Nittany Lion Pride. Home of the Penn State University Cheerleading Team, Lionettes Dance Team and the Nittany Lion Mascot Booster Club

The Penn State Cheerleading and Dance Team Booster Club, Nittany Lion Pride, is committed to inspiring pride, determination, and a sense of community. The Club supports the Penn State Cheerleaders and Dance Team members and their programs.

The 2023 Penn State Cheerleading team placed in the Top 10 at the College Cheerleading National Championship. The Lionettes Dance team are nationally ranked finalists in both the jazz and pom divisions. The Nittany Lion mascot has also gained national recognition with top 10 National Finalist rankings for the past 6 years.

Join the Penn State Cheerleading, Mascot, & Lionettes Dance Team Booster Club, known as Nittany Lion Pride! Members of the Booster Club will receive two newsletters about the spirit teams and...

Inspired by the mountain lions that once roamed the region, Penn State’s Nittany Lion mascot takes its name from a landmark near the University Park campus, Mount Nittany. For more than 100 years, the Nittany Lion has rallied the crowds at athletic events, welcomed students to campus, and cheered on Penn Staters everywhere.

2025年1月9日 · For years, Penn State had a pair of popular cheers, “The Nittany Lion” and "Short Yell State.” In the mid-1970s, according to Penn State historian Lou Prato, the Nittany Lions’ cheerleaders...

2011年12月29日 · It’s a cheer that has become as symbolic of the university — and especially its football team — as the Nittany Lion mascot. The cheer is so popular among the Penn State cognoscenti that it...

2015年1月27日 · Curtis White, the Nittany Lions’ competitive cheer head coach, won his first national championship in 1997, his first year at Penn State. A veteran in the field of competitive cheer, he added another national title shortly after, and …

2024年9月7日 · Members of the Penn State cheer team wrap their arms around the Nittany Lion as the Lionettes perform for the crowd during the Penn State Fan Academy event at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024 in University Park, Pa.

2016年8月5日 · UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Nittany Lion has unfinished business. After not cracking the top 10 in the 2015-16 Universal Cheerleading Association mascot competition, the Lion is aiming for No. 1 in 2016-17 — and the Lion Troop is ready to help take Penn State’s beloved mascot to the top spot.