She’s already a racial ethnic student aide at Hubbard Hall, working an outside job and taking 15 credits toward her criminal justice degree.

Now add to sophomore Faye Higgs’ schedule: four hours of practice, five nights a week.

“I have 300 black students to be there for, 20 meetings a month and an outside job,” she said.

But Higgs said it’s worth it to be a dancer in the 12th annual Fake the Funk at the Breslin Center, where more than 9,000 cheering attendants checked out her moves Saturday evening.

“It’s time-consuming,” she said. “But this will probably be the only year I do it.”

Higgs said she never expected to join “La Familia,” the team of 16 men and four women who performed a montage of songs by R&B singer Usher at the event.

She said one of the dancers noticed her moves at a party.

“I did some fancy little footwork,” she said.

“He thought I was talented.”

Higgs said performing is in her blood - she sang and danced all through high school.

“I’m excited,” she said. “Not nervous at all.”

While Higgs was hoping the group would place in the competition, she said her main concern was not getting booed.

Higgs’ group of dancers and lip-synchers didn’t get booed - they won $300 cash prize for third place.

The competition was tough, said Bomb Squad Productions President Jaqkeshia Carr, who helped put together the event.

Twenty groups auditioned to be in Saturday’s show, but only eight groups made the cut and only three won cash prizes.

“We put the best acts in,” she said. “It was a lot of tough competition.”