Calling All Future Leaders of the Equine Industry

American Collegiate Horsemen's Association

1 day ago

Our next Meet The Officers post features a very important person on our board, our Treasurer, Rebecca Thompson! 🤑

"Hey y’all, I’m Rebecca Thompson! I’m your 2022-2023 ACHA Treasurer, hailing from West Virginia University. I’m studying Agribusiness Management, with an Equine Studies minor. I’m the current WVU Equine Studies Event Management Intern, so I help plan and host events at the JW Ruby Research Farm, am the Show Secretary for our Mountaineer Open Horse Show Series, and also work hands-on with our seven school horses. I also serve as WVU CHA’s Treasurer, going on my second term, which propelled me to run for the ACHA position. I’m from Cottageville, West Virginia, where I was an active member in the Ripley FFA Chapter where I competed and participated in a plethora of events, as well as showed replacement heifers, market steers, and market rabbits at the Jackson County Junior Fair for 9 years, and earned my American Degree in 2018. I also volunteer with the Passion for the Purple Preview Show back home in Jackson County, and I enjoy learning more about show and event management. After I graduate, I plan to attend the Kentucky Equine Management Internship for a year if possible, and career-wise I would like to work with equine or livestock event management. My goals for ACHA are to promote the organization to boost membership and help make the equine industry more accessible for career development opportunities."

Thank you Rebecca for being such an amazng asset and keeping our finances in line! If you want to learn more about our officers or more abotu ACHA as a whole, check out our website linked in our bio! You won't be dissappointed 🎉😮
#AQHA #NSBA #APHA #IHSA #RideIHSA #RideIEA #Futureofequine #horses #ACHA #Collegiatehorsemens #NCEA #NCAA #Argirculture #WVU #wvuequine ... See MoreSee Less

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American Collegiate Horsemen's Association

6 days ago

Our next Meet The Officers post features the face behind our social media for our 2022-2023 term! Meet our Communications Officer, Karlie Patterson!🥳

"Hey y’all, my name is Karlie Patterson and I am a junior at Murray State University where I am pursuing my degree in Equine Buisness Management! I have shown AQHA and APHA all-around events since I was six years old but in the last couple years I have ventured into NRHA and ARHA, needless to say I LOVE it. This school year I have decided to also play “reiner gone barrel racer” and run my newest addition, Annie, who has been teaching me to live life on the edge and that not everything has to look so pretty in the arena! I am having so much fun being able to have a change of speed while also having an amazing horse as a teacher. I am from small town Missouri (about 1 hour west of Saint Louis) so naturally, we are a Baseball, fishing, four wheeler, and football family! I currently compete as an Open rider for Murray States IHSA Teams and am serveing my second year as our chapters Historian! I have a niche for photography which started my journey into managing our IHSA teams social media. I had so much fun doing that and creating fun posts for our viewers that I decided to become Communications Officer for the National Board as well! Outside of IHSA and school you can find me fishing, kayaking, hiking, on the track with my fourwheeler, or anything that involves being outside, especially when we start getting into the fall weather! I am so excited to be the Communications Officer this season and I cannot wait to broaden our social media presence and hopefully interact with all of our amazing chapters!" 💯

Want to learn more about our officers and ACHA as a whole? Check out our Linktree in our Bio for our website! ❤️ #AQHA #NRHA #ARHA #NSBA #IHSA #RideIHSA #RideIEA #ACHA #Collegiatehorsemens #futureofequine #MurrayState #MSU #Shoesup #Agriculture ... See MoreSee Less

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American Collegiate Horsemen's Association

2 weeks ago

Welcome to the first of many Meet The Officers Posts! Over the next couple of weeks, we will be featuring our officers for the 2022-2023 term and helping you all learn more about the lovely faces helping this organization run! First up is our National Representative, Meghan Carnahan! 🥳

"Hey Y’all, I’m Meghan Carnahan, I am the current National Representative. I am attending Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College at the moment working towards a bachelor's in Livestock Production. I’m originally from Avon Park Florida where we have a bunch of cattle and orange trees. I am ABAC’s Horsemen's Associations Vice President for this year as well as former treasurer and chaplain for ABAC’s association! I’m extremely passionate about Equine and livestock and I am so eager to gain experience and connections with this role! I look forward to meeting new peers in the horse industry and at other colleges and learning about everyone's backgrounds. I plan on owning my own horse-cattle operation at some point in the future. I grew up showing Western Pleasure, English Pleasure, and a bunch of Halter classes! I now train my own barrel horses and show them in other events such as listed above outside of barrel work. I’m hoping for ACHA to be able to recruit more chapters and members over this next year, and am excited to be a part of that process!"

Want to learn more about our officers and ACHA as a whole? Check out our Linktree in our Bio! 🤩 #AQHA #NSBA #ABAC #ACHA #NRHA #ARHA #Agriculture #horses #RideIHSA #RideIEA #CollegiateHorsemens ... See MoreSee Less

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2 months ago

🎟 Save The Date 🎟

American Collegiate Horseman’s Association 2023 National Convention is to be hosted by WVU in Morgantown WV!! 📍

✅ April 12-16 2023!

Join us for a full and fun time meeting people from around the nation and learning all about the depths of the equine industry! Details about this event as far as networking, demos, professional development, and social events will be announced each month!

#achaconvention #acha #horsemans #rideihsa #rideiea #equine #futureofhorsemanship ... See MoreSee Less

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