Athletics
Wayne L. King, Jr.
Director of Athletics
Phone: (815) 280-2210
Email: wking@jjc.edu

Emily Marino
Women's Athletic Coordinator
Phone: (815) 280-2777
Email: emarino@jjc.edu

Gregg Braun
Student-Athlete Retention Specialist
Associate Head Baseball Coach
Phone: (815) 280-2263
Email: gbraun@jjc.edu  

Stephanie Sharp
Athletic Department Administrative Assistant
Sports Information Director
Phone: (815) 280-2431
Email: ssharp@jjc.edu

Try Out Requirements 

 

Cheerleading Tryouts

 

Dress for tryouts:
Plain white t-shirt, black shorts, cheer shoes, white bow

Tryout Requirements

Jumps

  • 3 advanced jumps, consecutive
  • 1 double toe touch

Tumbling

  • Tumbling is not required, but recommended
  • Each participant will have the opportunity to perform both running the standing tumbling
  • Mats will be provided

Stunts

  • Each participant will perform two stunts
  • Each participant can choose their own stunts they perform. Please choose stunts that will highlight your talent.
  • Each participant can tryout in the flyer position or the base position.
  • You can also choose to do one stunt as a base and one as the flyer if you have experience in both positions.

Cheer

  • Individual cheer with a required toe touch jump
  • 1 sideline chant

Dance

  • Consisting of 6 to 8 counts

Details

Cheerleaders will learn 2 sideline cheers, 1 sideline dance, stunting, and tumbling. Following the training session, there will be a tryout the same day going over the material learned.

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Joliet Junior College
1215 Houbolt Road, Joliet, IL 60431-8938
Phone: (815) 729-9020