2014-15 Equestrian Roster
Alex Desiderio
- Position:
- Equitation/Over Fences
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Penn Foster Online
- Hometown:
- Chester, N.J.
- 2017-18 Ariat NCEA Fences All-America Second Team
- 2017-18 Farnam NCEA Academic Honorable Mention Team
- 2018 NCEA February Fences Rider of the Month
- 2017-18 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2016-17 AQHA NCEA Academic Second Team
- 2016-17 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
- 2015-16 Equitation Over Fences All-SEC Team
- 2015-16 Equitation on the Flat All-SEC Team
- 2015-16 NCEA Beval Saddlery Academic Second Team
- 2015-16 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2014-15 Equitation over Fences SEC All-Freshman Team
- 2014-15 Equitation over Fences SEC Freshman of the Year
SENIOR (2017-18): Named a NCEA Second Team All-American in Fences … Finished the season with 12 wins in Flat and tallied one MOP vs South Dakota State (9/23) … Went 14-5-2 in Fences while earning two MOPs against TCU (1/25) and Baylor (2/24) … Scored a team season-high of 95 in Flat at South Dakota State on Sept 23 ... Named to the Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll.
JUNIOR (2016-17): Named to the American Quarter Horse Association NCEA Academic Second Team … Notched six victories in Fences … Went 2-2 at the NCEA Championship with victories against DSU and TCU … Tallied a season-high score of 92 against TCU in March and recorded her only MOP of the season … Went 10-7-1 in Flat … Tallied one MOP at South Carolina … Finished the season on a five meet win streak … Went undefeated at the NCEA Championship … Scored a season-high 87 in four competitions … Earned a victory at the SEC Championship against South Carolina … Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
SOPHOMORE (2015-16): Posted a 10-7 record in Equitation Over Fences with two MOPs … Went 9-7 with a pair of MOP honors in Equitation on the Flat … Voted to the Fences and Flat All-SEC Teams as voted on by the league’s coaches … Was named MOP in Fences against South Carolina (Oct. 29) and Kansas State (Nov. 20) … Earned Flat MOP honors in back-to-back meets (at South Carolina; vs. Oklahoma State) … Scored a season-high 91 in Flat at Auburn (March 5) … Went 4-2 in SEC meets in Equitation over Fences … Was named to the NCEA’s Beval Saddlery Academic Second Team and Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll.
FRESHMAN (2014-15): Held an 8-6 record in her rookie campaign … strung together three consecutive wins to open the season, scoring above an 80 in each outing (85, 81, 81) … averaged a 78.65 in her freshman season … took home MOP honors against New Mexico State with a season- and career-high 86 … her 164-158 victory against South Carolina in the SEC Championship open round helped propel the team to its first SEC Championship final … named to the Equitation over Fences SEC All-Freshman team, as well as freshman of the year in the same discipline.
