Courtesy: UGA Sports Communications
Release: 07/11/2006
KATE ANGELINE STEWART...born March 18, 1987 in Columbus, Ga....the daughter of Chip and Karen Stewart...has been riding since she could walk... much of her experience is in the Reining and working cowhorse disciplines...has competed in each of the past two summers at the Collegiate Reining Championships, staged at the NRHA Derby in Oklahoma City...2007-08: Competed 14 times in Reining for the Bulldogs, going 7-6-1...posted winning rides at Southern EQ championship and in one VENC meet...season-high ride of 77 came in a 1.5-point win vs. Auburn, highest Reining score of the season for Georgia...also posted wins twice against both Auburn and South Carolina...2008 United States Equestrian Federation 19-21 Silver Medalist...2006-07: MVP of Western squad...was 11-1 in Reining events, with an average of 70.6 and an undefeated regular-season record...MVP of Reining vs. S.F. Austin... 2007 United States Equestrian Federation 19-21 Champion...Tied for third at Collegiate Championships at 2007 NRHA Derby...2007 Carolina Classic Non-Pro Derby Top 5...2005-06: Made 13 appearances, the most of any Bulldog, in the Reining event...averaged a score of 73.05 throughout the course of the season...top performance came at the Southern Equestrian Championships where she posted a score of 86.5...coached by her father, horse trainer Chip Stewart...2004 and 2006 Top 10 in NHRA Youth 14-18...multiple Georgia Reined Cowhorse Non-Pro champion...2006 DRHA Limited Non Pro Derby Champion...Top 10 Southeast Working Cowhorse Non-Pro...2004, 2005, and 2006 Dixie Reining Horse Association Youth 14-18 Champion...multiple high scores at UGA meets...was recruited by both Auburn and South Carolina for Equestrian...attending UGA on the state lottery-funded HOPE scholarship...valedictorian of her class at Terrell Academy...was a member of state championship softball and tennis teams and state runner-up basketball team at Terrell...aspires to become a physical therapist...includes crab legs, country & rock music, the Georgia Bulldogs, Randy Johnson and former Terrell teammate Brynne Callaway among her personal favorites.