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Tryout Applications may be downloaded and sent completed and signed to:
Susie Hetzler Glynn
East Carolina Cheerleading
349 Ward Sports Medicine Building
Greenville, NC 27858

Fax: (252) 737-1414

Tryout Dates:

EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY CHEERLEADING
2011-12 TRYOUTS

May 13-15, 2011

  • Mandatory Tryout Meeting - Friday, May 13 - 6 p.m. (Murphy Center)
  • Tryout Practice - Saturday, May 14 (9 a.m. - 12 p.m./4 - 7 p.m.); Sunday, May 15 (10 a.m. - 2 p.m.)
  • Tryout times, attire, locations and details will be given upon receipt of all forms and fees. All tryouts and practices are closed to non-participants.

    Try-Out Requirements:
    1. A great attitude and commitment (including positive attitude toward coaches, team members, and tryout participants)

    2. Full time registered student at ECU

    3. A 2.0 minimum GPA

    4. Good Standing with the University and community (no flags on student records or student affairs)

    5. Team and participants will run 2.5 miles each day prior to practice

    6. At Try-Outs:

    • Fight Song (includes Standing Back Handspring)
    • 1 Band Chant Routines
    • 1 Team Cheer/Chants
    • Tumbling (Female Participants for Coed and All Girls Squads)
      All tumbling skills should be mastered prior to tryouts. Instruction is not provided.
      • Round Off
      • Tumbling pass with 3 or more elements
      • Standing Back Handspring/Standing 2 Back Handspring
      • Standing Back Tuck (light spot allowed with 2 point deduction)

    • Stunts - Coed and All Girl Squad
      • Tryout Stunts will be decided based on abilities of current team skill level and overall skill level of tryout participants
      • Basic stunt examples are:
        • Walk in Hands - Full Down
        • Toss Extension - Full Pop Off
        • Hop-N-Go Heel Stretch Full or Double Down

      • Flexibility, Strength, and Consistency will be judged throughout tryouts

    • Positions available: Flyers, Bases, Back Spots, and Tumblers for all 3 squads will be selected.

    7. Female students trying out for Coed squad must not weigh more than 125 lbs (as that is the weight the men have as a minimum baseline strength assessment). This is per ECU Athletic Training Guidelines.

    8. Male students trying out for or retuning to the squad must clean lift 155 lbs. one time, press lift 155 lbs. five times, and pump 55 lbs. dumb bell five times with each arm. This is per ECU Athletic Training Guidelines.

    9. Complete and sign all necessary waivers and forms to be returned prior to Friday, May 6 with a $10 Tryout Registration Fee.

    10. Each student must be cleared by sports medicine prior to try out activities. (Participants must be free of any injury or condition that will impede their safety or that of fellow participants.)

    11. Per 2010-11 NCAA... Prospective tryout participants must turn in the signed Medical Physical And History Form with a copy of the Sickle Cell Solubility Test lab report prior to the tryout. No exceptions!

    No advance videos accepted or individual meetings will be granted. Each participant will have an opportunity to meet with the coaching staff during their interview and all skills will be assessed during the tryout week. We do this to give every participant and equal opportunity during the tryout process and so individual candidates will not have any advantages prior to tryouts.

    Please refer all questions to Susie Glynn

  • 2011-12 TRYOUT RESULTS
    Congratulations to the following NEW ECU CHEERLEADING TEAM MEMBERS (This roster includes alternates for each position, Alternates will be decided in August). Team Placement will be announced at first team meeting.

    GIRLS: Kiersten Basciano, Tiffany Benson, Tarah Billingsley, Lenora Brown, Ali Burgiss, Canden Byrd, Allison Bryne, Ariel Carter, Jordan Dixon, Holli Dow, Katherine Dry, Courtney Evans, Kasie Fatig, Kelci Finch, Christina Gill, Caroline Hayes, Brittany Harrell, Autumn Hess, Shelby Holdsworth, Jozette Honaker, Adelie Kirch, Brittni McShea, Emily Mead, Marisa Melchiorre, Jillian Morrow, Amanda Singleton, Chandler Shufford, Alexis Sullivan, Sally Thornton, Kaitlyn Turner, Shannon Usa, Catherine Wooten.

    GUYS: Chance Carter, Robert Dalzell, Jamison Harris, A.J. Johnson, Justin Jones, Daniel Kellam, Matt McIver, Kevin Pham, Mikey Quidort, Tonio White, Aaron Williams, Alex Williams.