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In 2000 a group of Millersville University (MU) Cheerleaders wanted to go to the Nationals in Myrtle Beach for the 2001 competition season. At that time the University team was without a coach able to take them. After a short amount of time the team decided to not attend nationals as Millersville University but to form an Open All star team, Cheer Excel was born. The team pooled it's resources and contacted as many cheerleaders as they could muster. The first team was made up of those current MU Students, MU alumni and even a few cheerleaders from other programs and schools. At that time the team voted and selected Matt Null, a Millersville Alum and friend, as their coach. The coaching philosophy agreed upon by the team was that the squad was coached by Matt but was run by the team. 10 years later Cheer Excel is stronger then ever.

Cheer Excel is in it's 10th competition season. Over 150 cheerleaders have worn the black silver and white uniform. The team has moved from practicing 2 times a week in Lancaster to one time a week at the incredible Paramount Sports Complex located outside of Hershey, PA. The team has competed in more then 40 national level competitions and has performed in many local exhibitions at local High Schools and colleges in Lancaster, Elizabethtown, Reading, Dauphin and Philadelphia. At this time the team has dozens of national titles from over the last 10 years.

The team itself has grown from a primarily Lancaster based crew to a squad from all over Pennsylvania and further! The current team is made of cheerleaders from Millersville, Shippensburg, East Strasburg, Hazelton, Penn State Main Campus, Harrisburg, Kutztown, Adamstown, Lancaster, York,  Washington DC and Philadelphia.

Despite the addition of new cheerleaders to the team every year, the fundamental, traditional values of the team still run as strong as ever. Cheer Excel takes pride in being role models for younger cheerleaders to look up to. Cheer Excel itself is still an independent program not associated or tied with any other programs or teams, although we have made many friends throughout the industry. The members of the team work hard to support the squad as a whole as they divvy up the work loads of fund raising, travel arrangements, and other tasks that are needed to make Cheer Excel function.  

Cheer Excel has grown to now offer both a coed team and an all girl team. While other major programs find it difficult to host one complete level 6 team Excel has the commitment of team members to put not one but two complete teams on the floor! With challenges like; growing up, getting real jobs, getting married, having kids and along with college and student teaching cheerleaders who cheer level 6 are faced with many hurdles to get over to be able to still cheer. Cheer Excel has faced these and have over come them year after year. We are secure, we have and made history we believe.