Alex Arute

2012-2013: On Senior Day vs. No. 6 Texas A&M, she performed an Equitation on the Flat demonstration ride… Won a Flat exhibition against Delaware State on March 1, defeating her opponent, 66-52.

2011-2012: 1-1 record in Equitation Over Fences… started the season off with a 75-50 win against Fresno State on Sept. 23.

2010-2011: Hunt Seat team captain… 6-9 overall regular-season record… 6-7 regular-season record in Equitation Over Fences… 0-1 regular-season record in Equitation on the Flat… 0-1 post-season record in Equitation Over Fences. defeated SMU 78-68 in Equitation Over Fences in the season opener on 9/24… won her ride 80-77.5 against South Dakota State on 9/25… won 85-65 and was named MVP against Kansas State on 10/29… competed in all five competitions during the fall semester… scored the only Hunt Seat point on 2/5 at home against No. 3 Georgia, winning her ride in Equitation Over Fences, 89-79… defeated her Auburn opponent 77-75 in Equitation Over Fences on 2/19… picked up a 78-73 win against TCU at the Best of the West Tournament as part of a 6-0 sweep for the Hunt Seat team… Member of the VENC team… defeated her Baylor opponent, 159-154, in Equitation Over Fences on 4/15… Second-year letter winner… Won the ‘Hunt Seat Grooming Award’ at the team banquet… SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2009-2010: 6-1 regular season record on the Hunter Seat team… one MVP award… Began her Gamecock career with a win on 11/6 against Fresno State, defeating her opponent 87-74 while winning MVP in her first ride… Defeated her Oklahoma State opponent 87-81 on 1/30… Picked up a 79-58 win over Auburn on 2/6… extended her winning streak to three meets on 2/27, winning against Georgia in her first road competition as Gamecock… Closed out the regular season with a 80-67 victory at Delaware State on 3/20… member of the Southern Equestrian Championships competition team… at the 2010 Southern Equestrian Championships, she defeated her Auburn opponent, 153-138… Member of the Varsity Equestrian National Championship competition team… 1-0 record at the Southern Equestrian Championships… 1-1 record at the Varsity Equestrian National Championships.

High School: Qualified for the 2008 USEF Show Jumping Talent Search … Ranked eighth overall in the Bates Equitation Rankings with an eighth place ranking in the USEF High Junior Jumpers category and sixth place ranking in Junior Jumper wins … Vermont Summer Festival Small Junior Hunter Division Circuit Champion … Was the High Junior Jumper champion at the Lake Placid Horse Show … Named 2007 Circuit Champion at Vermont Summer Festival and reserve champion at the National Horse Show … Earned championships at the Winter Equestrian Festival and Lake Placid Horse Show … 2005 Washington International Horse Show and Pennsylvania National Horse Show champion.