Sophie Mitchell

AS A JUNIOR (2023-24): Named SEC Flat Rider of the Year…made 17 starts on the Flat, posting a team-high 12 wins…secured four MOPs throughout the season (the most ever for a Junior on the Flat), including one against SEC foe Auburn (Feb. 3) to help the Gamecocks beat the Tigers for the first time in 10 years…rounded out the regular season posting a career-high 93 against SDSU (March 1), marking the second-highest score on the Flat in program history…went undefeated (2-0-0) at the SEC Championship, averaging an 85.65 and a 3.65 winning margin…her 12 victories ties for the second-most for a Junior on the Flat in the record books… All-SEC (Flat)…SEC Flat Rider of the Month (Oct. ’23)…

AS A FRESHMAN (2021-22): Earned SEC All-Freshman distinction for both flat and fences…went 3-3-1 on the flat…won her first point at No. 1 Auburn with a 78.5 on the flat (Oct. 29)…won points in back-to-back meets on the flat against No. 10 Delaware State with a 77 (March 4) and with a personal best of 88 against Lynchburg (March 5)…finished the season 4-3-0 in fences with regular season wins against No. 4 Georgia with a 78 (Feb. 26) and Lynchburg with a personal best of 80 (March 5)…went 2-0-0 at the SEC Championships in fences.

High School: Graduate of Cape Fear Academy from Wrightsville Beach, N.C. … trained by Frank and Jen Madden … Champion at the 2018 and 2020 Junior Hunter Finals … Grand 3’6″ Junior Hunter Champion and Leading Junior Rider at the 2020 Capital Challenge Horse Show … Champion at the 2020 Kentucky National Horse Show in the Large 16-17 3’6″ Juniors … Champion in the Older Large Junior Hunters at the 2020 Junior Hunter Finals and The National Horse Show … winner of the Kathy Scholl Equitation Championship at the Lake Placid Horse Show … qualified for the Big EQ Finals in 2019 and 2020 … placed 5th at the USHJA Jumping Seat Finals … 6th in the Dudley B. Smith Equitation Championship … competitor at all of the 3’6″ Equitation Finals since 2019 … finished Top 30 at the 2020 Maclay Finals.