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Debbie Ritterreiser
Hofstra University
(IHSA Zone 2 Region 4)
Hempstead, Long Island, NY
Where do you coach and how long have you been there? I have been a coach at Hofstra University for 16 years. This is a club sport at Hofstra.
What makes you proudest about your current team? This club was awarded Sports Club of the Year during the Student Leadership awards ceremony. The first time a sport club was given an award such as this. We were honored because of the leadership and commitment, our success in recruitment ( the club has doubled in size) and retention of its membership. This was an amazing night. I am also so proud of the fact that we have many alumni from the past 16 years who are still very active with the team. Mt assistant coach, Melissa Talarico, is a Hofstra graduate.
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 Kelli Marie Wainscott
IHSA Western Coach &
Zone 1.5 Coordinator
Mount Holyoke College
2013 Connecticut Color Breed Queen
Where do you coach and how long have you been there?
I coach the western IHSA team at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA. I have been coaching there for three years now.
What makes you proudest about your current team?
There are many things that make me proud. We have an amazing team of strong, intelligent and talented women. These riders come in with a very wide range of horse knowledge and experience. We have riders that have ridden multiple breed circuits, and we have riders who's first time sitting on a horse is during our team evaluations at the beginning of each semester. These women work as a solid team, helping each other improve, always asking questions and looking for the next step to make them better riders and horsewomen. Everything they do is done with 100% effort and the best and most dignified of intentions. Being awarded the blue ribbon is just icing on the cake for these cowgirls. The work it takes to get there, and the goals they set for themselves and for the team are their priority. And I am so proud and honored to be a part of all of this.
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Kate Selby
Head Coach
Middlebury College (IHSA Zone 1, Region 2) Middlebury, VT
Where do you coach and how long have you been there? I coach the Middlebury College Equestrians and have for 16 years. After starting and stopping several times, the hunter seat team restarted in 1996 and has been running ever since.
What makes you proudest about your current team? They are self motivated and driven to see the team continue and succeed. We are a small team and we need everyone pitching in to run the team, including our lesson program, carpooling, and our horse shows and clinics. Our events are well-run and organized, and every member helps the team in some way.
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Hailey Quirk
Hunt Seat Coach, Program Associate for Cal Poly Horse Show Team
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA IHSA Co-Regional President, Zone 8, Region 2
Where do you coach and how long have you been there? I am a volunteer coach for Cal Poly Pomona. I graduated from there in 2008, and have been helping the team ever since.
What makes you proudest about your current team? Our team is entirely student run, so our teammates are in charge of everything from cleaning stalls to blanketing and unblanketing, and the captains, who are also students, are the ones who run and teach the majority of the practices. I occasionally give lessons on weekends, but because I work full time, I mostly help out organizing horse shows and travel, and fulfilling Region President duties. The captains and students really run everything, so I'm proud of how they work together, teach each other, encourage each other, and last but not least, all the hard work they have put in to be currently winning in our region!
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 Denise Webber
Coach, IHSA Western team
Albion College
Albion, MI (Zone 6, Region 4)
Denise Webber brings over 45 years of riding experience to her role with Albion College. As coach, Denise’s riders have won multiple high point and reserve high point awards not only as an IHSA team, but as individuals. In 2009, she coached Trish Marheine (’10) to a berth at the IHSA Nationals, and in 2010 and 2011, coached Sarah Spencer (’11) and Katie Petchell (’13) to berths at the IHSA Semi Finals. In 2012, individual riders Katie Petchell and Morgan Carey appeared at the IHSA Nationals under her tutelage. She is also kind enough to allow the Albion College Western team to train at her Nottawa Paint Horses, utilizing her horses and equipment.
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