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2023-24 Equestrian Roster

Noah Shim
Madison Dempster

Macey Newkirk

Macey Newkirk

  • Height:
    5-10
  • Class:
    Redshirt Fifth Year
  • Position:
    Reining
  • Major:
    History
  • Hometown:
    Porterville, Calif.
  • High School:
    Monache HS '19

Summary

Biography

HONORS & AWARDS
• NCEA Rider of the Month (Reining) (February 2021)
• ECAC Rider of the Week (Reining) (10/6/19, 2/16/21, 3/15/21)


2022-2023: Finished the season with a 4-8 record in head-to-head Reining competitions… Earned points against #5 Auburn, South Dakota State, #4 Georgia and Minnesota Crookston… Highest regular season score was 74.5 against Delaware State.

2021-22: 6-5-1 record competing exclusively in Reining… Three MOP’s on the year…. Recorded the second highest Reining score of the year with a 72.5 against Baylor on Mar. 25 where she earned one of her three MOP’s… Other MOP’s came in a meet against TCU on Oct. 3 as she scored a 69 riding Julio, and the other came during meet against UTM on Feb. 11 with a score of 69.5 riding Cobra… Also Grabbed victory in first round of ECAC Championships where she posted a 135 and tied the next round against SMU with a score of 139.5.

2020-21: Appeared in all five meets in reining for the Aggies, finishing with a 4-1 overall record… Won all four of her regular season rides against Fresno State, eventually becoming the first UC Davis rider to be named the NCEA Rider of the Month in February and twice earning ECAC Rider of the Week honors during the season… Her four reining wins are tied with Kendal Scheiner (2019-20), Maacey Newkirk (2019-20), Laurel Jackson (2018-19), for the most in a season in school history… Scored a season-best 70.0 against the Bulldogs’ Bailey Alexander — the first of three straight head-to-head matchups between the two to start the year — in an eight-point win on Feb. 13 in the regular season opener… The score of 70.0 was the second-highest by an Aggie on the year… Scored a half-point win with a 68.5 against Alexander on Feb. 25, and a half-point win with a 68.0 on March 11… Defeated the Bulldogs’ Paley Capachi by half a point with a 68.0 on March 13… Scored a 136.0 against Delaware State’s Aidan Stetzer on March 25 in the opening round of the ECAC Championships for her only loss of the year in the event.

2019-20: Went 4-3-1 on the season in Reining...Started her Aggie career by winning her first two Reining points on Oct. 4 against Baylor (67.5-67) and Oct. 5 against Delaware State (71-69.5), where she was named MOP for the latter...Won 71.5-71 on Jan. 31 against Auburn on Remi...Picked up a win the next week against UT Martin 65.5-65. 

PRIOR TO UC DAVIS
Attended Monache HS (Class of 2019)... Youth Limited Champion 2016, Youth Bridle Champion 2017...Competed in water polo and reining all four years. 

PERSONAL
Born in Visalia, Calif...Two older sisters both rode for New Mexico State...Hopes to own her own winery one day...Enjoys the outdoors...Bucket list includes skydiving, showing in the World's Greatest Horseman and swimming with sharks.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    5'10"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Reining
    5'10"
  • 2021-22Junior

    Reining
    5'10"
  • 2022-23Senior

    Reining
    5'10"
  • 2023-24Redshirt Fifth Year

    Reining
    5'10"