Emma Kurtz Season 2019-20

Emma Kurtz Season 2019-20

PositionJUMPING SEAT
ClassSophomore
HometownHudson, Ohio

Awards and Honors
2023 NCEA All-America Honorable Mention (Flat)
2023 All-SEC (Fences & Flat)
2023 NCEA First Team All-Academic
2023 NCEA Academic Honor Roll
2023 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2022 NCEA First Team All-American (Fences)
2022 NCEA Second Team All-American (Flat)
2022 SEC Fences Rider of the Year
2022 All-SEC (Fences & Flat)
2022 NCEA First Team All-Academic
2022 NCEA Academic Honor Roll
2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2021 NCEA Second Team All-American (Fences)
2021 NCEA All-Academic First Team
2021 NCEA Academic Honor Roll
2021 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2020 NCEA First Team All-American (Fences)
2020 NCEA Second Team All-American (Flat)
2020 All-SEC (Fences & Flat)
2020 NCEA All-Academic First Team
2020 NCEA Academic Honor Roll
2020 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2019 NCEA All-Championship Team (Fences)
2019 NCEA Second Team All-American (Fences)
2019 NCEA All-America Honorable Mention (Flat)
2019 SEC All-Freshman Team (Fences & Flat)
2019 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
SEC Fences Rider of the Month (October 2019)
SEC Flat Rider of the Month (February 2022)
 
CAREER: Finished her career tied for first in Fences career wins with 57 … Totaled 48 career wins in Flat to finish tied for second in program history.
 
2022-23: Put together a 23-7-2 overall record in Jumping Seat action, going 12-3-1 in Fences and 11-4-1 in Flat … All-American in Flat and picked up All-SEC in both Fences and Flat … Earned four MOPs on the year – three in Flat and one in Fences … Went undefeated at the SEC Championships, helping the Tigers win their fifth-straight title … Finished with a 4-1-1 mark against SEC opponents in Fences during the regular season … Opened the season with a sweep at No. 5 Georgia (10/7), scoring an 85 in Fences and a 75 in Flat … Won both Fences and Flat in a meet nine times … Earned a sweep at No. 9 Fresno State (10/15) and followed with a sweep of No. 9 UT Martin at home (10/22) … Scored an 83 in Fences vs. the Skyhawks and captured Flat MOP with an 87-84 win … Closed out the fall with sweeps against No. 5 Texas A&M (11/11) and No. 7 Oklahoma State (11/18) … Scored a season-best 89 vs. the Cowgirls to win Flat MOP … Helped the Tigers dominate No. 1 SMU (2/25), winning both her points … Kicked off the postseason with big scores against South Carolina in the SEC Semifinal (3/24), scoring a 254 in Fences and a 255 in Flat … Her score in Flat was awarded MOP … Swept her Texas A&M opponents (3/25) in the SEC Championship, scoring a big 263 in Fences for MOP … Edged her Flat opponent, 252-248 … Opened the NCEA meet with another sweep of South Carolina (4/13) … Bested Natalie Jayne in Fences, 251-248, and beat Nina Columbia in Flat, 246-225 … Handily won both her matches vs. Oklahoma State in the NCEA Semifinal (4/14) … Defeated Sydney North in Fences, 251-234 … Followed with a 243-224 win over Grace McReynolds in Flat.

2021-22: Finished with a 26-6-2 mark in Jumping Seat with a 14-2-1 record in Fences and a 12-4-1 record in Flat … All-American in both events and was named the SEC Fences Rider of the Year … Totaled four Fences MOPs and four in Flat … Kicked off the season with a sweep vs. No. 3 Georgia (10/8), scoring an 82 in Fences and an 83.5 in Flat for the Tigers … Swept her opponents at No. 3 SMU (10/16), vs. Lynchburg (10/22) and against No. 7 Fresno State (10/23) … Scored a career-high 97 in her Flat win against Fresno State, earning MOP … Had a 95.5 in Flat against Lynchburg … Swept both opponents at No. 3 Baylor (11/19) to close out the fall, earning MOP in both Fences and Flat against the Bears … Opened the spring with four wins over Jumping Seat only opponents … Earned Fences MOP vs. Sewanee (1/28) … Was named Flat MOP against Dartmouth (1/29) … Picked up an 86-79 Fences victory at South Carolina (2/5) for MOP … Swept both opponents vs. No. 10 Delaware State (2/12), scoring an 89.5 in Flat … Earned an 87 in Flat and 88.5 in Fences in her wins against No. 2 Texas A&M (2/26) ... Edged her opponent at No. 6 Georgia (3/4), 85-84 ... Went undefeated at the SEC Championship ... Kicked off with two wins vs. Georgia (3/25), winning MOP in Fences with a 256-176 victory ... Bested Hayley Mairano in Flat, 246-235.5 ... Edged both her Texas A&M opponents in the championship (3/26) ... Earned MOP in Flat with a 268.5 ... Defeated her Fences opponent, 247-245 … Went undefeated at the NCEA Championships, picking up a 253-240 victory in Fences and 239.5-230.5 win in Flat vs. No. 7 SMU (4/14).
 
2020-21: Finished 13-9-0 record in Jumping Seat, going 5-6-0 in Flat and 8-3-0 in Fences … Opened with a 78-77 edge in Fences, topping Louisa Brackett at No. 3 South Carolina (10/16) … Scored a season-best 95 in Flat on the road, topping her opponent at No. 4 Georgia (10/23) and winning MOP honors … Swept her opponents vs. No. 7 Texas A&M (10/31) … Was awarded MOP honors for her 88-80 win in Fences … Tied her season high on Flat with another 95 as she bested Mali Selman’s 81 … Picked up a pair of SEC wins in the spring, scoring an 87 in her victory at No. 5 Texas A&M (2/13) … Earned MOP at home vs. No. 3 Georgia (2/27) with an 85-81 win … Swept all opponents in both Fences & Flat vs. Sweet Briar & Lynchburg (3/6)  … Closed out the regular season with an 85-80 Flat win over No. 8 South Carolina (3/13) … Bested her Gamecock opponent in Fences in the 2021 SEC Semifinal, 264-240.5 (3/26) … Topped Gia Gulino of Baylor in Fences in the NCEA quarterfinals (4/15), scoring a 270.
 
2019-20: Went 21-7-1 overall in Jumping Seat action for the Tigers as a sophomore … Finished 11-3-1 in Flat and 10-4-0 in Fences … Opened up the year with six-straight wins in Fences … Scored 81 points in the season opener at No. 10 UT Martin (9/19) for the victory … Swept her opponents vs. SUNY New Paltz (10/18), earning Flat MOP with 86 points in her win … Scored 88 points vs. SUNY New Paltz in Fences … Was awarded MOP honors with an 87-77 victory vs. Maggie Fraley of Sweet Briar (10/18) … Earned three-straight Fences & Flat sweeps – No. 5 TCU (10/19), at No. 7 South Carolina (10/25), at No. 9 SMU (11/8) … Her 86-78 win over SC’s Tyler Petrie gave her MOP recognition … Picked up a Flat and Fences win vs. No. 2 Georgia (11/15) and tied her career high with an 89 in her Fences win vs. Kate Kramer … Swept her opponents at No. 4 Fresno State (2/1) … Capped the season with a pair of wins vs. No. 7 Texas A&M (3/7) … Bested Caroline Passarelli in Fences with an 83-78 win … Edged Rhian Murphy in Flat, 84-83.
 
2018-19: Finished an outstanding first year with a 22-3-0 record in Hunter Seat for Auburn … Went 9-1-0 overall in Equitation on the Flat and 13-2-0 in Equitation Over Fences … First win of her career was in Flat vs. No. 9 South Carolina (9/28), topping Madison Brayman, 78-54 … Picked up a Flat victory vs. No. 5 Oklahoma State (10/19), 72-63 … First Fences win of her career came on the road at No. 7 Georgia (11/9) as she scored a career-best 89 points in her victory … Kicked off the spring season with 10-straight Hunter Seat victories … Went undefeated to open the spring vs. No. Delaware State (2/1) … Picked up two wins at home vs. No. 10 UT Martin (2/8), scoring a season-best 90 in Flat … Swept both her opponents vs. South Dakota State (2/9) … Had two big Fences wins on the road in March – 83-77 at No. 2 Texas A&M (3/1); 82-80 at No. 3 SMU (3/2) … Went 8-1-0 in the postseason … Had a Fences win in the SEC Championship match vs. Texas A&M, topping Grace Boston, 251-248 (3/30) … Secured a spot on the NCEA All-Championship team for her Fences performances at the national meet, finishing with a 5-0-0 record.

Prior to Auburn: 2017 Winner of the North American Equitation Championship at Capital Challenge … 2017 second in the Jumper Phase at the WIHS Junior Equitation Final … 2017 eleventh at USEF Medal Finals and the WIHS Junior Equitation Final … 2017 second at Maclay Regionals … 2017 Winner of the Zone 5 Equitation Championship …  2017 Zone 5 Sportsmanship Award … 2017 Christy Conrad Leading Equitation Rider at WEF … 2017 Grand Champion Junior Hunter at WIHS … 2017 Best Junior Rider on a Horse at Devon … 2017 tenth in the George Morris Excellence in Equitation Championship at WEF … Eighth at 2016 WIHS Junior Equitation Finals … Second at 2016 Hunterdon Cup … Fifth at 2016 USEF Medal Finals.
 
Personal: Daughter of Dave and Kris Kurtz … Has an older brother, Will, who plays golf at Kent State … A finance major with the Raymond J. Harbert College of Business and currently working on her Master’s in Business Administration.

SeasonEventMeetsMOPWinLossTie
2018-19Fences1501320
2019-20Fences1421040
2020-21Fences112830
2021-22Fences 1741421
2022-23Fences1611231
CareerFences73957142
SeasonEventMeetsMOPWinLossTie
2018-19Flat100910
2019-20Flat1411131
2020-21Flat111560
2021-22    Flat    1741241
2022-23Flat1631141
CareerFlat68948183
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Freshman
2018-19

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Junior
2020-21

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Senior
2021-22

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Graduate Student
2022-23

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