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The latest from the IHSA
The University of Findlay, Middle Tennessee State University and West Texas A&M University Claim Team Championships at NRHA/IHSA Western Semi-Finals
Gladys, Va.– March 25, 2026 – Three campuses. One weekend. The Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association (IHSA) held its Western Semi-Finals, sponsored by the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA), March 21-22. The three events were hosted by the University of Findlay (Findlay, Ohio), Murray State University (Murray, Kentucky) and New Mexico State University (Las Cruces, New Mexico).
Duncan Peters to Join the 2026 Class of the IHSA Hall of Fame
Gladys, Va.- March 13, 2026 - The Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association (IHSA) will induct Dr. Duncan Peters into the IHSA Hall of Fame during the organization's National Championship, May 1–3, at Tryon International Equestrian Center in Mill Spring, North Carolina.
Ollie Griffith to Join the 2026 Class of the IHSA Hall of Fame
Gladys, Va.- February 27, 2026 - The Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association (IHSA) will induct Ollie Griffith into the IHSA Hall of Fame during the organization's National Championship, May 1–3, at Tryon International Equestrian Center in Mill Spring, North Carolina.
Bryan Bradley Honored with IHSA Lifetime Achievement Award
Gladys, Va. – Feb. 5, 2026 – The Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association (IHSA) leadership named Bryan Bradley the 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient at their board meeting in early January. Bradley, a Cazenovia College Equestrian Team alum who competed in both hunter seat and Western disciplines, has coached since 1994 and served on the IHSA board for nearly 25 years.
Anne Brzezicki to be Inducted into the IHSA Hall of Fame
Gladys, Va.- Jan. 9, 2026 - The Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association (IHSA) has announced that Anne Brzezicki will be inducted into the IHSA Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will take place during the IHSA National Championship, held May 1–3 at Tryon International Equestrian Center in Mill Spring, North Carolina.
Pioneering IHSA Coach and Educator Carole Marie Gerrity Passes Away
Gladys, Va. – Jan. 3, 2026 – Carole Marie Gerrity, a trailblazer in collegiate equestrian sports and dedicated educator, passed away peacefully on December 30, 2025, at the age of 87.
Angela MacFawn Awarded 2025 Naomi Blumenthal Memorial Training Grant
Gladys, Va.—Dec. 18, 2025—The U.S. Hunter Jumper Association announced Angela MacFawn as the recipient of the 2025 Naomi Blumenthal Memorial Training Grant, which supports the furtherance of equestrian education.
Climbing A Mountain On Their Way To A National Championship
Gladys, Va.—Nov. 21, 2025- When Purdue University IHSA hunter seat coach Kathryn Kraft first met with her team at the start of the 2024-2025 season, she shared three motto words that she hoped to inspire her squad for the year: intentional, gritty and grateful. Every practice she and her students would speak about the words, and before and after each show they would come back to the terms to stay focused. What Kraft didn’t know is that those words would be just as inspirational to her athletes outside the saddle as in it.
Savannah Strebinger Wins 2025 IHSA/USHJA 3'3'' Hunter Seat Medal Final - West
Gladys, Va.—Nov. 18, 2025—For Savannah Strebinger, the Marshall+Sterling/USHJA National Championships were a week of final chances. At 18-years-old, the event at the South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa was the last competition of her last season as a Junior rider. On the final day of the championships, Strebinger laid all her cards on the table to win the IHSA/USHJA 3'3'' Hunter Seat Medal Final - West riding her own Gladstone.
IHSA Members Take Top Honors at Two USHJA National Programs
Gladys, Va.—Nov. 14, 2025–The MZ Farms/USHJA Emerging Athletes Program National Training Session and the USHJA Horsemanship Quiz Challenge Nationals were held November 6–9 at Midway University in Midway, Kentucky. IHSA members Finley Scheffel, a freshman at Midway University and Ella Hallman-Luhn, a junior at the Savannah College of Art and Design, earned top honors at each event, respectively.