Maggie Earle

Position:
Equitation/Over Fences
Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
High School:
Cathedral Catholic
Hometown:
Fallbrook, Calif.

Ended her career with more hunter seat MVPs than any other A&M rider (10) ... won four over fences and six on the flat ... six career flat MVPs are also a school record ... ranks fourth all-time in fences victories (27) and fifth in fences winning percentage (.571) ... set a school record with 84 hunter seat rides (49 fences, 35 flat) ... became first rider in NCEA history to go 8-0 at nationals.

2011-12 (SENIOR)
Named the team's fences MVP after going 10-4-1 and posting an average of 76.87 ... unbeaten in her final six rides of the year, including an unprecedented performance at the National Collegiate Equestrian Championships ... went 8-0 at NCEAs, winning four over fences and four on the flat to lead the Aggies to the overall national championship and the hunter seat team to its best finish since 2008 ... posted the two highest fences scores at NCEAs in school history, and did so on consecutive days ... scored a 177 in the quarterfinals against South Carolina All-American Carolyn Curcio (4/13), then bested it with a 180 in the finals against Baylor All-American Lisa Goldman (4/14) ... also picked up a quarterfinal win over Fresno's Hillary West (4/12) and a semifinal victory over Georgia's Carly Anthony (4/13) ... averaged 158 points at the Big 12 Championships, recording a tie and a win to lead the Aggies to the finals for the second straight season ... regular-season high score was 87 in win over Oklahoma State (11/5) ... went 9-6-1 on the flat, scoring a discipline-best two MVP awards ... scoring average was 73.06 ... lost just once on the flat in the final six weeks of the season ... four flat victories at NCEAs came against Fresno (4/12), South Carolina (4/13), Georgia All-American Michelle Morris (4/13) and Baylor All-American Lisa Goldman (4/14) ... season-high flat score came in 88-80 defeat of OSU's Allie Rose (11/5) and also earned her an MVP award ... topped OSU's Ellie Sparks 72-71 in Stillwater (2/25) for another MVP honor ... named a Texas A&M Athletics Scholar Award winner.

2010-11 (JUNIOR)
Combined for 8 victories on the year in both hunter seat disciplines ... went 6-6 on the flat with a discipline-high 3 MVP awards ... scoring average of 75.5 was second-highest among flat riders and fifth-highest overall on the hunter seat side ... score of 161 in the Big 12 finals against Oklahoma State (4/2) matched a school record at the event ... began the season with an MVP honor at Tennessee-Martin (9/25) following a 76-point ride ... scored a season-high 89 and took home MVP accolades in win over Oklahoma State’s Alice White (10/30) ... matched that with an 89-point ride in victory over South Carolina (1/28) ... claimed final flat MVP of year two weeks later with 78-68 victory over Baylor’s Melanie Appel (2/12) ... scored two wins over fences, at UT-Martin (9/25) and vs South Carolina (1/28) ... season-high score was 85 (vs SMU, 10/10) ... a second-team Academic All-Big 12 At-Large selection and named a Texas A&M Athletics Scholar Award winner.

2009-10 (SOPHOMORE)
Named the team’s most valuable rider over fences for the 2009-10 season ... was 10-8 over fences and 2-5 on the flat for the Aggies ... 10 fences victories led the discipline and was second among all A&M hunter seat riders ... season fences average was 75.67 ... posted six 80-point rides over fences, including two 90-pointers ... in fact, recorded four of the hunter seat squad’s five highest scores on the year ... became the first in school history to compete for the individual title over fences at the Varsity Equestrian National Championships ... had a hunter-seat high four MVP awards over fences, notching her first in a 91-78 win over Baylor’s Taylor Brown (10/31) ... broke the 90-point plateau again to close the fall season against South Dakota State (11/21) in a 90-71 victory ... also earned MVP accolades over fences in wins over K-State’s Bridget Doyle (2/19), 83-59, and New Mexico State’s Laura Bostwick (3/13), 88-69 ... other regular-season wins came against Fresno State (10/11), Kansas State (11/6), Delaware State (1/30), Baylor (2/13) and OSU (3/6) ... opened competition at the VENC with 75-71 win over TCU’s Taylor Frederick in the quarterfinals (4/15) ... was A&M’s fences representative two days later in the first-ever “ride-off” to determine the overall national champion ... longest fences win streak was four ... two victories on the flat came against Oklahoma State (11/7) and New Mexico State (3/13) ... ride against NMSU earned her first flat MVP of career thanks to a 90-78 victory over Marisa Bernal ... score was the team’s only 90-point effort on the flat all season ... also posted a pair of flat exhibition wins ... earned a top-four finish at the inaugural Winter Equestrian Festival Collegiate Equitation Challenge in February in south Florida.

2008-09 (FRESHMAN)
Went 5-1-1 in fences competitions in her first season in Aggieland, earning the team’s hunter seat Rookie of the Year award ... winning percentage of .786 was tops among hunter seat riders ... picked up a four-point victory in her first collegiate ride, defeating Oklahoma State’s Alice White 77-73 in Stillwater (Nov. 8) ... tied TCU’s Jessica Hagen, 79-79, one week later (Nov. 15) ... won her final four rides of the year, marking her longest win streak of the season ... downed Baylor’s Mary Smitson, 77-75 (Feb. 7) ... wrapped the season with victories over Kansas State’s Leslie Yates (79-73, Feb. 20), OSU’s Jaclyn Osterstock (76-72, March 7) and New Mexico State’s Brianna Raab (78-68, March 13) ... 10-point win over Raab marked season-high point spread for her and was A&M’s high score in fences in the win over the Aggies ... season point average was 76.0.

PERSONAL
Margaret Louise Earle is the daughter of Ted and Kathy Earle ... born April 19, 1990 in Fallbrook ... has one sibling, Drew ... history major ... enjoys shopping, going to the movies, and hanging out with friends ... plans on attending graduate school ... chose A&M for the equestrian team ... 2008 graduate of Cathedral Catholic High School in Del Mar, Calif. ... lettered one year in equestrian and was team captain ... has been riding 11 years, primarily hunter/jumper and equitation ... trainer is Emily Esau ... U.S. Equestrian Federation (USEF) Hunt Seat Medal regional finalist and ASPCA Maclay medal regional finalist, while being both a USEF Talent Search medal winner and an ASPCA Maclay medal winner during week two of the Arizona HITS Circuit ... won the ASPCA honor in back-to-back weeks on the circuit ... in weeks two and three of the Arizona HITS circuit, was a Washington International Horse Show (WIHS) medal winner and was the large junior hunter champion in week three of the HITS circuit ... was also the West Coast Equestrian (WCE) medal winner at the Capital Challenge during HITS Thermal Championship Week, and the hunter champion in the Maclay class at the Pebble Beach Summer Classic in 2008.