Texas Southern University becomes first HBCU to win national championship in cheerleading
The TSU Tigers’ cheerleading squad became the first from a historically Black college or university to win a national title last week at the National Cheerleaders Association’s college national championship in Daytona Beach, Florida.
The team’s head coach, Shontrese Comeaux, told NBC News that her team practices up to a year before a competition. Her team’s energy and enthusiasm were “key to us winning the spirit rally title,”
“They put their hearts into their performance every time they perform,” Comeaux said. “It doesn’t matter how hard we practice, but when it’s time to perform, they put it all out on the mat or all out on the field.”
TSU’s 22-person cheerleading squad was one of 14 teams to compete in the Cheer Spirit Rally Division I category
“This win for me just symbolizes in one word: growth,” Comeaux said. “Growing the program, having incoming cheerleaders that are willing to grow with the team and growing in the direction of the vision that we want to take the team.”
Texas Southern was among more than 10 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to compete and the only one to take home a title.
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