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Hollins University continues to field one of the nation’s strongest riding programs. Year after year, Hollins riders excel in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association’s (IHSA) national championship, the country’s most prestigious championship for college equestrian teams. Hollins is a two-time winner of the IHSA national championship, having won in 1993 and 1998. In addition, the team has finished in the top ten 11 times since 1993. Hollins has had 16 individual IHSA national champions, and our riders have won the Cacchione cup four times.
It is challenging to qualify a team for nationals with so many competitive teams in Hollins’ region and zone, which includes 2005 national champion Virginia Intermont. However, in 2005, the Hollins team defeated Virginia Intermont at zones, breaking an intercollegiate record by qualifying for nationals for the eighth consecutive year. Hollins is the only IHSA team, among more than 300 nationwide, ever to have accomplished this feat.
No wonder Hollins was singled out by the 2005 Kaplan/Newsweek college guide as the nation’s “hottest riding school.”
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Nancy Peterson, Director of Riding
B.A., Roanoke College. Riding instructor at Hollins since 1972. Inducted into the Virginia Horse Center Hall of Fame (2008); IHSA Lifetime Achievement Award (2007); ODAC Coach of the Year (five times); Horseperson of the Year (2004) VHSA; Guy Burkholder Memorial Sportsmanship Award (2006); Susan Hagan Award (2004); Andrew M. Montgomery Award (1998); Virginia Horse Show Association; Roanoke Valley Horse Show Hall of Fame (2001); hunter coordinator, Roanoke Valley Horse Show; board of directors, Virginia Horse Center; Horseperson of the Year (1995), VHC; Virginia Horse Council; past president, Southwest Virginia Hunter/Jumper Association; board of directors, Virginia Horse Show Association, and past president, Roanoke Valley Horsemen's Association; Hall of Fame, Southwest Virginia Hunter/Jumper Association.
Liz Courter, Associate Head Coach
A.A., Southern Seminary. Riding instructor at Hollins since 1982. Guy Burkholder Memorial Sportsmanship Award (2007); ODAC Coach of the Year (three times); board of directors, Southwest Virginia Hunter/Jumper Association (two terms).
L. M. (Sandy) Gerald, Head Coach
B.S., Louisiana State University; is a well respected course designer and USEF "R" judge; awarded Virginia Horse Show Association's Susan H. Hagan Memorial Trophy; four-time ODAC Coach of the Year; inducted into the Southwest Virginia Hunter/Jumper Association Hall of Fame, 2006; VHSA Horseman of the Year, 2006, 1992 (making him only the second person in the history of the VHSA to earn the honor a second time); current president, VHSA; Board of Directors, VHSA, 1987-present; Andrew Montgomery Award 1987; President, Southwest Virginia Hunter/Jumper Association 1996-97; current president, IHSA Zone 4, Region 2.
Elise Roschen, Stable Manager, Assistant Director of Riding
A.A., Southern Seminary. Riding instructor at Hollins since 1986; consultant and advisor to many barns in Virginia. Received the IHSA National Championships Horse Show Sportsmanship Award, 2007.
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Riding Club
The Hollins Riding Club is open to all students who participate in the riding program, regardless of skill level. It is completely run by students and serves as a support system for the entire riding program by helping organize IHSA shows held at Hollins as well as sponsoring various riding-related social activities. |
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