Finance senior Amanda Burchfield first joined a pompom team in seventh grade and continued her passion for pom through college by joining the MSU Pompon team.
“I wanted a chance to do it again, because I thought I was done after high school,” Burchfield said. “I (was glad) to get a chance to do it again since they started it up here.”
The MSU Pompon team was started in 2005, and since its inception has already racked up many awards — including 2007 and 2008 Collegiate Pompon Champions and the 2007 Collegiate High Kick Champions.
Burchfield said the best part about being on the Pompon team was just hanging around the girls — some of which were on rival pompom teams when Burchfield was in high school.
“We’re all so close and we all have a good time,” Burchfield said. “We hang out outside of practice and it just makes the experience amazing.”
The team participated in the Homecoming parade on Friday and is beginning preparations for their first competition on Nov. 2.
—Compiled by Kyle Feldscher
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