UNLV Cheer holds a two-day, in-person tryout on campus, and a standing tuck is required to make the team. The program’s Become A Rebel page, linked from UNLV Athletics, says tryout dates for the 2027-28 season are still to be determined as of September 30, 2026. The format, skills and paperwork below are what that […]
University of Tulsa Cheerleading Tryout Guide
The University of Tulsa’s Spirit Squad has a cheer team and a pom team, both run by the athletics department. TU’s tryout page still shows the 2025-26 cycle: a spring prep clinic, then two tryout days in April 2025. As of September 29, 2026, Tulsa hadn’t posted newer tryout information. This guide follows the 2025-26 […]
East Carolina University Cheerleading Tryout Guide
East Carolina University competes as the ECU Pirates in the American Athletic Conference. ECU Cheerleading is part of the athletics department’s Spirit Group, alongside the Dance Team and the mascot, PeeDee. The biggest change for anyone searching “ECU cheer tryouts”: ECU now selects its cheerleaders through a video submission followed by an invite-only live selection, […]
University of Cincinnati Cheerleading Tryout Guide
The University of Cincinnati doesn’t hold formal cheer tryouts. The coaching staff recruits and evaluates athletes over time, mainly through an online recruiting form and on-campus clinics. This guide follows the official Recruitment and Clinics pages on GoBearcats.com. The Program A coed team. UC’s clinic form says the program is coed and everyone is required […]
University of Houston Cheerleading Tryout Guide
University of Houston cheer is one of the Spirit of Houston Spirit Teams, alongside the Cougar Dolls dance team and the mascots, Shasta and Sasha. Tryouts are by invitation. You earn an invitation with proof of admission, a skills video and a coaches’ interview. This guide follows the official Spirit Teams page on uh.edu and […]
University of Arizona Cheerleading Tryout Guide
This guide covers the University of Arizona in Tucson (the Wildcats), not Arizona State. Arizona Cheerleaders & Mascots is a non-competitive, non-scholarship, coed partner-stunt team under Arizona Athletics. It cheers for the Wildcats, who play in the Big 12 Conference. Tryouts start with an online application and a Round 1 skills video, followed by invite-only […]
Iowa State University Cheerleading Tryout Guide
Iowa State’s cheerleaders are part of the Iowa State Spirit Squad, along with the dance team and Cy, the mascot. The cheer program has a coed team and an all-girl team, and squad sizes vary each year at the coaches’ discretion. The teams cheer at football, volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball, compete at NCA […]
University of Texas at Austin Cheerleading Tryout Guide
Texas Cheer has two squads, and both use a hybrid tryout: a video round first, then invitation-only rounds on campus. This guide follows the official Spirit Squad Tryout Information page on TexasLonghorns.com and the 2026 Tryout Process and Information packet. Texas has already posted 2027 tryout dates (for the 2027-28 squads). The detailed packet linked […]
Florida State University Cheerleading Tryout Guide
Florida State cheerleading is part of Seminoles Athletics, and its squads cheer at every FSU football game. The program won the 2023 UCA Small Division I Coed national title. This guide covers who can try out, what skills FSU asks for, and how the multi-round tryout works, all based on the program’s official cheerleading page. […]
University of Miami Cheerleading Tryout Guide
This guide covers the University of Miami Hurricanes in Coral Gables, Florida, an ACC school. It’s not Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Miami’s cheer program dates back to 1925 and has two teams: a coed team and an all-girl team. Everything below comes from the official UM Spirit Squad page. How Miami Cheer Tryouts Work […]