Steele Creek SeaGals

📣 💙 💚 From SeaGal to mentor ✨

Watching Ovadyah Holmes, current Wake Forest University Cheerleader and UCA Instructor, spend time helping a former Steele Creek SeaGal prepare for her middle school cheer tryouts is exactly what our sisterhood has always been about.

Cheer isn't just about learning motions, jumps, or stunts, it's about building confidence, creating lifelong connections, and lifting one another up. Years may pass, but the bond remains 🥰 This is servant leadership in action. Investing in the next generation, giving back to the community, and helping others chase their cheer dreams 👏 👏 👏

Once a SeaGal, Always a SeaGal 💙💚 We don't just build athletes, we build leaders who return to inspire those coming behind them. Our legacy continues to grow through love, encouragement, and the power of sisterhood. Proud Coaches over here 🔱 💙💚📣

📣💙💚🔱 Chasing the Tide: SeaGals Edition 💙💚 with Kinsley Polk and Sophia Brazzell, Senior Spotlight 🥰

💙📣 Steele Creek SeaGals Sisterhood Continues at UNC Wilmington! 🐬💙 What started on the cheer mat almost a decade ago has grown into a lifelong friendship and sisterhood.

We are so proud of former Steele Creek SeaGals Sophia and Kinsley, who recently graduated from Palisades High School and will continue their journey together at University of North Carolina Wilmington this fall!

🎓 Sophia will be pursuing a degree in Nursing.
🎓 Kinsley will be pursuing a degree in Business.

As a coach, there are moments that remind you why you dedicate so much time and heart to young athletes. Watching former Steele Creek SeaGals Sophia and Kinsley graduate from Palisades High School and prepare to attend UNC Wilmington together is one of those special moments. One of the greatest joys has been watching the lifelong connections formed through SeaGals.

I have been blessed to watch these young women grow from little cheerleaders into confident, accomplished graduates. Being invited to celebrate with them at signing day and again at their graduation party was truly an honor.

The trophies, performances, and competitions are wonderful memories, but the friendships, sisterhood, and support these athletes give one another are what matters most. Sophia and Kinsley are living proof of that 🥰

🎉 Congratulations to both of you. I am incredibly proud of the young women you have become and excited to see all that you accomplish at UNC Wilmington and beyond 💙💚🔱

📣💙💚🔱 What a special full-circle moment 🥰 London, when you were a young Steele Creek SeaGal, I had the privilege of coaching and watching your talent, determination, and character shine. To now receive an invitation from you to attend your Top Teen of America Induction Ceremony is truly an honor 🙏

Thank you for including me in such an important milestone. I couldn't be prouder of you and all that you've achieved. Congratulations, London Blanding your future is incredibly bright, and I can't wait to see all the amazing things still ahead for you. Once a SeaGal, Always a SeaGal 🔱💙💚📣

📣💙💚🔱 One of the most meaningful parts of cheer is watching athletes grow from their early rec days with Steele Creek SeaGals all the way to high school competition, still side by side, still supporting one another, and now winning Nationals together 🏆💙 💚📣

What makes that journey so special is the coaches who believed in them from the beginning 🥰 Coaches who gave opportunities, built confidence, taught discipline, and helped create a foundation that carried from rec cheer into high school success. The same encouragement, expectations, and care helped shape not only athletes, but a true sisterhood.

These friendships were built through years of practices, performances, challenges, and victories. Becoming more like family with every season. It is a gift to see the impact of coaches who invest in young athletes for years and help create memories and opportunities that last far beyond one season.

From rec to high school, from learning basics to becoming National Champions, this sisterhood is a beautiful example of what long-term coaching, opportunity, and heart can build 🔱💙💚📣💙💜🐾 Palisades Pumas High School Cheer

📣💙💚🔱 Chasing the Tide: SeaGals Edition 💙💚 Beaming with pride 🥰 Congratulations Abby Harris, former Steele Creek SeaGal on making the cheer team at Lenoir-Rhyne University

It has been a blessing coaching you from Rec to High School Palisades Pumas High School Cheer with your dedication, leadership and passion. We couldn't be more proud of you as you continue your cheer journey at the collegiate level.

You leave a legacy everywhere you go. Being coachable with such a positive attitude is priceless to any team. You have helped us earn National Championships 🏆 All-American Cheerleader x 3 🤩 Performed at the Citrus Bowl pregame and halftime, as well as Captain. Abby you succeeded in cheer as well as our Hip-Hop team exhibiting a solo. There's nothing that you cannot do.

Our SeaGals and Pumas Family are cheering for you every step of the way 👏👏👏 Congratulations and Best of Luck 🙏

📣💙💚🔱 Chasing the Tide: SeaGals Edition 💙💚 Senior Night for two former SeaGals Sophia and Kinsley 🤩 From rec cheer, to sleepovers, vacations, trick-or-treating, first day of high school to now Senior Year 🎓 It was an honor to attend your special night with volleyball and watch you each grow up over the years 🥰 Sending you positive energy as you decide on your next adventure as young adults 🙏 Once a SeaGal, Always a SeaGal 🔱💙💚📣

📣💙💚🔱 SeaGals Sisterhood Sunday 🥰 So great seeing these two former SeaGals and what they have achieved since advancing from our program. Both Aaliyah and Regan have gone onto top notch all-star programs, as well as high school cheer together. As if that wasn't exciting enough I'm more proud of the bond they formed at the SeaGals 🥰 These besties carried on the SeaGals Sisterhood torch 😍 We're excited to watch what unfolds for both their athletic and academic futures - Best of Luck Ladies 🔱💙💚📣

📣 We love the bonds formed here 💙💚🥰

📣💙💚🔱 Chasing the Tide: SeaGals Edition 💙💚Beaming with pride 🥰 Congratulations Ovadyah Holmes on not only making the team, but also making UCA Staff too 👏 This girl right here is why the Steele Creek SeaGals was created. I wanted her to have amazing cheer opportunities like I had growing up. We evolved from traditional, to performance, from the Bandshell to the NHSCC in Disney, to the Citrus Bowl, to spending senior year in Hawaii at the Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade. All the hard work and dedication paid off. Such an amazing opportunity to cheer for a D1 program. We are so proud of you in and out of the classroom. We look forward to seeing you further your cheer career. Thank you for making our programs proud 🙏🔱💙💚📣


📣 Awards

*President's Award for Educational Excellence 3.5 or higher

*AP Psychology Scholar Award

*UCA All-American Cheerleader 2022, 2023, 2024

*Varsity Captain 2024-2025

*12th Annual Charlotte Friday Night Lights Awards 110% Cheerleader of the Year

*CMS All-Star 2024-2025 Cheerleader SoMeck Conference Finalist

📣 Organizations

*National Technical Honor Society
President 2024-2025
Secretary 2023-2024

*Rho Kappa - Parliamentarian 2024-2025

*Co-Founder Environmental Club 2023-2024

*Black Student Union 2023-2024

*Hosa Club 2023-2024

*Teens For Courage Club 2023-2024