UK cheerleading announces 2020-21 squad

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LEXINGTON — University of Kentucky cheerleading head coach Ryan Martin O'Connor has announced UK's 2020-21 cheerleading squad.Tryouts were held virtually. O'Connor and a select group of judges selected the team from video submissions from cheerleading candidates. Those judges were: Corey Brown, a former UK cheerleader who won three national championships from 2004-08; Brooke Davis Cooper, a four-time national champion and national partner stunt champion who cheered at UK from 1997-2000; Jason Keough, a three-time national champion and 2004 NCA partner stunt champion who cheered at UK from 2001-04; Dawn Duncan Walters, who cheered at UK from 1984-87 and was a member of UK's first two national championship teams; and O'Connor, who cheered at UK from 2008-09. The squad includes 45 members for the coming schoolyear. Designations as to which cheerleaders will be on the Blue squad and the White squad will be determined at a later time after the student-athletes arrive back on campus. Members of the 2020-21 squad are Brady Adkins, Harlan (Harlan High School); Riley Aguiar, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Hampton High School); Angus Beabout, Paris, Illinois (Paris High School); Molly Begley, Harrodsburg (Boyle County High School); Ashley Berg, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Hampton High School); Grant Best, Jamestown (Russell County High School); Amelia Clark, Richmond (Madison Central High School); Autumn Clark, Richmond (Madison Central High School); Anna Coughenour, Huntington, West Virginia (St. Joseph Central Catholic High School); Brendan Davis, St. Louis, Missouri (Parkway South High School); Katy de la Mora, Houston, Texas (Logos Preparatory Academy); Ashley Dinda, Burlington (Conner High School); Marissa English, Bartow, Florida (Bartow High School); Grant Ernzen, Dallas, Texas (Keller High School); Christian Everage, Alton, Illinois (Alton High School); Randi Fausz, Independence, Kentucky (Simon Kenton High School); Daniel Fleharty, Falmouth (Pendleton County High School); Dylan Gessner, Monroe, Michigan (Jefferson High School); Patrick Greiner, Morton Grove, Illinois (Niles West High School); Aerial Griffin, Nashville, Tennessee (Ravenwood High School); Rylee Grubbs, Aledo, Texas (Aledo High School); Maddie Hayes, Mansfield Texas (Mansfield High School); Rylee Hornsby, Somerset (Pulaski County High School); Travis Johnson, Portsmouth, Rhode Island (Portsmouth High School); Carly Landow, Robbinsville, New Jersey (Robbinsville High School); Allie Law, Monrovia, Indiana (Monrovia High School); Jay Lohmann, Owensboro (Daviess County High School); Lily Lyon, Marion County (Marion County High School); Alex Mathis, Paducah (Graves County High School); Bridget McCaw, Silver Spring, Maryland (Montgomery Blair High School); Whitten McCune, Memphis, Tennessee (Faith Heritage Christian School);
Cassidy Myatt, Houston, Texas (Cypress Ranch High School); Luke Prothro, Bushkill, Pennsylvania (East Stroudsburg North High School); Jennings Redford, Lexington (Lexington Catholic High School); Donavon Rice, Chicago, Illinois (Metea Valley High School); Elysee Sadia, Manchester, New Hampshire (Manchester Memorial High School); Nicole Saitta, Derry, New Hampshire (Pinkerton Academy); Brady Stoewer, Normal, Illinois (Normal Community West High School); Hayden Story, Carson City, Nevada (Carson High School); Gauge Stricklin, Bartow, Florida (Bartow High School); Alexyea Ward, Huntington, Indiana (Huntington North High School); Chas Welte, Evansville, Indiana (Evansville Mater Dei High School); Jessa Wooten, Columbus, Ohio (Pickerington High School North); Julianna Yarka, Hillsborough, New Jersey (Hillsborough High School); Danny Zickert, Arlington Heights Illinois (Buffalo Grove High School).