides our program ismade with the student-athlete in mind. Is athletic achievement important? Yes, because it’s the fundamental purpose of the stu-dent-athlete experience. Is Social Responsibility a vital component? Yes, we expect to contribute to the well-being of our campus,community and state. How about Positive Student-Athlete Experiences and Competitive Success? Those also define our program asan integral component to the student athlete’s growth. That is what student-centered means, and why our vision is:

MISSION: To passionately and relentlessly create anenvironment, rooted in sportsmanship and ethical conduct, where motivated student-athletescan develop into lifelong champions.To become a lifelong champion, one must maintain a discipline of takingthe highest road. Similarly, SDSU is guided by a stringent value set thatwill not be compromised:

VALUES: Honesty, equity, academic integrity, fiscal integrity and social responsibility with the expectation of competing at the highest level.

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STEPHANIE MILLSFR., ESKO, MINN.

SHANNON BURBAGEFR., FRISCO, TEXAS

CHRISTINA DEXTERFR., HARRISONVILLE, MO.

DANIELLE DICKERSONFR., SUGAR CREEK, MO.

HANNAH GLOWACKIFR., ROCHESTER, MINN.

NICOLE HARVEYFR., BOZEMAN, MONT.

KRISTEN AKERSFR., KINGMAN, ARIZ.

JESSICA ANDRONOWITZFR., MCHENRY, ILL.

NICOLE BANGASSERFR., JORDAN, MINN.

SARAH BOXERFR., MOKENA, ILL.

NATALIE HOWARDFR., TEMECULA, CALIF.

VICTORIA JOHNSONFR., OLYMPIA, WASH.

MADDIE LEWISFR., POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y.

ANGELA LOPEZFR., BRENTWOOD, CALIF.

JANE MIKUSAFR., CRYSTAL LAKE, ILL.

CAROLINE LESOUSKYSO., GAINESVILLE, FLA.

RAIVENNE SCOTTSO., CORNELIUS, ORE.

JESSICA TAYLORSO., GRANGER, IOWA

NICOLE ZAUNSO., LAKEVILLE, MINN.

THE 2013-14 JACKRABBITSTHE 2013-14 JACKRABBITS

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ELIZABETH NIEWOJNAFR., WILSALL, MONT.

BLAIR JULIA WRIGHTFR., FRISCO, TEXAS

MAKAYLA REEDFR., PORTERVILLE, CALIF.

NICOLE SIEBOLDFR., WEST JEFFERSON, OHIO

KELSEY SWAINSTONFR., NAMPA, IDAHO

Calista W inter

Laura Dunlavy

Shelby W ebb

Stephanie Gruener

G O JA C KS.C O M

2013-14

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