Taylor St. Jacques Season 2017-18

Taylor St. Jacques Season 2017-18

PositionHUNT SEAT
ClassFreshman
HometownGlen Allen, Va.

Awards and Honors
Auburn Career Wins Holder – Flat (49)
2021 NCEA First Team All-American (Fences & Flat)
2021 NCEA Rider of the Year – Fences
2021 SEC Rider of the Year – Flat & Fences
2021 All-SEC
2021 SEC All-Championship Team (Flat)
2021 NCEA First Team All-Academic
2021 NCEA Academic Honor Roll
2021 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2020 NCEA First Team All-American (Flat)
2020 NCEA Rider of the Year - Flat
2020 SEC Rider of the Year - Flat
2020 All-SEC (Flat)
2020 NCEA First Team All-Academic
2020 NCEA Academic Honor Roll
2020 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2019 NCEA Rider of the Year - Flat
2019 NCEA All-Championship Team (Fences & Flat)
2019 NCEA Championship Most Outstanding Player (Flat & Fences)
2019 NCEA First Team All-American (Flat)
2019 NCEA All-America Honorable Mention (Fences)
2019 SEC Rider of the Year - Flat
2019 All-SEC (Flat)
2018 NCEA All-Championship Team (Fences & Flat)
2019 NCEA All-Academic Honorable Mention
2019 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2018 NCEA Championship Most Outstanding Player (Flat)
2018 NCEA First Team All-American (Flat)
2018 NCEA Second Team All-American (Fences)
2018 SEC Freshman Flat Rider of the Year
2018 SEC Freshman Fences Co-Rider of the Year
2018 All-SEC (Fences)
2018 SEC All-Freshman Team (Fences & Flat)
2019 First Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
NCEA Fences Rider of the Month (February 2018, January 2020)
NCEA Flat Rider of the Month (November 2018, February 2020, October 2020)
SEC Fences Rider of the Month (February 2018, March 2019, January 2020, February 2021)
SEC Flat Rider of the Month (November 2018, March 2019, February 2020, Fall 2020)
 
CAREER: Ranks first in Flat career wins with 48 … Among the program’s best in Fences career wins with 45 … Has a program-best 20 MOPs in Flat in her career … Her 11 MOPs in Fences is also among the program’s Top 10.  

2020-21: Finished undefeated in Jumping Seat action … Put together a 9-0-0 mark in Fences and went 9-0-0 in Flat … Set a season-best in Fences at No. 3 South Carolina (10/16) with a 90-83 win to secure MOP honors … Bested her Bulldog opponent at No. 4 Georgia (10/23) in Fences by 10 points, 86-76 … Scored back-to-back 84s in Flat to start the year on the road … Capped the fall with an 85-83 win in Fences vs. No. 7 Texas A&M (10/30), helping Auburn sweep the Aggies in the event … Topped Kaitlyn Lovingfoss in Flat to close out the fall with a 94-85 win … That Flat score tied a career high … Swept all her SEC opponents in the spring, starting with a Fences MOP win at No. 5 Texas A&M (2/13), 86-81 … Bested her Aggie opponent on Flat, 77-68 … Picked up a pair of wins against No. 3 Georgia (2/27), scoring an 84 (Fences) and an 88 (Flat) … Capped the spring with an MOP ride in Flat vs. No. 8 South Carolina (3/13), topping Nina Columbia with a 93 … Edged her Gamecock opponent in Fences, 87-84 … Won three of four possible Jumping Seat MOPs at the 2021 SEC Championship … Swept MOPs vs. South Carolina in the semifinal (3/26), scoring 275 points in her Fences win and 259 in her Flat victory … Picked up a sweep against Georgia (3/27) to help Auburn win the SEC title, earning 258.5 points and 263 points in Fence and Flat, respectively … Finished the season with two wins against Baylor in the NCEA quarterfinals (4/15), scoring 261 in Fences and 239 in Flat for the victories.

2019-20: Put together a 20-6-0 record in Jumping Seat on the shortened year … Once again had an outstanding season in Flat, finishing with a 12-1-0 mark … Went 8-5-0 in Fences … Led the team with seven MOPs in Flat with five coming against the SEC … Had a perfect 6-0 record vs. SEC opponents in the event … Set a career best with a 94 in her win on the road at No. 4 Texas A&M (11/9) … Picked up her first MOP of the year with an 87-81 victory vs. No. 4 Oklahoma State (9/20) … Scored an 86 in her win at No. 7 South Carolina (10/25), earning MOP … Earned MOP in Flat in both regular season meets vs. Georgia – 86-81 win (11/15), 89-83 win (2/8) … Downed Louisa Brackett of No. 3 South Carolina (2/29), 87-69, winning MOP … Capped the season with a 89-79 victory over Nicole Leonard of No. 7 Texas A&M (3/7), taking home MOP honors … Had two MOPs on the year in Fences for the Tigers … Swept MOP recognition at UC Davis (1/31), besting Sabin Marquardt in Fences (85-72) and Keely Laughlin in Flat (82-63) … Earned MOP honors vs. No. 9 Baylor (2/15), scoring a career-high 92 in her win … Was awarded a 91 on her Fences ride at home vs. Georgia in November, picking up the victory.

2018-19: Finished with a 28-4-1 overall record in Hunter Seat, having an impressive 14-0-1 mark in Equitation on the Flat and a 14-4-0 record in Equitation Over Fences … Recorded a staggering seven MOP honors in Flat with three in Fences … Went a perfect 10-0 vs. SEC opponents in the regular season … Secured a season-opening victory in Flat at No. 10 UT Martin (9/20), topping her opponent with a 76 … Capped the fall with a pair of sweeps vs. SEC opponents … Picked up her first MOP honor of the season vs. No. 2 Texas A&M (11/2), besting Caroline Boyle with an 85-65 win in Flat … Scored 82 points in her Fences win vs. the Aggies … Swept the MOP honors at No. 7 Georgia (11/9) … Finished with a season-best 90 in Fences to edge Ali Tritschler’s 88 … Had an 89-87 victory in Flat over Madison Newman … Tied her season high in Flat with a 93 vs. No. 10 UT Martin (2/8) … Picked up back-to-back MOPs in Flat on the road – at No. 3 South Carolina (2/16), at No. 2 Texas A&M (3/1) … Bested her SC opponent with a 91 and followed with a 92 over Nicole Leonard of TAMU … Finished the postseason with an 11-1-0 record … Earned MOP honors in the SEC Championship match vs. Texas A&M, scoring a 272 in Flat for the win … Had two big wins in the NCEA team championship vs. Georgia, topping her opponents with a 266 (Fences) and a 245 (Flat).

2017-18: Put together one of the most prolific freshman campaigns in program history, finishing 28-4-1 overall in Hunt Seat action ... Went 14-1-1 in Flat and 14-3-0 in Fences for Auburn ... Her season was highlighted by her performances at the NCEA Championship (4/18-21) as she went undefeated the entire week in both Fences and Flat, securing a spot on the All-Championship team in both events ... The 28 overall wins came in second on the team, while her 14 wins in each event was second (Fences) and third (Flat) ... After opening her career with a loss (11/10), she finished the regular season with a 13-0-1 record ... Had six MOP honors on the year - three in Flat and three in Fences ... Held the top two Flat scores for Auburn ... Swept both Hunt Seat events on the road at No. 10 South Carolina (11/17) ... Earned the first MOP honor of her career in Flat vs. the Gamecocks, topping Madison Sellman, 90-83 ... Defeated Sarah Isgett of SC with an 89-80 victory in Fences ... Picked up back-to-back MOP honors on the road - at No. 8 Baylor, at No. 3 Oklahoma State ... Swept both events to help Auburn upset No. 1 Georgia on the road (2/9), taking home both MOP honors ... Her 93 points in Flat at the Bulldogs marked a season and team high on the year ... Edged Bulldog Ali Tritschler, 85-84, for MOP ... Scored in the 170s seven times at the NCEA meet.

Prior to Auburn: Has multiple championships in the Junior Hunters and multiple High Junior Jumper wins ... Placed second at the WIHS Pony Medal Finals (2012) ... Winner of the USEF Pony Medal Finals (2014) ... Was the Large Pony Hunter Champion at Pony Finals (2015) ... Was Reserve Champion in the Older Small Junior Hunter at the National Horse Show (2016) ... Placed third in the USEF Hunterdon Cup (2016) ... Placed fourth in the Pessoa Hunt Seat Medal Finals (2016) ... Was the ASPCA Maclay Finals Reserve Champion (2016) ... Winner of every equitation class at the Devon Horse Show in 2017 ... R.W. Mutch Equitation Championship winner (2017) ... Finishes as Grand Champion at the 2017 Junior Hunter Finals ... Winner of the USEF Hunterdon Cup, Black Barn Junior/Amateur Jumper Prix, USEF Pessoa Hunt Seat Medal Finals, and WIHS Equitiation Finals in 2017 ... Reserve Champion at the 2017 USET East Coast Talent Search Finals. 

Personal: Daughter of Jeff and Sandra Croop ... Has two older brothers, Jared and Jay Croop, one older sister, Jocelynn, and one younger sister, Ava Croop ... Brother, Jay, plays professional hockey in the FHL for the Columbus River Dragons ... A management major with the Raymond J. Harbert College of Business.

SeasonEventMeetsMVPWinLossTie
2017-18Fences1731430
2018-19Fences1831440
2019-20Fences132850
2020-21Fences93900
CareerFences571145120
SeasonEventMeetsMOPWinLossTie
2017-18Flat1631411
2018-19Flat1571401
2019-20Flat1371210
2020-21Flat93900
CareerFlat54204922
D5A_1461

Sophomore
2018-19

HUNT SEAT
St_Jacques_Taylor

Junior
2019-20

Jumping Seat
Taylor_St_Jacques_equestrian_headshot_20210204_SL1_3629_JPEG_edited_8x11

Senior
2020-21

Jumping Seat