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amico

Candice Amico
1. Years of Cheer Experience: 8
2. Stunt Positions:  Flyer, Main Base, Secondary Base, and Back Spot
3. Hometown and State: Camarillo, California
4. High School(s) you attended: Camarillo High School
5. Favorite Movie: Four Brothers
6. Favorite Food: Pizza
7. Favorite part about VC Cheer: That our team gets along!
8. Zodiac Sign: Taurus
9. List tumbling skills: Working a Standing Back Hand Spring
10. College you wish to transfer to: Anywhere in New York
11. If you had to abandon ship in a hurry, what would be the one thing you'd grab as your pirate's booty? A picture of my grandpa and I

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Nina Bullicer
1. Years of Cheer Experience: 1st year
2. Stunt Positions:  Flyer and Secondary Base
3. Hometown and State: Oxnard, California
4. High School(s) you attended: Channel Islands High School
5. Favorite Movie: Sister Act 2
6. Favorite Food: Pepperoni and Mushroom Pizza from Pizza Hut
7. Favorite part about VC Cheer: Non-stop tumbling and meeting new amazing people
8. Zodiac Sign: Taurus
9. List tumbling skills: Front Tuck Step-out-Round-off Back Hand Spring-Full
10. College you wish to transfer to: California State University Long Beach or California State University Fullerton
11. If you had to abandon ship in a hurry, what would be the one thing you'd grab as your pirate's booty?

cahill

Brittany Cahill
1. Years of Cheer Experience: 6
2. Stunt Positions:  Main Base, Secondary Base, and Flyer
3. Hometown and State: Camarillo, California
4. High School(s) you attended: Camarillo High School
5. Favorite Movie: Grandma’s Boy
6. Favorite Food: Tacos
7. Favorite part about VC Cheer: The cute uniform
8. Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
9. List tumbling skills: Standing Back Hand Spring, Round-off Back Hand Spring, Working a Standing Back Tuck
10. College you wish to transfer to: Univeristy of California Santa Barbara
11. If you had to abandon ship in a hurry, what would be the one thing you'd grab as your pirate's booty? My dog Rocky

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Sara Cruz
1. Years of Cheer Experience: 13
2. Stunt Positions: Main Base in Partner Stunts, Secondary Base, and Back Spot
3. Hometown and State: Camarillo, California
4. High School(s) you attended: Camarillo High School
5. Favorite Movie: Mean Girls
6. Favorite Food: Taco Bell
7. Favorite part about VC Cheer: Competitions
8. Zodiac Sign: Aries
9. List tumbling skills: Standing Back Hand Spring, Round-off Back Hand Spring, Round-off Back Tuck
10. College you wish to transfer to: Undecided
11. If you had to abandon ship in a hurry, what would be the one thing you'd grab as your pirate's booty? Something to drink

taylor

Taylor Dransart
1. Years of Cheer Experience: 6
2. Stunt Positions: Main Base, Secondary Base, and Flyer
3. Hometown and State: Ventura, California
4. High School(s) you attended: Buena High School
5. Favorite Movie: Knocked up
6. Favorite Food: Any kind of Mexican Food and moms cooking of course!
7. Favorite part about VC Cheer: I love everything about VC Cheer! Stunting, Dancing, and most of all, everyone on the team!!
8. Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
9. List tumbling skills: Working on my Standing Back Tuck and Round-off Back Tuck
10. College you wish to transfer to: Undecided
11. If you had to abandon ship in a hurry, what would be the one thing you'd grab as your pirate's booty? I would take any and all food on board, I think I would starve in 5 minutes if I ended up on the shore.

tiana

Tianee Faumuina
1. Years of Cheer Experience: 9
2. Stunt Positions: Main Base and Back Spot
3. Hometown and State: Ventura, California
4. High School(s) you attended: Buena High School
5. Favorite Movie: Save the Last Dance & Step Up
6. Favorite Food: Pastas
7. Favorite part about VC Cheer: My Team
8. Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
9. List tumbling skills: Standing Back Hand Spring
10. College you wish to transfer to: Northern Arizona
11. If you had to abandon ship in a hurry, what would be the one thing you'd grab as your pirate's booty?  A life raft so I wouldn’t drown

laura

Laura Figueroa
1. Years of Cheer Experience: 5
2. Stunt Positions: Flyer
3. Hometown and State: Oxnard, California
4. High School(s) you attended:  Channel Islands High School
5. Favorite Movie: How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
6. Favorite Food: Italian
7. Favorite part about VC Cheer: What’s not to love!
8. Zodiac Sign: Pisces
9. List tumbling skills: Working a Standing Back Hand Spring
10. College you wish to transfer to: Somewhere in San Diego
11. If you had to abandon ship in a hurry, what would be the one thing you'd grab as your pirate's booty?

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Samantha Fullerton
1. Years of Cheer Experience: 7
2. Stunt Positions: Flyer, Main Base, and Secondary Base
3. Hometown and State: Santa Paula, California
4. High School(s) you attended: Saint Bonaventure High School and Santa Paula High School
5. Favorite Movie: Rocky
6. Favorite Food: Burritos
7. Favorite part about VC Cheer: I get to try new things and meet new people
8. Zodiac Sign: Gemini
9. List tumbling skills: Round-off-Back Hand Spring-Layout, Standing Back Hand Spring, Standing Back Tuck, Standing Hand Spring Tuck
10. College you wish to transfer to: Undecided
11. If you had to abandon ship in a hurry, what would be the one thing you'd grab as your pirate's booty? My lap top because it has all my pictures

jonas

Jonas Gonzaga
1. Years of Cheer Experience: 1st year
2. Stunt Positions: Main Base, Secondary Base, and Back Spot
3. Hometown and State: Born in the Philippines but my heart belongs to Oxnard, Ca
4. High School(s) you attended: De La Salle Lipa (Philippines) and Channel Islands High School
5. Favorite Movie: Sister Act 2 and Hairspray (2007)
6. Favorite Food: Uhm… everything.  I'm serious.
7. Favorite part about VC Cheer: There are a lot of really cool people on the team... aside from that, its really great learning new things
8. Zodiac Sign: Aries
9. List tumbling skills if any: Working a Standing Back Hand Spring and Standing Back Tuck
10. College you wish to transfer to: California State University Long Beach or University of California San Diego
11. If you had to abandon ship in a hurry, what would be the one thing you'd grab as your pirate's booty? My Hair Product... Go Figure

maria

Maria Hernandez
1. Years of Cheer Experience: 8
2. Stunt Positions: Flyer and Main Base
3. Hometown and State: Santa Paula, California
4. High School(s) you attended: Saint Bonaventure High School
5. Favorite Movie: Lion King
6. Favorite Food: Lasagna
7. Favorite part about VC Cheer: Everyone gets along and can laugh at every little thing
8. Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
9. List tumbling skills: Working a Standing Back Hand Spring
10. College you wish to transfer to: Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising
11. If you had to abandon ship in a hurry, what would be the one thing you'd grab as your pirate's booty? My Hair Straightener

joseph

Joseph Kraus
1. Years of Cheer Experience: 7
2. Stunt Positions:   Main Base for Partner Stunts and Back Spot
3. Hometown and State: Oxnard, California
4. High School(s) you attended: Hueneme High School
5. Favorite Movie: Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
6. Favorite Food: Hamburgers
7. Favorite part about VC Cheer: Competitions
8. Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
9. List tumbling skills: Standing Back Hand Spring
10. College you wish to transfer to: Undecided
11. If you had to abandon ship in a hurry, what would be the one thing you'd grab as your pirate's booty? I’d just want to get out safely.

amanda

Amanda Lopez
1. Years of Cheer Experience: 7
2. Stunt Positions:  Main Base, Secondary Base, and Back Spot
3. Hometown and State: Oxnard, California
4. High School(s) you attended: Pacifica High School
5. Favorite Movie: The Notebook and Old School
6. Favorite Food: Enchiladas
7. Favorite part about VC Cheer: Getting to meet new people and representing the Ventura College Pirates
8. Zodiac Sign: Cancer
9. List tumbling skills: Front roll … haha, Working a Standing Back Hand Spring
10. College you wish to transfer to: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo or a college in San Diego
11. If you had to abandon ship in a hurry, what would be the one thing you'd grab as your pirate's booty? A bag that contained my clothes, cell phone, wallet, and pictures.

larissa

Larissa Luna
1. Years of Cheer Experience: 4
2. Stunt Positions: Flyer and Main Base
3. Hometown and State: Santa Paula, California
4. High School(s) you attended: Santa Paula High School
5. Favorite Movie: Chuck and Larry
6. Favorite Food: Mexican Food
7. Favorite part about VC Cheer: The people
8. Zodiac Sign: Libra
9. List tumbling skills: Standing Back Hand Spring, Standing Back Tuck, Round-off Back Hand Spring Series, Round-off Tuck
10. College you wish to transfer to: San Diego State University
11. If you had to abandon ship in a hurry, what would be the one thing you'd grab as your pirate's booty? Clothes

denise

Denise Magana
1. Years of Cheer Experience: 11
2. Stunt Positions: Flyer
3. Hometown and State: Fillmore, California
4. High School(s) you attended: Fillmore High School
5. Favorite Movie: The Notebook
6. Favorite Food: Italian
7. Favorite part about VC Cheer: The games
8. Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
9. List tumbling skills: Standing Back Hand Spring, Standing Back Tuck, Standing X-out, Multiple Hand Springs to Full, Whip to Full!
10. College you wish to transfer to: San Diego State University
11. If you had to abandon ship in a hurry, what would be the one thing you'd grab as your pirate's booty? My pictures

oliveros

Paloma Oliveros
1. Years of Cheer Experience: 4
2. Stunt Positions: Main Base, Secondary Base and Back Spot
3. Hometown and State: Oxnard, California
4. High School(s) you attended: Channel Islands High School
5. Favorite Movie: Grease
6. Favorite Food: Lasagna
7. Favorite part about VC Cheer: The Spirit
8. Zodiac Sign: Cancer
9. List tumbling skills: Working a Standign Back Handspring
10. College you wish to transfer to: University of California Santa Barbara
11. If you had to abandon ship in a hurry, what would be the one thing you'd grab as your pirate's booty? My Purse

paulina

Paulina Orellana
1. Years of Cheer Experience: 8
2. Stunt Positions: Back Spot, Main Base and Secondary Base
3. Hometown and State: Camarillo, California
4. High School(s) you attended: Oxnard High School
5. Favorite Movie: Ferris Buller’s Day Off
6. Favorite Food: Everything
7. Favorite part about VC Cheer: The no-drama environment
8. Zodiac Sign: Leo
9. List tumbling skills: Standing Back Hand Spring, Round-off Handspring Series
10. College you wish to transfer to: San Diego State University
11. If you had to abandon ship in a hurry, what would be the one thing you'd grab as your pirate's booty? My family

stoke

Xochilt Stoke
1. Years of Cheer Experience: 5
2. Stunt Positions:    Base and Flyer
3. Hometown and State: Oxnard, Ca
4. High School(s) you attended: Rio Mesa High School
5. Favorite Movie: Freak Director Todd Browning
6. Favorite Food: Anything eatable
7. Favorite part about VC Cheer: Being in front of the crowd
8. Zodiac Sign: Aries
9. List tumbling skills: Standing Back Handspring, Round-off Back Handspring
10. College you wish to transfer to: Undecided
11. If you had to abandon ship in a hurry, what would be the one thing you'd grab as your pirate's booty? The key

summers

Supoya Summers
1. Years of Cheer Experience: 5
2. Stunt Positions: Flyer
3. Hometown and State: Dover, Delaware
4. High School(s) you attended: Polytech High School and Buena High School
5. Favorite Movie: Mean Girls
6. Favorite Food: Anything Italian
7. Favorite part about VC Cheer: Team Bonding and Competitions
8. Zodiac Sign: Leo
9. List tumbling skills: Front Hand Spring, Front Tuck Step-out Round-off Back Hand Spring, Kick Full, Standing Hand Spring to Full, Any Jump to back X-out, Toe touch Front Tuck.
10. College you wish to transfer to: UCLA or UCSB
11. If you had to abandon ship in a hurry, what would be the one thing you'd grab as your pirate's booty? A best friend to share the experience with

alan tostado

Alan Tostado
1. Years of Cheer Experience: 4
2. Stunt Positions: Secondary Base and Back Spot
3. Hometown and State: Oxnard, Ca
4. High School(s) you attended: Pacifica High School
5. Favorite Movie: 30 Days of Night
6. Favorite Food: Tacos
7. Favorite part about VC Cheer: Bonding with new people
8. Zodiac Sign: Taurus
9. List tumbling skills: Standing Tuck, Round-off Hand Spring Tuck, Round-off Tuck
10. College you wish to transfer to: Cal State Long Beach
11. If you had to abandon ship in a hurry, what would be the one thing you'd grab as your pirate's booty? Something worth money so I can pawn it off to get money

ronnie velasquez

Ronnie Velasquez
1. Years of Cheer Experience: 2
2. Stunt Positions:  Main Base in Partner Stunts and Back Spot
3. Hometown and State: Oxnard, Ca
4. High School(s) you attended: Oxnard High School
5. Favorite Movie: Transformers
6. Favorite Food: Any type of Pasta
7. Favorite part about VC Cheer: Competition Season
8. Zodiac Sign: Gemini
9. List tumbling skills: Standing Tuck, Back Hand Spring, Front Tuck, Front Full, Toe Touch Punch Front
10. College you wish to transfer to: Michigan
11. If you had to abandon ship in a hurry, what would be the one thing you'd grab as your pirate's booty? Any available female on the ship … and the treasure.

lindsay white

Lindsay White
1. Years of Cheer Experience: 8
2. Stunt Positions: Flyer and Secondary Base
3. Hometown and State: Antelope Valley, Ca
4. High School(s) you attended: Buena High School
5. Favorite Movie: Dirty Love
6. Favorite Food: Spaghetti
7. Favorite part about VC Cheer: That I’ve met great people and become friends with them
8. Zodiac Sign: Aries
9. List tumbling skills: Round-off 2 Back Hand Springs
10. College you wish to transfer to: Undecided
11. If you had to abandon ship in a hurry, what would be the one thing you'd grab as your pirate's booty? My cell phone

 

 

 

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