2025 Honorees
The Best of The 2025 Season
After more than 75,000 votes from across the cheer community, these are the athletes, coaches, programs, brands, events, and creators who defined the 2025 season — on and off the mat.
Programs, People & Performance
Gym Standouts
Events & Producers
Brands & Products
Media & Tech
2025 Winners
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Class of 2025
40 Under 40
Forty rising leaders changing the trajectory of cheerleading.
Alexandra Martin Csiernik
34Radiance All Stars — Indiana
Corey Rickett
36FABCheer LLC — New York
April Jenkins
24Pure Allstars — Australia
Avery Lee
31Avery Lauren Photography — Florida
Ben Lear
38Ben Lear Choreography & The Society — Florida
Brady O'Brien
31Cheer Technologies — California
Brienne Thompson-Fields
30Top Gun UK — United Kingdom
Carmine Silano
39CheerSounds — New York
Dr. Maria Wisman
27The Cheer Doctor — Ohio
Cat Haley
31The Cat Haley Method — Connecticut
Celia Kiogima
35Champion Cheerleading — Michigan
Charles Nathaniel Moore
37Triple Threat KC — Missouri
Chantal Epp
32ClicknClear / ParaCheer International — UK
Christopher Treherne
39V!ROC, Varsity Spirit — Alabama
Dahlston Delgado
36Dahlston Delgado Choreography — Texas
Dawson Smith
29United Elite — Texas
Diana Dragan
25The Cheer Buzz — Sweden
Dru Downen
27Famous Athletics — Indiana
Eric Rodriguez
38Global Mix Music — Texas
Shakeem Soanes
33Dream Choreo / The Stingray Allstars — Georgia
Jalyn Linkletter
31Mac's All Star Cheer — Utah
Jason Larkins
40American Cheer / Let's Talk Cheer — California
John David Hanbery
21Deep South Spirit — Mississippi
Josh King
39Trixstar Athletic — Australia
Kaitlyn Lyday
32USA Cheer — Tennessee
Kelsie Graham-Segars
32Douglasville Cheer Stars — Georgia
Kendall Hanbery
35Deep South Spirit — Florida
Kodee Maxwell
25Pure Allstars — Australia
Kyle Nicholas Gadke
39Spirit FX — Missouri
Michael DeVos
38The California All Stars — California
Mike Lowe
36Spirit Frequency / New Level Music — Tennessee
Nikki Faragalli
36Cheer United — Canada
Paige Colon
35The Stingray Allstars — Marietta — Georgia
Peyton C. Del Toro
27Del Toro Choreography / Motor City Cheer — Michigan
Shawn Magee
32Louisiana Cheerz / Live Oak High School — Louisiana
Shelby Swartz
30The Cheer Pitt Kansas City — Kansas
Keith Samuels, Jr.
34A&K Choreography / Prime Time Cheer & Dance — Tennessee
Teighlyr Sullivan
37Spirit of Texas / Royal Custom Music — Texas
TJ Banas
35Superstar Athletics — Pennsylvania
Tyler Braasch
25Cheer Tyme All Stars — Pennsylvania
Inaugural Inductees
Hall of Fame
The builders, founders, and lifers who shaped the modern industry.
Chris McNabb
Founder & CEO — iClassPro
Becky Herrera
Founder — CheerForce
Lauri Harris
Executive Director — USA Cheer / Director of STUNT
Nicole Leago Devall
USASF Chairman / Founder — University Cheer Air Force
Emmitt Tyler
Founder — Royal Events / Co-Founder — JAMfest
Kevin Brubaker
Founder — Charlotte Allstars / Creator — Cheersport
Tim O'Brien
Founder — Cheer Replay & RT Event Productions
Teresa Barbiere
EVP — Rebel Athletic
Tammy Van Vleet
Founder — GSSA & Aloha Spirit Championships
David Hanbery
Founder & CEO — Deep South Spirit
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