UNLV CHEER COACHING STAFF

Head Coach of UNLV Cheerleading: Savanna Sibley
Savanna Sibley is in her sixth season as the head coach of the UNLV Cheerleaders. She was the assistant coach for the 2013-2014 season at UNLV. Savanna, who is originally from Las Vegas, Nevada, received her Bachelor of Arts in Justice Administration. She has a background in dance and gymnastics and has been cheering for the past 15 years. Ms. Sibley is a staff instructor with NCA and has coached various teams locally. Savanna's collegiate cheerleading career started at the University of Nevada Las Vegas where she cheered on the large coed team in 2005. The following year, she transferred too HPU after being offered a cheer scholarship. During her time at HPU, she was a member of the large coed team and helped her team to win its 4th national championship in 2006. She then moved to the small coed team where she was the captain for 5 years and helped the team win 3 national championships. She also competed in the all-girl partner stunt division and won two national titles at the 2008 NCA collegiate nationals and the 2010 UCA collegiate nationals. Savanna received the honor of representing the USA at the ICU World Cheerleading Championships and being a member of USA National Team in 2010 and 2011. She is a four time gold medalist at this event, two of which were with the All-Girl cheer team and two with her All-Girl stunt group. She was recognized as one of 20 participants for the country's top collegiate cheerleaders for the 2011 ICU Collegiate All-American Teams. She is a three-time national champion coach for Small Coed and Large Coed at the National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) College Nationals in 2012. Savanna is also currently in her sixth year coaching the All-Girl team of the USA National Team. Savanna was also just recently part of the coaching staff who helped lead UNLV Cheer to victory in the D1A All-Girl Game Day Division.

Assistant Coach of UNLV Cheerleading: Alexandra White
Alex White is in her seventh year coaching with the UNLV Cheerleaders. She is a proud UNLV alumnus who cheered for the UNLV Rebels for five years. She was part of the 2012 Stunt Group that won UNLV's first National Championship at NCA College Nationals. In 2011, Alex and her stunt group were four out of 28 girls chosen to represent the USA National Team. They were on the All-Girl Team and won a World Championship. Alex has also placed 7th at UCA Nationals and won two USA competitions through stunt group. Besides cheering at UNLV, Alex has a 10-year plus cheering background. She started cheering in the fifth grade with the first all-star program in Las Vegas and continued throughout High School while attending Bishop Gorman. Alex has been coaching for seven years, as well as coached for Bishop Gorman High School. During these years she also coached private lessons for tumbling, stunting and all cheerleading skills and continues to do so today. Alex was also just recently part of the coaching staff who helped lead UNLV Cheer to victory in the D1A All-Girl Game Day Division.

Assistant Coach of UNLV Cheerleading: Karley Hughes
Karley Hughes is in her third year coaching with the UNLV Cheerleaders. She was a member of the UNLV cheer program for four years. She cheered from 2011-2015. During her time as a UNLV cheerleader she accomplished placing 7th at both NCA nationals and UCA nationals. Not only as a UNLV cheerleader did she participate in games, practices, and events, but she was also part of the 2013 Billboard Music Awards. Karley had the opportunity to perform with Iggy Azalea. During her senior year, the year of 2014-2015, Karley was a captain of the team. Aside from cheering for UNLV, Karley has 10 years of cheer experience. She cheered for her middle school cheer team, as well as her high school team. Karley attended Centennial High school where she won State for cheer in 2010. She was a captain of her high school cheer team her senior year. She was one of the coaches for Centennial High School's cheer team for the season of 2015-2016. She also graduated from UNLV fall 2016 with her Bachelors of Liberal Arts with a focus in Hospitality and Sociology. Karley was also just recently part of the coaching staff who helped lead UNLV Cheer to victory in the D1A All-Girl Game Day Division.

UNLV CHEER COACHING STAFF

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