Cheer Team Tryouts
Tryout Application Documents
- Candidate Application (active Spring 2025)
- Publicity Release
- UREC Facility Waiver
Participants must have an active UTRGV Student ID and email.
For accommodations or further information on tryouts, email the Spirit Program at spirit@utrgv.edu.
Cheer Team Workshops
Clinics and Tryout Dates
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Month |
Activity Description |
|---|---|
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March 14, 2026 |
UTRGV Cheer Spring Clinic #2. Open to all high school and college athletes. |
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March – May 8th |
Submit your UTRGV Cheer Team Tryout Registration (link coming soon). If you have any further questions, please email spirit@utrgv.edu. |
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April 25, 2026 |
Cheer Team Tryout Workshop #1 at the MAC Court in the University Recreation (UREC) building. Check-in is at 7:30 a.m. Attendance of at least 1 workshop is mandatory. Highly encourage attending both workshops. |
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May 2, 2026 |
Cheer Team Tryout Workshop #2 at the MAC Court in the University Recreation (UREC) building. Check-in is at 7:30 a.m. Attendance of at least 1 workshop is mandatory. Highly encourage attending both workshops. |
|
May 8, 2026 |
DUE: Letter of Recommendation from former director/coach. They will receive an email with instructions after you complete the online application. |
|
May 9, 2026 |
In-person auditions will be held at the MAC Court in the University Recreation (UREC) building on the Edinburg campus. |
Cheer Tryouts FAQ
A mandatory Candidate Application must be completed before the audition.
Be prepared to upload the following:
- Publicity Release
- UREC Facility Waiver
- Headshot (PNG or JPG format)
- Letter of Recommendation from former director or coach
- A Physical (up-to-date and completed by a physician)
- UTRGV Acceptance Letter (new students only)
- Academic Transcript (transfer students only)
After submitting an online candidate application, you are invited to attend in-person tryouts at the MAC Court at University Recreation on the Edinburg campus.
Candidates will tryout using the fight song, a cheer, jumps, a brief interview, and demonstrating tumbling skills in front of a panel of judges.
| Month | Activity Description |
|---|---|
| March | Cheer Team Tryout Workshop at the MAC Court in the University Recreation (UREC) building. Check-in is at 7:30 a.m. Attendance of at least 1 workshop is strongly encouraged. |
| March-April | Submit your Online Candidate Application. If you have any further questions, please email spirit@utrgv.edu. |
| April | Cheer Team Tryout Workshop at the MAC Court in the University Recreation (UREC) building. Check-in is at 7:30 a.m. Attendance of at least 1 workshop is strongly encouraged. |
| April | DUE: Letter of Recommendation from former director/coach. They will receive an email with instructions after you complete the online application. DUE: Online Candidate Application. |
| April | In-person auditions will be held at the MAC Courtt in the University Recreation (UREC) building on the Edinburg campus. FINAL team results are posted on social media at the end of the day. |
Although all uniforms, practice wear, gear, and equiment is provided by the university, there is a non-refundable $30 Tryout Fee which covers tryout workshops and tryouts.
Females
- Wear a sports bra top and/or fitted t-shirt, bike shorts, and cheer shoes.
- Hair should be worn up and out of the face.
- Natural performance makeup is preferred.
- No jewelry.
- Tattoos must be covered with professional-grade makeup.
- All-black attire is preferred.
- T-shirt, shorts, and cheer shoes/tennis shoes.
- Clean-cut hairstyle (out of face) and neatly groomed facial hair.
- No warm-ups or joggers.
- Tattoos must be covered with professional-grade makeup or a nude tattoo sleeve.
- Natural performance makeup is preferred.
- Preferred: All-black attire.
Tryouts are closed to the public. Only candidates, coaches, and adjudicators are allowed in the facility.
Cheer Team results will be posted on social media pages no later than the end of the audition day.
For more information on tryouts, email the Spirit Program at spirit@utrgv.edu.
