I tried out for cheer the end of my 8th grade year as a joke because my sister had always cheered and Alma had never had a male on the team. I had no idea it was going to turn into something that I truly enjoyed. My 9th grade year, it was me and 14 girls. All eyes were on me because I was the first male cheerleader in the history of Alma. When we started doing interest clinics for tryouts my 10th grade year, we added 2 more males to the team. Now here we are my 11th grade year with 1 male on the 8th grade team, 2 on the 9th grade team and 5 on the Varsity team. We were 1st place in the state last year and 3rd place at nationals. I truly enjoy the challenge cheer has given me the last 3 years and I'm very interested to learn more about college cheer and what opportunities are out there for me.