Name: Rachel Saunders

Year: Junior

Division: Walk/Trot/Canter

Hometown: Olmsted Falls, Ohio

Favorite horse: Sampson

What is your favorite OUET memory?

It would definitely have to be the car ride to Lake Erie for a show with Brittany, Colleen, and Kari. Now Colleen was driving and the gps took us through back roads, and while we were driving Kari freaked out because she saw this hitch hiker and thought we were going to pick him up so she starts screaming and then Colleen freaks out and makes this crazy tight turn down the hill where she proceeds to drive on the shoulder instead of the actual road (Colleen actually thinks it's the road). I then calmly say "Dude you aren't even on the road."

What is your favorite Athens eatery?

Love me some Jimmy Johns!

Why did you decide to join the team?

I joined the team because I really love to ride, and at the time it had been awhile since I rode, and I thought it would be a good opportunity to get back into it. Also, I figured being a freshman it would be a good way to make friends and meet some really cool people.