Category: Cheerleaders Tryouts

BYU cheer tryouts are a three-day, in-person tryout held each spring at the Smith Fieldhouse in Provo. The Cougars compete in the Big 12. Everything below comes from BYU Athletics’ 2026 BYU Cheer Tryout Information. 2026 Tryout Schedule All sessions were held in Room 149 of the Smith Fieldhouse: April 30: registration from 2:30 p.m., […]

UCF Cheer is a strictly co-ed team: all the men are bases and all the women are flyers. UCF competes in the Big 12. At UCA College Nationals in January 2026, it finished second in Division IA, its 22nd top-three finish in 31 years. Tryouts are in person only. This guide follows UCF’s official Cheer/Dance […]

Oklahoma State’s large coed cheer team is part of the OSU Spirit Group, alongside the Pom Squad and Pistol Pete. Its tryout isn’t a single in-person day. You first apply and submit skills videos, and the coaching staff then invites selected athletes to a live selection weekend. This guide covers that coed team, based on […]

TCU fields two cheer squads. The All-Girl squad usually has 18–26 members, and the Coed squad has 5–8 couples. Both cheer for Horned Frog football, basketball and volleyball in the Big 12. Tryouts are held on campus each April and are in person only: TCU accepts no video tryouts. This guide follows TCU’s official Cheer […]

Vanderbilt fields a single co-ed cheerleading program under Vanderbilt Athletics (vucommodores.com/cheer-tryouts) — not separate coed and all-girl squads. Its tryout process has two stages, and the first one is easy to miss if you’re only expecting a single tryout day. How Vanderbilt Cheer Tryouts Actually Work Stage 1 — Submission (deadline in mid-March): submit a […]

Boston College Cheer is part of the BC Spirit Program, together with the Pom squad and Baldwin the Eagle, the mascot. The team is coed: BC says it is made up of “a select group of male and female students.” This guide follows BC Athletics’ official Cheerleading and Tryout Information pages. Where things stand (September […]

Syracuse cheerleaders are part of the Syracuse University Spirit Program and cheer for Syracuse athletics in the ACC. Here’s the most important thing to know up front: Syracuse doesn’t publish a public tryout packet, dates or skill list. Its official Cheer Teams Tryout Process page simply directs prospective cheerleaders to the program’s coordinator. This guide […]

Pitt holds one tryout for its whole Spirit Group, the Cheerleaders and the Dance Team. You apply online and submit a video first, then try out in person. This guide follows the official Cheerleaders and Dance Team Tryouts page on PittsburghPanthers.com. The dates below are from the 2026 cycle (tryouts for the 2026-27 teams). As […]

Louisville cheer has two teams, All Girl and Coed, and both are consistently ranked among the best in the country. Tryouts are by invitation only. You apply to the university first, then submit videos, and invitations go out in late April. Tryouts for the 2026-27 team are finished. According to Louisville’s official Cheer Tryouts page, […]

The University of Virginia has two cheerleading teams, Coed and All-Girl. Both cheer at every home football game in Scott Stadium and at home basketball games in John Paul Jones Arena. All UVA cheerleaders must keep good academic standing and at least a 2.5 GPA. This guide follows UVA’s official Virginia Cheerleading page. Academic Requirement […]