Thanks so much to all who entered our Young Entrepreneur contest sponsored by Nfinity, and congratulations to our winner Madelyn Mize and finalists Cheer 360 and Muddy Cheer Challenge! Get to know these enterprising young cheer professionals and find out what’s coming down the pike.

Meet Our Winner: Madelyn Mize

I’m a 17-year-old, current competitive Level 5 cheerleader with aspirations of cheering in college. As I learned about the process of cheering in college, I quickly realized how inefficient the process is. Colleges do not have the budgets to promote their programs.  Often aspiring collegiate cheerleaders lack the time and money to participate in more than one or two camps. I told myself that there has to be a better way! That’s where Traelo Sports comes in. It exists to link not only the cheerleading and dance world with each other, but with colleges and their programs.

Meet Our Finalists: Cheer 360 and Muddy Cheer Challenge

Cheer 360

Cheer360 is a sport specific strength training, nutrition and mental fitness program developed and run by certified, accomplished and enthusiastic fitness, nutrition and cheer professionals. Cheer360’s goal is to build better cheer athletes by empowering them to achieve, maintain and perform at their highest personal, physical, nutritional and mental level possible. Cheer360 understands that cheerleading is in fact, 100% a sport. Cheer athletes must be as strong as a football player, as coordinated as a dancer and as flexible as a gymnast. Located in Long Island, NY, the Cheer360 program teaches skills that transcend sport and enrich one’s personal life.

Cheer strong! Cheer Smart!

Morgan Fairley: Muddy Cheer Challenge

I created the Muddy Cheer Challenge fundraising company to put the fun back into fundraising and remove all the work and worry.  As a former cheerleader and coach, I know how important it is to find NEW team bonding activities and teaching the athletes how important giving back is.  I also know how important fundraising is to teams and gyms. Selling cookie dough and tumbling clinics are good, but this is so much more fun, different and unique and what more perfect way than to combine all of these things that cheerleaders need into one company? These runs will have something for everyone and will be a family event everyone can enjoy. I want to encourage this to become an annual event for gyms and schools nationwide.