Cheering for the cheerleader
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 8:57 am
Nikki needs your help - dosn't cost anthing but your time to vote. Show how much a fan you are by voting everyday and show up the other leagues. vote at: http://www.athlonsports.com/college-foo ... icipant=90
article at: http://media.www.bgnews.com/media/stora ... 08/12/03/C
University student reaches final round of Athlon Sports Sideline Spirit Contest
By: Becky Tener
Issue date: 12/3/08 Section: Campus
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Media Credit: Christina McGinnis
The votes have been counted, the results are in and sophomore Nikki Harris still needs your help.
Harris earned enough votes in October to continue on to the final round of the Athlon Sports Sideline Spirit Contest.
Earlier in the year, Harris was selected from over 500 cheerleaders and dancers from across the country to represent the University and the Mid-American Conference. Sideline Spirit Contest's purpose is to allow schools to compete against each other to show their school spirit and support their representatives.
The contest, Harris said, consisted of four rounds of candidates competing for the most votes from their university and conference. She said the winners in each round and conference were chosen to compete in the final. Harris earned 82,000 votes in her round, the most votes earned by any non-BCS school.
Harris said she is excited to move on to the final round and appreciates the support from the students and alumni.
"I'm still in a state of shock that I got all that support," she said.
But Harris said she still has a lot more work to do and more votes to get to win. The current leader is from the University of West Virginia and has 50,000 votes, she said. Harris only has about 5,000.
Her coach Anne Marie King said Harris and the squad have been doing all they can to inform students about the contest.
"We basically have been contacting everybody we know to go and vote," she said.
King said the University has already received some good attention because of the contest. She said the support Harris is receiving reflects well on the students and the University.
"It has definitely given our squad and school the exposure I think it deserves," she said. "It really shows how much school spirit we have here."
Harris' teammate, Junior Jesse Showalter, said Harris is a great representative of the University because she has a good work ethic and is always positive. He said he hopes students will remember to take time to vote for her because she needs support from everyone at the University.
"It's going to take the entire campus to win this competition," he said. "Nikki needs the whole school behind her to get enough votes and that's what the girl from [the University of] West Virginia has right now."
The final round of voting started on Sunday and runs through Dec. 12. Students can vote up to 20 times a day and vote 10 more times on Facebook with the Sideline Spirit Facebook application. To register and begin voting for Harris, students can go to athlonsports.com/spirit.
Harris said she believes she can win the contest even though she comes from a smaller school.
"I think I have as much of a chance as any of the other bigger schools," Harris said. "I just have to get people to vote."
vote at: http://www.athlonsports.com/college-foo ... icipant=90
article at: http://media.www.bgnews.com/media/stora ... 08/12/03/C
University student reaches final round of Athlon Sports Sideline Spirit Contest
By: Becky Tener
Issue date: 12/3/08 Section: Campus
PrintEmail Article Tools Page 1 of 1
Media Credit: Christina McGinnis
The votes have been counted, the results are in and sophomore Nikki Harris still needs your help.
Harris earned enough votes in October to continue on to the final round of the Athlon Sports Sideline Spirit Contest.
Earlier in the year, Harris was selected from over 500 cheerleaders and dancers from across the country to represent the University and the Mid-American Conference. Sideline Spirit Contest's purpose is to allow schools to compete against each other to show their school spirit and support their representatives.
The contest, Harris said, consisted of four rounds of candidates competing for the most votes from their university and conference. She said the winners in each round and conference were chosen to compete in the final. Harris earned 82,000 votes in her round, the most votes earned by any non-BCS school.
Harris said she is excited to move on to the final round and appreciates the support from the students and alumni.
"I'm still in a state of shock that I got all that support," she said.
But Harris said she still has a lot more work to do and more votes to get to win. The current leader is from the University of West Virginia and has 50,000 votes, she said. Harris only has about 5,000.
Her coach Anne Marie King said Harris and the squad have been doing all they can to inform students about the contest.
"We basically have been contacting everybody we know to go and vote," she said.
King said the University has already received some good attention because of the contest. She said the support Harris is receiving reflects well on the students and the University.
"It has definitely given our squad and school the exposure I think it deserves," she said. "It really shows how much school spirit we have here."
Harris' teammate, Junior Jesse Showalter, said Harris is a great representative of the University because she has a good work ethic and is always positive. He said he hopes students will remember to take time to vote for her because she needs support from everyone at the University.
"It's going to take the entire campus to win this competition," he said. "Nikki needs the whole school behind her to get enough votes and that's what the girl from [the University of] West Virginia has right now."
The final round of voting started on Sunday and runs through Dec. 12. Students can vote up to 20 times a day and vote 10 more times on Facebook with the Sideline Spirit Facebook application. To register and begin voting for Harris, students can go to athlonsports.com/spirit.
Harris said she believes she can win the contest even though she comes from a smaller school.
"I think I have as much of a chance as any of the other bigger schools," Harris said. "I just have to get people to vote."
vote at: http://www.athlonsports.com/college-foo ... icipant=90