Kori Pickett

Position:
Over Fences
Height:
5-4
Class:
Senior
High School:
Glenelg
Hometown:
Mount Airy, Md.

2011-12 (JUNIOR)
Fences team captain ... narned the coveted Aggie Heart Award at the team’s annual season-ending banquet … award is presented to the team member that best exemplifies what it means to be an Aggie, always puts the team's needs ahead of her own while setting a positive example both in and out of the arena, and strives to push others to be their best ... rode 15 times over fences … six wins ranked fourth among the discipline … season scoring average was 72.2 … won her final two rides at NCEAs, helping the Aggies to an overall national championship and the hunter seat team to its best finish since 2008 … first ride of the year produced her fourth career MVP in a 77-60 defeat of Delaware State’s Breann Huyett (9/23) … regular season high score was 79 points in a win over Georgia (10/8) ... named a Texas A&M Outstanding Athletics Scholar Award winner ... was a first team NCEA Academic All-America selection and a first-team Academic All-Big 12 honoree.

2010-11 (SOPHOMORE)
One of three fences riders (Lia Chafee, Emily Williams) to compete in all 17 shows ... totaled a 10-7 mark, the third-highest win total on the squad ... season scoring average of 74.65 ... posted a career-best 86-point ride in win over South Carolina’s Kimberly McCormack (1/28), earning MVP honors ... opened the year on a 4-show win streak, including a pair of 84-point rides against UT Martin (9/25) and SMU (10/10) ... a first-team Academic All-Big 12 At-Large selection ... named a Texas A&M Athletics Scholar Award winner ... earned the “Miss Aggie” award at the annual season-ending banquet, given to the team member who most represents what it means to be an Aggie.

2009-10 (FRESHMAN)
Named the team’s hunter seat Rookie of the Year ... rode in all but the first two shows of the season for Texas A&M as a true freshman ... finished the year 8-7-1 over fences with two MVP awards ... average score was 75.75, second on the team in the discipline ... longest win streak was four ... notched four regular-season rides of 80 points or greater ... posted a season-high 84 points in first career win, a five-point victory over Baylor (10/31) ... earned first career MVP one week later, defeating Jen Rawle of Kansas State in Manhattan (11/6) ... other regular-season victories came against Oklahoma State (11/7), South Dakota State (11/21), Kansas State (2/19) and New Mexico State (3/13) ... undefeated in two rides at the Big 12 Championship, including an MVP-winning 163-146 victory over KSU’s Katie Mellon in the semifinals (3/26) ... earned A&M’s lone point over fences against Baylor in the title match one day later (3/27) after a 158-153 defeat of Kara Fergusson ... earned a Texas A&M Athletics Scholar Award.

PERSONAL
Kori Marie Pickett is the daughter of Brian and Laura Pickett of Mount Airy, Maryland ... born June 29, 1991 in Columbia, Maryland ... has an older brother, Chris ... a human resource development major with a minor in business ... chose Texas A&M for the equestrian team, the traditions and the campus ... a 2009 graduate of Glenelg High School in Glenelg, Maryland ... was a member of the National Honor Society ... has been riding her whole life, primarily hunters and jumpers ... personal trainers are Patty Foster and Mary Lisa Leffler ... has won ribbons in junior hunters, pony hunters and children’s jumpers at the Harrisburg, Washington and Devon shows, among others ... placed second and third in low junior jumpers in Jacksonville in 2008 ... enjoys baking, riding her bike, going to the movies, grilling, eating, running, playing with her dog, online shopping, watching Ravens football, and practicing her British accent in her spare time.