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2023-24 Equestrian Roster

Wayne Gooden
Wayne Gooden

Taylor Madden

  • Position Jumping Seat
  • Class SR
  • Hometown Wellington, Fla.

Biography

2023-24 (Sr.): Went 9-7 in Fences and 10-5-1 on the Flat...Earned three MOPs on the Flat against Auburn (11/11), at UC Davis (11/18) and against South Dakota State (1/27)...Went a combined 5-1 at Nationals between Fences and Flat. AWARDS: NCEA Nationals MOP (Flat)...NCEA All-Championship Team (Flat)...NCEA First Team Academic All-American...NCEA Academic Honor Roll.

2022-23 (Jr.): Compiled a 6-6-1 record over Fences... Finished with a 7-6-1 record on the Flat... Earned MOP honors three times: at OSU (10/1), at UT Martin (2/11), at South Carolina (2/23)... AWARDS: All-Championship Fences Team, NCEA All-Academic First-Team

2021-22 (So.): Rode to a 10-1-1 record in the Flat, and went 5-5 in Fences … claimed one MOP in Fences with an 83-point performance against Sweet Briar (3/4) … In Fences, scored a season-high 87 against Texas A&M (3/5) for the Mustangs in the discipline, and logged the fourth-best score (83) against Sweet Briar (3/4) … In the Flat, rode four of the team’s top-10 season scores in the discipline for the season -88.5 vs. UT Martin (10/2), 88.0 at Delaware State (10/2), 85.5 at UC Davis (11/4), and 85.5 vs. Fresno State (11/6) … AWARDS: Ariat All-American (Flat) … NCEA Flat Rider of the Year … ECAC Flat Rider of the Year … ECAC Flat Rider of the Week (10/13) … NCEA All-Academic Second Team.

2020-21 (Fr.): Flat Record: 10-1 … Fences Record: 5-6-1 … Won first collegiate Flat point versus UT Martin (1/30) and first Fences point versus South Dakota State (1/29) … Earned back-to-back Flat MOPs with an 87 versus TCU (3/5) and a season-high 94 against Fresno State (3/6) … Won three Flat points at NCEA Nationals with scores of 231, 245 and 254, which was the highest Flat score of the entire week … Competed in Fences during all three Nationals matchups … AWARDS: NCEA All-Championship Flat … NCEA Flat Second Team All-American … ECAC Flat Rider of the Year … All-ECAC Flat … ECAC Fences Rider of the Week (Feb. 9)

Prep: Champion at 2020 USEF Dover Hunt Seat Medal Finals ... Reserve Champion at 2020 ASPCA Maclay Finals ... Reserve Champion at 2020 North American Junior Equitation Championships ... Earned 4th place at 2020 Platinum Performance USEF Talent Search Finals, 8th place in 2019 and 3rd place in 2017 ... Earned 4th at 2020 Gladestone Cup West ... Reserve Champion at 2020 Junior Hunter National Championship West ... Champion at 2019 New England Equitation Championships … Champion at 2019 and 2018 Zone 2 ASPCA Maclay Regionals … Trained by her parents, who are professional riders … Started riding at 2

Personal: Born in January of 2002 in New York … Parents are Jennifer and Frank Madden … Aunt, Beezie Madden, is a professional show jumper … Was attracted to SMU for the beautiful campus and riding facility

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21FR

    Jumping Seat
  • 2021-22SO

    Jumping Seat
  • 2022-23JR

    Jumping Seat
  • 2023-24SR

    Jumping Seat