Competitive cheerleading has been my passion ever since I was six years old, but not until I became an athlete at Kansas City Athletic Cheer did I fall in love with it. Being a part of the highest level team at Kansas City Athletic Cheer, Platinum, meant that cheer would become my entire life. I lived for the hard practices, competing in front of thousands of spectators around the country, and most importantly being a part of something that was bigger than myself. This place was filled with coaches and teammates that unfailingly brightened my day. Whenever I had a bad day or just felt down, it was always my place to go to escape reality and release stress.
Cheerleading – This helped me over come my fear of being infront of a crowd. Becoming a captain also helped me gain leadership skills that I would need threw out my life. Dance – I learned that a team is like a family, we all grew close and helped eachother whenever we would need to.
My sophomore year in high school, I was nominated to be inducted into the National Honor Society. It was an honor to be chosen, seeing that the teachers had to nominate you. Now all I had to do was be accepted. Induction into the National Honor Society required an essay telling about yourself and why you should be chosen. I didn’t think I was very good at telling “why” I should be chosen.
As soon as I found out that I made cheer I instantaneously felt a connection to high school. I discovered a newfound obligation to do well in school, and It started to seem like less of a chore and more of something that was important to my squad so was therefore important to me. The minute that I put on anything that says “Parkway South cheer” on it I signed a contract. As soon as I signed it, I no longer just represented myself or even just the freshman class; I represented the entire high school.
I want to be a member of the OU Cheer Program for many reasons, including growing as an athlete and person. Cheering at Owasso for the last four years has given me many challenges that I enjoyed overcoming. From the long practices, to the multitude of events we go to, it has definitely been challenging, but it has been a challenge I have enjoyed every
Woohoo! I’m going to Minnesota for the first time! I can’t believe I got good enough grades to go. Despite it being 5 in the morning on a summer day, I’m so excited nonetheless! Kinda wish they had planned to meet up at the college at a later time
When I was 12 years old, I made it onto a cheerleading worlds team. Essentially, if my team got a bid, we would get to go to the Cheerleading Worlds competition at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Disney World. I am a part of the competitive cheer community along with 3.3 million other athletes in the U.S. alone. My teammates and I were ecstatic and could not wait for this moment to compete. Our team name was the Cheer Eclipse Comets.
Zig Ziglar once said, “When you catch a glimpse of your potential, that's when your passion is born.” When you find something that you're good at and that you love, you’re driven to do it for the rest of your life. For me, it's cheerleading. I’ve learned so many things, not only about myself, but about other people and what I want in life from cheerleading. It’s safe to say being a cheerleader has impacted every single area in my life, for the better.
I can contribute my hard work to the Honors College community. I think that I am hardworking and I love to work with others to help solve problems because two heads are always better than one. I would contribute my ideas to the lessons and help others when they need it. I love to be able to work with other people outside my comfort zone and be able to hear their ideas and combine ideas to come up with something that will benefit everyone in the community.
Cheerleading has taught me so many life lessons and has given me the opportunity to meet new people from all over the country and learn from their accomplishments. I learned that even after failure one must learn from his or her mistakes and to make those improvements where necessary. It was not about proving those who doubted me wrong, but to give those who had the same desire an example. It also helped me serve as that kind of ambassador for the school. This has helped me look at the world and ask myself what is missing from it that I am able to provide.
My first year of school cheerleading, I have really grown to love the game of basketball and football, and cheer during games. I love to be interactive during the games and be on the side lines to cheer the players
By: Bailey L. I am going to start my essay off by telling you about my first time doing cheer and what I am doing now. I started off tumbling in Augusta, Ga at A.C.A (Augusta Cheer Academy). About 2 years later, my mother found out that A.C.A did a cheer camp in the summer for a week for all ages and she signed me up for it. I loved it, it was very fun because the coaches were nice we learned new cheers, they taught us how to do flips, and I met new people. After the week was over I knew that I wanted to do more cheer.
A person can have various mentors at a time to help them with everyday needs or activities. Whether your mentor is a teacher to help you with your education, a coach to guide you and push you to the limits to help you get physically and/or mentally into shape for a sports game, or it can simply be your parent(s), to give you advice on life or if you need help with a problem that they can fix. Anybody can be your mentor if you look up to them and they help you and teach you in way to challenge you and become the best you can be. One of my mentors is my parents, who give me helpful advice to my problems and make me feel great about myself to raise my confidence so I can carry out a task or goal. Another one of my mentors is my Tennis coach who
Being a cheerleader helps someone come out of their comfort zone, its helps one find out who they’re supposed to be. The atmosphere is so energetic and upbeat, something other sports wouldn’t have. Cheer teams get close to each other, new friends and a whole new door of possibilities open. No other sport can support their teammates like cheerleaders can; cheer is a second family they can run to. I like that all the girls are so open and helpful, like Don Meyer once said, “To be a team, you must be a family.”
Cheer teams produce such a love and family atmosphere that it's addicting. I plan to continue cheering and I cannot wait to hopefully cheer in college. I am glad I had the gymnastics background and was able to recognize that I needed to give up gymnastics because you know what they say: when one door closes another one