The Michigan Cheer Team is a coed team within Michigan Athletics. It cheers at home football and men’s and women’s basketball games and competes each spring at the NCA College National Championships in Daytona Beach. New members are chosen at tryouts run by the coaching staff, and this guide follows the official Michigan Cheer Team […]
USC Cheerleading Tryout Guide
USC’s cheerleading team is the USC Spirit Leaders, a co-ed squad that has cheered for the Trojans since 2006. It sits within USC’s Trojan Marching Band program alongside the USC Song Leaders, the dance line that performs at football games. Tryouts start with online registration and skills videos, and invited athletes attend in-person semifinals and […]
Penn State University Cheerleading Tryout Guide
Penn State Cheerleading picks its team through a recruiting process followed by invitation-only spring tryouts. You start by filling out the program’s Recruitment Form and sending a short highlight video, and only candidates who meet the minimum skill standards are invited to try out. This guide follows the “Recruiting & Tryouts” section of the official […]
University of Georgia Cheerleading Tryout Guide
The University of Georgia has two cheer teams: a coed team of up to 10 women and 10 men, and an all-girl team of up to 24 women. They’re the official cheerleading team of Georgia Athletics, and tryouts are run by the University of Georgia Spirit Program, the site Georgia Athletics points to for cheer, […]
Florida Cheer Requirements: University of Florida Tryout Guide
For 2026-27, Florida selected two cheer squads: Florida Coed — 8 to 10 couples. Gator All-Girl — 3 to 4 stunt groups. Tryouts start with a virtual highlight reel. Candidates who advance are invited to in-person rounds in Gainesville. Below are the official Florida cheer requirements, taken from UF’s 2026-27 Cheerleading Tryouts page. UF hadn’t […]
Ohio State University Cheerleading Tryout Guide
The most important thing to know about Ohio State cheer: there is no traditional tryout. The Ohio State University Cheer Team fills its roster through a structured recruitment process that starts in high school. The team is an official varsity sport at Ohio State and part of the Spirit Program with the Dance Team and […]
University of Alabama Cheerleading Tryout Guide
Alabama’s cheerleading program has two teams, All Girl and Coed, and both compete each year at UCA College Nationals in January. It’s one of the most successful programs at that event: the Coed team won the UCA Division IA Co-Ed national title in 2025, and the All Girl team won the Division IA All Girl […]
University of Kentucky Cheerleading Tryout Guide
Kentucky has won the UCA Division IA Coed national championship 24 times, more than any other school. The program has two coed teams, the Blue Squad (varsity) and the White Squad (junior varsity), and the most important thing to know before you plan a tryout is that Kentucky tryouts are by invitation only. Invitations are […]
Cheerleading Tryout Tips: How to Stand Out and Make the Team
Cheerleading Tryout Tips: How to Stand Out and Make the Team Standing out at a cheer tryout isn’t about doing the hardest skill in the room. It’s about scoring well on what the judges are actually told to look for. Many college programs publish those criteria in their tryout packets, and some publish their scoring. […]
Cheerleading Tryouts Guide: How the Tryout Process Works
Cheerleading tryouts don’t work the same way everywhere. Some college programs hold an open tryout that anyone admitted to the school can attend. Others start with a video round and invite only some candidates to campus. A few don’t hold a tryout at all and recruit athletes over several years. This guide explains how the […]