Awards and Honors
2024 NCEA Flat Rider of the Year
2024 NCEA First Team All-American (Flat)
2024 NCEA Second Team All-American (Fences)
2024 All-SEC (Fences & Flat)
2024 NCEA First Team All-Academic
2024 NCEA Academic Honor Roll
2024 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023 NCEA First Team All-American (Fences)
2023 NCEA All-Championship Team (Fences & Flat)
2023 All-SEC (Fences)
2023 NCEA First Team All-Academic
2023 NCEA Academic Honor Roll
2023 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2022 NCEA First Team All-American (Flat & Fences)
2022 NCEA Flat Co-Rider of the Year
2022 All-SEC (Flat & Fences)
2022 NCEA Second Team All-Academic
2022 NCEA Academic Honor Roll
2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2021 NCEA Honorable Mention All-American (Fences)
2021 All-SEC (Fences)
2021 NCEA Second Team All-Academic
2021 NCEA Academic Honor Roll
2021 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2020 NCEA First Team All-American (Flat)
2020 NCEA Second Team All-American (Fences)
2020 SEC Freshman Rider of the Year (Flat & Fences)
2020 All-SEC (Flat & Fences)
2020 SEC All-Freshman Team (Flat & Fences)
2019-20 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
NCEA Fences Rider of the Month (February 2021, October 2021, October 2022)
SEC Fences Rider of the Month (February 2021, October 2021, October 2022)
SEC Flat Rider of the Month (March 2024)
 
CAREER: Among the program’s Top 10 in career wins for both Fences and Flat … Finished with 51 Fences wins and 46 in Flat.
 
2023-24: Put an exclamation on a great career in her final season on the Plains, going 19-6-1 overall for the squad with a 10-3-0 mark in Flat and a 9-3-1 record in Fences ... Named NCEA Flat Rider of the Year for her performances in the event ... Secured All-America and All-SEC honors in both events ... Went 4-1-1 in Fences vs. SEC opponents during the regular season and 4-2-0 in Flat ... Finished with two Flat MOPs and one in Fences ... Led off the year with two wins on the road vs. No. 7 Baylor (10/6), scoring an 87 in Fences and an 89 in Flat ... Swept both opponents at home vs. No. 6 Georgia (10/20) ... Closed out the fall with two wins on the road at No. 3 SMU (11/11), earning MOP in Fences with an 82.5-78 win ... Went unbeaten in the spring leading up to postseason, starting with a sweep at No. 5 South Carolina (2/4)... She scored an 87 in Fences and a 78 in Flat vs. the Gamecocks ... Won her Flat point at No. 6 Georgia (2/10) by 10 points and tied her Fences match up with an 88 ... Picked up two wins over Hensley Humphries of No. 3 SMU (3/2), scoring an 87 in Fences and an 86 in Flat, winning MOP in the latter ... Capped the regular season with two wins vs. No. 2 Texas A&M (3/9), finishing with an 86.5 in Fences and an 85.5 in Flat ... Kicked off the postsseason with a Flat MOP vs. Georgia in the SEC Semifinal (3/29), scoring an 89.7 ... Swept both Texas A&M opponents in the SEC Championship match, helping the Tigers secure another conference title ... Bested Brooke Brombach in Fences, 83.3-70.7, and downed Maggie Nealon in Flat with a season-best 92.3 ... Capped a great career with a Fences win vs. No. 6 Oklahoma State in the NCEA quarterfinals, 87.67-83. 

2022-23: Another big year for Stearns in Jumping Seat, having a 25-7-0 overall record … Went 13-3-0 in Fences and 12-4-0 in Flat … All-American in Fences and earned NCEA All-Championship Team recognition for both Fences and Flat … Totaled five MOPs – four in Fences and one in Flat … Kicked off the year with a 7-0-0 mark in Fences, starting with an 85-83 win at No. 5 Georgia (10/7) … Scored a 90 in her MOP win vs. No. 9 UT Martin (10/22) … Captured MOP at No. 7 South Carolina (11/4) with an 89-79 victory … Scored back-to-back 86s in Fences vs. No. 5 Texas A&M (11/11) and No 7 Oklahoma State (11/18), winning MOP vs. the Cowgirls … Named MOP vs. No. 1 SMU (2/25) with an 82-79 win … Put together a 5-1-0 record against SEC opponents in Fences during the regular season … Closed out the regular season with sweeps against No. 5 Georgia (2/18), No. 1 SMU and No. 7 South Carolina (3/3) … Her Flat win vs. Georgia in the spring awarded her MOP, scoring a season-best 89 … Went undefeated in Flat during the postseason … Swept both opponents in the SEC Championship match up vs. Texas A&M (3/25), scoring a 246 in Fences and a 239 in Flat … Opened up the national meet with a sweep of her South Carolina opponents (4/13),  earning a 270 in Fences and a 264 in Flat … Won both her contests in the NCEA Final vs. SMU, downing both Mustang opponents with a 270 in Fences and a 258 in Flat … Finished the NCEA meet with a 5-1-0 record between the two events to earn a spot on All-Championship Team.
 
2021-22: Had an outstanding junior season in Jumping Seat … Led the team with a 27-6-1 overall, with a 13-3-1 mark in Fences and 14-3-0 record in Flat … Has four MOPs in Fences so far with one in Flat … Kicked off the year with six-match winning streak in Fences … Opened with a career-high 91 in Fences in her MOP win vs. No. 2 Georgia (10/8) … Scored 87 points in her Flat win vs. the Bulldogs … Followed with a 90 and another MOP at No. 4 Oklahoma State (10/15) in Fences, while also picking up a Flat win against the Cowgirls … Swept her No. 9 South Carolina opponents at home (10/29) … Earned a 90-81 Flat win at No. 4 Texas A&M (11/18), winning MOP … Capped the fall with a pair of wins at No. 3 Baylor (11/19) … Opened the spring with sweeps against Sewanee (1/28) and Dartmouth (1/29) … Was awarded MOP in Fences against Dartmouth … Won both Flat & Fences points at South Carolina (2/5) … Secured an 88-76 victory in Flat vs. No. 10 Delaware State (2/12) … Scored a 90.5 in her Flat win vs. No. 2 Texas A&M (2/26) and followed with an 83-80 Fences win against the Aggies ... Earned an 84-80 Flat victory at No. 6 Georgia (3/4) ... Went unbeaten at the SEC Championships ... Opened with a 259 in her Flat win over Georgia (3/25) and followed with a 257-257 tie in Fences vs. the Bulldogs ... Went undefeated in the SEC title match vs. Texas A&M, starting with a 257.5-206.5 victory in Flat (3/26) ... Bested her Fences opponent with a 253 … Picked up two wins at the NCEA Championship vs. No. 7 SMU, defeating her opponents with 254 points in Fences and 232 in Flat.
 
2020-21: Went 11-5-0 in Jumping Seat during … Holds a 8-1-0 record in Fences and a 3-4-3 mark in Flat … Bested Hayley Mairano at No. 4 Georgia (10/23) with an 88-83 win … Helped the Tigers sweep No. 7 Texas A&M (10/30) in Fences with an 86-74 victory over Alexis Ortiz … Earned a Fences win at No. 5 Texas A&M (2/13) to kick off the spring, 82-78 … Scored 80 points in her Fences win vs. No. 3 Georgia (2/27) … Was Fences MOP vs. Sweet Briar (3/6), winning her point with an 89 … Scored a career-high on Flat against Lynchburg (3/6) with a 95 in the victory … Also topped her Fences opponent with an 85 vs. Lynchburg … Earned an 89-82 Fences win vs. No. 8 South Carolina (3/13) to close out the regular season … Went unbeaten at the SEC Championship (3/26-27), going 3-0-1 between Fences and Flat … Swept both Georgia opponents in the title match, scoring a 257 and a 236 in Fences and Flat, respectively … Her point in Flat secured the Auburn SEC win.
 
2019-20: Finished her first year on the Plains with a 15-4-1 overall record in Jumping Seat action … Put together a 7-1-1 record on Flat and an 8-3-0 mark in Fences … First win of her career came in an 84-75 Fences victory vs. Sweet Briar (10/18) … Swept both opponents vs. No. 5 TCU (10/19), scoring 88 points in Fences and a season-best 93 on Flat … Earned MOP on Flat at No. 9 SMU (11/8), besting her opponent with a 91-53 victory … Swept her opponents in back-to-back SEC meets: at No. 4 Texas A&M (11/9), No. 2 Georgia (11/15) … Was awarded MOP honors against the Aggies in Fences, edging Haley Redifer, 87-86 … Scored a season-best 90 points in her Fences win vs. Georgia … Earned MOP in Fences at No. 4 Fresno State (2/1) with 85 points … Picked up both Jumping Seat wins vs. No. 3 South Carolina (2/29), scoring 81 (Fences) and 82 (Flat) points vs. the Gamecocks … Bested Kaitlyn Lovingfuss of No. 7 Texas A&M (3/7) on Flat, 87-81.
 
Prior to Auburn: Ninth place at 2018 USEF East Coast Talent Search Finals … Ninth place at 2018 WIHS Junior Equitation Finals … Sixth place at 2017 WIHS Junior Equitation Finals … 2018 Grand Champion at USEF Junior Hunter Finals West Coast … Second place New England Equitation Championships 2016, 2017 & 2018 … Winner of the Hunter Phase and Jumper Phase in the 2017 WIHS Junior Equitation Final … Champion Older Large Junior Hunter at the 2018 Washington International Horse Show … Second place 2017 George Morris Excellence in Equitation … Third place 2018 George Morris Excellence in Equitation.
 
Personal: Daughter of Sarah Doyle and Bret Stearns … Has two brothers – Jeffery Smith and Graham Stearns … Graduated with a degree in management with the Harbert College of Business … Working on her master's degree in public administration.