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Can you believe it’s been over four years since I’ve updated this website? Guess I should take a little time to do so. Last Updated: 7/15/08

Please allow me to introduce myself to anyone who does not know me. Need I state my name? I was a University of Washington student, and I was also a cheerleader for the Huskies during the 98/99 season! During my year on UW Cheer, we placed 4^th in the nation in UCA's Division I-A Co-Ed National Cheer competition. That is the highest a west coast team has ever placed. Big guys and talented little girls complimented that squad along with Mike Baker, who is now Head Coach at Hawaii.

I returned to Washington in August of 1997 after serving in the Air Force for a little while. I started as a full time student the next month and life was definitely a joy! How did I become a cheerleader? Well, in high school I always wanted to be a college cheerleader. I think it was the idea of being around beautiful college women that intrigued me the most. I thought I had to be a gymnast, but I saw what our guys did and I said to myself "I can do that!" So I tried out in April of 1998 and the rest is history.

So what have I been up to now? Well, the big news is that I’m now living in Southern California and working for Merrill Corporation. Although quite diversified in providing various forms of printing, I deal mainly with financial printing. I have enjoyed working for the company. For the past 5 years, I was on the Los Angeles Clippers Fan Patrol. Friends know I used to be on the Seattle Sonics’ stunt team when they first started. As of next month I will be retired from cheerleading, but I walk away knowing that some of my fondest memories were created while throwing girls in the air in front of thousands. Thanks to all that helped to make those memories!

Gone are most of the toys you’ll see in the pictures below. No more Corvette Z06. It turned out to be a lemon and GM bought it back 15 months after I bought it. No more ZX-12R. That’s been replaced with a Kawasaki ZX-14. A Chevy Suburban has taken the place of my GMC Sierra. My daily rides are two old Lexus vehicles – a 91 LS400 and a 92 SC400. Great thing about them is that they still look great, run like champions and are paid for!

I do have one new addition of which I have immense pride and joy. Only friends and family know what that is and, therefore, will remain void from this website.

Just a quick note. A friend of mine passed away a couple weeks ago. He had sent me a couple emails in the two weeks prior to his passing and I hadn’t responded to him right away. Now that he is gone, I wish I would have taken the time to do so and I will forever have that regret. Moral of the story, and I know it’s cliché, but… don’t take life/family/friends for granted. Life is too short and before you know it either they, or you, are gone.

For anyone interested in trying out for UW’s Cheer Squad, stunt/tumbling clinics are being held in the multipurpose room in Bank of America Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavillion (whew!!) during the months of March and April. The clinics will run until tryouts, which should be around the 3^rd week of April. Sherman Peredo is the current coach. The phone number can be obtained through the UW’s athletic department directory. Good luck to all that wish to try out! Drop me an email if I can be of any help. J