Aww you guys are gonna make me cry...seriously!! This is so sweet of you!! I can't tell you how much it means to hear you guys say that.  Lets just say it was a pretty frustrating game for me, being injured and all (that's a bit of an understatement).  Not exactly the way I wanted to go out...in fact I told my mom "Mom I don't want people remembering me for crying and limping on the sidelines."  The past couple days have been rather rough for me, still. So thank you for that! It's gonna be really hard letting go because cheering at USF was a dream of mine since I went to my first  game when I was 8 (we came to root for the other team, Stetson- this was back when the homecoming game was a basketball game, long before football was even thought of at USF! Dad kept trying to tell me "you're gonna be a Stetson Hatter one day," but in my mind, I wanted to be just like the Bulls cheerleaders I saw!)  I tried out my freshman year and didn't make the team, and was pretty heartbroken.  I did the regular fan thing in the stands for 2 years before I decided, "hey I love this way too much to give it up." So my junior year I came and tried out and made it. ÂÂ
Being cheerleaders, we really don't get recognized much. When I'm out there, I know it's not about me, it's about the guys, and I'm perfectly happy with it. When they win, it's a victory for everyone. But it's really sweet to hear you guys say all that, that mine and my teammates' hard work doesn't go unnoticed, that you guys appreciate what we do.  It's gonna be real hard walking away from this when the year is over.  I only got to do it for 2 yrs, but these are 2 years I will cherish FOREVER!! Thank you all for being such a huge part of that!  :'( ÂÂ