Laura Sumrall

Position:
Reining
Height:
5-6
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Parklane Academy
Hometown:
Summitt, Miss.

#FastFacts

2015 SEC All-Championship Team
2015 All-SEC Reining Team
2015 NCEA All-America Second Team
2015 NCEA Academic First Team

SENIOR (2014-15): Led the reining squad with 12 victories in 15 starts … Opened the season 8-0 … Took home MOP honors against SMU after a 70-68 victory … Scored a season- and team-high 75.5 against Georgia in the SEC Championship … Two scores of 73 against Delaware State and Auburn held sixth place on the team in 2014-15 … Notched two wins at the SEC Championship, including an MOP ride in the final round (150-145.5) … Her mark of 150 in the SEC Championship final earned Sumrall a place on the SEC All-Championship team as well as the highest reining mark in the history of the SEC Championship … Earned NCEA All-America second team honors … Named to the reining All-SEC team … Earned a place on the NCEA Academic first team.

FRESHMAN (2011-2012): Undefeated in two varsity rides in reining, averaging 72.5 points … posted late-season wins over K-State (3/2) and Baylor (3/10) … also rode in three exhibitions, picking up a pair of victories ... rode to a third-place finish at the Ariat Kentucky Reining Cup's World Freestyle Championship in late April in Lexington ... score of 224.5 made her the both the top amateur and top female finisher, despite being the youngest competitor in the field ... named a Texas A&M Athletics Scholar Award winner.

PERSONAL
Laura Elizabeth Sumrall is the daughter of Hiram and Dr. Dawn Sumrall of Summitt, Mississippi ... born September 15, 1992 in Flowood, Mississippi ... has an older brother, Austin, who is a student at the Culinary Institute of America in New York City ... an agricultural communication and journalism major ... would like to attend medical school upon graduation ... mother attended Texas A&M ... a 2011 graduate of Parklane Academy in McComb, Mississippi ... named “Most Likely to Succeed” and “Miss Parklane” ... a member of Mu Alpha Theta and vice president of the Honor Society ... was the editor of her high school’s newspaper, The Pioneer Press ... with 16 years of dancing experience under her belt, was on the cheerleading squad for 5 years and the dance line for one ... has been riding 13 years in most western disciplines, but has been a reiner since the age of 12 ... trainer is Randy Schaffhauser ... has won a pair of silver medals and a bronze at the USEF Reining Championship over the last 3 years ... was a finalist at the 2011 Level 1 Non-Pro Derby, taking third place ... participated in the World Equestrian Games in 2010 in the freestyle reining discipline ... was the 2008 Palomino youth reining world champion and the 2003 ABRA Youth barrel racing world champion ... enjoys reading, writing, photography, baking and music in her spare time ... took a two-week trip to Ireland with her mother upon graduation, and lists it as one of the most exciting things she’s experienced in her life.