South Carolina’s Katherine Schmidt was named the October Equitation Over Fences Rider of the Month. She posted a 4-0 record in equitation over fences in the month of October with two MVP honors. Three of her four wins and one of her two MVPs came in away meets. On Oct. 11, she defeated her opponent from No. 1 Georgia, 79-74, and was named MVP. Schmidt is currently 6-0 on the season in equitation over fences with four MVP honors. She also was named the Southeastern Conference Equitation Over Fences Rider of the Month for October.
South Carolina’s Samantha Smith was named the October Equitation On The Flat Rider of the Month. She posted a 3-1 record in the month of October in Equitation On The Flat with two MVP honors. Both of her MVP honors and all three of her wins in October came on the road. Her lone loss in October came against No. 1 Georgia, dropping her point 73-72.
Kansas State’s Kelly Boviard was named the October Horsemanship Rider of the Month. She posted a 3-0 record in the month of October in horsemanship with an MVP honor. Boviard is 6-1 on the season with two MVP accolades. She defeated Texas A&M’s Logan Pluhar 75-72.5 to help her western squad to a 10-0 performance against the Aggies, including an MVP honor. She also defeated riders from Baylor and TCU. Boviard also was named the Big 12 Conference Horsemanship Rider of the Month for October.
South Carolina’s Johnna Letchworth was named the October Reining Rider of the Month. Letchworth posted a 3-0-1 record in reining during the month of October with three MVP honors. Each of her three wins and MVP honors came on the road. Three of Letchworth’s scores in October were the highest reining scores in those respective meets. Her only tie came against No. 1 Georgia and was tied for the highest score of the event. Letchworth was also the SEC Reining Rider of the Month for October.
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NCEA Riders of the Month (October 2013)
Equitation Over Fences: Katherine Schmidt, South Carolina
Equitation On The Flat: Samantha Smith, South Carolina
Horsemanship: Kelly Boviard, Kansas State
Reining: Johnna Letchworth, South Carolina