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CONWAY, SC — Nicole Corsi, a management major, of Webster, is a member of Coastal Carolina University’s Equestrian Team, which is having a successful 2016-2017 show season competing in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) for the region.
Taylor Landis, a CCU senior from Hershey, Pa., won the Cacchione Cup at a recent meet held at the College of Charleston. The Cacchione Cup is awarded to open riders with the highest combined points in the entire region, which includes 11 colleges and universities in South Carolina and Georgia.
The coach for CCU’s equestrian club team is Kristi Rae Grigg from Myrtle Beach.
Coastal Carolina University is a dynamic, public comprehensive liberal arts institution located in Conway, just minutes from the resort area of Myrtle Beach, S.C.
CCU offers baccalaureate degrees in 73 major fields of study. Among CCU’s 21 graduate-level programs are 18 master’s degrees, two educational specialist degrees, and the Ph.D. in marine science: coastal and marine systems science. The most popular undergraduate majors are marine science, management, exercise and sport science, communication and psychology.
More than 10,000 students from across the country and the world interact with a world-class faculty and enjoy a nationally competitive NCAA I athletic program, an inspiring cultural calendar, and a tradition of community interaction that is fueled by more than 180 student clubs and organizations.
Coastal Carolina University was founded in 1954 as Coastal Carolina Junior College and became an independent state university in 1993.
Learn more: http://www.coastal.edu/
