WWU Equestrian Academic Showcase to Host Star Clinicians
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
FULTON, MO –William Woods University will hold its annual Equestrian Academic Showcase Saturday and Sunday (Nov. 1-2), featuring clinics with both celebrated WWU graduate and hunt seat trainer, Kris Killam, and renowned saddle seat trainer, Paul Boone.
The showcase is an annual event designed to allow prospective equestrian students a chance to view WWU horses and riders in action, and learn what William Woods has to offer them.
Saturday will begin with equestrian events that include an introduction to the equestrian studies (EQS) division, barn tours, a parade of disciplines and a presentation on EQS scholarship opportunities.
There will be break-out sessions with the four riding seats offered—western, saddle seat, hunter/jumper and dressage. During these sessions, students and parents will get a change to ask questions of equestrian faculty and students. There will also be a separate question and answer session about the EQS division in general and EQS division alumni speakers.
Featured clinician, Kris Killam, will speak on Saturday about career opportunities in the equine world. Killam graduated from the WWU equestrian program in 2002, and has since become a well-respected trainer and rider in the hunt seat industry. He has attained an impressive series of wins in show jumping competitions, from Wellington, Fla., throughout the Midwest and Canada. He is an instructor at Colby Creek Stables in Ithaca, Neb.
The saddle seat clinic will be conducted by Paul Boone, trainer at Boones Farm and Stables in Concord, N.C. A long-standing member of the American Saddlebred community, Boone has trained many world champions, including the five-gaited sensation, (SA) Carswald Prince’s Dominoe.
Boone has many ties to William Woods: he instructed rider Ashley Eisenhower, who later became a student at WWU, and now works as a professional in the Saddlebred industry. William Woods graduate, Lynn McCallister, worked for Boone before starting her own barn, and current student Jesse West spent a summer under his tutelage as well. Another graduate, Cydney Cutchall, works for him currently.
Both clinics will begin on Sunday at 9 a.m. and will run all day in separate arenas.
Prospective students interested in attending the Equestrian Academic Showcase should contact the WWU Office of Admissions at (573) 592-4221 or admissions@williamwoods.edu .
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