AQHA Collegiate Horsemanship Challenge Begins Wednesday at AQHA World Show

NCEA

WACO, Texas – Eight National Collegiate Equestrian Association riders will participate in the 2014 American Quarter Horse Association Collegiate Horsemanship Challenge this Wednesday and Thursday as part of the AQHA World Championship Show to be held in Oklahoma City, Okla.

Eight riders, who are current student-athletes in  the 2014-15 season, will represent eight different institutions at the event. Riders were selected by the NCEA Selection Committee using 2013-14 individual statistics for horsemanship.

The preliminaries take place Wednesday, November 19, while the finals are set for Thursday, November 20.

The collegiate riders selected for the AQHA Horsemanship Challenge are as follows:

Samantha Chiodo, South Carolina
Lauren DeVoe, New Mexico State
Sydney Elliot, Fresno State
Lindsey McMullen, Oklahoma State
Megan McMullen, TCU
Elizabeth Niewonja, South Dakota State
Logan Pluhar, Texas A&M
Heather Schmidt, Georgia
First Alternate: Lucy Igoe, Auburn
Second Alternate: McKenzie Perry, UT-Martin