Elizabeth Solch

Position:
Equitation
Height:
5-4
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Cincinnati, Ohio

Leaves Aggieland as the school’s all-time winningest flat rider with 29 victories … 51 rides on the flat rank second all-time … ranks third in flat MVPs (5) and fourth in winning percentage (.598).

2011-12 (SENIOR)
Earned All-Big 12 honors on the flat … went 7-6 on the year with one MVP … went undefeated at the Big 12 Championship, helping the Aggies to the finals for the second straight season … set a school Big 12 Championship record on the flat with a 164 against Oklahoma State (3/31) … won MVP honors on senior day with an 81-79 defeat of Baylor’s Sam Schaefer (3/10) … season-high score was an 88 against OSU’s Ellie Sparks (11/5), also the highest score by an Aggie flat rider on the year … a first-team selection to both the NCEA Academic All-America and Academic All-Big 12 teams … one of two athletes in the Big 12 to be nominated with a perfect 4.0 GPA ... named a Texas A&M Outstanding Athletics Scholar Award winner.

2010-11 (JUNIOR)
Flat team captain ... finished the year with a 9-6 record, second highest win total in the discipline ... scoring average of 74.33 was third highest among flat riders ... scored a combined 161 points in the Big 12 semifinals against K-State’s Rachel Webster (4/1), the highest flat score in A&M’s Big 12 Championship history ... set a career high with a 92-point ride in an MVP performance at Fresno State (3/26), the second-highest score on the flat in school history ... began the year on a 5-show win streak, dropping foes from UT Martin (9/25), SMU (10/10), Oklahoma State (10/30), Auburn (11/5) and Baylor (11/12) ... one of the most outstanding scholar-athletes in all of A&M athletics, was awarded the title of “Outstanding Junior” by the Texas A&M College of Liberal Arts in December ... also joined Aggie football quarterback Ryan Tannehill as the school’s recipients of the prestigious Dr. Prentice Gautt Postgraduate Scholarships, awarded by the Big 12 Conference ... was a first-team Academic All-Big 12 At-Large selection with a perfect 4.0 grade point average, one of just seven of the 174-member team to do so ... also named a Texas A&M Outstanding Athletics Scholar Award winner.

2009-10 (SOPHOMORE)
Named the team’s most valuable rider on the flat for the 2009-10 season ... rode in every show of the season for the Aggies, totaling a 13-6-2 record on the flat ... 13 wins led all A&M hunter seat riders and ranked forth overall on the entire squad ... racked up three MVP honors to lead the discipline ... season average was 74.76, including four 80-plus point rides ... longest win streak was five ... unbeaten in 10 rides from Nov. 7-March 27 ... picked up back-to-back MVP awards in wins over South Dakota State (11/21) and Delaware State (1/30) ... posted season highs in score (85) and victory margin (34) in MVP win over Hornets ... 159-138 win over K-State’s Kali Yates in Big 12 semifinals (3/26) earned her third MVP accolade of season ... also victorious in Big 12 title match, 148-147, against Heather Healy of Baylor (3/27) ... lone win at Varsity Equestrian National Championships came in semifinals against Georgia’s Carly Anthony (4/16), 158-157 ... earned the No. 5 seed in the individual flat championship at the VENC ... defeated South Carolina’s Carly Babcock, 164-162, and advanced to the semifinals ... earned a Texas A&M Athletics Scholar Award.

2008-09 (FRESHMAN)
Named the prestigious Aggie Heart Award at the team’s annual banquet ... rode twice on the flat for the Aggies, posting an 0-1-1 record ... tied Oklahoma State’s Sarah Summers, 75-75, in A&M’s regular-season home finale (March 7) ... picked up a 69-66 exhibition win over OSU’s Laura Conley (Nov. 8) ... defeated Baylor’s Kelly Albury, 77-70, in an exhibition ride in Waco (Nov. 22) ... earned a Texas A&M/Verizon Athletics Scholar Award.
2007-08: Redshirted ... Earned a Texas A&M/Verizon Athletics Scholar Award as well as an Outstanding Athletics Scholar Award for achieving a 4.0.

PERSONAL
Elizabeth Anne Solch is the daughter of Walter Solch and Joyce LaFontaine ... Born Aug. 25, 1989 in Cincinnati ... Has a younger brother, Joseph ... Majoring in international studies with a minor in economics and Asian studies ... chose A&M for the strong equestrian team ... Member of Phi Eta Sigma, the National Society of Collegiate Scholars... Enjoys running and reading ... 2007 home school graduate ... Has been riding 11 years, primarily equitation and jumpers ... Took third at the 2006 Brownland Fall Grand Prix ... Various placings and reserve champion in junior high amateur owner jumpers at the 2006 Horse Shows by the Bay, Kentucky Spring and Kentucky Summer ... Took first at the 2004 OHJA Medal Finals ... Was also first at the USEF National Pony Finals in 2002.