Marisa Bernal

Position:
Equitation/Over Fences
Height:
5-2
Class:
Senior
High School:
La Cueva
Hometown:
Albuquerque, N.M.

2011-12 (SENIOR)
Rode 12 times on the flat, compiling a 7-3-2 record … average score was 67.5 … unbeaten in her first seven appearances of the season … career-high 87-point ride against Oklahoma State (11/5) was one of the team’s highest scores of the year … earned first career MVP in 84-78 victory at SMU (2/3) … scored a 151 in first career postseason appearance, defeating Baylor’s Lisa Goldman in the Big 12 semifinals (3/30) … also earned a victory in the Big 12 championship round against Oklahoma State (3/31) ... named a Texas A&M Athletics Scholar Award winner.

2010-11 (JUNIOR)
Rode six times for the Aggies on the flat, picking up a pair of wins ... 85-point ride against Oklahoma State’s Sarah Gesick (10/30) was a season-high and earned her first career A&M victory ... also defeated K-State’s Kali Yates, 74-59 (11/20) ... season scoring average was 71.5, fourth-best on the flat and ninth-best in hunter seat.

2009-10 (SOPHOMORE/NEW MEXICO STATE)
Named the Aggies’ most valuable rider in her second season in Las Cruces ... competed in the inaugural WEF Collegiate Equitation Challenge in Feburary, held in Wellington, Florida.

2008-09 (FRESHMAN/NEW MEXICO STATE)
Named the team’s Rookie of the Year ... posted a 9-2 record in equitation over fences ... earned MVP honors against Oklahoma State ... went 5-6 on the flat, notching MVP awards against Fresno State, TCU, Texas Tech and West Texas A&M.

PERSONAL
Marisa Yvonne Bernal is the daughter of Albert and Yvonne Bernal of Albuquerque ... born October 27, 1989 in Albuquerque ... has two siblings, Lethy and Jessica ... a nutrition major, plans to attend pharmacy school upon graduation ... 2008 graduate of La Cueva High School ... a standout soccer player, lettered three years for the Bears ... was an all-state selection as a senior, leading her team to the state championship ... has been riding 14 years, primarily hunter/jumper ... has shown competitively in Children’s Jumpers and the Equitation Division ... was the NMHJA Top Notch Farm Equitation Challenge Medal Final Champion, the NMHJA Equibest Medal Final Champion and the NMHJA Low Child/Adult Jumpers in 2004 and 2005 ... named the Arizona Champion in Low Children Jumpers and Colorado Summer Circuit Champion in both Low Children Jumpers and 1-meter jumpers in 2005 ... led the NMHJA 15-17 Equitation Division in 2007.