Bailey Signs With South CarolinaBOURBON — Triton High School senior Bailey Walters has signed a division I national letter of intent to attend the University of South Carolina on an equestrian scholarship. Bailey is a six-time American Quarter Horse Association Youth World Championship Show Qualifier and 2013 AQHA Youth World Championship Show Ranch Horse Pleasure Finalist will begin competing for the nationally ranked Gamecocks next year. Bailey has had a distinguished riding career, earning many honors, including being on the 2007 All-American Quarter Horse Congress Reserve Champion NYATT team, the 2009 National Reining Horse Association and AQHA 13 and Under Reining All‐American Quarter Horse Congress Champion. Bailey was also the 2009 Ed Fear High Point Non Pro and the 2009 Track Room Show High Point. In 2010, Bailey was a NHRA Affiliate Championship Show Qualifier and placed 9th at the Youth NRHA Derby in 2011. Also in 2011, she was the IIRHA State Fair High Point for ages 14-18, was on the NRHA East Central Affiliate Finals team that placed first, and was the NYATT Reining All-American Quarter Horse Congress Reserve Champion. This year, she has been an AQHA Youth World Championship Qualifier and is the Ranch Horse Pleasure Finalist. Bailey has also been a member of the NRHA East Central Affiliate Finals second-place team, qualified for the NRHA Affiliate Championship Show, and was on the All-American Quarter Horse Congress third-place NYATT team. At South Carolina, she plans to major in business.
