Cheerleading

Cheerleading 2009 Season Outlook

The 2009-2010 Wilmington University cheerleading program has a challenging but promising season ahead of them. The past several years the cheerleading team has competed at the National Cheerleading Association (NCA) Nationals in Daytona Beach, Florida. This year Coach Martino has made the decision to take the team to the Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA) Nationals in Orlando, Florida.

The team began the season with a trip to UCA cheer camp at the University of Scranton in August. This brought them together as a team and put them in a good position to move into the season and prepare to make an entrance tape for nationals. After submitting their video, the team was ranked fourth in the small co-ed division and is set to make the trip to Orlando in January.

In addition to preparing for nationals, the team’s primary goal is supporting the men’s and women’s basketball teams at the University. They are looking forward to providing the teams with home-court advantage at all of their home games this season. The cheer team will also be visible at many public relations events throughout the state this coming year.

The 2009-2010 cheerleading team is led by a solid group of veterans including Brad Gilbert, Ashley Unruh, Jade Holzinger, Amber Yasak, Brandon Webster, and Mary Alexander. These upperclassmen have the collegiate experience and leadership that is needed with the large number of transfer and freshmen cheerleaders this season. Transfer Derek Haines, along with freshman Devin Velli add a level of tumbling to the team that Wilmington University has not seen before. Newcomers Lauren Garvin, Leslie Ore, Cassie Richardson, Paige Robbins, Jessica Galoff and Brianna Kaiser bring great technique and cheerleading knowledge to the team.

The Wilmington University Cheer team has a very exciting season ahead of them! The talent and experience possessed by this team will definitely lead them in the right direction for the coming years.