American Collegiate Horsemen’s Association (ACHA) unites collegiate horsemen of all levels and disciplines through the promotion of leadership, education, service and national affiliations. ACHA hosts a national convention each year to bring student and chapter members together to learn more about the horse industry and develop their leadership skills through tours, panel discussions and other networking opportunities. The organization also recognizes outstanding chapters and students through annual awards.
ACHA welcomes students from any four-year or two-year equine programs in the country. If you would like more information about the organization, the benefits of membership or how to start a local chapter, visit our Membership page for more information.
#ThrowbackThursday to National Convention! It's hard to believe we were in Texas just four months ago.
ACHA would like to give a huge thank you to Dr. Erica Macon and TAMU for hosting our 2025 convention. It was certainly an amazing and educational experience.
Here's a summary of our awards banquet, in case you missed it:
- Thank you to our 2024-2025 executive board; Haley, Maggie, Annie, Kevonna, and Elizabeth!
-Officer turnover: stay tuned for a 2025-2026 officer and advisor post!
Scholarships:
- Upperclass Scholarship went to Elizabeth Conley from WVU
- Underclassman Scholarship went to Isabella McDonald from ABAC
Chapter Awards:
- Murray State University won this convention's Philantrophy Challenge
- TAMU won first place for the Scrapbook Competition
- WVU took home second place and ABAC stole third place in the Scrapbook Competition
Superlatives:
- Cyncere Denman from TAMU was awarded Best School Spirit
- Madison Presley from Murray State was awarded Best Dressed
- Kara Wofford from TAMU was awarded Best Dancer
- Anna Dockter from UM-Crookston was awarded Social Butterfly
And closing out our awards recap, we recognized Dr. Macon for hosting and Dr. Cerny for serving as our 2024-2025 National Advisor.
Congratulations everyone!
We hope everyone has been having a great summer! We are looking forward to the beginning of the 2025-2026 year.
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ACHA wishes everyone a Happy 4th of July!🇺🇸 Have fun and stay safe!
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2024-2025 executive board signing off👋
We have had an amazing year this year with plenty of memories made! We will truly miss being your executive board but we are so excited to see what the 2025-2026 board has planned for next year!
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So happy to see this organization continue. Best wishes!
Day 4 of Convention Recap! Today was our professional development day with multiple amazing speakers! We started off the day with talking over DISC which shows us what letter we are based off of our behaviors! Next, we had two panels with industry professionals being first then a grad school panel! Later in the night, we also hosted our awards banquet with all of our different awards and swear in our new officers! A huge thank goes out to Dr. Erica Macon and @tamu_horsemens for hosting this year! We had an amazing time visiting TAMU!
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Day 3 of Convention Recap! Today we had a very informative day with multiple speakers and hands on labs! To start off the day, we had speakers on equine anatomy and physiology, conformation, putting on a horse demonstration, insights into vet school along with stallion reproduction! In the afternoon, we had hands on equine anatomy labs! We then had the night to explore College Station/Bryan! We can’t wait to see everyone further develop their professional skills!
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Day 2 of Convention Recap! We got to tour all of the amazing facilities TAMU offers! In the morning, we got to visit the Thomas G. Hildebrand Equine Complex and Equine Nutrition Research and Reproductive Teaching Center! In the afternoon, we visited Parson’s Mounted Calvary and TAMU Veterinary School! During lunch, we also had a working cattle on horseback demo! In the evening, we hosted our dinner and dance which was so fun! Today was an amazing day and can’t wait to see everyone tomorrow!
#ACHA #achaconvention #horsemens #equestrian #equine #collegiatehorsemens #futureofequine #horses #collegeequestrian #rideihsa #rideiea #aqha #apha #futureofhormanship #collegiateclub
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ADVISOR: Lacey Johnston, Senior Lecturer in Animal Sciences
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