USA Cheer News
USA Cheer Announces Jazz, Hip Hop & Pom US National Teams
Rutgers University and Eisenhower High School will represent the United States at the International Cheer Union World Championship Bartlett, Tenn., February 16 – USA Cheer has announced the teams that will represent USA Cheer in the Performance Cheer divisions at the International Cheer Union (ICU) World Championships in April. The competition will take place at the [...]
USA Cheer Announces Junior Coed US National Team
Bartlett, Tenn., February 16, 2018 – USA Cheer has announced the schools represented on the US Junior Coed National Team, which will represent the United States in the Junior Elite Division at the 2017 International Cheer Union (ICU) World Championships, which takes place April 25-27, 2018 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at the [...]
USA Cheer Announces National Team for Athletes with Special Needs
Maryland area team will represent the United States in the Special Abilities Traditional Division at the International Cheer Union World Championship Bartlett, Tenn., February 14, 2018 – USA Cheer, the national governing body for cheer in the United States, has announced that a team from the Maryland Twisters All-Star program will represent the United States in [...]
Cheer Teams to Provide Crowd Support Only at Winter Olympics
Many of you have commented about the release on November 29, 2017 announcing that the University of Kentucky had been selected by the Board of USA Cheer to attend the upcoming Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, Korea. We think it is important to more fully explain the scope of this participation because there appears to be some confusion. [...]
USA Cheer Team Invited to Perform at 2018 Winter Olympics
University of Kentucky will represent USA Cheer and the United States at the XXIII Winter Olympic Games Bartlett, Tenn., November 29, 2017 – USA Cheer has announced that a team of United States cheerleaders will attend and perform during the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea in support of the USA’s Olympic Teams and Athletes. [...]
USA Cheer Statement on Cheerleading Safety
USA Cheer believes that the emotional and physical well-being of every cheerleader is paramount in all cheerleading programs. A recent television program has raised some questions about the safety of cheerleading in general, and USA Cheer welcomes the chance to provide insight on the current state of cheerleading safety. We believe that all cheerleading teams should [...]
STUNT Athlete to be Recognized at Women’s Sports Foundation’s Annual Salute to Women in Sports
Memphis, Tenn., October 16, 2017 – USA Cheer is proud to announce that Dominique Burke, a STUNT athlete, will be included in the Women’s Sports Foundation Annual Salute to Women in Sports. Dominique will take the stage as part of the procession of female athletes during the annual banquet recognizing excellence in sport on October 18 [...]
USA Cheer Names Dominique Burke STUNT Athlete of the Year
Memphis, Tenn., September 13, 2017 – USA Cheer is proud to announce that Dominique Burke has been named the 2017 College STUNT Athlete of the Year. “I couldn’t be more proud of Dominique and her STUNT career at Alma,” says Bill Boggs, Director of College STUNT, which developed the sport at the college and high school [...]
USA Cheer Names Lauri Harris Executive Director
Memphis, Tenn., September 1, 2017 – USA Cheer has announced that Lauri “Looie” Harris has been named its Executive Director. USA Cheer, the governing body of cheer in the United States was founded in 2008 to serve all aspects of cheer in America – traditional, all star and the emerging sport of STUNT. Harris began her [...]
Oklahoma State University and Davenport University Clinch National Championship Titles at USA Cheer’s College STUNT National Championship
The 7th Annual Championship was held on the Campus of Southern Methodist University. Bartlett, Tenn., May 2, 2017 – USA Cheer, the governing body for cheer in the U.S., held their 2017 College STUNT National Championship at Moody Coliseum on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas on April 29 and 30. More than [...]