Sophee Steckbeck Season 2023-24

Sophee Steckbeck Season 2023-24

PositionJUMPING SEAT
ClassJunior
HometownClarksburg, N.J.

Awards and Honors
2024 NCEA First Team All-America (Fences)
2024 SEC Fences Rider of the Year
2024 All-SEC (Fences)
2024 NCEA First Team All-Academic
2024 NCEA Academic Honor Roll
2024 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023 NCEA Second Team All-America (Fences)
2023 NCEA All-Championship Team (Fences)
2023 All-SEC (Fences)
2023 NCEA All-Academic Honorable Mention
2023 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2022 SEC Freshman Rider of the Year (Flat & Fences)
2022 SEC All-Freshman Team (Flat & Fences)
2022 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

2023-24: Had a big year for Auburn in Jumping Seat action, earning SEC Fences Rider of the Year and first team All-America in Fences … Finished 13-2-0 overall in Fences with three MOPs … Won her first 11 matches in Fences … Had a 4-6-0 mark in Flat … Went 5-1-0 vs. SEC opponents in Fences during the regular season … Led off the year with a Jumping Seat sweep over No. 9 UC Davis (9/23), scoring an 86 in Fences and an 82 in Flat … Earned the first MOP of the season with an 88-84 win at No. 7 Baylor (10/6) … Picked up another road win in Fences at No. 10 UT Martin (10/13), 84-83 … Bested three-straight SEC opponents in Fences – No. 6 Georgia (86-85), No. 7 South Carolina (90-89), at No. 4 Texas A&M (87.5-79) … Her win vs. the Gamecocks secured MOP … Capped the fall with an 82.5-78.5 Fences win at No. 3 SMU (11/11) … Kicked off the spring with Fences wins at No. 5 South Carolina (2/4) and No. 6 Georgia (2/10) … Took her Gamecock win, 84-74, while defeating her Bulldog opponent, 83-78 … Followed with back-to-back Fences wins at home … Bested Haley Kane of No. 8 UT Martin (2/17), 85-82, and downed Taylor Madden of No. 3 SMU (3/2), 84.5-78 … Picked up a Flat win in the regular season finale vs. No. 2 Texas A&M (3/9), 85-82.5 … Opened the postseason with a 93-81.7 win in Fences over Georgia in the SEC Semifinal (3/29), winning MOP … Her 89.7-87.3 Flat win vs. Texas A&M in the championship match (3/30) helped the Tigers sweep the Aggies in the event … Closed out the year with a 79.67-66.67 Fences win vs. No. 6 Oklahoma State in the NCEA Quarterfinal (4/18). 

2022-23: Finished the year with a 21-10-1 overall Jumping Seat record … Put together a 14-2-0 mark in Fences and went 7-8-1 in Flat … Finished 4-2-0 in Fences vs. SEC opponents … Went undefeated in Fences during the spring season as well as throughout the postseason … First Fences win of the season came on the road at UC Davis (10/14), 83-75 … Followed with three-straight event sweeps – at No. 9 Fresno State (10/15), vs No. 9 UT Martin (10/22), at No. 7 South Carolina (11/4) … Swept Fences and Flat vs. No. 7 Oklahoma State (11/18) to close out the fall … Won every Fences match in the spring, starting with an 86-84 edge at No. 4 Texas A&M (2/4) … Downed her No. 5 Georgia opponent, 86-70 (2/18) … Scored a 78 in her Fences win against No. 1 SMU (2/25) … Swept both Gamecock opponents to close out the regular season (3/3), scoring an 83 in Fences and winning her Flat point, 64-59 … Went 2-0-0 in Fences at the SEC Championships … Stared with a 243-227 win vs. South Carolina in the semifinal (3/24) … captured a 246-230 win vs. Texas A&M in the SEC final (3/25) … Put together a 3-0-0 record in Fences at the NCEA Championships, earning a spot on the All-Championship Team … Started with a 227 vs. South Carolina (4/13) in the quarterfinals … Swept her Oklahoma State opponents in the semifinals (4/140, scoring a 258 in Fences and a 223 in Flat … Earned a huge score in Fences against SMU in the championship meet, besting her opponent with a 267. 

2021-22: Started her career strong in Jumping Seat action, going 18-14-1 overall record on the season … Finished 9-8-0 in Flat and 9-6-1 in Fences … Four Fences MOPs and two in Flat … First career win came at No. 4 Oklahoma State (10/15), winning her Fences point with 87 points … Swept her Lynchburg (10/22) and No. 7 Fresno State (10/23) opponents … Awarded both MOPs vs. Lynchburg, scoring 88 points in Fences and a career-high 99 in Flat … Had a career-high 90 points in Fences against Fresno State, winning MOP … Finished with an 97-89.5 win against the Bulldogs in Flat … Swept both her No. 9 South Carolina (10/29) opponents … Returned to action in the spring with a sweep vs. SUNY New Paltz (1/28), earning Flat MOP with a 775.-72 victory … Picked up the event sweep vs. No. 10 Delaware State (2/12) and was awarded MOP in Fences with an 85-83 edge over her opponent ... Went 3-1-0 at the SEC Championship ... Bested her Georgia opponent in Fences (3/25), 263-258 ... Went undefeated vs. Texas A&M in the championship match (3/26) ... Won MOP with a 271-25 victory over Grace Boston in Fences ... Topped Devon Thomas, 225.5-200, in Flat … Picked up a win at the NCEA Championship, scoring 267 in Fences to best SMU’s Devin Seek (4/14). 

Prior to Auburn: Finished second at the 2020 WIHS Junior Equitation Final … Sixth-place finish at the 2020 USEF Talent Search Finals East Coast … Took fourth at the 2020 Maclay Finals … Came in third at the 2019 USEF Talent Search Finals East Coast … Team gold at 2019 Prix de States and silver at the 2020 Prix de States … Winner of the 2020 Ocala Equitation Championship … Finished second at the 2020 Dudley B. Smith Equitation Championship … Winner of the 2019 USEF Medal at Devon … Came in third at the 2019 George Morris Equitation Challenge. 

Personal: Daughter of Sharmaine and Ted Steckbeck … A management major with the Harbert College of Business. 

Season Event Meets MOP Win Loss Tie
2021-22 Fences 16 4 9 6 1
2022-23 Fences 16 0 14 2 0
2023-24 Fences 15 4 13 2 0
Career Fences 47 8 36 10 1
Season Event Meets MOP Win Loss Tie
2021-22 Flat 17 2 9 8 0
2022-23 Flat 16 0 7 8 1
2023-24 Flat 10 0 4 6 0
Career Flat 43 2 20 22 1
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Freshman
2021-22

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Sophomore
2022-23

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Senior
2024-25

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