Teams:  coed team that cheers for football and basketball
Tryouts:  live tryouts in September for football and in November for basketball
Required skills:  females perform a toe touch and two jumps of choice, as well as a cheer and dance; males perform a toe touch and one jump of choice and basic cheer motions.  All athletes perform basic stunting skills at tryouts.  Tumbling is welcome, but not required.
Approximate program costs:  personal items such as shoes, briefs, and body liner
Scholarships:  none available
Time commitment:  practice 4 times a week
Compete:  yes
Contact information:  Kristen Hoff at kkhoff@carrollu.edu, Ariel Warshawsky at awarshaw@carollu.edu, or Kayla Koll at kkoll@carollu.edu
Website:  http://athletics.cc.edu/intramuralrec/cheer.asp

Teams: all girl team that cheers for football and basketball
Tryouts: live tryouts in the fall
Required skills: tumbling is optional
Approximate program costs: shoes, personal items and warm-ups, fundraisers are available
Time commitment: Practice 2 times a week
Contact information: Sarah.pfeuffer@cuw.edu
Web site: http://athletics.cuw.edu/sports/cheerleading/index.cfm

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Teams: White Team: all-girl team that cheers for football and basketball, Purple Teams: coed team & all-girl competition team
Tryouts: live tryouts in April or May, video submissions are accepted for out of state students
Required skills: White Team: perform all the jumps they know, perform fight song, chants and dances; Purple team:  demonstrate strong jumps, motions, and crowd leading ability, perform fight song, chants and dances; a minimum of an extension pop cradle, tumbling a plus, but not required
Approximate program costs: personal items, $150-$200 the first year, $20-$25 subsequent years; uniforms provided by school; fundraisers are available to offset personal costs
Scholarships: none offered at this time; spirit program members are eligible for co-curricular based scholarships the college offers.
Time commitment: cheerleaders and stuntmen are expected to attend all men's and women's basketball games and football games, post-season tournament games, team workouts, team fundraising events, and any other scheduled university or community events. White Team: season runs from end of August to mid March, with practices 1 time a week, with some summer practices. Purple Team: season runs from May to April, with practices 2-3 times plus time in the weight room
Compete: Purple Team: regionally and nationally in collegiate & all-star divisions
Contact information: Juliana Barker 815-226-4085 or jubarker@rockford.edu
Web site: www.rockford.edu

Teams: all-girl team that cheers for football and basketball, as well as home Packer games
Tryouts: live tryouts in April
Required skills: extended stunts, toe touches, perform a cheer and dance and demonstrate tumbling skills (optional).
Approximate program costs: about $100 per year for personal items
Scholarships: none offered
Time commitment: season runs from August until March with practices twice a week
Compete: do not compete
Contact information: Cheryl Reed at cheryl.reed@anc.edu
Web site: www.snc.edu/athletics

Teams: coed team, all-girl team, basketball cheer team and hockey cheer team
Tryouts: live tryouts in April
Required skills for coed team: perform fight song, chants and dances; standing back-handspring or back tuck, and a running tumbling pass with three consecutive skills; partner stunts: walk in skill, a toss skill, and an elite skill of your choice
Approximate program costs: tryout and participation fee; all other expenses covered by the University
Scholarships: $200/semester book scholarship to all members, 3rd and 4th year members receive $400-$600/semster
Time commitment: season runs from end of August to mid March, with practices 3 times a week, with some summer practices
Compete: coed and all-girl teams compete at UCA and UPA nationals
Contact information: Beth Frees (coed coach) at efrees@umn.edu or Merilee Wait (all-girl coach) waitx009@umn.edu
Web site: www.gophersports.com follow spirit squads link
College prep camps/clinics: upcoming camps and clinics are listed in biweekly newsletter (register on UMN’s website); September 20th and 21st is the “Weekend with the U of M Cheerleaders”…this includes tickets to a home football game, with lower level seating in front of the spirit squads, followed by a college prep clinic on Sunday

Teams: co-ed sideline team that cheers for football and basketball, and a competition team
Tryouts: April 24 and additional live fall tryout opportunities also available
Required skills: females perform a toe touch, dance and cheer; males perform a pike jump; all athletes exhibit their stunting and tumbling skills during tryouts, but there are no specific requirements
Approximate program costs: personal items and competition fees, fundraising is available
Scholarships: none available
Time commitment: season runs from September through March, with practices twice a week.
Compete: yes
Contact information: Coach Amy LaVelle at goamy123@aol.com
Web site: www.uwec.edu/cheer

Teams: coed team that cheers for basketball as well as home Packer games
Tryouts: live tryouts in April
Required skills: females perform cheers, dances, partner stunts, a toe touch and another jump of their choice, no specific tumbling requirements; males work exclusively on stunting
Approximate program costs: personal items
Scholarships: none available
Time commitment: season runs from June until March, with practice two times a week
Compete: do not compete
Contact information: Ann Rodrian at annrodrian@new.rr.com
Web site: http://uwgbathletics.cstv.com/sports/c-off/cheer.html

Teams: coed team that cheers for football and basketball
Tryouts: live tryouts in April, with an additional live tryout in the fall to fill the remaining positions
Required skills: all must perform a solid round-off and base at least one stunt; females perform a toe touch, extension cradle and at least 2 additional stunt sequences; males perform a toss chair or toss hands with pop down
Approximate program costs: personal items, $150-$200 the first year, $20-$25 subsequent years; fundraisers are available
Scholarships: none
Time commitment: practice 3-4 times per week
Compete: yes
Contact information: Kelly Galvan at galvan.kell@uxlax.edu
Web site: www.uwlathletics.com

Teams: the Red Squad cheers for football games and men’s basketball games; the White Squad cheers for the women’s basketball games.
Tryouts: live tryouts in April and September; high school candidates and transfer students must submit a tryout video by April 1st
Required skills: perform a fight song/dance; demonstrate standing and series tumbling; perform at least two co-ed partner stunts
Approximate program costs: minimal; most costs covered by athletic department
Scholarships: none
Time commitment: August through March, with 3 practices a week; Occasional summer PR events and practices
Compete: Nationals
Contact information: Josette Scheer at jrs@athletics.wisc.edu
Web site: http://www.uwbadgers.com/traditions/
cheer/uw_cheerleaders_91.html

Teams: coed team that cheers for basketball
Tryouts: live tryouts in April and in the fall
Required skills: demonstrate strong jumps, motions, and crowd leading ability; standing back-handspring and series tumbling preferred, but not required.
Time commitment: cheerleaders and stuntmen are expected to attend all men's and women's basketball games, post-season tournament games, team workouts, team fundraising events, and any other scheduled university or community events; practices are held 2-3 times a week
Contact information: Vicki Hastings at cgvlhastings@juno.com or Leigh Wallace Tabak at cheer4uwm@aol.com
Web site: www.uwmpanthers.cstv.com/school-bio/wiml-cheerleading.htm

Teams: coed team that cheers for football and basketball
Tryouts: live tryouts in the spring and fall
Required skills: females: back-handspring and double toe touch; bases: assisted walk-in hands and quad lib, mid?s: base elevator, fly in full down from elevator and extension, flyers: toe touch basket (must have good body control), full down from elevator and extension; males: base toss hands, walk-in hands, double-based extension and lib.
Approximate program costs: personal items, competition fees, and travel costs
Scholarships: none
Time commitment: September through March, with 2-3 practices a week
Compete: 5-6 competitions per year plus nationals
Contact information: ReJeanne Lehron at lehronr@uwosh.edu
Web site: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/UWO-Titan-CheerStunt/160289297315114

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Teams: coed team that cheers for football and basketball
Tryouts: live tryouts in the spring for current students and in the fall for new students, video submissions are accepted if there is a conflict
Required skills: perform 2-3 chants, a floor cheer, a toe touch, pike and optional jump; round-off is required, a back-handspring is preferred; all females are required to perform a short dance and tryout as a base and flyer ; males will tryout as a base
Approximate program costs: $100-$150 for personal items, fundraisers are available
Scholarships: none available
Time commitment: practice 2-3 times a week, with additional conditioning sessions 2 times a week
Compete: only if squad chooses (cost covered by team)
Contact information: Jenifer Schmidgall at schmidgallj@uwstout.edu
Web site: in progress
College prep camps/clinics: over the Christmas break, private clinics are available

Teams: coed team that cheers for football and basketball, an all-girl team that cheers for wrestling, women’s basketball and wheelchair basketball
Tryouts: live tryouts; football tryouts are in the spring, and again in the fall for freshmen, basketball tryouts are at the end of September
Required skills: females: toe touch and jump of choice; cheer and dance taugut at tryouts; base or fly in extension and lib, demonstrate a twisting cradle, co-ed toss hands or chair hands and a shoulder stand with two different male candidates; males: base toss hands, shoulder stand with two different female candidates.
Approximate program costs: personal items, fundraising is expected
Scholarships: none available
Time commitment: cheer at all home games and away games in WI, practice 3-4 items a week
Compete: only if squad chooses (cost covered by team)
Contact information: Therese Kennedy at kennedyt@uww.edu
Web site: www.uww.edu/staffair/recsport/

Teams: all-girl team that cheers for football
Tryouts: live tryouts in April or May, video submissions are accepted for out of state students  
Required skills: perform all the jumps they know, a minimum of an extension pop cradle, tumbling a plus, but not required
Approximate program costs: personal items, normally a one time cost, fundraisers are available
Scholarships: none offered
Time commitment: season runs from August to November, with practices 2-3 times plus time in the weight room
Compete: do not compete
Contact information: Jody Brill at Jody.brill@wlc.edu
Web site: http://wlcsports.athleticsite.com, then go to “fan zone” then “cheerleading”

Tryouts: Mid-September
Approximate costs: $0; team members participate in fundraisers to cover costs
Scholarships: none available
Time commitment: approximately 6 hours of practice/week October-February and performances at most home basketball and hockey games, some volleyball and wrestling meets, pep rally and team events
Contact information: Head Coach Micaela Morin at morinm@msoe.edu
Website: http://msoe.edu/athletics/dance_team.shtml

Tryouts: 1st or 2nd Saturday after school begins (end of August)
Required skills: pirouettes; split, switch & open leaps; toe touches; kicks
Approximate costs: $40 (dance shoes/black dance pants)
Scholarships: none available
Time commitment: 7 hours of practice/week; all home football games; most home basketball games, competitions, team events, Springfest
Compete: 2-3 per year
Contact information: Coach Stephanie Hawkins at hawkinss@ripon.edu
Website: www.ripon.edu/athletics/dance
College prep camps/clinics: none at this time

Tryouts: live tryouts in May
Time commitment: perform at basketball, soccer and volleyball games
Compete: UDA Nationals, College Dance Team Championships
Contact information: Angela de Leon at addeleon5@gmail.com
Web site: www.danceteam.uwm.edu.
College prep camps/clinics: pre-tryout clinic offered at the end of April

Tryouts: the second week after school starts in September
Required skills: fouetees, pirouettes, leaps, across the floor combinations, jazz and hip hop ability
Approximate program costs: $700
Scholarships: none offered
Time commitment: 9 hours of practice per week
Compete: 3 per year
Contact information: danceteam@uwec.edu
Web site: www.uwec.edu/danceteam
College prep camps/clinics: no college prep, do host clinics for other high schools/colleges

Tryouts: early September
Required skills: basic turns, leaps, ability to learn quickly
Approximate program costs: $200-$500 per year, depending on fundraising efforts
Scholarships: none offered
Time commitment: 2-3 practices per week, approximately 40 halftimes, various community appearances
Compete: UPA Nationals, Xtreme Spirit
Contact information: see website (below) or UWGB Student Orgs
Web site: http://uwgbdanceteam.googlepages.com
College prep camps/clinics: none

No information available at this time…

Tryouts:  Second week after school starts in September
Required Skills:  Toe touch, splits, leap, switch leap, side leap, double turn, triple turn, fouettes (spelling?) 
Time Commitment: 3  2-hr practices per week, halftime at football games and girls and guys basketball games and competitions
Costs:  $60 team fee plus extra expenses throughout the year
Scholarships: none offered
Compete:  2-3 times per year
Contact info: Stacy Parker at uwodanceteam@hotmail.com

Tryouts: First week in October
Required skills: pirouettes, toe touches, flexibility
Time commitment: Sun, Tues, Thurs evening practices; all home men's & women's basketball games, excluding holidays
Approximate cost: $75 for shoes (two pairs), tights, & undergarments
Scholarships: none offered
Compete: International Competition, Mexico, approximate every 3 years
Contact Information: Heidi Zarder at Heidi.Zarder@wlc.edu
Website: www.wlc.edu, "fan zone", "power surge" OR http://wlcsports.athleticsite.com/page.asp?articleID=271
College Prep camps/clinics: Spring TBA and two weeks prior to auditions

Tryouts: Must be CURRENT student at UWW at the time of the tryout. Football tryouts generally are in April as basketball tryouts generally are in September. Will be posted in advance online and on campus. Application available online or at tryout.
Required Skills: No experience welcome!
Time commitment: Mandatory practices Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, occasional Sundays (all 8-11) nights as well as occasional Fridays (3-5). Practice times vary depending on performance schedule. Mandatory performances at basketball and football games as well as extra events.
Cost: Shoes, tights, and optional apparel. Uniforms provided by campus. Fundraising required.
Compete: Optional due to performance and practice schedule
Contact Information: Natalie Englebert at englebernj@uww.edu
Website: http://www.uww.edu/recsports/spiritprogram/index.html or www.freewebs.com/whitewaterdanceteam