Woosley Luse joined the Wilson staff in October 2022 after the Phoenix Western and Hunt Seat (English) riding teams transitioned from club teams to varsity status and competing in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA). As a result she was appointed director of equestrian teams, overseeing both, and serving as the head coach of the Western team.
"Our equestrian program is one of the signature experiences at Wilson," college president Wesley R. Fugate said. "By elevating our Hunt Seat and Western teams to varsity status, we are elevating our competitive riding programs to the level that properly reflects their importance to the college. We look forward to the success of both teams, a wonderful complement to our strong equine-related academic programs."Â Â
A second-generation world champion horse trainer with over 30 years of experience training and coaching, Woosley Luse has coached numerous world champion riders and team champions at the professional and collegiate levels in Texas and Kentucky. An accomplished rider herself, she was a world champion at the National Reining Horse Association Intermediate Open Division level. Her accomplishments and successes in coaching and competing in regional, national, and international competitions is an impressive and extensive list.
Some highlights also include being a lifetime American Quarter Horse member, an American Quarter Horse Association recognized Professional Horseman, a worldwide carded judge with the National Reining Horse Association and the American Stock Horse Association, and a winning Head IHSA Equestrian and Stock Horse Coach at North Central Texas College. She was molded as a youth by the respected professional, trainer, multi-breed carded judge, and National Reining Horse Association Hall of Fame Inductee, her father, Clayton Woosley.Â
"I am very excited to be involved in building Wilson College's Western equestrian team. I love the challenge of accomplishing unexpected results," Woosley Luse said.
Woosley Luse agreed to join the Wilson College athletics team after visiting "one of the most beautiful college campuses I've seen." She added, "I'd like to use my worldwide industry connections to expand Wilson's resources for both of the teams. I think in the very near future, Wilson equestrian team members will represent us successfully at a regional and national level."
