Rachel Wetherell Class: Sophomore Hometown: Linn Grove, Iowa Event: Western

2010-11 Western
Ended the 2010-11 year with a record of 8-9...Kicked off 2010 with a win over South Dakota State's Amy Mendelke, 72.5-70.5 on September 24...Defeated South Carolina Kelsey Stangebye on October 29 for her second win of the year...Bested Oklahoma State rider Courtney Whitacre, 76.5-76 to open the spring season...Edged Amanda Brightwell of Texas A&M, 74-73.5, for her fourth win of the year...Carded wins five and six by ousting her Texas A&M and Baylor counterparts at the 2011 Big 12 Championships...Bested Candice Fulcher of UT-Martin by a score of 152-139 in the opening round of the 2011 Varsity Equestrian National Championships...Picked up her eighth win of the season by defeating Lauren Halvorson of OSU, 151-134.5, in the second round of the 2011 VENC... Helped the Western squad to their second-consecutive Reserve National Championships... Was one of seven Wildcat Western riders to receive a Varsity letter in 2010-11...Was named to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll for the 2010 fall semester and the 2011 spring semester.

Personal
Qualified for the Youth World Championships in 2009... Placed in the top 5 at the Quarter Horse Congress in 2008... Born September 9, 1991... Daughter of Doug and Debra Wetherell... Named to the Sioux Central honor roll multiple times... Was a member of the National Honor Society... Wants to major in the business field.