Cheer Team Set for NAIA National Championship

Ypsilanti, Mich., (March 28, 2024)- The Missouri Valley College cheer team is set for the 2024 NAIA Competitive Cheer National Championship, taking place Friday and Saturday in Ypsilanti, Mich.  The Vikings will compete against 14 other programs at the event.

Missouri Valley earned an eighth-straight appearance at the National championship event after capturing an eighth-straight Heart of America Athletic Conference earlier this month.  The Vikings won the Heart championship with an overall score of 90.01.

The Viking cheer team finished the regular season with an average score of 77.58, but posted four scores of 80.66 or better in the team's final competitions of the regular season.  Missouri Valley is one of only five programs in the NAIA to qualify for all eight National championship events held by the organization.  The program has six finishes in the top 10 at the National competition, and captured a National title in 2018.

Preliminary round performances begin Friday afternoon.  Missouri Valley will perform in the cheer preliminary round at 4:50 p.m. (Central).  The final round of performances will be Saturday beginning at 9 a.m. (Central).  The 2024 NAIA Competitive Cheer National Championship is hosted by Eastern Michigan in Ypsilanti, Mich.

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About Missouri Valley College

Known for its dynamic, richly diverse, and friendly educational environment, Missouri Valley College offers many opportunities to grow in mind, body, and spirit. Grounded in the liberal arts, undergraduate studies empower students to master interdisciplinary skills needed to succeed in a knowledge-based global society. MVC offers over 30 academic programs, study abroad program, extracurricular activities, and a wide variety of sports. The most popular majors include education and business, criminal justice and exercise science. Above all, Valley is committed to student success. For more information, call (660) 831-4000 or visit www.moval.edu.