The Program Coaches will coordinate the Spirit Team tryouts. A skills evaluation/tryout will be conducted in April for the following season. An open tryout will be conducted during the first month of classes during the fall semester.

Two squads will comprise the Loyola University Chicago Spirit Teams:
1. COED CHEER TEAM, a coed cheerleading squad
2. DANCE TEAM, a pom squad

A portion of the squads will be selected in April with the remaining positions to be filled during the fall semester tryout.

The Dance Team members will be selected on the basis of appearance, personality, enthusiasm and dance ability. The Coed Cheer Team will include all of the above, adding both cheerleading and gymnastic skill.

The Spirit Team administration reserves the right to refuse a tryout or a position to any person for reasons of academic deficiencies or violations against the University's standards of conduct, any past performances which dishonored the intercollegiate athletics programs at Loyola, or physical liability.

Non-returning Spirit Team members and/or captains will help conduct the skill evaluations and tryouts. The Cheer Team tryout may include a cheer, standing back handspring/back tuck, tumbling pass and partner stunts. The Dance Team tryout will include a dance routine and appropriate skills. All material will be announced prior to the evaluation/tryout.

All returning team members are required to tryout each year excepting the captains, which are exempt from the tryout process.

If you have further questions about our tryouts, please contact head coach Beccy Sullivan at brenbec@gmail.com

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