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Sophie Mitchell

  • position Flat and Fences
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Wrightsville Beach, N.C.
  • High school Cape Fear Academy
  • position Flat and Fences
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Wrightsville Beach, N.C.
  • High school Cape Fear Academy

Sophie Mitchell Bio

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.