The ULM Cheerleading team consists of 25 – 35 members. The team cheers at all home football games, a select number of away football games, home basketball games, and pep rallies. The ULM Cheerleaders also make appearances at volleyball games, baseball/softball games, and community events. The ULM Cheerleaders attend NCA College Cheerleading camp every summer and compete at NCA College Nationals in Daytona, FL. 

 

 

 

Benefits of the Cheer Program

• Between $1000-$1,500 a year in scholarships
• Out-of-State tuition waived
• Priority Class Registration
• Paid Travel Expenses
• Personal Trainer
• Athletic Trainer and Doctor 
• Cheer for Sunbelt Conference School

Clinic Information

Clinic Dates:

March 18th 

April 15th 

REGISTER HERE! Click here to register. 

Tryout Information

REGISTER FOR TRYOUTS HERE:

 

Tryouts will be held April 28-30th. 

• April 28^th 5:00-8:30 - Tumbling Cuts + Learning Material
• April 29^th 9:00-12 noon - Stunts & Material Review; 2:00 pm - Full tryout
• April 30^th 8:00 am - Media Day for Individuals who made team

The process to register for tryouts will be the following: Register for tryouts via this form, an email will be sent to you with payment link and the tryout packet that you need to fill out and bring to tryouts the day of. 

ULM 2023-2024 Cheer Packet

ULM Cheer Tryout Requirements:

All Girl Tumbling Requirements:

• Standing back handspring (Required)
• Back handspring tuck or standing tuck
• Round off back handspring series (Required) 
• Round off back handspring tuck
• Round off back handspring layout or higher
• Athletes with standing and running tucks will be considered first for NCA Nationals

All Girl Stunts Requirements:

• Extension, Liberty, Stretch (Required) 
• Pop down dismount
• Stretch full down or double down dismount
• Spinning variations (full ups, full arounds, 1 ½ ups, etc)

Male athletes Requirements:

• Requirements are on a case by case basis. 
• Reach out to Elizabeth Wheeler at ewheeler@ulm.edu

Additional Tryout Requirements:

• Copy of front and back of Health Insurance Card
• Copy of Driver's License/State Issued ID
• Copy of ULM Acceptance Letter
• Copy of transcript providing evidence that your cumulative GPA is a 2.5 or higher
• One letter of recommendation from a former cheer coach/trainer
• Current head shot photo (no selfies and photo will not be returned)
• $30 application fee (card, check or money order made out to ULM Cheer)
• Completed tryout packet 
• Bring packets to tryouts

 

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For more information, contact:

Elizabeth Wheeler

Coordinator of Spirit Groups

Rec Services Department | Division of Student Affairs

Activity Center 116 | 318-342-5285| ewheeler@ulm.edu