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2023-24 Equestrian Roster

Amber Nusser

Amber Nusser

  • Height:
    5-3
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Position:
    Reining
  • Major:
    Psychology
  • Hometown:
    Longmont, Colo.
  • High School:
    Niwot HS '20

Summary

Biography

HONORS & AWARDS
  • 2023 APHA NCEA All-Academic First Team
  • 2023 ECAC All-Conference Reining Team
  • W.P. LINDLEY AWARD for Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2023)
  • 2023 ECAC All-Academic First Team
2022-2023: Finished the season with a 5-6 record in head-to-head Reining competitions… Won points against South Dakota State, #4 Georgia, Minnesota Crookston, #2 TCU, and Delaware State in the ECAC Championships… Picked up two MOPs this season, one against Georgia, the other against Delaware State… Regular season high score was 72.5 in the meet against #5 Oklahoma State.

2021-22: 3-6-1 record for the year… Best score of the year came during the Mar. 12 meet against FSU where she posted a 70.5… Two of three wins came in meets against SDSU with the first win taking place during Nov. 19 meet when she scored a 68.5 riding Lyle and final win of the year during first round of ECAC Championships with a score of 136.5.

2020-21: Appeared in all five meets for the Aggies in horsemanship, finishing with a 2-3 record in the event… Scored a season-high 73.0 in the regular season opener against Fresno State, posting a two-point win over Alexis Steele and standing fifth on the season-best list by a UC Davis rider in the event and tied for 11th on the school’s all-time list… Her second victory came in the opening round of the ECAC Championships on March 25, scoring a 146.5 for a half-point win over Delaware State’s Casey Johnson… Carded back-to-back scores of 72.5 against the Bulldogs’ Hannah Buijs and Steele on March 11 and 13, respectively, falling by one point and half a point in those two rides… Appeared in four meets in reining for the Aggies… finishing with a 1-3 record… Posted her lone win of the year against Fresno State’s Lexee Padrick on March 11, scoring a 67.0 for a 1.5-point win… Scored a season-high 68.5 in a loss to the Bulldogs’ Paley Capachi on Feb. 25, falling by 1.5 points.

PRIOR TO UC DAVIS
2020 RMRHA Summer Slide Top 10 in Youth Reining and Youth Maturity… 2019 IEA Varsity Intermediate Individual Reining National Champion… 2019 RMRHA Summer Slide Reserve Champion Rookie Youth and finished in the top 5 of Youth Reining… 2019 APHA Youth World Show Top 5 Novice Reining… 2020 Paint Congress Reserve Youth 18&U High-Point, Reserve Champion Youth 18&U Hunt Seat Equitation, numerous Top 5 & Top 10 placings… 2019 APHA Youth World Champion Novice Hunt Seat Equitation, numerous Top 10 finishes… 2019 Arizona Sun Circuit Color Circuit Champion Youth Horsemanship and Youth Hunt Seat Equitation… Was also a member of the gymnastics, diving, and track and field teams at Niwot High School, including serving as a team captain for the gymnastics team in 2018.

PERSONAL
Father was a wrestler at the Air Force Academy… Her uncle played football at Oklahoma… Member of the Principal’s Honor Roll (2016-20) and the National Honors Society (2018-20)… Posted the fifth-highest individual score in horse evaluation at the 2018 FFA National Convention… Holds the Greenhand FFA Degree (2018), Chapter FFA Degree (2019), and the State FFA Degree (2020)… Member of the Niwot High School varsity mock trial team… 2020 IB Diploma recipient and a seal of biliteracy in Spanish… Bucket list items include: Skydiving, drive a Ferarri, and traveling to every state.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Reining/Horsemanship
    5'3"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Reining
    5'3"
  • 2022-23Junior

    Reining
    5'3"
  • 2023-24Senior

    Reining
    5'3"