Texas Tech Cheer Recruitment

Texas Tech Cheer selects members for its CoEd and All-Girl/Small CoEd squads through a preliminary video round followed by an invitation-only in-person tryout.

2027-28 Cheer Tryout Timeline

• January 2027: Tryout application becomes available.
• Tuesday, April 20, 2027, by 5 p.m. Central: Qualifying skills video and application materials are due.
• By Friday, April 30, 2027: Invitations for the in-person selection process are sent.
• May 14-16, 2027: Invitation-only semifinal and final tryouts are held in person.

The live selection process is closed to the public.

General Cheer Requirements

• Complete the Cheer tryout application when it becomes available.
• Read and agree to program expectations and policies.
• Incoming first-year and transfer students must be accepted to Texas Tech for the 2027-28 academic year.
• Current undergraduate students must be enrolled full time in at least 12 semester hours.
• Current graduate students must be enrolled in at least 9 semester hours.
• Current students must have a cumulative and current GPA of at least 2.0.
• Participants must have current health insurance.
• A $45 tryout application fee is required. Payment information is sent after the application is received.
• Applicants must submit the required qualifying skills video by the deadline.

Current undergraduate students must meet the required enrollment standard of at least 12 credit hours, while graduate students must meet the applicable nine-hour enrollment requirement.

Qualifying Video

Applicants must submit a qualifying skills video as part of the preliminary selection process. Videos should be submitted as a YouTube link rather than an email attachment. Skill expectations differ between the CoEd and All-Girl/Small CoEd squads.

Some athletes may receive a video bypass through designated Texas Tech Cheer clinics. A bypass advances an athlete past the preliminary video round but does not guarantee selection for a squad.

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