Support AU Spirit at Z-Burger!

Please come out and support AU Spirit at our one-and-only Z-Burger fundraiser of the year! We'll be at the Tenleytown Z-Burger from 6:00-8:00 p.m. on Monday, November 9th.

We are working our way towards competing in Daytona Beach, Fl. at the NDA/NCA National Collegiate Chapionships for the second time and we could really use some help raising money for entrance fees, uniforms, and transportation!

Invite all of your friends, grab a burger and shake, and hang out with AU Spirit!

We hope to see you there!!

2009-2010 AU Spirit Program

Here's a few of the awesome pictures taken by Ryvy Rueda! To see the entire album, click HERE!

Fall Time Photo Shoot

Thank you to our amazing photographer, Ryvy Rueda, for taking some incredible pictures of us this weekend! It was a perfect fall day and we had a great time feeling like models on the AU campus. Here's a great shot Ryvy took of Dance Team captains, Jackie and Katie. The rest of the pictures will be posted soon!

Dance Team Co-Captain, Katie Stoner, and Captain, Jaclyn Hogrebe

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Meet Our New Team!

The AU Spirit Program welcomed 11 cheerleaders and dancers this past week and weekend and tryouts! Please join us in congratulating our newest Spirit Program members! (pictures coming soon)

Cheerleaders
Ali Torzolini - Freshman
Clay Pencek - Junior
Elizabeth Wilke - Freshman
Jaim Coddington - Freshman
Justin Berger - Junior

Dancers
Abby Masenheimer - Freshman
Gabrielle Ciccotti - Junior
Kelsey Yonce - Freshman
Lyndsey Grubbs - Freshman
Nicole Talor - Freshman

We are so excited to welcome these new and talented men and women to our program! Congratulations to you all!!

Our Season Has Officially Started!

Well, it's August and that means AU Spirit is back in action! On August 4th the Dance Team started their pre-camp practices (two-a-days on Tuesday and Wednesday) and then left for camp on Thursday, August 6th. We headed up to the University of Scranton for our second time at UDA camp as a team, and we were so excited to show everyone how far we'd come since last year. This year, we prepared a home routine to get evaluated on and also chose to compete in UDA's Fight Song evaluations. In addition, the girls learned three challenging routines each and were evaluated on them at the end of the week.

Not only did they receive "superior" recognition for all of their routines, Fight Song, and home routine, but they also received a "most improved program" award from last year's camp to this year's. As their coach, knowing how much effort they put into the team last year, I could not be more proud.

The Cheerleaders have been hard at work too. They came back to campus on August 8th to begin their preseason training and have been doing great!

Coming up, AU Spirit will take part in our third annual tradition of moving in freshman to their dorms. We love seeing the excited faces and enjoy helping to make the freshman's first official day on campus a spirited one. In addition to our practices, we'll also be holding two carwashes to kick off our fundraising efforts for the 2009-2010 season. After a great first year at Nationals in April, we can't wait to go back, but need all the fundraising support we can get! More information on the location and times of these carwashes to come.

Perhaps what we're most excited for though is our fall tryouts. On August 28, 29, and 30 we'll be holding tryouts for the 2009-2010 team. We've had some great interest, and can't wait to meet our newest members! Good luck to all trying out!

This is the dance team on our final day of camp!

Here we are with some of the George Washington Dance Team members ... we love D.C., and we represented it well!

And here's our home routine! Great job, ladies!

Looking Back on 08-09, and Looking Forward to 09-10

We had a chance to show this video to the team right before our spring tryouts. It was a great way to remember our season, and get pumped for the 2009-2010 season that is right around the corner. We are so proud of our teams and all they have accomplished in such a short period of time and we can't wait to see what next year will have in store for us all.

We hope you all have wonderful, relaxing, and safe summers and we can't wait to see you in August!

Brett, Nate, Jay, and Alex