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Ellie Ferrigno Season 2024-25

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Ellie Ferrigno Season 2024-25

PositionJUMPING SEAT
ClassGraduate Student
HometownNewtown, Conn.

Awards and Honors
2024 NCEA First Team All-American (Fences)
2024 All-SEC (Fences)
2024 NCEA First Team All-Academic
2024 NCEA Academic Honor Roll
2024 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023 NCEA First Team All-American (Fences)
2023 SEC Fences Rider of the Year
2023 All-SEC (Fences & Flat)
2023 NCEA Second Team All-Academic
2023 NCEA Academic Honor Roll
2023 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2022 NCEA First Team All-American (Flat)
2022 NCEA Second Team All-American (Fences)
2022 All-SEC (Fences & Flat)
2022 NCEA Second Team All-Academic
2022 NCEA Academic Honor Roll
2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2021 SEC Freshman Rider of the Year – Flat
2021 SEC All-Freshman Team (Fences & Flat)
NCEA Fences Rider of the Month (October 2022)
SEC Fences Rider of the Month (October 2022)
SEC Flat Rider of the Month (March 2023)

2023-24: Second on the team in overall wins with an 18-10-2 overall record … Finished 10-4-1 with three MOPs in Fences and 8-6-1 with one MOP in Flat … Went 4-2-0 in Fences vs. Southeastern Conference opponents during the regular season … Kicked off the year with a pair of sweeps vs. No. 9 UC Davis (9/23) and at No. 7 Baylor (10/6) … Scored an 86 in Fences and a 90 in Flat vs. UC Davis and followed that with an 86 in Fences and an 81 in Flat on the road at Baylor … Picked up her first MOP of the season with an 89-78 Fences win at No. 10 UT Martin (10/13) … Swept both No. 6 Georgia opponents at home (10/20), earning a 90 in Fences for MOP and an 82 in Flat … Picked up another Fences win at home, besting No. 7 South Carolina’s Madeline Schaefer with an 88 (10/27) … Closed out the fall with an 84.5-83 edge in Fences vs. Augusta Iwasaki at No. 3 SMU (11/11) … Kicked off the spring with two wins at No. 5 South Carolina (2/3), earning MOP in Fences with an 88 … Scored a pair of 85s in her wins vs. No. 8 UT Martin (2/17), picking up her lone MOP in Flat for the season … Closed out the regular season with an 86.5-84.5 Fences win vs. No. 2 Texas A&M (3/30) … Went unbeaten at the 2024 SEC Championship, starting with a tie in Fences and a win in Flat vs. Georgia (3/29) … Bested both Aggie opponents in the team’s SEC Championship win vs. Texas A&M (3/30), scoring a career-high 91.3 in Fences and a season-best 93.3 in Flat … Closed out the year with a Flat win vs. No. 6 Oklahoma State in the NCEA quarterfinals, 79-73. 

2022-23: Finished third on the team in overall wins, having a 21-9-2 overall record … Put together a 13-3-0 mark in Fences and went 8-6-2 in Flat … Finished 5-1-1 in Fences against Southeastern Conference opponents during the regular season, winning SEC Fences Rider of the Year … Went 3-2-1 vs. SEC opponents in Flat … All-SEC in both events … Totaled six MOPs in Fences and two in Flat … Went undefeated in the fall in Fences with a 7-0-0 record … Kicked off the season with three-straight MOPs in Fences, earning wins at No. 5 Georgia (10/7), at UC Davis (10/14), at No. 9 Fresno State … Bested her opponent in Auburn’s home opener vs. No. 9 UT Martin (10/22), 82-81 … Earned MOP vs. No. 5 Texas A&M (11/11),  scoring a season high with a 90 in the win … Scored an 87 in her MOP Fences win vs. No. 5 Georgia (2/18) … Swept MOPs in the regular season final vs. No. 7 South Carolina (3/3), scoring an 86 in Fences and an 88 in Flat … Captured both Fences and Flat vs. No. 7 Oklahoma State (11/18) and No. 5 Georgia (2/18) … Went undefeated at the 2023 SEC Championships … Her Flat ride vs. Texas A&M (3/25) gave her MOP in the event … Went 2-1-0 in Fences at the 2023 NCEA Championships … Scored a 253 vs. South Carolina (4/13) and followed with a 254 vs. Oklahoma State (4/14) in Fences … Put together a 245-190 Flat win against SMU (4/15) in the NCEA championship match up.

2021-22: Among the team’s best in Jumping Seat, going 23-7-3 overall record … Went 12-4-1 in Fences and 11-3-2 in Flat … Had four MOPs in Flat this season … Scored a career-best 95.5 in Flat against No. 7 Fresno State (10/23) … Had two 89s in Fences for season bests – at No. 4 Oklahoma State (10/15) and vs. Fresno State … Kicked off the year with wins against No. 2 Georgia (10/8), earning MOP in Flat against the Bulldogs … Swept both her opponents vs. No. 10 Delaware State (2/12) … Took both MOPs in Auburn’s win vs. No. 2 Texas A&M (2/26), scoring a 93.5 in Flat and 88 in Fences ... Won her second-straight MOP in Flat at No. 6 Georgia (3/4), winning 89-80 ... Went undefeated at the 2022 SEC Championships ... Topped her two Georgia opponents (3/25) with a 254 in Fences and 255 in Flat ... Scored a 265 in her Fences win vs. Texas A&M (3/26) in the championship match ... Defeated Kaitlyn Lovingfoss in Flat, 245-202. 

2020-21: Finished 5-3-0 overall as a freshman in Jumping Seat action … Is 3-3-0 in Flat and 2-0-0 in Fences … Swept all four opponents in Auburn’s Jumping Seat only meets vs. Sweet Briar and Lynchburg (3/6) … Scored a 90 and a 94 in Fences and Flat, respectively, vs. Lynchburg to win her points and take both MOP honors … Picked up a key Flat win vs. South Carolina in the SEC Semifinal (3/26), 231-217. 

Prior to Auburn: Won the Junior Hunt Seat Medal Finals and was the High Point Junior Rider at the 2020 New England Equitation Champion … Third place at the 2020 WIHS Junior Equitation Finals … Top 25 showing at the 2020 National Horse Show … 2020 ASPCA Maclay winner at the Kentucky Summer Horse Show … 2019 USEF Talent Search Finals East Winner … 2019 US Junior Hunter Finals East Coast Grand Champion … 2019 ASPCA Maclay Region 4 Champion … 10th place at the 2019 USEF Medal Finals … 2018 US Junior Hunter Finals East Coast Younger Large Junior Hunter Champion.

Personal: Daughter of Abbi and Rock Ferrigno … Father played lacrosse at Fairfield University … Earned her degree in psychology through the College of Liberal Arts and is pursuing her graduate degree in higher education. 

Season Event Meets MOP Win Loss Tie
2020-21 Fences 2 1 2 0 0
2021-22 Fences 17 1 12 4 1
2022-23 Fences 16 6 13 3 0
2023-24 Fences 15 3 10 4 1
Career Fences 50 11 37 11 2
Season Event Meets MOP Win Loss Tie
2020-21 Flat 6 1 3 3 0
2021-22 Flat 16 4 11 3 2
2022-23 Flat 16 2 8 6 2
2023-24 Flat 15 1 8 6 1
Career Flat 53 8 30 18 5