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2019-20: NCEA FARNAM ALL-ACADEMIC HONORABLE MENTION...EASTERN COLLEGE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ALL-ACADEMIC HONORABLE MENTION...EASTERN COLLEGE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE FENCES RIDER OF THE MONTH for November...EASTERN COLLEGE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE FENCES RIDER OF THE WEEK for Nov. 17...EASTERN COLLEGE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE FLAT RIDER OF THE WEEK for Mar. 8...Went 5-3-1 on Flat and 4-5 in Fences...Earned a team-high four MOPs throughout the season...Was a double MOP winner on Nov. 15 against Fresno State, winning her Flat point 81-78 on Reggie and her Fences point with a career-high 86-83 on Ronan...Earned a 73-47 Flat win and MOP on Cappo on Mar. 7 against Lynchburg.

2018-19: NCEA FARNAM ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM HONORABLE MENTION… UNITED EQUESTRIAN CONFERENCE ALL-ACADEMIC HONORABLE MENTION… UEC RIDER OF THE WEEK (Fences, Feb. 19)… Competed in all six regular season meets for the Aggies in her junior campaign… Made her UC Davis debut in the Aggies’ first-ever home meet on Jan. 31, when she finished the day with a perfect 2-0 Hunt Seat mark… Logged a career-best Flat score of 83 aboard Luron after edging the Hornets, 80-79, in Fences aboard Cappo… Finished 1-1 on the road at No. 4 Texas A&M (Feb. 16) thanks to a career-best Fences score of 82… Logged her third Fences victory in the Aggies’ season finale meet at the UC Davis Equestrian Center on Mar. 2, aboard Teddy… Tallied her second Flat win of the season at No. 8 TCU on Feb. 21… Represented UC Davis at the 2019 NCEA National Championships, posting a 189 and 216 in Flat and Fences, respectively… Compiled five total wins on the season, finishing the year 2-5 in Flat and 3-4 in Fences.

PREVIOUS ATHLETIC BACKGROUND: Finished fifth at the 2015 Zone 10 Equitation Finals. 

PERSONAL: Born in La Jolla, Calif… Parents are Melissa and Brett Marquardt… Her mother Melissa competed on the Chico State ski team, while her father Brett competed on the surf team for San Diego State… Has a younger brother, Christian… Began attending UC Davis in 2016… Dean’ s Honor List member (2016)… Career plans include becoming a veterinarian and working in the field of equine sports medicine… Lists the Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park as her favorite competition facility.