Equestrian
- Title:
- Jumping Seat Associate Head Equestrian Coach
- Email:
- abecker@sports.uga.edu
- Phone:
- 706-310-2218
Anna Becker was named assistant coach for the Georgia equestrian team in June 2018. She is primarily responsible for coaching the Fences squad as well as recruiting for the Jumping Seat discipline. She has served as the vice president of Strategic Communications for the National Collegiate Equestrian Association for the last two years.
An undefeated 6-0 home record, including five Jumping Seat competition sweeps (three Fences and two Flat), highlighted the 2023-24 season as the Georgia equestrian team finished 9-6 on the season. The Bulldogs finished third at the SEC Championship and was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the NCEA National Championship.
Becker coached the Fences team to a 9-6, including 41 individual wins and 10 MOP honors. Tessa Downey went 7-2-1 overall in Fences with a 3-0 postseason record, earning SEC Freshman Fences Rider of the Year honors. Junior Catalina Peralta posted a 9-5-1 record, earning a spot on the All-SEC Fences Team and NCEA Ariat All-America First Team accolades. Senior Emma Reichow posted highest score of season with a 91.3 against Auburn in the SEC Championships.
During the 2022-23 season, the Bulldogs went 5-8, plus two wins in Jumping Seat competition, finished third at the SEC Championship and then was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the NCEA National Championship to conclude the season. Becker led the Fences squad to a 10-5-1 record. She coached Emma Reichow to NCEA All-America Honorable Mention honors and Rachel McMullen was named to the ALL-SEC list, while Tessa Brown received SEC ALL-Freshmen recognition.
In her fourth season with the Bulldogs, Becker led Georgia’s Fences squad to a 10-4-1 record. Sophomore Jordan Toering and senior Hayley Mairano received All-SEC recognition, while Catalina Peralta was named to the SEC All-Freshman team. Additionally, three Fences riders received NCEA All-America recognition under her direction. Toering and Mairano earned Second-Team honors, while junior Rachel McMullen received Honorable Mention.
During the 2020-21 season, Becker assisted the team to the program’s seventh National Championship. The team’s accomplishments, and specifically her Fences squad, earned her NCEA Jumping Seat Coach of the Year recognition. After finishing a conference-only regular season with a 3-3 dual-meet record, the Georgia equestrian team earned a second-place finish at the Southeastern Conference Championship. Under her direction, Jordan Toering was named the SEC Freshman Fences Rider of the Year. Senior Hayley Mairano was recognized with All-SEC honors for Fences. Both Toering and Emma Reichow were named to the SEC All-Freshman Team for Fences. Additionally, Becker coached Mairano to NCEA All-America Honorable Mention honors and saw two of her riders take home NCEA All-Championship team awards.
Before the 2019-20 season ended abruptly due to COVID-19, Becker assisted the Bulldogs to a 6-6 record in regular season action during her second year with the team. In the final event rankings, the reigning Fences national champions finished ranked third and defeated all Southeastern Conference opponents.
Under Becker’s direction senior Ali Tritschler earned NCEA All-America honors and was named to the All-SEC Team for Fences.
In her first year with the Bulldogs, the Equitation Over Fences group claimed the 2019 NCEA National Title. Maddy Darst earned NCEA Ariat Second-Team All-America honors for Equitation Over Fences and Honorable Mention for Equitation on the Flat and All-SEC accolades in both Hunter Seat events. Ali Tristschler (Flat- October) and Haley Mairano (Fences- January) earned the NCEA Rider of the Month awards during the season.
Becker came to Georgia after being a Hunt Seat coach at Kansas State from 2013-2015. She helped coach the team to back-to-back undefeated records at home as well as a Big 12 Reserve Champion finish in 2015. She has coached several riders to All-Big 12, Big 12 Rider of the Year, and NCEA All-America recognitions.
A collegiate rider herself, Becker contributed to two SEC Championships, two Hunt Seat National Championships, and two team National Championships at Auburn University from 2010-2013. She graduated Cum Laude with a degree in marketing.
Prior to college, Becker trained with Julie Becker, Michael Dowling, Stacia Madden/Beacon Hill, and Emil Spadone/Redfield Farm as a junior. She has top finishes at USEF Medal Finals, ASPCA Maclay Finals, USET Finals, and the Equitation Championship at Capital Challenge, including a third place finish at the 2008 USET Finals East in the Gymnastics Phase and a third place finish at the Marshall and Sterling Finals in 2007.
Most recently, Becker has worked for the Washington International Horse Show as an Operations Manager in Washington, D.C. and received a master's degree in Sports Business from NYU.
