2003 Cheerleading National Championship Team - Class of 2013
UCF celebrated its 10th anniversary of claiming the Universal Cheerleading Association College Cheerleading Division IA National Championship with induction in 2013. The team made the jump from I-AA along with football in the fall of 1996 and won the title just seven years later. It was the first team to be inducted into the UCF Athletics Hall of Fame
At nationals, the Knights ended a streak of eight-consecutive national titles for Kentucky, which finished second, and the 2003 title was the first of two national championships for the UCF cheerleaders (2007). There were a total of 18 members on the 2003 roster which combined for a 3.28 grade-point average that year, and all of them went on to receive their undergraduate degrees.
Most Knights remained in central Florida and continued to serve the community through their work as school teachers, coaches, a pharmacist, a medical doctor, an attorney, a fireman and an Orange County Police Officer.
On June 10, 2003, United States Congressman Tom Feeney submitted a resolution on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives recognizing the 2003 team for its championship. On Jan. 11, 2003, Orlando Mayor Glenda Hood issued a proclamation recognizing that date as UCF Cheerleading Team Day - "In Recognition of their Division IA National Championship."
Final results from the 2003 College Cheerleading National Championships:
1) UCF
2) Kentucky
3) Alabama
4) Tennessee
5) Cincinnati
6) Penn State
7) Ohio State
8) Wisconsin
9) LSU
10) Mississippi State