About
Logan Reyes has directed the AB Equestrian Studies program and run the AB Equestrian Center on the ridge a quarter-mile up from Burbick Hall since 2018. The program is one of only a handful of fully integrated equestrian-studies degrees in Appalachia — combining academic coursework in equine science with daily riding instruction, barn management, IHSA intercollegiate competition, and the operational running of a working 22-stall facility on a 120-acre AB-owned farm.
Reyes holds a D.V.M. from the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine (2007), an M.S. in Equine Science from Texas A&M University (2009), and a B.S. in Animal Science from Cornell University (2003). She is a licensed Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in West Virginia and Virginia, a Certified Equine Sports Massage Therapist, and a former United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) National Steward.
Before AB she spent five years in equine sports-medicine practice at the Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington, KY (the country's largest equine sports-medicine hospital), and four years as a senior USEF national steward — overseeing major hunt-seat and stock-seat shows nationwide. She came to AB in 2018 partly because her wife Andrea was offered a faculty position at WVU School of Medicine and partly because — as she tells it — "a small program at a small college that owns its own barn is just about the most fun a horseperson can have in this country."
Education
- 2009M.S., Equine Science — Texas A&M University. Thesis on equine cardiovascular fitness in hunter-jumpers.
- 2007D.V.M., Doctor of Veterinary Medicine — Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine.
- 2003B.S., Animal Science — Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Teaching
Dr. Reyes teaches the Equine Health & Soundness sequence, supervises the daily riding-instruction program, and directs the senior capstone in barn management.
- EQS 215Equine Health, Anatomy & SoundnessA 4-credit sophomore-year course paired with hands-on barn lab. Topics include functional anatomy, gait analysis, lameness, basic medical care, and emergency response.
- EQS 325Hunt Seat & Stock Seat Training LabA required junior-year practicum with two hours of riding instruction per day, four days per week, across both English (hunt seat) and Western (stock seat) disciplines.
- EQS 460Senior Capstone: Barn Management & Program DesignA year-long senior capstone in which each Equestrian Studies senior designs and manages a complete riding program (feed budget, training calendar, championship rotation, staffing plan) for a 20-stall facility.
Practice, Program & National Service
Reyes's identity is as a practitioner-educator: a DVM running a working barn that also happens to be the laboratory in which the academic program runs. The AB Equestrian Center hosts approximately 60 Equestrian Studies majors and minors, 22 stalls of resident horses, a regulation cross-country course, a covered all-weather arena, and a working tack room and feed room.
She is the volunteer veterinary advisor to the IHSA Zone 4 regional program, a USEF licensed Hunt Seat and Stock Seat judge, and the AB faculty advisor to the AB Equestrian Team (which competes in IHSA Division II and has produced three IHSA Zone 4 champion riders since her arrival).
Selected Publications & Presentations
- 2024"The Liberal-Arts Equestrian Program: A Pedagogical Case Study." Journal of Equine Science.
- 2023"Cardiovascular Conditioning in Intercollegiate Hunt-Seat Horses." Equine Veterinary Journal.
- 2021Co-author, The Working Barn: A Practical Manual for Small-College Equestrian Programs. Trafalgar Square.
- 2025Plenary, American Association of Equine Practitioners, "The Educator-Veterinarian."
Honors & Service
- 2024IHSA Zone 4 Coach of the Year.
- 2022USEF Distinguished Stewardship Award.
- 2020AB Faculty Award for Distinguished Service.
- 2018Appointed Director, Equestrian Studies Program.
- 2007Auburn College of Veterinary Medicine Outstanding Senior.
A barn is the most honest classroom on a university campus. The horse will not be impressed by your GPA, your major, or your father's alumni status. The horse will only respond to who you actually are. Which is exactly the educator I want my students to have, every morning at 6:00 AM.— Dr. Logan Z. Reyes, DVM
Beyond the Classroom
Reyes lives in Philippi with her wife Dr. Andrea Reyes (Associate Professor of Family Medicine at WVU School of Medicine) and their three children. She is the volunteer veterinarian for the Barbour County Animal Shelter and a member of the WV Veterinary Medical Association.
She is a competitive amateur three-day-event rider (a 2025 Training Level qualifier) and the unofficial faculty mentor for first-generation pre-veterinary students at AB.