Eastern Kentucky University has two competitive cheer teams, Small Coed and All-Girl, and both have won national titles. EKU lists its championships as the 2021, 2022 and 2024 D1 Small Coed titles and the 2021 D1 All-Girl title at the UCA College Nationals. Tryouts are generally open, but you must attend an EKU cheer clinic […]
East Tennessee State University Cheerleading Tryout Guide
East Tennessee State University in Johnson City competes in the Southern Conference (SoCon) as the Buccaneers. The ETSU Cheer Team‘s main job is to create enthusiasm at Buccaneer football games and men’s and women’s home basketball games, and it also represents the university in the community. The team competes at UCA Nationals in Orlando in […]
Butler University Cheerleading Tryout Guide
Butler University Cheerleading has coed and all-girl athletes who cheer at home football and basketball games, travel to tournaments, and compete at UCA College Nationals in Division I. Butler is in the BIG EAST, and the team is part of Butler Athletics. New members are chosen at an in-person spring tryout at Hinkle Fieldhouse, and […]
California Baptist University Cheerleading Tryout Guide
About California Baptist University Cheerleading California Baptist University cheerleading supports Lancers athletics in Riverside, California. CBU competes in the Big West Conference, which it joined on July 1, 2026, after nine years in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The program is run through CBU Athletics, and its 2026-27 coaching staff is led by Head Cheer […]
Ball State University Cheerleading Tryout Guide
Ball State University cheerleaders support Cardinals athletics in the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The squad cheers at all home football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball and volleyball games and makes appearances at other athletics, university and community events. Ball State Athletics runs the program, and its Cheerleaders page is the official source for tryouts. Where the cycle […]
Alcorn State University Cheerleading Tryout Guide
Alcorn State University holds cheer tryouts each spring. For 2026-27 it used a three-round process: an emailed application with an introduction video, a skills video, and an invite-only in-person tryout in Lorman, Mississippi. The Braves cheer for a Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) athletics program, and for 2026-27 the program has grown to two teams, co-ed […]
Alabama A&M University Cheerleading Tryout Guide
Alabama A&M University’s cheerleaders support the Bulldogs, a Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) program based in Normal, Alabama. The university calls its squad “one of the most respected cheerleading programs” in the SWAC. Alabama A&M publishes only a short tryout overview for cheer, and parts of it are several years old, so this guide sums up […]
Alabama State University Cheerleading Tryout Guide
Alabama State University’s cheerleaders support the Hornets, a Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) program in Montgomery, Alabama. Alabama State Athletics doesn’t publish tryout dates, requirements or forms for cheer online, so this is a short guide to what the university does publish: who coaches the team, who is on it, and how to get in touch. […]
Albany State University Cheerleading Tryout Guide
Albany State University’s cheerleaders support the Golden Rams, who compete in NCAA Division II in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC). Albany State Athletics publishes only short tryout notices for cheer, and the most recent one is for spring 2023. This guide sums up what those official notices say and who to contact for the […]