2011-12 Equestrian Roster
Katie Lisabeth
- Position:
- Horsemanship
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Bradenton Prep
- Hometown:
- Canton, Ga.
Wrapped career ranking third all-time in horsemanship in both victories (38) and MVPs (8) … 60 rides rank second in the discipline … became one of the first riders in school history to win a western national title in each of her four years.
2011-12 (SENIOR)
Horsemanship team captain … went 8-8 on the year with an MVP and a scoring
average of 72.00 … picked up a pair of victories in the postseason, one coming
in the Big 12 finals over Oklahoma State’s Lindsey McMullen (3/31) and the
other over Fresno State All-American Lauren Crivelli in the NCEA quarterfinals (4/12)
… picked up eighth career MVP with a 76.5-74.5 defeat of Baylor’s Chelsea
Retmier in Waco (11/18) … season high score of 77.5 came in win at New Mexico
State (10/15) … season-long win streak was three (10/8-28) … a second-team
Academic All-Big 12 honoree … named a Texas A&M Athletics Scholar Award
winner.
2010-11 (JUNIOR)
Horsemanship team captain ... earned honorable mention All-America accolades from the Varsity Equestrian National Championship committee after strong junior season ... tied for the western team lead with an 11-3-1 record in horsemanship ... scoring average of 73.88 was second-highest on the western squad ... tallied 3 MVPs on the season ... went a perfect 3-0 at the Varsity Equestrian National Championships, helping lead the Aggie western riders to their third straight national title ... 154.5-point ride in VENC semifinals against Georgia (4/15) was the second-highest horsemanship score in school history at the event ... 80-point ride in MVP performance against Baylor (2/12) was a career high and the second-highest horsemanship score in school history ... 156-point showing in Big 12 finals against Oklahoma State (4/2) earned another MVP accolade and set a school Big 12 Championship record in horsemanship ... took home first MVP of the year in first ride, a 73-71 victory at UT-Martin (9/25) ... also was victorious against Auburn (11/5), Kansas State (11/20 and 2/26), South Carolina (1/28) and Fresno State (3/26).
2009-10 (SOPHOMORE)
Third among Aggie horsemanship riders with nine victories ... finished the year 9-7 with two MVPs and a score average of 72.50 ... competed in all but the first two shows of the year ... four rides of 75 points or higher in regular-season action ... season-best score was 76.5 (three times) ... opened the year with two wins, including an MVP performance in 76.5-73 win over Baylor’s Meghan Murphy (10/31) ... other regular-season wins came against Delaware State (1/30), Oklahoma State (3/6) and New Mexico State (3/13) ... earned MVP accolades in Big 12 semifinals after downing K-State’s Laura Browne, 151.5-145.5 (3/26) ... victorious in semifinal and final rounds of Varsity Equestrian National Championships, helping lead the Aggies to the western national title ... defeated Georgia’s Dana Wilson, 140-137.5 (4/16), then KSU’s Mikaela Sundgren, 146-143 (4/17) en route to the team championship ... longest win streak was three ... earned a Texas A&M Athletics Scholar Award.
2008-09 (FRESHMAN)
Burst on to the collegiate scene with a 10-3 record in the horsemanship discipline as a true freshman ... was named the team’s Western Rookie of the Year ... her 10 horsemanship victories was second on the squad ... had two MVP honors ... opened her career with an impressive 74-64.5 win over Oklahoma State’s Mamie Tomlin in Stillwater (Nov. 8) ... would go on to score points in four of the Aggies’ next five competitions, defeating TCU’s Kelly Morris (72.5-72, Nov. 15), South Carolina’s Maggie Fortune (69.5-67, Jan. 31), Baylor’s Nicole McCoy (75.5-74, Feb. 7) and Kansas State’s Mikaela Sundgren (74.5-73, Feb. 20) ... win over the Gamecocks’ Fortune earned MVP honors for the first time in her career ... one of just three Aggies to win all five rides in postseason action, helping A&M to the western national title ... was named MVP in the Big 12 semifinals after a 148-143 victory over OSU’s Nichole Chirico (March 27) ... defeated Laura Browne of K-State, 144.5-141.5, in the third-place match (March 28) ... at the Varsity Equestrian National Championships, picked up wins over New Mexico State’s Tonna Brooks, 144.5-141, in the quarterfinals (April 16) and OSU’s Courtney Whitacre, 145.5-132.5, in the semifinals (April 17) ... rode to a 150.5-148.5 victory over Ashley Aikman of TCU in the national championship show (April 18) ... regular-season score average was 71.94 ... postseason average was 146.60 ... season-best win streak was five to close out the year.
PERSONAL
Kathryn Anne Lisabeth is the daughter of David and Debbie Lisabeth of Canton, Georgia ... born June 15, 1990 in Evansville, Indiana ... has an older sister, Casie, and two older brothers, Kyle and Ryan ... animal science major ... enjoys showing, shopping, and hanging out with friends ... plans on training and showing horses after graduation ... sister, Casie, is a former team member who is now the western coach at Kansas State ... chose A&M for the environment, school spirit and coaches ... 2008 graduate of Bradenton Preparatory Academy in Bradenton, Florida ... has been riding all her life, mostly western all-around ... trainer is Robin Frid ... finished sixth in trail and eighth in horsemanship at the 2008 AQHYA world show ... is the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) Congress champion in western riding and has AQHA Superior ratings in horsemanship, showmanship, trail and western riding ... won 2008 AQHA Circuit Championships at the Texas Classic, Gold Coast (Fla.), and Silver Dollar Circuit (Las Vegas) ... placed third in horsemanship and fifth in western riding at the 2009 AQHYA World Show in Oklahoma City.
