Madison Sellman

2019-20: Named the Equestrian SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for a second year in a row… made the NCEA All-Academic First Team… earned a spot on the SEC Academic Honor Roll… posted an 8-2-1 and 4-1-1 SEC record on the flat, and a 2-2-0/2-1-0 SEC record in over fences… earned three M.O.P. awards on the flat… opened the season with a M.O.P. winning 76-74 victory over Fresno State (Sept. 20)… picked up her second M.O.P. of the year in the next meet at Georgia (Oct. 5), winning her matchup 79-72… notched another road SEC win at Texas A&M (Nov. 1), 71-65… closed out the fall with a win at Oklahoma State (Nov. 23), 84-67… got her spring started with an 84-80 win against Texas A&M (Feb. 8)… won her final SEC matchup at Auburn (Feb. 29), 83-79… finished her career with one last M.O.P. win, taking the honor with an 86-66 win at Delaware State (March 6). 

2018-19: Honored as the Equestrian SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year… Earned a spot on the Farnam All-Academic First-Team and the APHA Academic Honor Roll… Competed in both Equitation on the Flat and Equitation Over Fences… Tallied a flat record of 10-9-1 with one MOP, including 3-7-1 in the SEC… Went 7-5-1 in fences, earned one MOP and was 4-3-1 against SEC opponents… Claimed four flat wins in-a-row in the fall… Helped the flat team advance to the finals at the NCEA Championships… Won both of her fences rides at the SEC Tournament.

2017-18:Competed 14 times in equitation on the flat and 10 times in equitation over fences as a sophomore… Went 5-9 on the flat, with a 2-2 SEC record… Named to the NCEA All-Academic First Team, the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll and the NCEA Academic Honor Roll… Opened the season with a 78-64 flat win and an 86-68 jumping victory over her Clemson opponent in the Sept. 22 exhibition… Earned a flat win at South Dakota State on Oct. 13… Took home an 83-82 jumping point in the win over Oklahoma State on Oct. 27… Grabbed back-to-back SEC wins Feb. 17 against Georgia and Feb. 24 against Auburn… Ended the regular-season with a 75-64 flat win over her Fresno State opponent on March 9… Defeated her TCU opponent April 18 in the NCEA Championship flat first round… Ended the season April 19 with an NCEA Championship main draw jumping victory over Georgia.

2016-17: Earned a spot on the All-SEC Team in equitation over fences, and also grabbed All-Freshman Team nods in jumping and equitation on the flat… Finished the season 10-4 (2-2) in equitation over fences and 1-7 (1-2 SEC) with one MOP in equitation on the flat… Led the team in jumping victories… Named to the 2016-17 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll… Made her Gamecock debut in the hunt seat exhibition against Alabama on Sept. 16, winning both on the flat, 69-63, and over fences, 80-77… Won her fences point, 84-75, in the victory over No. 5 Baylor… Won her jumping point in the victory over No. 10 New Mexico State on Oct. 21, 81-80, defeating the current NCEA National Rider of the Month… Took a jumping point Nov. 4 against No. 9 Fresno State, 81-75… Scored a 69 in a flat exhibition vs. Auburn on Nov. 18… Won points both on the flat and over fences Jan. 28 in the exhibition against Converse… Grabbed her flat point, 77-65 and garnered an 85-73 jumping win against the Valkyries… Went 2-0 against No. 2 Texas A&M on Feb. 10… Earned a flat victory against the Aggies with an MOP ride, 85-76, and took her jumping point, 84-68… Added a fences win in the victory over No. 10 TCU, 83-79, on Feb. 12… Collected another jumping point Feb. 25 when she beat her No. 4 Auburn opponent, 79-75… Grabbed a jumping point, 90-81, in the win over No. 7 SMU, with her score the highest of the day… Went 2-0 in equitation over fences at the SEC Championship… Won her postseason debut against No. 5 Georgia, 169-166, on March 24… Came back a day later to earn a point against No. 4 Texas A&M, 160-80… The A&M victory gave her a six-meet fences winning streak… Won a jumping point in the NCEA Championship first round against No. 11 South Dakota State, 167-156.

High School: Graduated from Honey Falls-Lima High School in Honey Falls, N.Y… trained by Stacia Madden… was a member of the National Honor Society, the Spanish Honor Society and the honor roll… 2015 – finished in the top-20 at the ASPCA Maclay Finals, placed sixth at both the North American Equitation Championship and the Region 5 Maclay Regionals, took eighth place at the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Talent Search Finals… 2014 – placed 10th at the USEF Medal Finals.