Kara Stewart to Represent IU in Sideline Spirit Contest
9/4/2008 12:00:00 AM | Spirit Squad
Sept. 4, 2008
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Athlon Sports has selected Kara Stewart from Indiana University to represent her school, community and the Big 10 conference in round one of this year's Sideline Spirit contest. Voting for round one will run through 11:59pm on Friday, September 19th.
Those wishing to vote must have an Athlon Sports account. Voting is limited to 20 times per day per account. Fans can also vote up to 10 times per day with a valid Facebook account through the Sideline Spirit Facebook application. For more information and to place your vote, visit www.athlonsports.com/spirit or click here for the Facebook application.
The Athlon Sports Sideline SpiritTM Contest is entering its sixth. This year's sponsor, JVC, adds broad national exposure and promotion for this competition. At least 32 spirit contestants from across the country will be chosen to participate in this contest, which runs from the beginning of the college football season in September until the national championship game in January.
The program is broken into four rounds, featuring seven cheerleaders or dancers in each round (one from each BCS conference and one non-BCS representative). Visitors to Athlon's website get the opportunity to show their school spirit by voting for their favorite spirit contestant. Lively message boards bring out the very best in school spirit and the rivalry of college sports.
At the conclusion of the regular season, spirit contestants will advance to the championship round, which is held during the bowl season. They can advance to the championship round by either getting the most votes in their round or getting the most votes in their conference. The winner of the championship round is titled the overall winner of the contest.
The winner will be featured in the 2009 Athlon Sports College Football annuals and her squad will receive $1,000, plus a JVC 42" TV with integrated iPod Dock, a JVC Full HD Hard Disk Camcorder, a JVC Enviro Hard Disk Camcorder, and a JVC Mini System with Built-In iPod Dock.