Equestrian Receives Three Awards at Annual Gamecock Gala

COLUMBIA, SC – South Carolina Athletics held its annual Gamecock Gala on Monday, April 17, on the Colonial Life Area. The occasion honored the College’s prime student-athletes for his or her accomplishments through the 2022-23 educational yr. Two members of the South Carolina Equestrian group obtained honors, along with the group incomes the Group Impression Award.

Trinity Hammerschmidt – SEC H. Boyd McWhorter Scholarship

Every year, the SEC awards the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholarship to a prime senior female and male student-athlete from considered one of its member establishments. Every establishment’s nominees are seniors with distinctive athletic, educational and neighborhood service accomplishments and are recipients of a $10,000 post-graduate scholarship from the Southeastern Convention.

Hammerschmidt earned her undergraduate diploma and is presently engaged on her Grasp’s in Sport & Leisure Administration. The fifth-year senior posted an undergrad GPA of three.672 and owns a 3.333 GPA in her Grasp’s program. She has been a member of the NCEA, SEC and AD Honor Rolls, and has been energetic locally, volunteering with a number of organizations, together with Households Serving to Households, Gamecock Pantry donations, and Meals on Wheels, and has been a two-time NCEA All-American and three-time All-SEC performer. She is ranked within the Gamecocks’ top-10 in 10 completely different classes.

Jordan Allen – SEC Brad E. Davis Excellent Group Service Scholarship

The Brad E. Davis Excellent Group Service Scholarship award is introduced to a senior female and male student-athlete with distinctive neighborhood service accomplishments throughout their careers and are recipients of a $7,500 post-graduate scholarship from the Southeastern Convention.

Allen holds a 3.535 GPA as a public well being main, and has been a key contributor to her group’s success over the past 4 seasons, incomes All-SEC and All-America honors. Her dedication to and enthusiasm for her group elevated her to group captain standing. Whether or not it’s her head coach, her teammates or our student-athlete improvement employees calling, Allen is all the time prepared with a servant’s coronary heart. She has been concerned in a wide range of neighborhood service occasions, most notably logging over 100 hours as a volunteer with Meals on Wheels. She has additionally labored with Households Serving to Households, the Columbia Humane Society and Richland Elementary Faculty amongst others, and has been a part of SAAC for 3 years.

Group Impression Award – Equestrian

The Equestrian group posted a 3.606 group GPA within the Fall of 2022. 39 student-athletes make the AD honor roll with 9 on the President’s Listing. The group gathered 561 neighborhood service hours, a mean of practically 15 hours per pupil. Among the many group’s notable tasks had been the Households Serving to Households Christmas occasion; donating faculty provides to elementary colleges and donating to the Gamecock Pantry; volunteering on the Artist for Africa occasion; taking part within the Sandstorm Buddies Youngsters’s Hospital visits, and within the Athletes within the Era Gamecock Mentoring program. The group additionally defeated three top-10 groups and had two student-athletes chosen as SEC Riders of the Month