For families of competitive cheer athletes
College cheer has no central recruiting system. Every program sets its own skills, tryouts and scholarship money, and the deadlines arrive before most families know they exist. Pick the guide that fits where you are.
Two ways to start
The Playbook walks you through the whole recruiting process. The Compass Report is a personalized plan built around your athlete.
Everything you need to navigate college cheer recruiting, start to finish.
Download right after checkout.
A personalized report showing exactly where your athlete fits, what it would cost, and what to do next.
Optional $97 Annual Refresh each August keeps the report current.
Side by side
| What you get | Playbook · $127 | Compass · $347 |
|---|---|---|
| Recruiting timeline, email templates, video shot list, worksheets | ✓ | ✓ |
| Programs matched to your athlete's skills, grades, budget and campus wishes | — | 15–20 |
| Real cost at each school after scholarships | — | ✓ |
| Best-fit picks, reach / target / safety | — | ✓ |
| Dated timeline built for your athlete's graduation year | Template | Personalized |
| Introductions to 5 college coaches | — | ✓ |
Which one is right for you?
Timing matters more than anything in college cheer recruiting. Here's what each year is for, and the guide that fits it.
Understand UCA vs. NCA, all-girl vs. coed, and which skills college programs screen on.
PlaybookStart clinics, film a first video, and find the programs that fit your athlete's level and your budget.
Playbook or CompassContact coaches, attend recruiting clinics, and plan the test scores that unlock merit money.
CompassScholarship deadlines land in the fall, videos in winter, tryouts in spring.
Compass, nowWhat's inside
Who's behind it
Built by a cheer parent who has been the one at the competition, scrolling college websites at midnight.
College Cheer Compass was founded by Louis Witsiepe. He has spent his career around college cheer, and right now he's walking his own daughter through recruiting. Everything here is what he wished his family had from the start.
Questions
Both guides cover it. Many colleges have game-day squads that don't go to nationals, and the Compass includes them when that's the goal, along with STUNT and Acrobatics & Tumbling programs.
No. The Playbook is built for exactly that: it shows your athlete which skills and scores to work toward while there's time to build them.
Yes. Many families start with the Playbook early and add the Compass junior year, when there's a real list to build.
No. It's research and strategy. Roster spots, admission and aid are decided by each school.
Official athletics, admissions and financial-aid pages, national championship results, and each school's published data. Compass reports link every figure to its source.