UC Davis Athletics

2019-20: NCEA FARNAM ALL-ACADEMIC HONORABLE MENTION...EASTERN COLLEGE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ALL-ACADEMIC HONORABLE MENTION...EASTERN COLLEGE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR...Competed in all eight meets for UC Davis going 4-4 in Fences...Season-best score came on Jan. 31 in winning her point against Auburn 82-77 on Olaf...Won her point on Oct. 5 against Delaware State 73-65...Picked up a point for the second straight meet on Oct. 26 against Oklahoma State, winning 76-68 on Reggie...Finished her career with a 77-70 win on Ronan on March 7 against Lynchburg. 

2018-19: NCEA FARNAM ALL-ACADEMIC SECOND TEAM SELECTION… NCEA AMERICAN PAINT HORSE ASSOCIATION ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL SELECTION… UNITED EQUESTRIAN CONFERENCE ALL-ACADEMIC SECOND TEAM HONOREE… UEC ALL-ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL SELECTION… Competed in all six regular season contests for the Aggies… Made her UC Davis debut in the Aggies’ first-ever home meet on Jan. 31, recording her first career Fences win with a career-best mark of 88—the highest score of the season by an Aggie rider—aboard Eden, to finish the day 1-1… Also posted wins in the event over No. 8 TCU (74-63) and No. 9 Fresno State (71-70)… Tallied her first career Flat win in exhibition on the road at Fresno State on Mar. 30… Finished the season with a 1-1 Flat record and a 3-4 Fences mark… Represented UC Davis at the 2019 NCEA National Championship in Fences, posting a score of 197.

PREVIOUS ATHLETIC BACKGROUND: Began riding at the age of 10 with Sterckx Stables in Pasadena, Calif... Has been training her mare, Gemellia, since she was five years old...Competed in the Interscholastic Equestrian League as a three-year varsity letter winner on the equestrian team at San Marino HS… Reserve Champion in the individual and team divisions at the National Pony Jumper finals in Lexington, Kent... Also competed in the 1.25M Modified Jr./Am Jumpers.

PERSONAL: Born in Glendale, Calif… Parents are Stephen and Meredith Don… Graduated from San Marino HS in 2016… Earned the Outstanding Community Service Award in 2014… Recipient of Youth Voices on China Student Award and Social Studies Department Student of the Year Award (2016)… Began attending UC Davis in 2016… College of agriculture and environmental sciences Dean’s Honor list recipient during winter and spring quarters of 2017… 2017-18 Agricultural Fraternity of CALPHA Scholarship recipient… Lists Kentucky Horse Park’s Alltech Arena as her favorite competition facility… Career plans include attending veterinary school and starting an equine veterinary practice specializing in sports medicine and therapeutic techniques.