EDUCATION:

Kansas State University Manhattan, KS Graduate, May of 2016

Kansas State University Manhattan, KS Graduate, December of 2012
Kansas State University Manhattan, KS Graduate, May of 2009
Manhattan High School Manhattan, KS Graduate, May of 2004

MAJOR:
Master of Science in Curriculum and Instruction: Digital Teaching and Learning (2016)
Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, Area of Concentration: Special Education (2012)
Bachelor of Science in Social Science (2009)

MINOR:
Leadership Studies (2009)

EQUESTRIAN HISTORY:
I began riding in August of 1995 at the age of nine
About seven months after I started, I started showing locally
A couple months later, I started showing regularly on the A Rated Circuit in the short stirrup and the
ponies
As I progressed through the years, I rode many more ponies and, eventually, moved to horses
I did equitation, junior jumpers, junior hunters, and the Grand Prix
1997 Competed at The Devon Horse Show in the Medium Pony Hunter Division
1997 2001 Qualified and competed at Zones, for zone 7
1997 2001 Qualified and competed at the USEF (AHSA) National Pony Finals
2003 I rode in my first Grand Prix at Lake St. Louis
2003 Qualified and competed at the USEF (AHSA) National Medal Finals in Harrisburg
2004 Qualified and competed at the USEF (AHSA) National Junior Hunter Championships
2005 2009 Kansas State Equestrian Team member (Hunt Seat)
o Hold Kansas State University Career Victory Record
o Hold Kansas State University Career MVP Show Record
o Hold Kansas State University Career Team most season MVP Awards

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Fall 2013 to Present: K-6 Computer Science Teacher
Riley County Grade School, Riley, KS
Summer 2013 - Present: Owner and Horseback Riding Instructor of Hyde-Away Ranch
2010-2011: Taught riding lessons at Vermillion Valley Equestrian Center, Wamego, KS
Fall 2009: South Dakota State University Equestrian Graduate Assistant Coach
1997-2005: Taught riding lessons at Ashwood Farms, Manhattan, KS
o I taught children of all ages from 3 to 16
o I taught riding to children with disabilities
 LEADERSHIP:
Board Member of Snyder Leadership Legacy Fellowship Program (2016-Present)
Teaching riding lessons, being a role model, and setting a good example for all my lesson children
KDP (Kappa Delta Pi Honors Society) member and rituals chair at Kansas State University (2012)
KNEA-SP (Kansas National Education Association Student Program) member and social chair at
Kansas State University (2011-2012)
Co-Captain of the Kansas State Equestrian Team for the 2008-2009 season
16 units of Leadership Studies classes at KSU (minor)

COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Pony Rides for Relay for Life
Volunteer at Head Start Daycare
Christmas Caroling around nursing homes from 1996 to 2003
Flint Hills Food Drive Cats for Cans in 2008
Adopt an Angel
Assistant instructor at day camp
Peer Helpers organization in High School
Volunteer at a retirement center, Meadowlark Hills.
Wide Horizons Program

HONORS (1995 2012):

2012: Nominated for Outstanding Undergraduate Award at Kansas State University

2011-2012: Kansas State University Kappa Delta Pi Honors Society

2010-2012: Kansas State University Deans List

2008-09
Co-Captain
Over all record of 20-12-2
Earned five MVP awards
MVP at Central Championships
Member of the Varsity Equestrian National Championship team
Letter Winner
Workhorse Award for the season

2007-08
Overall record of 14-7-3
Earned three MVP awards
3rd place finish at Central Championships (MVP)
Member of the Varsity Equestrian National Championship team
Named to the Big 12 Commissioners Academic Honor Roll fall semester
Letter Winner
Awarded Team MVP for the season

2006-07
Overall record of 19-13-1
 Helped to a third-place finish at the Varsity Equestrian National Championships.
Earned a total of six MVP awards on the season
Letter Winner
Awarded Team MVP for the season

2005-06
Placed first in Open Equitation over fences and first in Open Equitation on the Flat earning High Point
Rider Honors at the KSU Hunt show.
Advanced to IHSA Nationals in the Open Equitation on the Flat Category after taking first at Zones.

2004
Qualified and competed in the National USEF Medal Finals in Harrisburg, PA
Qualified and competed at the USEF (AHSA) National Junior Hunter Championships
$1000 USA Equestrian National Junior Hunter Championships Grant Fund Essay Winner

2003
11th Place at the St. Louis Festival Horse Show in my first Grand Prix

2002
Champion or reserve in either the children/adult or the junior jumpers at the following shows: Lake St.
Louis, Kentucky, Colorado Summer Show, Oktoberfest
Traveled to the Netherlands to select a horse to show and eventually sell. Was involved with everything
from the transportation to watching the schooling area at the shows attended to riding horses being tried.
Broke first colt, Happy Ending (Just A Kid x Greystone Ian McVai) from the start and sold him.
Summer Position as a veterinary assistant to Dr. Hankins at the Kansas State University Veterinary
Medical Teaching Hospital

2001
Champion or reserve in either the large pony hunters, jumpers, and equitation at Midstates, Brownland,
Colorado, Oktoberfest, Tulsa Charity, Las Colinas, Kentucky, Lake St. Louis, Midway and the GO Show
9th overall in the Large Pony Hunters at Pony Finals
Member of the Zone 7 Pony Jumper team
Best Child Rider on a pony at the GO Show

2000
AHSA Year End Awards:
5th Horse of the Year Award AHSA Zone 7 Large Pony Hunter
Prudential AHSA Pony Jumper Style Award Challenge Series Reserve National Champion
Watch the birth of Just A Kids first foal, Happy Ending, did imprint training and started his education
which I continued on a regular basis until his sale in 2002

1999
Stepped Liseter Clever Star up to the large green division before originally planned.
Champion or reserve at such shows as Las Colinas and the Summer Circuit shows in Parker, CO.
Limited showing to allow the pony to mature slowly.

1998
 Won the local NKHA Medal Finals on a borrowed horse
Many championships and reserves with Liseter Clever Star in the baby divisions at 2 locally
NKHA Year End Awards with Liseter Clever Star:
Reserve Champion Schooling Hunter
3rd Pony Hunter
3rd Intermediate Equitation

1997
Purchased Just A Kid. Competed at one show prior to Devon at Prince George Equestrian Center with
respectable placings in the medium pony hunter division, then earned a 4th in one over fences class at
Devon in the medium pony hunters.
Competed Just A Kid in the Midwest only six more times before an injury ended the career of this pony.
In the eight times Just A Kid showed, I was champion or reserve six of the eight shows.
Competed with Mystical Magic in the medium pony hunters and equitation at the pony finals
Completed the AQHA Stars program at the bronze level

1996
Purchased my first pony Mystical Magic, a medium pony to do the short stirrup and eventually the
regular pony division
Local Year End Awards from the Northeast Kansas Hunter Association (NKHA):
Champion Beginner Rider Hunter
Champion Non Professional (beginner) Equitation
Reserve Champion Pony Hunter
Reserve Champion Horse of the Year
Champion or reserve in the short stirrup and or green pony at Brownland, Midstates, Las Colinas, North
Hills Hunt
Attended Horse Crazy Advanced Camp
Helped launch Trick or Treat Fest, a safe Halloween experience at the stable for all young children in
our area

1995
Attended Horse Crazy Day Camp and started riding at Chestnut Lane Farm in Manhattan, KS