Awards and Honors
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)
 
CAREER: Among the program’s Top 10 in career wins for both Fences and Flat … Has 42 Fences wins and 36 in Flat.
 
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.