DALLAS (October 26, 2021) – The National Council of Youth Sports, with support from the National Fitness Foundation and the CoachSafely Foundation, has provided a $5,000 grant to USA Cheer and has committed to training its coaches and administrators. This year’s NCYS grant, in addition to important and relevant coaching education, provides additional financial relief [...]
Collaboration ensures kids from income-restricted families can participate and reap the rewards of cheer DALLAS (Sept 14, 2021) – USA Cheer is pleased to announce its partnership with Every Kid Sports, a national non-profit that helps income-restricted families pay registration fees to help increase access and participation in youth sports. The collaboration with USA Cheer [...]
NCAA DII and DIII council approve STUNT’s addition ahead of DI consideration in 2022 DALLAS (August 10, 2021) – USA Cheer shares today that the NCAA Division II and III Councils will sponsor legislation to add STUNT as an emerging sport for women in their respective divisions. The legislation will be up for a [...]
Cheerleading formally joins the Olympic Movement and is now eligible for Olympic inclusion DALLAS (July 20, 2021) – USA Cheer today celebrated full International Olympic Committee recognition for the International Cheer Union. The recognition was granted by the IOC membership in a vote at the 138th IOC Session, held today in Tokyo, in [...]
DALLAS (June 22, 2021) – Move United, the national leader in community adaptive sports, has recognized USA Cheer as an Inclusion Champion. As an Inclusion Champion, USA Cheer has demonstrated the organization’s support for an inclusive conversation in youth sports, particularly in relation to youth with disabilities. Move United uses the power of sport to [...]
USA Cheer joins other leading sport governing bodies to provide Concussion Education Certification for their athletes, coaches and officials. DALLAS, TEXAS (May 26, 2021) — USA Cheer, the U.S. governing body for sport cheering and the sport of STUNT and TeachAids, an award-winning nonprofit social enterprise behind the CrashCourse concussion education technology, proudly announce a [...]
Collaboration brings additional resources to USA Cheer members and builds on USA Cheer’s focus on providing resources for a positive culture in youth sport DALLAS, May 5, 2021 - USA Cheer announced today a new partnership with TrueSport®, a youth sports values-based program powered by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. Founded on the cornerstones of sportsmanship, character-building [...]
DALLAS, March 25, 2021 - USA Cheer and Player’s Health are excited to announce a new partnership together. Player’s Health is a risk management and insurance services firm specializing in youth sports organizations and will manage USA Cheer’s athlete safety program with PH Protect. PH Protect is an application for organizations to manage real-time incident [...]
10th annual event returns after 2020 cancellation DALLAS, March 18, 2021 – USA Cheer, the governing body for cheer in the U.S., will host the D1/D2 2021 College STUNT National Championship at Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, Okla., on Friday, April 30, 2021 and Saturday, May 1, 2021. This annual event, now in its 10th [...]
Cheerleading safety to be highlighted each week, beginning with athlete protection DALLAS (March 1, 2021) – Established in 2010, March is National Cheerleading Safety Month and USA Cheer is running a series of initiatives to highlight cheer safety throughout the month! “National Cheerleading Safety Month is a critically important initiative every year for us,” [...]
USA Cheer becomes an NYSS Champion (DALLAS) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is pleased to recognize USA Cheer as a National Youth Sports Strategy (NYSS) Champion. The NYSS, released in September 2019, called for a national strategy to increase youth sports participation. The NYSS is the first Federal roadmap [...]
Jasmine Owens, former STUNT Athlete of the Year, has been hired as the inaugural head coach for Texas Woman’s University, a new NCAA Division 2 Varsity STUNT program. "I am thrilled to announce Jasmine Owens as the first STUNT Coach at Texas Woman's," said TWU’s Athletic Director Sandee Mott. "She is exactly the leader we [...]
Sacramento, Calif., October 2, 2019 – USA Cheer, the governing body for Cheer in the U.S., has announced that EZ FLEX will be the official mat for the upcoming College STUNT National Championship. “We are so excited to work with EZ FLEX this season,” says Lauri Harris, Executive Director of USA Cheer. “We share a [...]
Sacramento, Calif., September 23, 2019 – USA Cheer has announced that Nicole Nichols will be joining the coaching staff for the US National All Girl Team. The US National Teams represent the United States at international competitions, such as the International Cheer Union World Championships in Orlando, Florida each spring, as well as at other [...]
Sacramento, Calif., June 11, 2019 – USA Cheer, the governing body for cheer in the U.S., has wrapped its ninth season for the new sport of STUNT, which culminated with a national championship on May 4 and 5. Four of the participating colleges and universities have received special recognition from their Senators and Representatives, [...]
Loomis, CA., June 3, 2019 — The College STUNT Association has named Kennedy Wingbermuehle, Junior from Oklahoma State University, and Samantha Jenkins, Senior from Davenport University, as the 2019 STUNT Athletes of the Year. “Both of these outstanding athletes are so well-deserving of this award. In addition to being well-rounded and involved in every [...]
Memphis, Tenn., (May 30, 2019) – USA Cheer, the National governing body for cheer, has announced the 2019 College STUNT All Americans. The STUNT All Americans were selected by the STUNT coaches. Nominees for All American are athletes who exhibited superior skills and techniques, good game sense and knowledge of STUNT. They also needed [...]
Loomis, Calif., May 2019 – USA Cheer, the governing body for cheer in the US, is pleased to announce that each of the US National Teams took home a medal from the International Cheer Union (ICU) World Cheerleading Championships on April 24 – 26. Teams from more than 70 countries competed in the prestigious [...]
Davenport University takes home title of Varsity Division National Champion Loomis, Calif., May 6, 2019 – USA Cheer, the governing body for cheer in the U.S., held its 2019 College STUNT National Championship in the Lloyd Noble Center on the campus of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Okla. on May 4 and 5, 2019. [...]
The University of Oklahoma will host the 2019 College STUNT National Championship May 4 & 5 Loomis, Calif., April 11, 2019 – USA Cheer, the governing body for cheer in the U.S. will hold its 2019 College STUNT National Championship in the Lloyd Noble Center on the campus of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, [...]
Four teams have been selected to represent the United States in the International Cheer Union World Championships Bartlett, Tenn., February 27, 2019 – USA Cheer has announced that it will be fielding four teams in the Special Ability and Adaptive Ability divisions at the 2019 International Cheer Union (ICU) World Cheerleading Championships, which takes [...]
Five Special Olympics teams have been selected to represent the United States in the International Cheer Union World Championships Bartlett, Tenn., February 27, 2019 – USA Cheer has announced that it will be fielding five teams in the Special Olympic team divisions at the 2019 International Cheer Union (ICU) World Cheerleading Championships, which takes [...]
Athletes from the Rutgers Pom team represent USA again in the US National Team Cheer Freestyle Pom Division Bartlett, Tenn., February 15, 2019 – USA Cheer has announced the coaching staff and regional area that will represent the United States in the US National Team Cheer Freestyle Pom division at the 2019 International Cheer Union [...]
Athletes from the Utah Valley University Jazz team will represent the USA in the US National Team Jazz Division Bartlett, Tenn., February 15, 2019 – USA Cheer has announced the coaching staff and regional area that will represent the United States in the US National Team Jazz division at the 2019 International Cheer Union (ICU) [...]
Athletes from the Brigham Young University Dance Team will compete in the US National Team Cheer Hip Hop Division Bartlett, Tenn., February 15, 2019 – USA Cheer has announced the coaching staff and regional area that will represent the United States in the US National Team Cheer Hip Hop division at the 2019 International Cheer [...]