Krista Keller split her time at University Heights Academy between softball and cheerleading.
In the spring, she signed to continue her cheer career at the University of Kentucky following a tryout.
“I got a trial bid for UK and they emailed me and told me to come to open gym over Spring Break,” she said. “Tryouts were a three-day process. Three got cut on the first day. One got cut the next, and eight of us freshmen made the squad.”
Krista’s diminutive stature and tumbling ability make her the perfect candidate to be a flier – the one at the top of the pyramid.
It’s a technique she honed at Bluegrass Cheercats before returning to cheer her senior year at UHA.
“I just love it so much. Just being in the air, always tumbling. It’s just something I’m really good at and I just always loved it,” she said.
Watch Krista talk about her cheering and her softball in this YSE Spotlight Athlete interview.
