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The College STUNT Association Announces Inaugural All Americans
Memphis, Tenn., (June 1, 2011) – The College STUNT Association, under the leadership of USA Cheer, has announced their All Americans for their inaugural STUNT season. All Americans were chosen by a committee of coaches from various regions along with two STUNT officials.
A new competitive team sport that has derived from traditional cheerleading, STUNT removes the crowd-leading and focuses on the technical and athletic components of cheer, which include the partner stunts, pyramids, basket tosses, jumps and tumbling skills. STUNT has been designed with the goal of being considered for NCAA Emerging Sport status and to ultimately satisfy Title IX’s requirements for intercollegiate sport.
Coaches from the 22 teams that participated in the first season of STUNT were invited to nominate two athletes from their teams to be All Americans. Nominees for All Americans needed to exhibit superior skills and techniques as well as good game sense and knowledge of STUNT, and be in good academic standing. They also needed to have participated in at least half of the games or tournaments for at least 50 percent of the routine. “We were extremely impressed with the athleticism of these first ever STUNT All Americans,” says Bill Seely, Executive Director of USA Cheer. “They played a major role in the success of their teams and presented our new sport with dignity and grace.” Twenty All Americans were chosen for the 2011 season of STUNT, along with eight Honorable Mentions. More information can be found on http://collegestunt.org.
2010-11 STUNT All-American Team
Aisha Brandon (Senior) - University of Louisville
Stacey Bryner (Senior) - North Carolina State University Samantha Carlton (Junior) - Cal Poly at San Luis Obispo Gabriela Cisneros (Junior) - University of Florida Heather Costa (Senior) - Framingham State University Ashley Cottrell (Junior) - Morgan State University Janee Demery (Senior) - Georgia Southern University Courtney Fernandez (Senior) - Methodist University Natalie Finney (Junior) - Oklahoma State University Jenna Fischer (Senior) - University of Georgia Dani Keathley (Freshman) - Sam Houston State University Ashley Lanphere (Senior) - North Carolina State University Nicole Legere (Freshman) - Framingham State University Lauren Lock (Senior) - Texas A&M Amanda Ross (Sophomore) - Morgan State University Felicia Rousseau (Sophomore) - Stonehill College Nicole Shaw (Junior) - Cal Poly at San Luis Obispo Lindsey Sitzlar (Senior) - University of Louisville Madison Thibault (Senior) - Slippery Rock University Kayla Wheatley (Senior) - Georgia Southern University 2010-11 STUNT All-American Team Honorable Mentions Ciara Auringer (Junior) - University of Georgia Chastity Chapman (Freshman) - Methodist University Ashley Daignault (Freshman) - University of Central Oklahoma Andrea Dearing (Sophomore) - Sam Houston State University Ashley Engelbert (Freshman) - University of Florida Amanda Estes (Freshman) - University of Central Oklahoma Amy Haraden (Senior) - Stonehill College Lexie Novosad (Freshman) - Oklahoma State University 
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