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Makayla Benjamin Fedder '18

Makayla Benjamin Fedder

  • Class
    2018
  • Induction
    2026
  • Sport(s)
    Equestrian
Makayla competed for Sweet Briar on both the IHSA and NCEA team along with competing in other equestrian competitions outside of the team format. She was a member of the 2015 and 2016 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Champion Team and the 2017 and 2018 Reserve Champion Team.

As an individual, Makayla racked up accolades such as being named the ODAC Rookie and Rider of the Year in 2015 and was a four-time ODAC All-Conference honoree. Additionally, she was named to the NCEA All-Academic First Team and the 2018 NCEA Sportsmanship Team. In 2018, Makayla became the first Sweet Briar student to win the Cacchione Cup.

Makayla was extremely involved in the process of preventing the College's closure in 2015 and has remained a stalwart representative of Sweet Briar and embodies the hard work, dedication, kindness, and unstoppability of a Vixen.
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