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FMU cheer finishes 14th in the nation at the NAIA Cheer Championships

Spirit Groups Habtom Keleta - Assistant Athletics Director for Communications

FMU Lions finish 14th overall in NAIA National Cheer Championship

Excerpts from www.ssacsports.com

Story courtesy of NAIA athletics communications

YPSILANTI, Mich. – The 2025 Nfinity NAIA Competitive Cheer National Championship, held at the George Gervin GameAbove Center in Ypsilanti, Mich., was the site of a historic evening as the top two teams broke the all-time scoring record for the event. St. Ambrose (Iowa) won its third-straight Red Banner, the most in NAIA Competitive Cheer history. 
 
Finals Performance Highlights
 
  • St. Ambrose (Iowa) shattered the previous point total, setting the new record of 97.95.
  • Runners-up Xavier (La.) also bested the previous mark and recorded the second-best result in event history at 97.39.
  • In total, five teams were above the 90-point threshold.
  • Dickinson State (N.D.) received the third-place trophy, totaling 96.38 points.
  • Saint Mary (Kan.), in only their second appearance at the national championship, takes the fourth-place trophy back to Leavenworth.
  • In their final performance in program history, the Cardinals of Concordia (Mich.) moved from 15th to 11th place.
  • Cumberlands (Ky.), Concordia (Mich.) Georgetown (Ky.), Indiana Wesleyan, Missouri Valley, Northwestern (Iowa), Saint Mary (Kan.), St. Ambrose (Iowa), Tennessee Southern, and Xavier (La.) did not receive any deductions.
  • Concordia (Mich.), Indiana Wesleyan, Missouri Valley, Oklahoma City, and St. Ambrose (Iowa) have qualified for the championship each season the NAIA has hosted the competition.
  • All 15 teams in the 2025 event have qualified previously, including 13 repeat qualifiers from the 2024 championship. 
  • Five teams in the field have raised a Red Banner, led by St. Ambrose with three, followed by Oklahoma City with two.
  • After competing on Friday evening for 25 percent of their total score, the teams returned on Saturday to perform again.
  • They performed in reverse order of their preliminary scores as those with the lowest Friday score performed first, while the top score from the first round went last.
 
Finals Point Totals
  1. St. Ambrose (Iowa) - 97.95
  2. Xavier (La.) - 97.39
  3. Dickinson State (N.D.) - 96.38
  4. Saint Mary (Kan.) - 92.02
  5. Indiana Wesleyan - 90.70
  6. Northwestern (Iowa) - 89.70
  7. Cumberlands (Ky.) - 89.37
  8. Oklahoma City - 88.27
  9. Missouri Valley - 86.74
  10. Georgetown (Ky.) - 86.67
  11. Concordia (Mich.) - 85.23
  12. Grand View (Iowa) - 83.75
  13. Tennessee Southern - 81.85
  14. Florida Memorial - 81.19
  15. Lourdes (Ohio) - 78.4

 
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