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1994-1995
Cheer Athletics began in May 1994 when co-founders Jody Melton and Angela Rogers began their first practice with two athletes at a local park in Plano, Texas.
1995-1996
The 1995–96 season brought many new challenges. Cheer Athletics had more than tripled in size since nationals, with three main teams: Panthers, Tigers, Jags. CA now had a total of 58 athletes and was tasting its first success at local and regional competitions.
1996-1997
The gym had now grown to have five teams: Cats, Jags, Tigers, Panthers, and Wildcats. Cheer Athletics debuted at the 1997 NCA All-Star Nationals.
1997-1998
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Cheer Athletics had become the largest program in the country with eight teams: Cats, Jags, Tigers, Sabres, Cougars, Panthers, Wildcats, and Cheetahs. By the spring of 1998, Cheer Athletics moved into its own practice facility; a former baseball training center just down the street from NCA's main offices.
1998-1999
As Cheer Athletics expanded, there were now 13 teams: KittyKats, Cats, Jags, Bengals, Bobcats, Tigers, Thundercats, Sabres, Bearcats, Panthers, Pumas, Wildcats, and Cheetahs. Interested in this up-and-coming program, the New York Times Production Company sent a film crew to feature two Cheer Athletics teams in a documentary, "On the Inside: Cheerleading" which aired on Discovery Channel.
1999-2000
Cheer Athletics claimed more than 30 team titles over the course of the 1999–2000 season.
2000-2001
The 2000–2001 season brought their team national championship total to 53.
2001-2002
During the 2001/2002 season, the gym won more national titles than any other program has ever won in a single year, bringing home a staggering 33 team national championship titles during this single season, bringing their overall total to 86.
2002-2003
A successful season with 30 national championship titles brought the overall title count to 116.
2003-2004
Cheer Athletics was invited to compete in the first annual USASF World Championships. SuperCats won the first-ever World Championship in the Senior All Girl division.
2013
Cheer Athletics Austin was opened.
2014
New locations in Frisco, Texas and Charlotte, North Carolina were opened.
2016
A new location in Columbus, Ohio was opened.
2018
A new location in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was opened.
2020
New locations in Dallas, Texas; Denver, Colorado; and St. Louis, Missouri were opened.
2021
New locations in Omaha, Nebraska; Pensacola, Florida; and Rochester, New York are opened.
2023
First international location in Telford, United Kingdom opened.
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