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Ariana Marnell Season 2025-26

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Ariana Marnell Season 2025-26

PositionJUMPING SEAT
ClassSophomore
HometownLas Vegas, Nev.

Awards and Honors
2026 NCEA All-Championship Team (Flat)
2026 NCEA All-America Honorable Mention (Fences)
2026 All-SEC (Fences)
2026 NCEA All-Academic First Team
2026 NCEA Academic Honor Roll
2026 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2024-25 SEC All-Freshman Team (Flat)
2024-25 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
SEC Fences Rider of the Month – March 2026

2025-26: Had a solid sophomore season, finishing with an 19-10-0 overall record in Jumping Seat … Went 11-4-0 in Fences and had an 8-7-0 mark on the Flat … Opened the season with two wins vs. No. 8 Baylor (10/4) … Edged her Bear opponent in Fences, 84-83, and scored a 90 points in her Flat victory … Won MOP in her Fences victory vs. Berry (10/17), earning a career-best 90 to win by seven points … Had a Fences win on the road at No. 4 Texas A&M (10/24), 72-68 … Edged her No. 7 SMU (10/25) on the Flat, 87.5-87 … Won her Fences point at No. 7 TCU (10/31), 85-40 … Finished the fall with a 79-64 Fences win vs. No. 1 Georgia (11/21) … Swept both opponents at UT Martin (1/31) to start the spring … Picked up a Flat victory vs. No. 4 SMU (2/21), 78.5-71 … Closed out the regular season with two sweeps – at No. 3 Georgia (2/28), vs. No. 5 Texas A&M (3/7) … Won her Fences point vs. the Bulldogs with an 84.5-83 win and followed with an 82.5-80 edge on the Flat … Captured MOP vs. the Aggies in Fences with an 88-84 victory … Edged her Aggie opponent on the Flat, 82.5-82 … Won her Fences point in Auburn’s SEC Semifinal vs. Texas A&M (3/27), 77.67-68 … Went undefeated at the NCEA postseason meet, starting with two wins vs. No. 8 Fresno State (4/16) … Won her Fences point with an 83.3 and set a career high on the Flat with a 90.7 for the victory … Scored a pair of 88.3s in her Fences and Flat wins vs. No. 4 South Carolina in the NCEA semifinal (4/17).

2024-25: Finished the season with a Jumping Seat record of 2-7-1 overall … Went 2-6-1 in Flat action … Picked up her first collegiate win on the road, besting her No. 6 Georgia (11/22) opponent, 82-81 … Scored a season-high 85 on the road to beat Brooke Brombach of No. 4 Texas A&M (3/8).

Prior to Auburn: 2023 Prix De States Gold Medalist … Grand Champion at all four Indoor National Championships – Capital Challenge, Harrisburg, WIHS and The National Horse Show … 2023 Best Junior Rider at The Hampton Classic, Capital Challenge and Harrisburg.

Personal: Daughter of Lyndy Marnell and Anthony Marnell III … Has two brothers – Anthony IV & Rex … Brother Anthony plays baseball at Oregon State … Pursuing a degree in psychology with the College of Liberal Arts. 

Season Event Meets MOP Win Loss Tie
2024-25 Fences 1 0 0 1 0
2025-26 Fences 15 2 11 4 0
Career Fences 16 2 11 5 0
Season Event Meets MOP Win Loss Tie
2024-25 Flat 10 0 2 7 1
2025-26 Flat 15 0 8 7 0
Career Flat 25 0 10 14 1
Marnell, Ariana

Freshman
2024-25

Jumping Seat