Melissa Menard

My family is my rock, and always has been. Living on a small horse farm, we are always together working around the property. We are active together as well, hiking and traveling quite a bit. We even had the unique opportunity to host a student from Lithuania this summer which has been so rewarding!

Since I was 8, I have been riding horses. I'm an eventer, which to some people means I'm a lunatic. Eventing is a triathalon for horses, with three distinct phases, testing three extremely different skills, one of which requires me to wear a bullet-proof impact vest and a medical armband!

Starting as someone with absolutely no dance experience, I decided to take up dance at school my freshman year, and it may have been the best decision I ever made! Since then I have danced every year and have even made it into the honors dance class and my passion for it has surprised me everyday.

USPC has brought me to some amazing heights that I could never have imagined! I am currently a C-2/ H-B certified upper -level member, have travel to Ireland through an exchange, competed nationally twice and now give back to my local club by teaching and counseling at their summer camps.

I currently am on the varsity field hockey team at my school. This is my fifth year playing the sport and third year on varsity. My primary position is back, but I do also occasionally play outside midi.