Tickets10 WORLD TITLES // 7 NATIONAL TITLES
An important aspect of the excitement and pageantry of the University of Cincinnati is the UC Dance Team. Along with performing at Football, Basketball, Volleyball and Soccer games, the team can be seen performing at several community events and working local fundraisers around the city of Cincinnati. The team consists of 30 members, who average a GPA of a 3.2. This dedicated group of individuals provides more than just entertainment. Like all Bearcats athletics teams, the Dance Team has brought national recognition to the University.
Holding seven National Titles and 10 World Titles places the UC Dance Team among the nation's elite. In 2009, the team was selected to represent our country as Team USA Dance at the first ICU World Championship. They were also selected to be Team USA again in 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. The team holds three consecutive National titles in the Hip Hop category for the years 2004, 2005 and 2006 and then won the title back in 2009 and again in 2014, 2015 and 2017.
Maureen Housum started with the University of Cincinnati in August of 2016 as the Bearcats Head Dance Coach. A 2011 graduate from the University of Louisville, Housum was a three-time National Dance Association All-American. Housum brings over 15 years of dance experience including five Collegiate National Dance Championship titles.
Katie Ziegler joined the UC dance team coaching staff in July 2017. She was on the UCDT from 2007 to 2011. Ziegler was a member of the 2011 Team USA Pom and Hip-Hop team, where they won gold in both. After graduating from the University of Cincinnati, she went on to coach the Oak Hills High School Dance Team. Ziegler was also a Cincinnati BenGal from 2016-2017.
Destiny Ridge joins the UCDT staff for the 2018-2019 season. She is currently pursuing a degree in health education (exercise & fitness) at UC. Ridge was raised in both California and Washington, where she has trained in several styles of dance since the age of 3. She was on the UCDT from 2015-2018 where she obtained both a national and world title. Ridge was also a captain of the dance team from 2017-2018.
An important aspect of the excitement and pageantry of the University of Cincinnati is the UC Dance Team. Along with performing at Football, Basketball, Volleyball and Soccer games, the team can be seen performing at several community events and working local fundraisers around the city of Cincinnati. The team consists of 30 members, who average a GPA of a 3.2. This dedicated group of individuals provides more than just entertainment. Like all Bearcats athletics teams, the Dance Team has brought national recognition to the University.
Holding seven National Titles and 10 World Titles places the UC Dance Team among the nation's elite. In 2009, the team was selected to represent our country as Team USA Dance at the first ICU World Championship. They were also selected to be Team USA again in 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. The team holds three consecutive National titles in the Hip Hop category for the years 2004, 2005 and 2006 and then won the title back in 2009 and again in 2014, 2015 and 2017.
Maureen Housum started with the University of Cincinnati in August of 2016 as the Bearcats Head Dance Coach. A 2011 graduate from the University of Louisville, Housum was a three-time National Dance Association All-American. Housum brings over 15 years of dance experience including five Collegiate National Dance Championship titles.
Katie Ziegler joined the UC dance team coaching staff in July 2017. She was on the UCDT from 2007 to 2011. Ziegler was a member of the 2011 Team USA Pom and Hip-Hop team, where they won gold in both. After graduating from the University of Cincinnati, she went on to coach the Oak Hills High School Dance Team. Ziegler was also a Cincinnati BenGal from 2016-2017.
Destiny Ridge joins the UCDT staff for the 2018-2019 season. She is currently pursuing a degree in health education (exercise & fitness) at UC. Ridge was raised in both California and Washington, where she has trained in several styles of dance since the age of 3. She was on the UCDT from 2015-2018 where she obtained both a national and world title. Ridge was also a captain of the dance team from 2017-2018.