Madison Thiel

2018-19: Named to the SEC All-Tournament team as the Horsemanship rider… Earned spots on the Farnam All-Academic First-Team and the APHA Academic Honor Roll… Recognized as the NCEA Standout Athlete of the Month for September… Served as the Western captain and competed in both Horsemanship and Reining… Tallied a Horsemanship record of 9-9 with three MOPs and a 4-6 mark in the SEC… Won five-consecutive rides, including three MOPs in-a-row… Claimed both of her Horsemanship rides at the SEC Tournament, taking MOP honors for both… Went 6-10-2 overall in Reining and 3-5-1 against SEC opponents… Helped both the Reining and Horsemanship teams advance to the semifinals at the NCEA Championships.

2017-18: Rode 16 times in horsemanship, with a 6-9-1 record and a team-high three MOP awards… Finished with a 3-3 SEC record… Named to the NCEA All-Academic First Team, the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll and the NCEA Academic Honor Roll… Named horsemanship MOP in the regular-season opener against Texas A&M on Sept. 29, with a victory of 76.5-74.5… Edged out her Georgia opponent on Nov. 3, 77-76… Grabbed MOP honors in the spring opener, a win over SMU on Feb. 3… Added a second win over Georgia on Feb. 17… Ended the regular season with an MOP honor March 9 against Fresno State, when she collected a 74.5-74 victory… Rode just once in reining, with an exhibition victory Sept. 22 in the Clemson matchup.

2016-17: Was a big contributor both in horsemanship and reining… Finished 7-2 (1-1 SEC) in horsemanship and 4-7 (2-4 SEC) in reining… Was victorious in the Garnet & Black Scrimmage, winning her pairing, 76-75.5… Was the reining MOP in the victory over No. 5 Baylor on Sept. 23, taking her pairing by a 71-68.5 count… Also participated in a horsemanship demo against Baylor, scoring 72… Won her reining pairing Sept. 30 against No. 3 Texas A&M, 68-66… Also scored a 73 in a horsemanship demo in the Texas A&M meet… Was named SEC Rider of the Month for September after going 2-0 in reining with one M.O.P… Defeated her sister Charley, 69.5-67.5, in the win over No. 2 Georgia on Oct. 9… Won her horsemanship point in the Jan. 28 exhibition against Ohio State, 71.5-67… Also notched a reining exhibition win against teammate Kara Guertin on Jan. 28… Scored a 69.5 in a horsemanship exhibition against No. 7 Georgia on Feb. 3… Made her official season debut in horsemanship on Feb. 4 against Delaware State and earned MOP honors with a 73-69.5 win… Went 2-0 in the victory over No. 10 TCU on Feb. 12… Won her horsemanship point, 75-73.5 and added a 70.5-68 reining win against the Horned Frogs… Took a horsemanship point against No. 4 Auburn, 73.5-72, on Feb. 25… Finished the regular season with a horsemanship victory over No. 7 SMU, 74-72, on March 4… Won her horsemanship point March 25 in the SEC Championship consolation matchup with No. 4 Texas A&M, 150.5-148… Was in the horsemanship lineup at the NCEA Championship and went 2-0… Defeated her No. 11 South Dakota State opponent, 143.4-140, in the first round… Finished the season with a 150-148.5 quarterfinal victory against No. 3 Auburn.

2015-16: 6-9-1 overall record with one M.O.P… 2-4 record in horsemanship with one M.O.P. … 4-5-1 record in reining… Won a horsemanship exhibition at South Dakota State in the Gamecocks’ season opener on Sept. 25, beating her opponent, 73-70… Won her first career point and M.O.P. in her competition debut against No. 8 TCU on Oct. 2, posting an event-high score to beat her opponent, 73-72.5… Picked up her second horsemanship victory of the season on Oct. 29 at No. 6 Texas A&M, beating her opponent, 76-74… Won a reining exhibition later in the day at the Texas A&M meet, 67-62… Closed out the fall semester by winning her first career reining point, a 70.5-68 victory on the road against No. 2 Georgia on Nov. 20… Won her reining point against Texas A&M on Feb. 20, 66.5-66, later performing a horsemanship demonstration ride, earning a score of 71… In the regular season finale against No. 6 SMU, she held her opponent to a 69.5-69.5 tie… Competed at the SEC Championship… In the semifinal round vs. No. 1 Auburn, she beat her opponent, 128.5-0… Competed against SMU in the opening round of the NCEA National Championship, winning her reining point, 135-132.

High School: Attended Dublin Coffman High School… Trained with Beckey Schooler… 2014 – Reserve Congress champion in Youth Showmanship 15-18 and first in NSBA… 15th at Congress in Youth Horsemanship 15-18… AQHYA World Champion in Showmanship… Top-20 in Horsemanship at the World Show… AQHYA region 4 national director… 2013 – Reserve AQHYA World Champion in Performance Mares… 4th at AQHYA World Show in Showmanship… 4th at Congress in Youth Showmanship 15-18… 2012 – Congress Champion in Novice Youth 14-18 in Hunter Under Saddle… 4th at Congress in Youth 12-14 Showmanship… Won NRHA youth rookie at The Tradition.