Meet The Team!
2023-2024

Maddy Bryne
Western Team Class 13
Year: Senior
Major: Animal Science-Range Management
Home town: Santa Clarita, CA
Favorite Horse: Jimbo
Fun Fact: I have a three legged lizard named Legolas

McKenna Quirk
Western Team Class 14
Year: Senior
Major: Microbiology/Pre-Vet
Home town: Missoula, MT
Favorite Horse: Rolo
Fun Fact: My family has two corgis and their names are Puck and Spice!
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James O’Connor
Western Team Class 13
Year: Senior
Major: Animal Science
Home town: Charleston, SC
Favorite Horse: Rio
Fun Fact: I am a triplet.

Andrea Prince
English Team Class 6/7
Year: Junior
Major: Equine Science
Home town: Carlsbad, CA
Favorite Horse: I can’t choose just one! (Is it cheating if I say my horse? Because technically he’s at the MSU barn!)
Fun Fact: I have a snake and a 3 year old mustang.

Gwen Collins
Western Team Class 12b
Year: Junior
Major: Agriculture Education
Home town: Wilsall, MT
Favorite Horse: Cisco
Fun Fact: I spend my summers making floral arrangements for my Mom's business, so if you need flowers for any occasion, you know where to find me!

Dagny Brickson
Western Team Class 13
Year: Junior
Major: Fish and Wildlife Ecology/Management
Home town: Park City, UT
Favorite Horse: Zan
Fun Fact: I am a farrier apprentice!

Luka Khim
Western Team Class 11
Year: Junior
Major: Animal Science
Home town: Ewa Beach, HI
Favorite Horse: Stranger
Fun Fact: I can shape cowboy hats.
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Adriana Perone
English Team Class 1
Year: Junior
Major: Equine Science
Home town: Saratoga, CA
Favorite Horse: Rolo
Fun Fact: I am a devoted fish mother.

Kassie Johnson
Western Team Class 12b
Year: Junior
Major: Equine Science
Home town: Roseburg, OR
Favorite Horse: Toby and Chewy
Fun Fact: I grew up doing 4-H and I really like turtles.
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Joy Carpenter
English Team Class 2b
Year: Sophomore
Major: Equine Science
Home town: Fairbanks, AK
Favorite Horse: Reed
Fun Fact: I’m planning on getting my bachelors in 3 years, then I’m hoping to go into Equine Breeding Management and/or Equine Rehabilitation! I grew up working and riding at a small barn in interior Alaska, and I LOVE the barn here at MSU.
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Morgan Czarnecki
English Team Class 1
Year: Sophomore
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Home town: Elmhurst, IL
Favorite Horse: Rolo
Fun Fact: I'm an eagle scout and I love to snowboard.

Katherine Feeney
Western Team Class 12b
Year: Sophomore
Major: Equine Science
Home town: Fayetteville, GA
Favorite Horse: Goose
Fun Fact: I absolutely love rainy weather. Especially if you add some tea and a good book into the equation :)
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Ella Head
Western Team Class 11
Year: Sophomore
Major: Natural Resources and Rangeland Ecology
Home town: Issaquah, WA
Favorite Horse: Zorro
Fun Fact: Besides horseback riding, some of my other hobbies include skiing, hiking, fishing, reading, watercoloring, and birdwatching! After I graduate, I’d love to write wildlife field guides, and go home to Washington to live near my family in Wenatchee.

Sophia Buehler
Western Team Class 13
Year: Sophomore
Major: Nursing
Home town: Spokane, WA
Favorite Horse: Goose
Fun Fact: I love to travel. The top place on my bucket list is Australia.

Paige Smith
Western Team Class 11
Year: Sophomore
Major: Conservation Biology and Ecology
Home town: Rigby, ID
Favorite Horse: Lena
Fun Fact: I play four instruments and love gardening.
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Gretel Bachman
English Team Class 2b
Year: Sophomore
Major: Engineering
Home town: Los Gatos, California
Favorite Horse: Stitch
Fun Fact: I first learned to ride western and only started English in high school for showing.

Cooper Brown
Western Team Class 11
Year: Sophomore
Major: Business
Home town: Sioux Falls, SD
Favorite Horse: Rolo
Fun Fact: I rode English for years but western is more fun!

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Ainsley Wilson
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Kendra Noyes
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