MOBILE EARNS SECOND AT 2021 SSAC COMPETITIVE CHEER CHAMPIONSHIP
MOBILE, Ala. - The University of Mobile Competitive Cheer team hosted the 2021 SSAC Competitive Cheer Conference Championship on Saturday morning, Feb. 20 in Pharr Gymnasium at the University of Mobile. The championship competition consisted of four SSAC Competitive Cheer teams that included Mobile, Point University, Xavier University of Louisiana, and Warner University.
Mobile last won the SSAC Competitive Cheer Championship in 2019. Point University entered Saturday's competition as the defending champions.
On Saturday, each team performed their respective routines twice for four judges. The first round preliminary score counted just 25% towards their final overall score as their final routine would count 75%. Mobile placed second in both rounds, earning second in the conference championship with a total overall score of 89.15.
Xavier University (La.) earned the 2021 SSAC Championship for the first time in school history in just their second year of sponsoring competitive cheer with a final overall score of 93.06.
Several Rams Honored By SSAC
Following the competition, Mobile captain Maggie Copeland (JR/Saraland, Ala) was the only athlete from all four schools to send in an audition video for the NAIA Competitive Cheer All-American try-outs.
Copeland was joined by Dee Green (SO/Mobile, Ala.), Conner Shepard (FR/Citronelle, Ala.) and Emilee Wilkerson (JR/Irvington, Ala.) as the four athletes from Mobile to be named to the SSAC First-Team All-Conference Team following the competition.
Copeland was later named as the SSAC Best All-Around Female on Saturday and Emilee Wilkerson was named SSAC Rookie of the Year.
Finally, Copeland and Wilkerson were joined by Ashton Black (JR/Creola, Ala.), Aleigh Herndon (SR/Foley, Ala.), Emma Riley Hollingsworth (SO/Meridianville, Ala.), Hannah Kelly (JR/Saraland, Ala.), Taylyn Taylor (SO/Irvington, Ala.) and Ansleigh Weston (SO/Mobile, Ala.) on the SSAC Barnes & Noble College All-Academic team.
NAIA Nationals Bound?
Mobile will await other competitions from around the country within the next week to see if they will earn an at-large bid to the NAIA Competitive Cheer National Championship on March 12-13.
About the University of Mobile
The University of Mobile is a Christ-centered liberal arts and sciences institution with a vision of higher education for a higher purpose, founded to honor God by equipping students for their future professions through rigorous academic preparation and spiritual transformation. Core values are: Christ-Centered, Academically-Focused, Student-Devoted and Distinctively-Driven. The university offers on-campus and online bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in over 75 academic programs. Founded in 1961, the University of Mobile is affiliated with the Alabama Baptist State Convention and is located 10 miles north of Mobile, Alabama on a campus of over 880 acres.
For more information about the University of Mobile, visit the website at www.umobile.edu or call Enrollment Services at 1.800.WIN.RAMS or 251.442.2222.
