Marlena Parker

Class:
Senior
High School:
Woodsong Academy
Hometown:
Cumming, Ga.

2015-16 SEC Community Service Team
2015-16 NCEA Beval Saddlery Honorable Mention Academic Team
2015-16 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll
2014-15 NCEA Academic First Team
2012-13 SEC All-Freshman Team
2012-13 Texas A&M Rookie of the Year

SENIOR (2015-16): Went 10-6-1 in Equitation over Fences and 8-8-1 with an MOP in Equitation on the Flat … Won all three of her points in Fences at the NCEA Championships … Earned MOP honors at Auburn (March 5) with a 92-86 victory over Tory Hoft … Posted a season-high 95 in Flat at Delaware State … Named to the SEC Community Service Team … Selected to the NCEA Beval Saddlery Honorable Mention Academic Team and Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll.

JUNIOR (2014-15): Led the equitation over fences squad with eight victories in 12 starts … Earned four MOP honors over fences, tied for a team-high with fellow senior Haley Buchmiller … Opened the season with two MOP rides over fences in three victories (UT-Martin 88-78, South Dakota State 90-65) … Notched four consecutive victories over fences through November and January … Added two more MOP honors over fences against Auburn (75-72) and Delaware State (85-82) … Earned two places in the top-five team rides over fences with her team-best 90-65 victory over South Dakota State and her 85-82 victory over Delaware State … Tallied seven victories on the flat in her final season …Earned her fifth MOP award of 2014-15 with an 84-82 victory against South Dakota State … Picked up two places in the top-five scores of the season with a 91 against Auburn and 89-88 victory over her opponent from South Carolina … Named to the NCEA Academic first team.

SOPHOMORE (2013-2014): Rode thirteen times for points in fences and thirteen times on the flat this season, finishing with average scores of 77.19 and 75.38, respectively…Received Most Outstanding Player honors against Georgia with a score of 87, while posting the third highest score in equitation over fences for the team…Other high scores include a tie for fourth on the high scores list with 86 against SMU and Georgia…Wins on the flat include triumphs over SMU, Georgia and South Caroline, all top-10 ranked teams…Performance against No. 3 Auburn marked her personal best score for the season at 91 , also placed second on the team’s high scores list…Recorded one winning ride at the SEC Tournament against South Carolina and won both her rides at the NCEA Championships, against Kansas State, for the second year in a row.

FRESHMAN (2012-2013): Competed 10 times in flat and 12 times in fences throughout the season, ending with winning percentages of .600 in both events…Received Most Outstanding Player honors in fences against No. 1 South Carolina with a score of 85, also tying for third highest score of the season…Win against No. 1 South Carolina over fences came with a margin of 15 points…Recorded a score of 85 on the flat against No. 5 South Carolina later in the season as well, also tying for third highest score of the season…Recorded one winning ride at the SEC Tournament and won both her rides at the NCEA Championships…Victories against Oklahoma State and USC at the NCEA Championships came by margins of 33 and 20 points, respectively…Named to the SEC All-Freshman team…Voted as Rookie of the Year by the team… Saw action in both the SEC Tournament and the NCEA Championships.

PERSONAL
Marlena Leigh Parker was born Feb. 22, 1994 to parents Frank and Marcie Parker ... Has two sisters, Olivia and Evelyn ... Majoring in sociology ... Enjoys playing the guitar and singing in her spare time ... Was involved in music and theatre in high school while interning at her church in student ministry and taking multiple mission trips including one in the summer of 2012 to the Philippines ... Took eighth place at the Alltech National Horse Show in the Older Large Juniors category ... Was Champion Zone Four Year End for the Older Large Juniors category and Champion Year End in the state of Georgia for Older Large Juniors.