SHINE AWARD FINALISTS

Here is our list of Finalists...

IMPACT CHEER ELITE - Warriors

I just wanted to nominate Impact Cheer Elite Warriors for the Sportsmanship Award. It’s not very often you find a team that is so incredibly encouraging to other teams, cheers them on, and even gets into their tunnels with them after their team has done a stellar routine. There are always teams that buddy up and are friends and cheer each other on but we didn’t even know each other, we’re from different states, and this gym went above and beyond to be extra supportive and kind. Definitely great sportsmanship!!!

CHEER FORCE ELITE - Intensity

I would like to vote Cheer Force Elite Team Intensity. The organization as a whole is built on a foundation of respect for the sport and their teammates. This team vary’s in age and skill ranges but they all have a love for cheer that in transparent at practices and competitions, It starts with an amazing owner Devon Bobe, a strong coach Melissa Conley and the desire to instill hard work, kindness and the passion to be the best they can be. Each teammate strives to give positive energy, to uplift their teammate and regardless of any struggles be there not as a teammate but as a sister. They share a beautiful chemistry and have learned to communicate with each other with zero words. This level of respect and care is not just with the athletes but the cheerleaders behind the cheerleaders. The parents. They have a beautiful relationship of car pools, late night private messages of life struggles and…

ATA - Addison

I just found out that Addison’s cheer team was nominated for a CheerCast shine award for celebrating sportsmanship. When Addison’s brother was born, I knew I had a job to do. Not to just be his mom, but to be his advocate. Through this journey Addison has became quite the little advocate herself and has learned to spread awareness everywhere she goes. We were blessed to be able to have her cheer team included this season where we decided to meet a new cheerabilities team at as many comps as we could and befriend those amazing athletes! I wanted her team to see what being inclusive really meant and to know that being differently abled will never stop someone from perusing a passion or dream. I am so proud to be their team mom and so thankful Addison got to cheer with such amazing girls this year. I am excited for more teams to take part in this and together ATA will help spread awareness for Asher and the disability communities!!💙🖤

World Cup- Little Dippers

This youth 3 team never ceases to amaze me no matter if They win or lose Their Sportsmanship shines they Lobe taking pictures with the teams in their Division here are some

CHAMPS CENTRAL LUCKY STARS - Shine

It's not a coincidence that your contest is named "shine" because I am nominating Champs Central Lucky Stars Junior 4 Team "SHINE." These talented young athletes have had multiple struggles this year from not being able to even start on a routine until mid December due to state cheerleading rules to not having a full team practice due to illnesses until a couple days before their 1st competition. Recently they had to replace an athlete days before a competition, but these talented and dedicated young ladies got it together and performed well earning them a Wild Card bid at California Pa. This is a first for the SHINE team. They following weekend in Columbus, OH, they performed flawlessly and brought home the National Title. I nominate them for their steadfast, unwavering loyalty to their team and their sport. They brought the house down in Columbus!

PITTSBURGH PRIDE ALLSTARS - Triple Threat

Shine Award = Team Effort, Determination, Goals, Curveballs, Injuries, Sweat and Tears. This team has been through it all. The last team of 13 at our gym to not have a bid to Summit/Worlds and end of The season was approaching. But then something magical happened. The 2 1/2 min of holding your breath, losing your voice screaming after every hit, praying every second of that time on stage with every tumble pass and stunt that is executed..and then BOOM.. they nail it! Level 3 Grand Champs and Paid Bid at American Cheer Power/Columbus. These girls shine on and off the stage. The support and drive for each other, the coaches that believe in them every second during the season, parents and families that have been there through the journey.. These girls never put the blame on an individual. They take the good with the bad as a team and they have celebrated as a team, Pure selflessness and it sure has been a “Shine” season for the Triple Threat Cinderella team.

ACE Panama City - ThunderCats

It is my great honor to nominate the ACE Panama City J4 Thundercats for your SHINE award. These amazing athletes and their coaches endured heart-rending devastation and loss from Hurricane Michael but have never let it hold them back. Despite missing six weeks of training, they came together to support one another and the community through the sport they love. Though many in this ACE family lost everything they all pitched in to help each other- and communities near and far did the same. The love and enduring spirit exhibited by the Thundercats and the ACE Panama City family is a true example of a team who comes together and SHINES- no matter the adversity they face!

SOUTHAVEN WILDCATS

I’d like to nominate Southaven Wildcats for the sportsmanship award. You can put a girl in the gym with a great team and great coaches and they will get out of it what they put into it, but when you put girls in a gym that have coaches that don’t stress over winning every competition but put stress over having GREAT sportsmanship you get girls that Southaven wildcats put out.

TEXAS STORM ATHLETICS - Heatwave

I would like to nominate Texas Storm Athletics Heatwave because they are hard working and the owner of the gym Alanna is always there to help the coaches Andrea and Bailey and to help the team. They did not win first all season but they never gave up and kept working very hard and they went to NCA and got first. They are always helping out each other on the team if one teammate was having a hard time or a bad day the whole team would help out that one girl they are all like sisters to each other. Texas Storm Athletics is just a small D2 gym that is just trying to get their name out there and to grow not only as a gym but as a family. With Texas Storm Athletics as soon as you walk into the gym you walk into not only a gym but a family and you become part of a crazy family that is there for each other no matter what.

ARIZONA ELEMENT ELITE - Chrome

I nominate @azelementelite CHROME Y1– My daughter is a South Bay Diva @sbd.ava and we have consistently been against AZE and our Y1 team has been going against Chrome since the start of the season. Although my daughter does is not in Y1, I have been there to watch both teams go against each other, and both teams with heart and leaving their hearts on the mat each time. CHROME has always persevered, pushed through and maintained CONSISTENCY from start to finish, executing one of the most unbeatable routines, and even with a finish close to first, this team leaves with smiles on their faces, with grace and style accepting their awards, and when they win, they win humbly and the parents at their gym are one of the MOST HUMBLE people I have ever met. Ive manage to maintain a friendship with one of their parents and she has consistently supported my daughter in her performances and I threw her‘s, through social media, in person, and in heartwarming and heartfelt messages to cheer…

PITTSPURGH PRIDE - Triple Threat

This team is fantastic on the mat and off. The commarodary is second to none. Currently the ages range from 9 to 14. They take care of each other emotionally, there is no blame game here. So supportive of anyone that has a bad performance. They hug and cry together through good days and bad. While Triple Threat has had their share of injuries, they pushed through. This team came in second place at the first competition and won out the rest of the season leading up to the Summit. Even with winning the J3 Division, our team had not secured a bid while every other team for Pride had secured a bid. These girls kept working hard. On March 30th the hard work paid off, they earned a Wild Card Bid for Summit at California University in California, PA. They were so excited, prays answered. The first week of April, a few changes were made to the routine getting ready for Summit. That weekend we headed…

POWERHOUSE CHEER

I’m nominating our gym Powerhouse Cheer in weatherford Oklahoma for the shine award. Because we truly are small gym strong and our coaches are like family, both my daughters love every one of their coaches and teammates and when they get on that mat they Shine so bright! We are fairly new but our coach is the best and as humble as they come and puts her blood sweat and tears into all our teams. I couldn’t imagine ever cheering for anyone else. ️ Go Powerhouse!! 🧜‍♀️

UMAS - Ice

I nominate UMAS Ice and UMAS as a gym. This team competed at UCA in Florida with many of their athletes diagnosed with flu and went on the mat and killed it both days!

POWERHOUSE CHEER

I want to nominate Powerhouse Cheer in Weatherford, OK. She has a deep, true passion for the sport, love for her kids and families in her gym, integrity, and class!!!

SI SPIRIT - Platinum

These girls worked so hard this season. They are truly an amazing hard working team.

SOUTHAVEN WILDCATS

Nominating the whole program of Southaven Wildcats. Our girls have won the Spirit Award at 4 different competitions this year. They are always cheering not only each other but also their competitors on! Always showing great sportmanship and have been rewarded for it!

STARS ATHLETICS - Platinum

ICON CHEER - Lady Envy

I would like to nominate Icon Cheer Lady Envy. These girls have been observed repeatedly encouraging other teams, even their own competition, at every competition this season and received a Rock Award at ACA in Fort Worth for this very quality. They always cheer on the younger teams while they’re are practicing at home and make sure they come early or stay late at competitions so the younger teams have a big cheering section. They truly care about their sport and their sweet coach Tabbi. These are some of the most respectable and well behaved girls I know.

ATA Titanium

In our program we are blessed to have a fabulous group of athletes that form our CheerAbilities squad, Supremes. This is our first season with a competitive CheerAbilities squad.

CHEER OMEGA JR5

Cheer Omega J5R was so sweet to ICE UV at Cheersport, and all the girls couldn’t stop talking about how they cheered everyone on in warmups! Thank you, Cheer Omega!

UPPER MERION ALLSTARS Crush

This is Upper Merion Allstars “ crush “ SrR5C . This group of kids are the best ever is an under statement . They are the most giving , caring , compassionate bunch. They go to comps and seek out their competition , become friends , dance and sing along with them in circles and then cheer them on when they are on the mat . They are coached by the director of the program Alexzandria D’Aulerio who instills good sportsmanship conduct at all Times . I saw the post to nominate a team and i had to respond. We have 11 teams in our program and they support each and every one of them . Everyone wants to be on Crush. They are the friendliest group of kids around , and if you are lucky enough to see them at a comp “ that orange team “ always leaves a good impression .. they are IG friends with most of their competitors and i often see them praising others accomplishments . I am so proud of them for getting a summit wildcard but even more proud when i see them making arches for other…

PITTSBURGH SUPERSTARS Supermodels

I just wanted to give the BIGGEST shoutout to Pittsburgh Superstars, Supermodels for being so unbelievably sweet to my youth 1 team today at BATC! We had a rough morning reworking a teammate out of their routine and they were quite stressed going into warmups. Supermodels came over to wait for their warmup to begin and invited my little ones to have a dance party. It helped ease their nerves and as a coach it was the most heartwarming thing ever to watch these older level 5 athletes engage and want to dance to baby shark with my 20 youth age kids. This is why I love this sport so much and it is definitely something I’ll remember! Good luck the remainder of the season, you have 20 little ones cheering you on from VA

HEAT ATHLETICS Firebolt

We competed at GLCC, Shchaumburg, this weekend. Our team was in the same awards as the L4 Senior Medium. We were L3 International Junior. There were 3 teams in the L4 Senior Medium division and all were great! What makes this team special, in my eyes, is how these girls created a tunnel for the 1st place team as the champs exited the stage! They cheered them on from the moment they stepped off stage, to the time they went backstage to collect their shiny backpacks.