Cheer Captain Speech

Happy with the Turnout

“Sometimes what you want isn’t always what you get, but in the end what you get is so much better than what you wanted.” From the time I was a little girl I had always desired to be the Winnfield Senior High School Cheer Captain. I’ve always had great leadership skills and I have a great passion for cheer. Cheer is “my thing” and it always has been. As soon as I found out that I made the WSHS Cheer team I was ecstatic! “MOM! Look!! I MADE THE TEAM!!!!” I had waited my whole cheer career just for this moment. Throughout the years of being a WSHS Cheerleader, my love for the team grew more and more each year. My junior year of high school I tried out for what I thought I had always wanted, Cheer Captain.
I worked for hours upon hours, day and night. I toiled with my cheer binder all of Christmas break. I was determined. I knew that if I made the WSHS Cheer Captain that I would have everything in my binder. I had planned out every single thing from as simple as the tags we hand out on Fridays to every single pep rally. I
I got to help Kayla with all her ideas, I worked well with her and the team, and everything got done when it need to get done. Every now and then when Kayla couldn’t be present I got to step up and take her place. I didn’t realize how much of a job she had until I had to fill her shoes. I loved stepping up and being the only one in charge, but I was even more thrilled when she got back. I love being Co-Captain. I had never thought that, that was what I had really wanted all along.
God knew what he was doing, and it was his plan from the start. He knew that I would love my position and do a great job at it. Although I’m Co-captain, that doesn’t make me any lesser of a leader. Not all leaders have a title. If you would have asked me earlier in my cheer life, I probably would have said that I would settle for it. Now, I love it! It is the job for