Albright to Add Stunt as Varsity Sport – NCAA.org

This story first appeared on AlbrightAthletics.com

Albright College and the Albright athletic department have announced that Stunt is the newest varsity sport to be offered at Albright. The Lions will begin competing in Stunt in the 2025-26 year and Stunt is a spring sport.

With the addition of Stuntit brings Albright’s intercollegiate offerings to 23. A search for the programs first head coach begins immediately. Any interested applicants are encouraged to apply here. 

“We are excited to announce the addition of Stunt as a varsity sport at Albright,” said athletic director Rick Ferry. “Stunt is growing rapidly across the country, and we are thrilled to be adding the sport to Albright’s intercollegiate athletics. We look forward to competing in Stunt as well as enhancing our Cheer and Dance teams.”

Stunt is a new female sport that incorporates skills derived from cheerleading. It is an exciting head-to-head game between two teams who execute skill-based routines in various categories, including partner stunts, jumps & tumbling, pyramids, tosses and team routines.

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The Emerging Sports for Women program – overseen by the NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics – was established in 1994 based on a recommendation from the NCAA Gender Equity Task Force. Since then, five sports have become championship sports (beach volleyball, rowing, ice hockey, water polo and bowling), while women’s wrestling is on track to become the sixth, pending membership approval at the 2025 NCAA Convention. In 2022-23, emerging sports accounted for over 4,200 participation opportunities for student-athletes based on NCAA Sports Sponsorship and Participation Rates data.