Florida State University Athletics
FLORIDA STATE CHEERLEADING
Welcome to the official home of the Florida State Cheerleading!
TEAMS
Florida State Cheer consists of both all-girl and coed squads that support Seminole Athletics throughout the year. Both teams cheer at all regular-season home and away football games. During the basketball and volleyball seasons, the squads split into smaller groups to support home games for volleyball, men’s basketball, and women’s basketball.
In addition to sideline responsibilities, our athletes compete at the UCA and UDA College National Championships. While the squads perform separately as all-girl and coed teams on the sidelines, they combine to compete in the All-Girl and Small Coed D1A divisions at the national level.
ACADEMICS
Student-athletes must be enrolled in and successfully complete at least 12 credit hours per semester while maintaining a minimum 2.0 GPA.
UNIFORMS & APPAREL
Uniforms are provided to all team members and must be returned at the end of each academic year to be reissued the following fall.
Each fall, student-athletes also receive sponsored athletic practice apparel, shoes, and bags. These items may be kept by the student-athletes upon completion of the year.
SKILL REQUIREMENTS
Stunting
All-Girl candidates should be proficient in the following skills:
• Full-up
• Lib-to-lib high-to-high
• Extended hand-in-hand
• Front handspring (FHS) up
• Back handspring (BHS) full-up
Coed top-girl candidates should be proficient in:
• Full-up
• Back handspring (BHS) up
• Front handspring (FHS) up
• Extended hand-in-hand
• Rewind
No prior stunting experience is required for male coed candidates.
Tumbling
All female candidates must have a consistent standing tuck, as this skill is incorporated into the Florida State fight song. Candidates are strongly encouraged to have both standing and running tumbling skills through a full.
CONTACT
For any additional questions or the latest information regarding FSU Cheer, follow us on Instagram at @fsucheerleading or contact Head Coach Katie Xanders at cheerleadingfsu@gmail.com.
