Kelsey Adams

Position:
Horsemanship
Height:
5-3
Class:
Senior
High School:
Grapevine
Hometown:
Colleyville, Texas

Finished her career with a 22-11-1 record ... winning percentage of .662 ranks fifth highest in school history in horsemanship.

2011-12 (SENIOR)
Competed in 15 shows, going 8-6-1 in horsemanship ... win total was third best among the discipline ... posted a scoring average of 71.22 ... longest win streak was three (10/15-11/5) ... season- and career-high score of 77 came in victory over Katie Ralph of Oklahoma State (11/5) ... picked up her second career MVP with 73.5-point ride against TCU's Alexie Estrada at the Fort Worth Stock Show (2/3) ... knocked off Baylor's Megan Murphy 147-146 in the Big 12 semifinals (3/30) ... picked up a win at NCEAs with a five-point defeat of Sammie Jo Stone of Fresno State (4/12) ... was an honorable mention Academic All-America selection by the NCEA ... named to the Academic All-Big 12 second team ... named a Texas A&M Athletics Scholar Award winner.

2010-11 (JUNIOR)
Earned honorable mention All-America accolades from the Varsity Equestrian National Championship committee ... rode in 10 shows, compiling an 8-2 record in horsemanship ... 8 wins ranked fifth in horsemanship and seventh on the western team ... scoring average of 72.65 ranked fifth in western ... season-high win streak was 5 shows, coming to start the season ... season best score was 73.5, twice (vs Oklahoma State, vs Auburn) ... earned first career MVP against South Carolina (1/28), a 72-71 victory over Hailey Thornton ... victorious in only postseason ride, 147-143.5, against K-State’s Kelly Bovaird in the Big 12 Semifinals (4/1) ... a first-team Academic All-Big 12 At-Large selection ... named a Texas A&M Athletics Scholar Award winner.

2009-10 (SOPHOMORE)
Went 3-3 in horsemanship ... average score was 72.00 ... wins came over Fresno State (10/11), Baylor (2/13) and Kansas State (2/19) ... season-high score was 74.5 in a victory over Baylor's Lindsey Douglas ... longest win streak was two ... victorious in three of four exhibition rides ... earned a Texas A&M Athletics Scholar Award.

2008-09 (FRESHMAN)
Posted a 3-0 record in horsemanship ... defeated Baylor's Suzanna Nelson, 74-66.5, in her first collegiate ride (Feb. 7) ... followed that with a 73.5-70.5 victory over Kansas State's Courtney Watters (Feb. 20) ... knocked off Oklahoma State's Suzanne Randolph, 73-72.5 (March 7) ... was victorious in two of three exhibition rides ... defeated teammate Bianca Lamb, 70.5-69 (Sept. 26) ... fell 74-72 to OSU's Kilee Stewart (Nov. 8) ... downed Baylor's Elizabeth Smith, 76.5-71.5 (Nov. 22) ... earned a Texas A&M/Verizon Athletics Scholar Award.

PERSONAL
Kelsey Leeann Adams is the daughter of Terry and Kathy Adams of Colleyville ... born Nov. 16, 1989 in Grapevine ... majoring in forensic science .... 2008 graduate of Grapevine High School ... member of the National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society ... lettered four years in band ... has been riding for 14 years, primarily all-around ... trainers are John and Jill Briggs ... finished fourth in showmanship, seventh in trail, and ninth in horsemanship at the APHA world show in 2008 ... has numerous APHA and NSBA top 10 finishes and has been listed on the APHA Honor Roll several times ... enjoys horses, rock climbing and wakeboarding.