2023-24 Equestrian Roster
Sophia Pilla
- Position:
- Jumping
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Immaculate High School
- Hometown:
- Ridgefield, Conn.
- Exchange Profile:
- Pitch an NIL Deal
OVERALL RECORD: 45-16
MOPS: 11
HIGH SCORE: 99
(Graduate) 2024-25: was a regular in the Flat lineup, competing in 15 meets for the Bulldogs...concluded the season with a 12-3 lineup...finished the season on an eight-meet winning streak...led all Georgia Flatters with 12 wins and recorded three of the top-five event scores this season...collected three MOP honors, at Fresno State, SMU and Auburn...rode to a season high of 92 against Texas A&M...tallied four scores of 90 or above...SEC Flat Rider of the Year...was awarded the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year following the SEC Championship...named NCEA Ariat All-America Second Team in Flat...earned a spot on the NCEA All-Championship Team in Flat...named NCEA Rider of the Month for February...SEC Rider of the Month twice for February and March...named NCEA APHA All-Academic First Team... earned a spot on the NCEA APHA and SEC Winter honor rolls.
(Senior) 2023-24: Went 10-4 on the season in Flat...posted a 5-1 home record...was undefeated during the spring season…received the highest Flat score over all three days of competition at the NCEA Championships…earned three MOP honors against UT Martin, Oklahoma State and Texas A&M...rode to a high score of 91 against Baylor...J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll in the fall and spring...NCEA Ariat All-America Flat Second Team...named to NCEA All-America First Team...NCEA and SEC honor roll recognitions…was named SEC Flat Rider of the Month for February.
(Junior) 2022-23: rode to a 14-3 Flat record, including seven away wins, two MOP honors, and went undefeated in the spring and into postseason… received NCEA First Team All-America and All-SEC honors… named the NCEA and SEC Rider of the Month in February….rode to six scores of 90 or better with an average score of 87.2…. her high mark of 99 against South Carolina was the highest among all SEC riders this season and is tied for the best score in program history, making her only the third Bulldog to achieve the near-perfect score and the first since 2019… placed on the NCEA All-Academic First Team… Named to the SEC Honor Roll…named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Dean’s List in the fall and Honor Roll in the spring
(Sophomore) 2021-22: Ended the season with a 9-5 Flat record… named to the 2021-22 NCEA All-America Flat Second Team… had three MOP honors against Fresno State, Sweet Briar, and Texas A&M… named to the APHA NCEA All-Academic Team and 2021-22 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
(Freshman) 2020-21: Made one appearance on the Flat lineup against Auburn on Oct. 23… had a 2-0-1 Flat Exhibition record... named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll and the University of Georgia Dean’s List… recognized as a Philanthropic Achiever by her coaches and teammates for her community service in Athens.
OTHER: Finished in the equitation, hunters, and jumpers at premier shows across the country including the Washington International Horse Show and the National Horse Show in Kentucky… won the Overall Washington Equitation in Lake Placid and the Maclay in Wellington, which qualified her to compete in the George Morris Equitation Championship… won multiple championships in the Junior Jumpers in 2018, which qualified her for the US Jumper Championship in Washington where she took second in the speed round… finished in the top 25 at USEF Medal Finals in 2017, and was 4th and 12th at the Zone 1 Maclay Regionals in 2016 and 2017, respectively… crowned a two-time National Champion in the Junior Hunters at Devon in 2015.
PERSONAL: Born December 30, 2000… the daughter of Philip and Leah Pilla.
