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Amanda Pope

Class: Junior Hometown: Portal, Ga. High School: Portal

Event: Reining Experience: 2VL Major: Geography

2011-2012: 9-4-1 regular season and post season combined record... 5-2-1 regular season record in Reining with one MVP... 4-2 postseason record... picked up her first win of the season against Fresno State on Sept. 23... Earned her second win of the season on Oct. 8 at Auburn in a 69.5-67.5 decision... Picked up a 73.5-72 win at No. 2 Georgia on Feb. 4 while winning her second career MVP... Defeated her Tiger opponent, 67.5-64.5 on Feb. 25 as the Gamecocks pulled a 12-6 upset over No. 1 Auburn at home... Completed her 2-for-2 weekend with a 66-57 win over her Baylor opponent on Feb. 26 as the Gamecocks upset the No. 4 Bears, 15-4... Held her Delaware State opponent to a 67.5-67.5 tie on March 16 in the regular season finale... Competed at SEC's, where she went 2-0 for the Gamecocks... In the opening round at SEC's on March 30, she defeated her Auburn opponent, 138.5-136.5... In the championship victory over No. 1 Georgia on March 31, she scored the meet-clinching point with a 137.5-136 victory over her Bulldog opponent... Competed at Nationals, going 2-2... Picked up a win over her Auburn opponent on April 12... Closed out Nationals with a win against Georgia on April 14... Third-year letter winner.

2010-2011: 4-6 regular-season and post-season combined record... 1-4 regular-season record in Reining... 3-2 post-season record... Competed in the Western team's season opener 9/25 against South Dakota State... Won her ride as part of a 9-0 Western team shutout win over No. 3 Georgia on 2/5... Member of the 2011 S.E.C. team... Member of the 2011 VENC team... Went 3-1 at Nationals... In the first round at Nationals, she defeated her Delaware State opponent, 142-136... improved to 2-0 at Nationals with a 141-136.5 win over Georgia... completed her 3-1 run at Nationals with a 141.5-140 win over Oklahoma State in the fifth-place competition... Second-year letter winner... SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2009-2010: 5-6-1 regular season record in reining... 1-3 post-season record... One MVP award... Member of the Southern Equestrian Championships competition team... went 1-0 at the Southern Equestrian Championships... member of the Varsity Equestrian National Championships competition team... Competed three times at VENC's... First-year letter winner.

High School: Named 2006 Georgia State FFA Western and Overall champion ... Horseman Quarter Horse Association of Georgia Charity Challenge Circuit champion ... Named Youth Reining reserve champion and Youth Horsemanship reserve champion at the Georgia State Federation State Horse Show ... Awarded Georgia State 4H Horse Show Sportsmanship Award ... Nominated for the United States Equestrian Drill Association Al-Star team.