Caroline Buchanan Season 2023-24

Caroline Buchanan Season 2023-24

PositionWESTERN
ClassSophomore
HometownScottsdale, Ariz.

Awards and Honors
2024 NCEA Second Team All-Academic 
2024 NCEA Academic Honor Roll
2024 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023 SEC All-Freshman Team (Reining)
2022-23 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

2023-24: Finished with a 7-5-3 overall record in Reining … Put together a 3-2-1 mark against Southeastern Conference opponents … Kicked off the year with a career-high 72.5 in her tie vs. No. 9 UC Davis (9/23) … Won five-straight matches starting with a 66.5-0 victory on the road at No. 7 Baylor (10/6) … Scored back-to-back 70s in victories at No. 10 UT Martin (10/13) and home vs. No. 6 Georgia (10/20) … Her win vs. the Bulldogs gave her the first MOP honor of her career … Followed with another 72.5 in a win over No. 7 South Carolina (10/27), winning MOP … Bested her opponent at No. 4 Texas A&M (11/10), 66-65 … Picked up a pair of ties in the spring – at No. 6 Georgia (2/10) and vs. No. 3 SMU (3/2) … Defeated Jax Bound of Georgia in the SEC Semifinal match up (3/29), 70.5-0 … Picked up a win at the NCEA Championship, defeating Tristan Bagby of No. 6 Oklahoma State (4.18) with a 70.83. 

2022-23: Went 6-8-1 in Reining as a freshman for the Tigers … First win of her career came on the road, besting her No. 4 Texas A&M (2/4) opponent with a 70.5 … Scored back-to-back 70.5s vs. No. 5 Georgia (2/18) and No. 1 SMU (2/25) for wins … Scored a season-high 71 on the road at No. 7 South Carolina (11/4) … Earned a win in Auburn’s SEC Championship match vs. Texas A&M (3/25), defeating her opponent with a 208.5 … Went 2-1-0 at the 2023 NCEA Championships … Bested her Oklahoma State opponent in the NCEA semifinal (4/14), 215.5-213 … Earned a win in the NCEA final against SMU (4/15) winning with a 217. 

Prior to Auburn: 2020 AQHYA World Show Reining Champion … 2021 NRCHA Youth Limited Derby Champion … 2021 AQHYA World Show Boxing Champion.

Personal: Daughter of Anne Buchanan and Bryan Buchanan … Has an older sister, Kate, who was a member of the Auburn equestrian team … A biomedical sciences major with the College of Science and Mathematics. 

 

Season Event Meets MOP Win Loss Tie
2022-23 Reining 15 0 6 8 1
2023-24 Reining 15 2 7 5 3
Career Reining 30 2 13 13 4
Buchanan_Caroline

Freshman
2022-23

Western
Buchanan, Caroline

Junior
2024-25

Western