Chloe Schmidt

2017-18: Served as hunt seat team captain in her final year with the Gamecocks… Posted a 9-8 record in equitation over flat, with four MOP honors, and added a 7-6 equitation over fences record… Named to the NCEA All-Academic Second Team, the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll and the NCEA Academic Honor Roll… Earned flat MOP honors and added a jumping point Oct. 27 in the win over Oklahoma State… Scored a jumping victory Nov. 3 against Georgia… Ended the fall season with a flat win over Auburn on Nov. 17… Was named fences MOP in the exhibition win over Converse on Jan. 27… Opened the spring campaign with a flat win against SMU on Feb. 3… Won her jumping battle Feb. 17 against Georgia… Brought home flat MOP honors and added a fences point Feb. 24 against Auburn… Won five straight flat points from March 2 – April 18… Was named SEC Rider of the Month for equitation on the flat in March… Started her streak with an MOP victory against Baylor on March 2… Earned flat MOP laurels on Senior Day against SMU on March 9… Went 2-0 on the flat at the SEC Championship with wins over Georgia on March 30 and Texas A&M on March 31… Picked up a win in the NCEA Championship flat first round against TCU on April 18… Won the final three fences points of her career, with an SEC Championship win over Texas A&M on March 31, an NCEA fences first round win over Baylor on April 18 and an NCEA Championship fences quarterfinal win over Auburn on April 20.

2016-17: Named to the All-SEC Team in equitation on the flat… Was an NCEA Honorable Mention All-America selection in equitation on the flat… Finished 11-5 (4-2 SEC) on the flat… Her 11 flat wins led all Gamecocks in a single category… Also posted a record of 5-10-1 (2-3-1 SEC) in equitation over feces… Won her fences point in the victory over No. 5 Baylor, 81-55, on Sept. 23… Went 2-0 on Sept. 30 against No. 3 Texas A&M, taking her flat point, 76-66, and her fences point, 84-83… Tallied another 2-0 day in the win over No. 2 Georgia on Oct. 9… Won her flat point, 83-75, and her fences point, 55-40, against the Bulldogs… Named M.O.P. on the flat Nov. 4 with an 82-64 win against No. 9 Fresno State… Also won her fences point against Fresno, 69-68… Collected a fences point in the Jan. 28 exhibition against Converse, 84-83… Won her flat point against No. 7 Georgia on Feb. 3, 78-77, and earned an 84-all tie in jumping… Came away with a 77-74 flat victory in the win over Delaware State one day later… Won six straight flat points from Feb. 12 – April 13… Earned a crucial point in the win over No. 10 TCU on Feb. 12, with an 89-83 flat victory… Tallied a flat point Feb. 25 when she beat her opponent from No. 4 Auburn, 87-77… Won a flat point in the regular-season finale victory over No. 7 SMU, 88-79, on March 4… Posted a 2-0 flat record at the SEC Championship… Won in the semifinals March 24 against No. 5 Georgia, 152-151… Added MOP accolades in the consolation round March 25 against No. 5 Texas A&M, 177-173… Ended her winning streak with an NCEA Championship victory on April 13, 174-148, against No. 11 South Dakota State… Also won her first round fences point against the Jacks, 172-151.

2015-2016: 8-12-1 record in hunt seat action with two M.O.P.s… 5-5 record in equitation over fences with one M.O.P. … 3-7-1 record in equitation on the flat with one M.O.P. … Won a pair of exhibitions in the Gamecocks’ win over TCU on Oct. 2, starting with an 83-70 win in equitation over fences and finishing the day with an 82-75 win equitation on the flat… Went 1-for-2 in her competition debut against No. 4 Auburn on Oct. 9, winning her first point as a Gamecock in her first competition ride as she beat her opponent, 85-80, in equitation over fences… Won her first career flat point and her first Most Outstanding Performer award on Oct. 29 at No. 6 Texas A&M as she won her point, 84-74… Went 2-for-2 in the spring opener against UT-Martin on Jan. 30, winning her first career jumping M.O.P. with an 83-71 win, followed by an 81-72 win in equitation on the flat… Won her jumping point against No. 2 Georgia on Feb. 6, 77-76… Won her jumping point against No. 3 Texas A&M on Feb. 20, 80-65…. Competed at the SEC Championship… In the semifinal round against No. 1 Auburn, she held her opponent to a 149-149 tie in equitation on the flat… In the SEC third place meet upset victory over No. 4 Texas A&M, she went 2-for-2, winning her flat point, 169-153, and winning her jumping point, 165-156… Competed against SMU in the first round of the NCEA National Championship.

2014-2015: Competed in a jumping exhibition in the season opener at No. 6 Kansas State on Sept. 19… Competed in a flat exhibition in the Gamecocks’ win over No. 9 Texas A&M on Oct. 31… In the spring opener against No. 5 SMU, she won her exhibition in equitation over fences, beating her opponent, 84-77… Competed in a jumping exhibition at No. 5 Georgia on Feb. 7…. Won a flat exhibition over No. 6 Texas A&M on Feb. 21, beating her opponent 84-82.

2013-2014: Redshirt year… First-year letter winner.

High School: Qualified for USEF Medal Finals, Talent Search Finals, and Maclay Finals in 2011 and 2012… Finished top-15 at both USEF and Maclay Finals in 2011… Finished top-30 at Maclay Finals in 2012… Won USEF Medal Class at Devon Horse Show in 2012… Placed in all equitation at Devon and the Hampton Classic in 2012.