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National Advisory Board Nominees

The NAB is the democratically elected Board within the USASF that determines the agenda for the organization moving forward. Virtually every major initiative of the USASF in the past 5 years started with, or was significantly improved by, the work of the NAB.

USASF LogoThere was a primary election this year because of the large number (64) of nominated and qualified candidates. With 880 total votes cast, the election was very close in every race.

Please join me in congratulating the finalists for election to the USASF National Advisory Board (NAB).

Midwest Region:

  • Nicki Baker – Nebraska Cheer Center
  • Keith Johnston – N.E.O. Cheer & Dance
  • Michelle Reisdorf – Ultimate Athletics

West Region:

  • Amy Grey – Desert Elite
  • Raul Lerma – Nor Cal Elite
  • Derick Paterson – Cheergyms.com

Northeast Region:

  • Tara Cain – Maryland Twisters
  • Lee Grobstein – Star Athletics
  • Tim Morgan – USA! All Stars

Southeast Region:

  • Kyle Bright – Stingray All Stars
  • Cory Hines – Top Gun All Stars
  • Sean Sutton – CheerForce One

Southwest Region:

  • Brad Habermel – Cheer Athletics
  • Erin Johnson – Spring Creek Athletics
  • David Urmie – Tribe Cheer

Affiliates:

  • Dawnn Doychak – First Friday
  • Kevin Jones – Spirit Innovations
  • Jason Silverman – Powerful Words
  • Shane Womack – Inside Cheerleading

Event Producers:

  • Craig Davis – World Spirit Federation
  • Darren DeMoss – WSA
  • Matt Goto – Varsity All-Star/USA
  • Karen Halterman – NCA/NDA
  • Ann Lehrmann – Cheer & Dance Extreme
  • Tres LeTard – Varsity All-Star
  • Mike Pare – Spirit Cheer
  • Tara Patton – The JAM Brands
  • Elizabeth (Liz) Rossetti – Americheer
  • Mike Stamper – American Cheer & Dance Academy (ACDA)

Voting will begin on Monday, January 9th and close at 5 pm PST on Wednesday, January 25th.

Recognizing the strong qualifications and desire of every candidate to contribute to the USASF , those not voted to the NAB will be invited to participate on their USASF Regional Advisory Board (RAB) charged with guiding the implementation of important USASF programs locally.

Jim Chadwick

President

COA: Midwest National Championship 2011

COA Midwest National Championship took place on February 25-27 in Columbus, OH. This event had 167 All*Star Cheer, 15 Traditional Cheer, 6 Exhibition Cheer (including 4 Special Needs), 37 All*Star Dance, and 8 Traditional Dance teams compete. This event was a qualifier for Worlds & US Finals. Worlds Paid Bids were awarded to:

  • Fire & Ice All Stars (Senior Small L5)
  • Ohio Valley All Stars (Senior Small Limited Coed L5)

Worlds Partial Bids were awarded to:

  • Ultimate Athletics of Ohio “Janie” (Senior Jazz)

Worlds At Large Bids were awarded to:

  • Dance Vibe (Senior Coed Hip Hop)
  • Legacy Xtreme (Senior Small L5)
  • Michigan Xtreme Cheer (Senior Small Limited Coed L5)
  • Ohio Explosion (Senior Small L5)
  • Pittsburgh Poison “Black Widows” (Senior Hip Hop)
  • Pittsburgh Superstars (International Open Coed L5)
  • Step 1 All Stars (International Open Coed L5)
  • Step 1 All Stars (Senior Small Limited Coed L5)

US Finals Paid Bids were awarded to:

  • Elite Cheer Michigan (Youth L1)
  • Fire & Ice All Stars (Senior L3)
  • Fire & Ice All Stars (Senior Small L5)
  • I Yoo Wee All Stars (Senior Lyrical)
  • I Yoo Wee All Stars (Senior Open)
  • Indian Creek HS (Medium Varsity Advanced Non-Mount)
  • Legacy All Stars (Junior Hip Hop)
  • McDowell HS (Varsity Advanced)
  • Twist & Shout (Junior Small L2)
  • Ultimate Athletics of Ohio “Janie” (Senior Jazz)
  • USA! All Stars (Senior Coed Small L4)
  • William Mason HS (Varsity Lyrical)

Event Page

The event had 167 All*Star Cheer Teams in 38 Divisions for an average of 4.39 teams per division and 37 All*Star Dance teams in 10 divisions for an average of 3.70 teams per division.

All*Star Cheer By Level

  • Level 1 – 20 Teams in 5 Divisions (4.00 Average)
  • Level 2 – 40 Teams in 7 Divisions (5.71)
  • Level 3 – 35 Teams in 7 Divisions (5.00)
  • Level 4 – 27 Teams in 8 Divisions (3.38)
  • Level 5 – 45 Teams in 11 Divisions (4.09)

All*Star Cheer By Age

  • Tiny – 2 Teams in 1 Division (2.00 Average)
  • Mini – 13 Teams in 3 Divisions (4.33)
  • Youth – 25 Teams in 5 Divisions (5.00)
  • Junior – 42 Teams in 11 Divisions (3.82)
  • Senior – 70 Teams in 14 Divisions (5.00)
  • Senior Open – 6 Teams in 2 Divisions (3.00)
  • International/Open – 9 Teams in 2 Divisions (4.50)