Equestrian
- Title:
- Assistant Coach - Horsemanship
- Email:
- Jessie_Weisinger@baylor.edu
Jessie Weisinger enters her third season as Baylor equestrian’s assistant coach for Horsemanship after being hired in July 2022.
Weisinger's Horsemanship squad had four event wins on the season, including wins over No. 7 Oklahoma State and No. 9 UC Davis. She coached her riders to five MOPs, including two from Elsie Naruszewicz. Alexis Rutledge won seven points in her campaign while Naruszewicz had six. Her top scorer was Bella Rosa and Naruszewicz, each earning a 77.5 in their respective meets. As a whole, the Baylor EQ squad went 3-11 on the season.
In her first year with the Bears, Weisinger helped BUEQ to a 6-10 record and a No. 7 national ranking. Baylor finished as national quarterfinalists after a narrow defeat to eventual national champion SMU, 10-8, in postseason play, and placed third at the 2023 Big 12 Championship after going 1-1 with a close loss to Oklahoma State, 12-8, and a dominating 16-4 victory over Fresno State.
Under Weisinger’s purview, BU’s Horsemanship squad went 5-9-2 during the 2022-23 athletic season, but was outscored by just six points total on the year. The sophomore duo of Alexis Rutledge (9-6-1) and Nadalee Vasquez (7-6-2) provided Weisinger with a strong foundation to build around on the Western side, as the pair accounted for four of the Bears’ top five scores of the season.
Weisinger came to Baylor after serving as the head coach at UC Davis for the previous four seasons. There, she totaled nine wins with the Aggies as the program’s first head coach and secured the team’s first-ever win at the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championships in 2021-22.
Prior to her post at UC Davis, Weisinger coached at her alma mater, Texas A&M, as an assistant for four seasons. She led TAMU’s Horsemanship squad and assisted with the Reining team during her tenure from 2014-2018. During that time, the Aggies captured the 2017 NCEA Championship, becoming the first team to win the national title without the benefit of a first-round bye. Weisinger guided three student-athletes to NCEA All-Championship Horsemanship honors in 2017, including the Most Outstanding Horsemanship Rider, Avery Ellis.
Weisinger mentored three first-team All-Americans, one second-team All-American and two All-America honorable mentions in Horsemanship while at Texas A&M. Additionally, she oversaw 20 head of horses for her horsemanship crew, securing the donations and leases for the Aggies. She also handled recruiting, event management and riding camps during her years in College Station.
Prior to returning to her alma mater, Weisinger spent more than three years as an assistant trainer at the Guynn Training Center in Berthoud, Colo. During that stint, she formed the Rocky Mountain Wranglers, a middle/high school team that competed in the Interscholastic Equestrian Association. The RMW placed fifth and sixth at the IEA high school championships in 2013 and 2014, respectively.
Weisinger also worked at the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo (2007-10) and the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (2005-07) before beginning her tenure at Guynn.
Originally from Corpus Christi, the former Jessie Highfill lettered at Texas A&M from 1999 to 2002. She was one of the original members of the school’s equestrian program, as well as a member of its first national championship team in 2002. She continued to ride into her coaching career, earning the Rocky Mountain Quarter Horse Association Year-End Championship in Open Ranch Horse Pleasure in 2013. That year also saw Weisinger place in the top-15 at the American Paint Horse Association World Show, which in turn was a follow-up to her RMQHA Julie Fabrizius Memorial Rising Star Award in 2012.
Weisinger graduated from Texas A&M in 2002 with a bachelor’s degree in animal science. She later pursued her master’s degree in equine nutrition from Texas A&M in 2004.
Jessie is married to Jeremy Weisinger.
