UMD CHEERLEADING

The UMD Cheerleading Club is comprised of many young women who come from diverse backgrounds including cheerleading, dance experience, gymnastics, figure skating and a love of UMD. It is compromised of four teams, Football, Hockey, Basketball, and Competition.

Football Cheerleading

The Football/Basketball Cheerleaders combine dancing, cheerleading, tumbling, and stunting together to enhance the Football and Basketball Game Day experience and support the teams they cheer for. They stand on the sidelines of Malosky Field for Football games and Romano Gymnasium for Basketball games, and occasionally perform a routine at halftime.

Hockey Cheerleading

The Men’s Hockey Cheerleaders combine dancing and cheerleading on the ice and in the stand into one unified sport. These women perform on the ice between periods as well as in the stands during the game. Their time is dedicated to supporting the hockey team, getting fans involved and creating routines for entertainment.

Competition Cheerleading

The Competition Cheerleaders combine dancing, cheerleading, tumbling, and stunting together to create a two and a half minute routine that is performed at competitions around the midwest area. Their routines are judged based off of crowd-leading involvement, jumps, dance, tumbling, stunts, pyramids, execution, safety, and overall entertainment value.

To be apart of the organization, students of the University of Minnesota Duluth go through a try out process that examines an individuals dance, cheer, tumbling (football, basketball, competition only), and figure skating (hockey cheer team only) talents. Try outs are conducted each spring prior to the UMD sports season, and occasionally again in the fall. For more information on try outs, please feel free to contact us!