WACO, Texas (NCEA/SMU) – Five members of the SMU equestrian team earned Ariat National Collegiate Equestrian Association (NCEA) All-America honors, the association announced in a release on Tuesday. SMU has at least one All-American in each event.

Madison Rafacz earned First-Team All-America honors after an explosive freshman season. The Ocala native posted an unblemished record of 8-0-2, collecting four MOPs along the way. Rafacz was named Arion NCEA Rider of the Month three times this season, the most by a freshman in a single season in NCEA history.

Sophomore Caroline Signorino was named to the NCEA All-America Second Team for Fences. The newcomer recorded a Fences mark of 7-2-0 while also competing on Flat as well. Signorino took home an MOP against Oklahoma State on March 7 after recording a season-high point of 87.

Captain Augusta Iwasaki was named an NCEA All-America Honorable Mention on Flat for the second consecutive season. The senior has also earned All-America honors in Fences throughout her career. The California native went 7-2-1 on Flat this season, earning two MOPs and a high point of 88. Iwasaki also competes in Fences, where she posted a record of 6-4-0 and secured four MOPs. The rider has the second-most career MOPs in SMU history with 20.

SMU had two riders earn NCEA All-America Honorable Mention status for Horsemanship this season: Jayna Lagace and Violet Shetler. Logging a record of 6-3-1, Lagace has collected two back-to-back MOPs and has posted a season-high point of 80. Her performance in January earned her NCEA Rider of the Month. 

Violet Shetler also found tremendous success this campaign, going 7-3-0 in Horsemanship and nabbing three MOPs. A two-time NCEA Rider of the Month, Shetler put up a career high of 79 in SMU's victory over then-No. 3 South Carolina.

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SMU will face the fourth-seeded South Carolina Gamecocks (10-5) on Thursday, April 16, at 7:30 a.m. CT, at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida.