Aloha Everyone!
I have had the priviledge of being a part of the process to put together the University of Hawaii Cheer bid tape for the 2007 UCA College Nationals. And the results are in!
Read all about it here on the University of Hawaii Cheer site.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The University of Hawai`i cheerleading team placed first in the Western Regional national qualifier for the Universal Cheerleaders Association Collegiate National Championships to be held January 12-14 in Orlando, Fla. This is the second consecutive year that UH has earned the top spot in the West. They were the only team in the region to receive a paid bid.
Finishing in first place shoots Hawai’i straight past the semi-finals, into the finals of the national competition. Collegiate teams from across the country submit qualification videos performing a cheer, followed by a one minute and thirty second skills exhibition. Three teams (Texas, Arizona State, and Oklahoma) in the West region scored high enough to receive un-paid invites to semi-finals.
The paid bid covers flights within the continental United States (Los Angeles to Orlando), hotel accommodations, ground transportation, and four-day park passes to Disneyworld. The Hawai’i Cheer Team will be raising funds to help cover the travel cost from Honolulu to Los Angeles.
The three other Division 1A regional winners were Ohio State, Minnesota, and Kentucky. Other teams receiving at-large paid bids were: Alabama, Tennessee, LSU, and Central Florida. Michigan State, Kansas, Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin, Penn State, Syracuse, Cincinnati, Memphis, Ohio and Mississippi State all qualified, but did not receive paid bids.
“We were one of the first teams to be notified and I was pretty excited. I told the team as soon as possible,” said Coach Mike Baker. “We’ve got a lot of work ahead of us, but it’s nice to know that the hard work that we’ve done already has paid off.”
“November is an extremely busy month for us with so many events overlapping,” says Baker. “But the Universal Cheerleaders Association National Championship is geared to reflect what we do at home games. The competition just adds to what we love to do, which is creating that loud and exciting winning atmosphere for our UH teams.”
This prestigious competition is held annually in Orlando, Fla. and is aired nationally on ESPN.
