NCEA Release
 
WACO, TEXAS (SMU) – The SMU equestrian team contributed 23 honorees to the 2022 NCEA All-Academic Teams and Academic Honor Roll, the National Collegiate Equestrian Association (NCEA) announced Friday.
 
The Mustangs included on the NCEA All-Academic First Team are Lily Anderson, Madigan Eppink, Payton Neiberger, Alex Pielet, Miranda Seade, and Megan Waldron. Emma Jolly, Taylor Madden, Devin Seek, and Mallory Vroegh were all given second-team distinction. Chalyce Head, Madi Johnson, Nya Kearns, Katy Merchant, and Jill Pfisthner were named to the Honorable Mention team.
 
SMU added eight names to the academic honor roll: Hana Bieling, Faith Davis, Katherine Delagarza, Rebecca Figueroa, Becky Morris, Katie Shepherd, Macie Soderquist, and Olivia Woodson.
 
Eppink, Waldron, Seek, and Vroegh have all earned all-academic recognition for three consecutive years. Pfisthner's honorable mention award marks the fourth-consecutive all-academic mark of her SMU career.
 
To earn a first-team designation, riders must have competed in a minimum of 70 percent of their school's meets, not including demo or exhibition rides, and must have a cumulative GPA of 3.5 while maintaining full-time enrollment in the previous spring and fall semesters, respectively. Second team honors requires competing in a minimum of 60 percent of meets, while maintaining a cumulative 3.25 GPA full-time enrolled through the previous spring and fall semesters. Honorable mention requires the rider having competed in 50 percent of meets while maintaining at least a 3.0. Those who earned NCEA Academic Honor Roll recognition are the top student athletes who have earned a cumulative GPA of 3.25 while maintaining full-time enrollment the previous two semesters.
 
The seventh-seeded Mustangs open NCEA Nationals in Ocala, Fla. on April 14.