Laura Reed is in her ninth year as both the head coach of the Mount Ida College Equestrian Team and the director of the Equine Management program in the school of business.

Reed, who has been showing horses since she was 9 years old, has won a total of six national Hunter Pleasure and Hunt Seat Equitation titles. She also earned the Amateur Hunter Pleasure World Championship in 2001 and won the World Championship in Hunt Seat Equitation and Reserve World Hunter Pleasure Junior Exhibitor in 1995 when she was 17 years old.

A graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Reed coached the Mustangs to three regional reserve Highpoint Championships in each of the past three seasons.

Becky Osinga is in her fourth year as assistant coach for the women’s equestrian team.

A two-year member of the Mount Ida equestrian squad, Osinga captured numerous awards, including a Reserve High Point Rider Championship at the Mount Ida Intercollegiate Horse Show in 2004. She was the National International Horse Show Association (IHSA) Reserve Champion in the novice flat division in 2005 and qualified for the IHSA Zone Championships in 2006.

Osinga earned his Bachelor of Science degree in equine management from the College in the spring of 2008.