But the moment a 12 months, at the ESPN Large Environment of Sports activities on the campus of the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, the Tech spirit squads get a prospect to make a title for by themselves – not the teams they’re supporting.

All the three-hour lengthy exercise routines, all the early morning lift classes, and all the continuously draining vitality set into churning out benefits at the three-working day UCA College Nationals competition, will be on entire display screen from January 14th-16th in sunny Central Florida.

“Obviously, what students at Tech see right here are us at soccer games or basketball game titles, just when we get a couple elements to kind of demonstrate the techniques we have,” claimed McKinley Winans, a senior cheerleader from Richmond.

“They just see us cheering. Cheer’s a lot deeper than that,” Winans continued. “They really don’t get to see any of the insane pyramids or baskets we’re executing right here at exercise. Nationals is just form of a showcase of that.”

“It’s our 1 time of the 12 months that we get to contend and depict the college at our possess opposition,” described cheerleader Blaine Williams, a senior from New Kent, Virginia. 

“It’s nearly like “March Madness,” but for dance,” additional Hatheway. “All the groups display up from across each and every Power Five convention, smaller conferences…it’s insanely competitive. It’s really considerably the major competition in each cheer and dance. It’s the most coveted title.”