Sophia Ekstrand

Class:
Junior
Position:
Open Flat, Open Fences
Height:
5-9
Weight:
null
Hometown:
Los Angeles, Calif.
High School:
Harvard Westlake

2023-24: Finished fourth in the Open Flat at the Johnson & Wales Show ... Placed sixth in the Open Flat at the Salve Regina Show ... Was third in the Open Flat and fifth in the Open Fences at the Ivy Show.

2022-23: Finished third in the Open Flat and fourth in the Open Fences at the Ivy Show (April 23) ... Finished third in the Open Fences at the Zone 1 Region 1 Finals (March 25) ... Finished fifth in the Open Fences at the Roger Williams and Salve Regina Show (March 18) ... Finished fourth in both the Open Fences and Flat at the Johnson & Wales Show (March 11) ... Won the Open Fences event at the URI Show (Feb. 25) ... Was fifth in the Open Fences at the URI Show (Nov. 19) ... Took second in the Open Fences at the Brown home show (Oct. 20) ... Finished second in the Open Fences at the Roger Williams Show (Oct. 15) ... Was fourth in both the Open Flat and Open Fences to start the season at the URI Show (Oct. 8).

Before Brown: Was the school captain of the equestrian team ... 2017-18 IEL Varsity Dressage Champion, Overall Dressage Champion and Third Place Overall Varsity High Point Rider ... 2016-17 IEL Junior Varsity Overall Dressage Champion Show 2 ... California Third Level Champion in 2018, Southern California FEI Junior Dressage Champion, Third Level Dressage Champion and High Point FEI Rider Champion 2018 ... Qualified to compete at North American Youth Championships ... Co-presenter of poster at International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) conference that received a top five award in June 2019 titled Mapping the Emergence and Migration of Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Progenitors During Human Development at Single Cell Resolution.

Why Brown?: "Being accepted into the PLME program was so exciting because it means that I can explore other interests in finance and psychology during undergraduate while still working towards my career goal of becoming a surgeon."