Lia Chafee

Position:
Equitation/Over Fences
Height:
5-10
Class:
Senior
High School:
Ethel Walker School
Hometown:
Little Compton, R.I.

Finished career as the winningest hunter seat rider in school history … totaled 45 victories (33 fences, 12 flat) over her time in Aggieland … won a school-record 6 career MVPs over fences and set a career record with 84 hunter seat rides (57 fences, 27 flat) … ranks second all-time in fences wins (33) and rides (57) and ranks fourth all-time in fences winning percentage (.579).

2011-12 (SENIOR)
Flat team captain ... named to the NCEA All-America team over fences for the second straight season … earned honorable mention accolades after leading the Aggie fences riders in wins (11) and scoring average (79.28) … went 11-7 on the year with a pair of MVP awards … season high win streak was five and season-best score was 86 … topped K-State’s Kate Hennessy 86-76 in Manhattan (11/11) to earn MVP honors … opened the month of February with an MVP performance in an 84-40 win at SMU (2/3) … scored 86 three weeks later in a victory at Oklahoma State (2/25), earning her Big 12 Rider of the Month honors over fences … broke from collegiate competition in late March and won the second annual Pin Oak Charity Horse Show Invitational outside Houston (3/25) … downed Fresno State’s Holly Elsbernd 82-80 in the finals to claim the title … she defeated Gabrielle LeBoeuf of LSU 84-68 in the quarterfinals and Baylor's Kara Fergusson 85-80 in the semifinals … averaged 161 points per ride at NCEAs, going 3-1 and helping the Aggies to the overall national championship and the hunter seat team to a runner-up finish … defeated Elsbernd again, this time in the NCEA first round, 166-125 (4/12) … picked up wins over South Carolina All-American Amber Henter in the quarterfinals and Georgia’s Kylee Arbuckle in the semifinals (4/13) … also a mainstay in the lineup on the flat, going 3-7-1 on the season with a 71.45 scoring average … victories came at Delaware State (9/23), vs Georgia (10/8) and vs Oklahoma State (11/5) … season-high score on the flat was 79 in one-point loss at SMU (2/3) … was a second-team Academic All-America selection by the NCEA ... 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 ... Led both the hunter seat squad and the overall team with a combined 21 victories, earning her A&M’s “best under pressure” award ... the 21 wins in one year was a hunter seat school record and three shy of the overall record (24, Tonna Brooks, 2006-07) ... four combined MVP awards was best among hunter seat squad and tied for the overall team lead ... went 12-5 over fences and 9-7 on the flat ... scoring averages of 75.91 on the flat and 75.53 over fences ranked third and fourth, respectively, among hunter seat riders ... recorded two of A&M’s three 90-point rides on the flat, including a school-record 95-point effort in a victory over South Carolina’s Kimberly McCormack (1/28) ... closed the fall with a 90-point ride in a defeat of K-State’s Meredith Finch (11/20) and earned MVP honors for the second straight week ... first flat MVP came eight days earlier at Baylor (11/12) ... won 3 of 4 flat rides at the Varsity Equestrian National Championships ... fences MVPs came in 87-82 win over Oklahoma State (10/30) and 88-84 victory over K-State (11/20) ... 88-point fences ride against the Wildcats was a career high ... rattled off a season-high 7-show win streak over fences (10/30-2/26) ... her 33 rides (17 fences/16 flat) were a hunter seat school record and two shy of the overall team mark (35, Randi Standley, 2009-10) ... a success in the classroom as well, named both a first-team Academic All-Big 12 At-Large selection and named a Texas A&M Athletics Scholar Award winner.

2009-10 (SOPHOMORE)
Ranked second in the fences discipline with nine victories ... finished the year 9-9 and picked up two MVP awards ... posted eight 80-point rides ... earned first MVP of season and career on the road with 80-78 win over Oklahoma State’s Ally Blais (11/7) ... second came in first ride of spring season, downing Delaware State’s Kayleigh Karnbach, 83-67 (1/30) ... first victory of the year was one-pointer at Georgia (10/17), opening up her season-high six-show win streak ... other regular-season wins came over Baylor (10/31), Kansas State (11/6), South Dakota State (11/21) and New Mexico State (3/13) ... defeated K-State’s Bridget Doyle in Big 12 semifinals (3/26) ... opened Varsity Equestrian National Championships with 77.5-77 defeat of TCU’s Lauren Quiroz (4/15) ... earned a Texas A&M Athletics Scholar Award.

2008-09 (FRESHMAN)
Posted a 1-3 record in fences ... season point average was 73.0 ... picked up first collegiate victory with a 75-69 win over Oklahoma State’s Hannah Beresford (March 7) ... had an impressive 81-66 exhibition win over Baylor’s Heather Healy (Nov. 22) ... earned a Texas A&M/Verizon Athletics Scholar Award.

PERSONAL
Amelia Millikin Chafee is the daughter of Mark and Amy Chafee of Little Compton, Rhode Island ... Born April 21, 1990 in Providence, R.I. ... Has one sibling, Walker ... an international studies major ... enjoys tennis, movies, going to the beach and hanging out with friends ... plans on interning with horse trainers after graduation ... has participated in Habitat for Humanity ... chose A&M for the equestrian team, friendly campus, and rigorous academics ... 2008 graduate of the Ethel Walker School in Simsbury, Conn. ... earned `Cups’ for excellence in academics & athletics and for positive representation of the school through athletics ... lettered three years in equestrian and one year in tennis ... co-captain and MVP in equestrian as a senior ... trainer is Emil Spadone ... has primarily competed in equitation and jumping ... qualified for the North American Young Rider Championships in both 2008 and 2009 ... earned three top-10 finishes at the 2008 Devon Horse Show in Devon, Pa. (7th in WIHS Jumper Phase, 9th in USET Hunt Seat Medal, and 10th in USEF Show Jumping Talent Search) ... grabbed second in the ASPCA Maclay Class and third in Medium Jr. Jumper Classic at the 2008 Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Fla. ... placed eighth at the Zone 1 Medal Finals at the Grand Fall Classic in 2007 ... was fourth at the 2006 HBO National Jr. Medal Finals at HITS Saugerties in 2006 ... was sixth at the 2006 Kingston Trailer Jr. Medal Final at Fieldstone Farm.