My decision to join the cheer team was a very difficult one because I struggled with social anxiety my entire life. I had no idea what to expect, or if I could even go in front of a crowd and cheer. Freshman year football season changed my life. It was a friday night and the crowd started to fill the bleachers. It was my job to rally them up. I thought everybody in that crowd could hear my heart beating and see my legs shaking because I was so terrified. At 7:00pm, we walked out onto the sidelines and started our first cheer. Despite my fear of freezing on the spot, my arms began to move and my voice spoke the cheers; in that moment my life changed, and I realized I had fallen in love with the sport. Throughout the years of doing cheer, my
