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The Nassau GuardianSend an emailAugust 10, 2023 49 1 minute readFacebookTwitterLinkedInShare via Email

Hannah D’Aguilar has been welcomed as a walk-on to the Delaware State University equestrian team, becoming, in the process, the first international rider on the Delaware State squad.

A graduate of Queen’s College here in Nassau, The Bahamas, and long-time rider at Camperdown Equestrian Centre under trainer Kimberly Johnson, D’Aguilar brings an impressive resume of achievements from her junior riding career to the Delaware State University team, including a fifth-place finish in the 2022 Marshall and Sterling Equitation Finals and numerous local championships, including a title at the 2023 Bahamas Junior Classic.

D’Aguilar chose Delaware State because the school is the only Historically Black University and Colleges (HBCU) institution to compete in women’s equestrian as a NCEA)/NCAA Division I team.

Delaware State competes in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) of the National Collegiate Equestrian Association (NCEA), which works in conjunction with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to provide opportunities for female collegiate equestrian student-athletes to compete at the highest levels.

Delaware State Equestrian Head Coach Jennifer Ridgely expressed her enthusiasm for D’Aguilar.

“We are excited to welcome her to the Hornet family,” Ridgely said.

The Delaware State University Hornets’ season opens at home on September 22 against the University of Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagles.