Natalie Jayne

2026 NCEA National Champion

AS A SENIOR (2025-26): Finished her historic career as a Gamecock with a 14-3-1 record on the Flat with three MOPs, while adding a 12-6-0 record over Fences with four MOP selections…opened the season unbeaten through her first seven rides on the Flat, earning an MOP on the road at Auburn (Nov. 8)…posted a season-high of 92 against SEC foe Georgia (Oct. 24), the second-highest Flat score of the season…went undefeated on the Flat at the NCEA Championship (3-0-0), earning an MOP against Texas A&M in the National Championship (April 18)…14 Flat wins marked the second-most for a Gamecock, and the most for a senior…46 career wins on the Flat tied for most in program history (Katherine Schmidt, 2011-15)…16 career MOPs most ever on the Flat…12 wins in Fences marked a new season-high, four MOPs tied season high…posted a season high of 90.5 in Fences on the road against Auburn (Nov. 8) for the third-highest score of the season…

NCEA All-Championship Team selection…NCEA Championship MOP (Flat)…NCEA Flat Rider of the Month…SEC Flat Rider of the Month (Nov.)…NCEA All-America First Team selection…All-SEC (Flat)…NCEA All-Academic First Team and Honor Roll…SEC Academic Honor Roll…

AS A JUNIOR (2024-25): Made 17 starts on the Flat, picking up 14 wins and earning a career-high 0f 94 against Sweet Briar (Nov. 15) along with five MOPS, setting a new program record…finished with a 9-7-0 record and 4 MOPs in Fences, achieving another career-high of 88 against Delaware State (Sept. 27)…went undefeated in the postseason, defeating Auburn’s Mary-Grace Segars 80.33-76.77 and Texas A&M’s Brokke Brombach 83-72.67, earning an MOP during the SEC Championship… put two more wins at the NCEA Championship against TCU’s Lex Lipacis 85.7-84 and SMU’s Augusta Iwasaki 85.7-83… two-time SEC Flat Rider of the Month and NCEA Flat Rider of the Month and named to the NCEA All American First Team for Flat, winning her first All-American honor…  

AS A SOPHOMORE (2023-24): Made all 18 starts for the Gamecocks both on the Flat and in Fences…racked up 11 wins and five MOPs on the Flat, tying for the most MOPs on the team and the second-most wins in any discipline…started the year with an impressive nine-point spread win (92-83) against UC Davis…the 92 is the third-highest Flat score in program history, where she also holds the No. 2 spot after scoring a 93 in her rookie season…rounded out the month of Septemeber with another huge eight-point spread win against the single discipline National Champions of Lynchburg (87-79), earning her fourth MOP of the season, taking both MOPs in Jumping Seat for the second time in the season…at the SEC Championship, Jayne went undefeated (2-0-0) and earned an MOP on the Flat against Georgia (Mar. 30) for her 93.7-87.7 win over Sophia Pilla…averaged an 87.85 on the Flat across both days, defeating her opponents by an average of 4.15 points…her 11 wins on the Flat mark tie for the second-most for a sophomore in program history… Named NCEA Rider of the Month for September in both Flat and Fences…NCEA All-Academic Honor Roll…SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll…

AS A FRESHMAN (2022-23): Made starts in all 14 meets in both Jumping Seat disciplines…named SEC Freshman Fences Rider of the Year…SEC All-Freshman selection for Fences…SEC Fences Rider of the Month (Feb.) …finished 8-6-0 in Fences, tying for most wins in the event…two MOPs in Fences ties for fourth most as a freshman… her 92 in Fences against No. 1 SMU (Feb. 23) was highest of the season and the sixth-highest score in program history, as well as the first 92 scored since 2014…finished 7-7-0 on the Flat…received three MOPs during the season on the Flat, the most for a freshman in program history…scored a 93 against No. 10 UT-Martin, the second-highest score on the Flat in program history and the first 93 since 2008…scored a point with a 240-228 win against No. 2 Auburn at NCEA Nationals (April 13)…named Most Outstanding Freshman at annual team banquet…

PRE-COLLEGE: Winner of Christy Conrad award for high point equitation rider a WEF (2020, 2021)…2021 USEF Talent Search Finals East winner…Received ribbons in all major equitation finals in 2021…Reserve Champion in Prix Des States (2021)…Winner of WEF Equitation Championship (2021)…Placed seventh in WIHS and Maclay finals in 2020…