KY Elite Showcats & Kentucky Gymcats
Let Me Win, But If I Can Not Win, Let Me Be Brave In The Attempt.
About Us
The Kentucky Elite Showcats were the very first Special Needs All-Star Cheerleading squad ever. The team was formed 8 years ago by Mary Fehrenbach. The team competes at both the local and national level. The team is made up of males and females and range in age from 11-45.
The Kentucky Elite Showcats have been featured in countless magazines, newspaper articles, and television spots. Most recently they were asked to do an exhibition at the 2008 Cheerleading Worlds where they were seen by athletes around the World and by audiences across the globe on ESPN.
The team is coached by: Mary Fehrenbach (right), Vicky Gardner (middle), Sandra Hall (left), & Lauren Elza
The Special Olympics Mission
Coach Mary
Mary has now been teaching at Kentucky Elite since 1997. She began with 3 daughters and one son cheering at KE. After many years being involved with the Special Olympics at Special Needs Allstar cheer team at KE in 2000. Her team has been featured on ESPN telecast of the UCA Allstar National Cheerleading Championships. They have competed at many competitions across the country and have always left with a huge ovation from every crowd that they perform in front of. Mary has been a huge asset for Kentucky Elite.Coach Lauren
Lauren has been with Kentucky Elite since the beginning. She began with Kentucky Elite in 1998 working as a receptionist. Lauren had a very successful career as a cheerleader at Kentucky Elite where she won 4 National Championships with both our Coed and Senior program, and was UCA National Partner Stunt Champion in 2000. Upon graduation Lauren moved on and cheered for the National Champion University of Kentucky Cheer Blue squad where she has won 3 National Championships and an additional 2 partner stunt championships. Lauren is considered one of the premier partner stunters and basketers in the country. In 2001, Lauren helped start the nations first special needs all-star cheerleading team and is currently one of the assistant coaches. Our Volunteer Coaches
Tara and Amanda are our Volunteer coaches this year. They are both Psychology graduate students at the university of Kentucky. They have been a tremendous blessing to our Coaches, Athletes and Parents.
Team Mom
Rita is our Team Mom. Rita is not just our everything behind the scenes, she is also a mother of one of our athletes. The coaches would not be able to spend the time and energy needed to train our athletes without our Team Mom. Rita is instrumental in ensuring that all the details are covered, uniforms are ordered and maintained, all athletes are taken care of, and much more. We can not say enough about Rita and what she means to our team and to our parents.Recent Photos
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