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Kelsey Hart

  • position Equitation & Over Fences
  • class Senior
  • Hometown East Greenbush, N.Y.
  • High school The Albany Academies
  • position Equitation & Over Fences
  • class Senior
  • Hometown East Greenbush, N.Y.
  • High school The Albany Academies

Kelsey Hart Bio

2013-2014: 6-5-1 record in equitation on the flat… Won her first point of the season on Sept. 27 against Fresno State, knocking off her opponent, 57-49 as part of a 4-1 win for the flat team… Picked up a road win at Delaware State on Oct. 4, defeating her opponent, 72-59… Improved to 3-1 in the SEC opener vs. No. 1 Georgia on Oct. 11, beating her Bulldog opponent, 77-70… Ended the fall by winning her fourth straight point, picking up a 77-62 win at South Dakota State on Nov. 23… Competed in a flat exhibition at No. 6 Georgia on Feb. 8… Held her Texas A&M opponent to a 75-75 tie on Feb. 22… Earned her first MVP of the season in the Senior Day victory over Auburn on March 1, defeating her opponent, 76-71… Competed at the SEC Championship… In the semifinal win over Texas A&M on March 28, she defeated her opponent, 160-128… Competed in all three rounds at the NCEA National Championship… Fourth-year letter winner.

2012-2013: 2-2 record in Equitation on the Flat… Picked up her first win of the season on Oct. 4, defeating her Auburn opponent 75-73 in Equitation on the Flat… At No. 1 Georgia on Nov. 2, she defeated her Bulldog opponent, 53-46 in Equitation on the Flat… Tied an exhibition ride in Equitation on the Flat at No. 8 Kansas State on March 8… Closed out the regular season with a Flat exhibition win at No. 3 Oklahoma State, 72-69, on March 9… NCEA Academic Honor Roll… Fall 2012 President[apos]s List… Fall 2012 Athletic Director[apos]s Honor Roll…Spring 2013 President[apos]s List… Spring 2013 Athletic Director[apos]s Honor Roll… Third-year letter winner.

2011-2012: 3-6-1 regular season and postseason combined record in Equitation on the Flat… 0-3 postseason record… 3-3-1 record in Equitation on the Flat with one MVP… started the season with a 86-52 against TCU on Sept. 30 while also winning her first MVP of the season… picked up a 73-65 win at SMU in Equitation on the Flat on Oct. 28… Held her UT-Martin opponent to a 71-71 tie on Feb. 11… Was part of a 10-0 Hunt Seat sweep over No. 4 Baylor on Feb. 26, defeating her opponent, 76-74, in Equitation on the Flat… Competed at the Southern Equestrian Championships, going 0-2 in Flat action… Competed at NCEA[apos]s, going 0-1 in Flat action… Second-year letter winner.

2010-2011: Received an Honorable Mention on the inaugural Varsity Equestrian All-American list for Equitation on the Flat…7-3-1 regular-season and post-season combined record… 5-2 overall regular-season record… 1-1 regular-season record in Equitation Over Fences… 4-1 regular-season record in Equitation on the Flat… 1-0-1 post-season record… 2-1 post-season record in Equitation on the Flat… 0-0-1 post-season record in Equitation Over Fences… Two MVP[apos]s… Competed for the first time as a Gamecock on 1/29 against Delaware State in Waco, TX in both Equitation and Equitation Over Fences… won her first competition ride 82-80 in Equitation on the Flat while also earning MVP… picked up a road win at Auburn on 2/19, defeating her opponent 82-79 in Equitation Over Fences… picked up her second MVP of the season on 2/26 as she defeated her TCU opponent 81-79 at the Best of the West Tournament… won 78-64 against Fresno State on 2/27 at the Best of the West Tournament as part of a 3-0 sweep for the Equitation on the Flat team… closed out the regular season with a 74-71 win in Equitation on the Flat against New Mexico State on 3/19… Member of the 2011 S.E.C. team… Competed twice against Georgia at the 2011 Southern Equestrian Championships on 3/25 and did not give up a point, winning her Equitation on the Flat ride 154-152, then tying her Bulldog opponent 151-151 in Equitation Over Fences… Member of the VENC team… In the opening round at Nationals, she defeated her Delaware State opponent by 19-points… First-year letter winner… Won the ‘Hunt Seat Freshman Hustle Award’ at the team banquet.

High School: A senior at the Albany Academies in Albany, NY, Hart qualified in 2009 for the New England, ASPCA Maclay, USEF Hunt Seat Pessoa, USET, and WIHS equitation finals. She finished 6th Place at the Zone II ASCPA Maclay regionals out of 90 competitors and finished 2nd out of 250 riders at the New England Equitation Medal Finals. She has qualified for the George H. Morris Equitation Championship for the past two years and was circuit champion in the equitation division this year at the Winter Equestrian Festival… Won two $10,000 Devoucoux Hunter Derbies and also placed second, fourth, and sixth in that same event leading her to be the leading rider in the Devoucoux Hunter Derby standings and qualifying her for the finals this fall.

Career Equitation On the Flat 34 4 17 15 2 2-0-1
Season Event Meets MVP Win Loss Ties SEC
2013-14 Equitation on the Flat 12 1 6 5 1 2-0-1
2012-13 Equitation on the Flat 4 0 2 2 0 n/a
2011-12 Equitation on the Flat 10 1 3 6 1 n/a
2010-11 Equitation on the Flat 8 2 6 2 0 n/a
Career Equitation Over Fences 3 0 1 1 1 0-0
Season Event Meets MVP Win Loss Ties SEC
2013-14 Equitation Over Fences 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
2012-13 Equitation Over Fences 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
2011-12 Equitation Over Fences 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
2010-11 Equitation Over Fences 3 0 1 1 1 n/a