Aggies Garner 12 All-SEC Honors

COLLEGE STATION – The Texas A&M Equestrian team earned 12 All-SEC honors from seven riders, highlighted by Co-SEC Horsemanship Rider of the Year Avery Ellis, Co-Freshman Fences Rider of the Year Caroline Dance and Co-Freshman Horsemanship Rider of the Year Alex Albright, the conference office announced Friday.
 
Ellis was voted as the Co-SEC Horsemanship Rider of the Year for the second straight year, and was named to the Horsemanship All-SEC Team for her third consecutive year. The College Station native headlined the Horsemanship team with a 12-3-1 mark on the season, while earning four MOPs.
 
Dance led the way for the Aggies after earning three awards. Dance was selected as the Co-Freshman Fences Rider of the Year, while also earning a spot on both the Fences All-SEC and Fences All-Freshman teams. The West Chester, Pa., native was named Most Outstanding Player (MOP) three times during the season and tallied a 12-4 record, ranking second on the team.
 
Bailey Cook earned a spot on the Horsemanship team after posting a 10-5-1 record and going 4-2 against SEC opponents.
 
Albright was selected as the Co-Freshman Horsemanship Rider of the Year and was named to the Horsemanship All-Freshman team. The Lockport, Ill., native tallied seven victories in her first season, four coming against SEC competitors.
 
Rachael Hake represented the Aggies on the Fences All-SEC Team for the second straight year. Hake headed up the Fences squad with a 13-3-1 mark on the season, while going 8-1 overall and 4-1 against conference competitors in the spring. The Washington, Mich., native was named to the SEC All-Freshman teams for both Fences and Flat in 2016.
 
Rebekah Chenelle garnered dual honors for the second year in a row, earning a spot on the Fences and Flat All-SEC Teams. The Hebron, Conn., native earned a program-high five MOPs in Fences after going 11-3-3. In Flat, the junior led the squad with 11 victories, five against SEC opponents, while being named MOP twice.
 
In Reining, Kalee McCann was voted to the All-SEC team after leading the squad with nine victories and two MOPs this season.
 
The Aggies return to action April 18-21 at the NCEA Championships in Waco, Texas.
 
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ALL-SEC AWARDS
Coach of the Year:  Meghan Boenig, Georgia
 
Equitation Over Fences Rider of the Year: Maddy Darst, Georgia
Equitation On The Flat Co-Rider of the Year: Hayley Iannotti, Auburn and Addyson Cord, Georgia
Horsemanship Co-Rider of the Year: Bailey Anderson, Georgia and Avery Ellis, Texas A&M
Reining Co-Rider of the Year: Betsy Brown, Auburn and Graysen Stroud, Georgia
 
Co-Freshmen Equitation Over Fences Rider of the Year:  Taylor St. Jacques, Auburn and Caroline Dance, Texas A&M
Freshman Equitation On The Flat Rider of the Year:  Taylor St. Jacques, Auburn
Co-Freshmen Horsemanship Rider of the Year: Deanna Green, Auburn and Alex Albright, Texas A&M
Freshman Reining Rider of the Year: Terri June Granger, Auburn
 
Equitation Over Fences All-SEC Team
Caitlin Boyle, Auburn
Taylor St. Jacques, Auburn
Maddy Darst, Georgia
Addyson Cord, Georgia
Rebekah Chenelle, Texas A&M 
Rachael Hake, Texas A&M 
Caroline Dance, Texas A&M 
 
Equitation On The Flat All-SEC Team
Hayley Iannotti, Auburn
Grace Bridges, Georgia
Addyson Cord, Georgia
Maddy Darst, Georgia
Rebekah Chenelle, Texas A&M 
 
Horsemanship All-SEC Team
Deanna Green, Auburn
Kelsey Jung, Auburn
Bailey Anderson, Georgia
Graysen Stroud, Georgia
Avery Ellis, Texas A&M
Bailey Cook, Texas A&M
 
Reining All-SEC Team
Betsy Brown, Auburn
Terri June Granger, Auburn
Annabeth Payne, Georgia
Graysen Stroud, Georgia
Kalee McCann, Texas A&M
 
Equitation Over Fences SEC All-Freshman Team
Taylor St. Jacques, Auburn
Carly Hoft, Auburn
Louisa Brackett, South Carolina
Tyler Petrie, South Carolina
Caroline Dance, Texas A&M
 
Equitation on the Flat SEC All-Freshman Team
Taylor St. Jacques, Auburn
Billi Brandner, South Carolina
Louisa Brackett, South Carolina 
Horsemanship SEC All-Freshman Team
Deanna Green, Auburn
Taylor Searles, Auburn
Alex Albright, Texas A&M
 
Reining SEC All-Freshman Team
Terri June Granger, Auburn
Deanna Green, Auburn
Savanna Ostner, Auburn
Jordan Carpenter, Georgia