Schaefer Earns SEC Rider of the Month Honors

Birmingham, Ala. – Freshman Madeline Schaefer continues to pull in honors after her stellar month, this time claiming the SEC Fences Rider of the Month for February, conference officials announced on Tuesday.
 
Schaefer opened the month with an 86-74 win over South Dakota State’s Jessica Martinez to earn her first M.O.P. of the month. She followed that up with a clutch 80-74 win against Texas A&M’s Haley Redifer to help the Gamecocks defeat the Aggies. In the home finale Shaefer posted an 89-86 win over Georgia’s Rachel McMullen to claim her second M.O.P. in the month. The freshman proved that she wasn’t just in her element in Columbia to end the month with an 86-84 win over Auburn star McKayla Langmeier to take her third M.O.P. of the month and finish February with a flawless 4-0 record.  
 
The Westminster, Md. native has a total of four M.O.P. wins this season and finished the regular season with a 7-2-0 record. She was named the NCEA Fences Rider of the Month for February last week.  
 
The Gamecocks are gearing up for the SEC Championships set for March 27-28 in Bishop, Ga.