Competitive Cheerleading Crowned NCA National Champions

Daytona Beach, Florida- The Brenau competitive cheerleading team claimed its first ever national championship at the 2024 NCA All-Girl National Championships this past weekend.

“This team has been so determined from day one to be the absolute best that they could be and to make history for Brenau’s cheerleading program,” remarked second year head coach Bralee Housworth. “I’m beyond proud of them and I can’t wait to continue to celebrate this huge accomplishment.”

The Golden Tigers opened the competition with a score of 88.7 in the prelims and built a comfortable fourteen point lead over second place Rocky Mountain (Mont.). 

Housworth was effusive in her praise of her squad’s performance, noting, “I couldn’t have asked for a better prelim performance from the team. They hit everything and had zero deductions”

The Golden Tigers rode their strong preliminary round performance into the finals and the squad delivered with a final round score of 84.25, and an overall event score of 85.3 to be crowned national champs.

“The team’s finals performance was fantastic, however we had deductions from a mistake in the pyramid,” said Housworth. However, I believed that the rest of the performance was strong enough to lead us to a National Championship.” 

 Avila (Mo.) University finished second with an event score of 74.0125, while Rocky Mountain (73.0125) and Ottawa (Ariz.) University (71.3917) rounded out the top-four finishers.

The squad returns thirteen letter winners to next year’s program.

For complete results of the championships, click here.