January 20, 2022
East Central Community College is looking for energetic and driven student-athletes ready to cheer at the collegiate level.
ECCC Cheerleaders are held to a higher standard as they represent the college publicly on many occasions and receive a full-tuition scholarship. In addition to cheering at all home and away football games and home basketball contests, the Warrior Cheer Team also participates in campus pep rallies, parades with the college's Wall O’ Sound Marching Band, community service, and other activities and events.
The ECCC Warrior Cheer Team will soon transition to a competitive cheer program. The first step is to attend a UCA (University Cheerleaders Association) college camp. The goal in 2022-23 is to build a foundation of hardworking, talented athletes so that one day the team can compete in the Game Day Division of UCA College Nationals.
ECCC Warrior Cheer Coach Bailey Gibson was a coed cheerleader at The University of Mississippi for three years. She is full of energy and excited to start this new journey with ECCC Cheerleading.
Dates to Know
Spring Cheer Clinic | Sunday, February 27, 2022
- 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
- Brackeen-Wood Gym
- Decatur Campus
- $20
The clinic is open to high school juniors and seniors and college freshmen and registration begins at 2:30 p.m.
What to bring: ECCC cheer waiver signed and a water bottle
What to wear: Hair out of face, athletic clothes to stunt and tumble in, and cheer shoes
Pre-Tryout Clinic | Sunday, March 27, 2022
- 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
- Brackeen-Wood Gym
- Decatur Campus
- $20
The clinic is open to high school juniors and seniors and college freshmen, the clinic will cover new material needed for tryouts, and registration begins at 2:30 p.m.
What to bring: ECCC cheer waiver signed and a water bottle
What to wear: Hair out of face, athletic clothes to stunt and tumble in, and cheer shoes
Optional Open Gym | Tuesday, March 29, 2022
- 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
- Brackeen-Wood Gym
- Decatur Campus
- No Cost to Attend
Mandatory Open Gym | Friday, April 1, 2022
- 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
- Brackeen-Wood Gym
- Decatur Campus
- No Cost to Attend
Mandatory for those trying out for the team
All material will be reviewed in addition to a walk-through of the tryout process
ECCC Cheer Tryouts | Saturday, April 2, 2022
- Time TBA
- Brackeen-Wood Gym
- Decatur Campus
- $40
What to bring: Tryout packet and application, signed physical, water bottle, and a snack
What to wear: Game-day makeup, hair with a ribbon half up or low ponytail, tight fitted tank top with shorts, white socks, and cheer shoes
Note: All fees are non-refundable
Requirements for ECCC Cheer Team Tryouts
Material:
Males and females will perform the following material taught at the clinics:
- Fight song
- Band dance, chant
- Cheer
For Stunts:
All-Girl Requirements:
- Extension
- Liberty
- Heel-stretch
Recommendations:
- Quick toss extension or liberty
- Full-up, full-down from body position
Coed Requirements:
- Walk-in to hands
- Toss toe-touch
- Toss chair
Recommendations:
- Walk-in to hands press extension
- Toss hands
For Tumbling:
Requirements:
- Standing back handspring
- Running pass
Recommendations:
- Standing back tuck
- Toe-touch back tuck
- Round off back handspring back tuck
All requirements and recommendations will be shown and demonstrated by the current cheerleaders at all clinics. The current ECCC Cheerleaders will teach all material and assist participants with stunting. The tryout process will be explained at each clinic as well as a quick Question-and-Answer session.
Please direct questions to Coach Bailey Gibson at bgibson@eccc.edu, or message through the ECCC Cheer Instagram account @eccc.cheer.
To print the clinic waiver click HERE | To print the tryout waiver click HERE.
