Legacy Showcats & Legacy Gymcats

The best reason to start and have a SPECIAL NEEDS team in your gym!

I thought I would share this letter to everyone who might have an interest. As you may or may not know - Mary Fehrenbach is the coach for the Kentucky Elite Showcats. When Mary came to us with this idea 7 years ago or so we were all thrilled. What an exciting concept. To incorporate special needs athletes into allstar cheerleading. Special Needs cheerleading has caught on all over the country. Last weekend the Kentucky Elite Showcats competed at Cheersport Nationals in a division with 9 other teams!

The Kentucky Elite Showcats were the very first Special Needs All-star cheerleading squad. Tonya Cornett has been a member of the team since the very beginning. Tonya is a very inspirational athlete. She not only participates with the Showcats, but she also competed in the 2003 Special Olympics World Games in Ireland. Tonya is a member of the USASF special needs committee where she is the only athlete on this committee. Tonya spoke at the 2005 USASF Coaches Conference. In addition to this, Tonya finds the time to be a peer coach for Rythmic Gymnastics for Special Olympic. as well as being a Global Messenger for Special Olympics.

Brian Elza

Kentucky Elite

Here is her letter: