| Pixels: | 250 |
| Sport: | Competitive cheerleading |
| Founded: | 2017 |
| Teams: | 15 |
| Champion: | Saint Ambrose (2nd) |
| Most Champs: | Oklahoma City (2) Saint Ambrose (2) |
| Website: | NAIA.com |
The NAIA competitive cheer championship is an annual meet hosted by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to determine the national champion of collegiate team competitive cheerleading among its members in the United States.[1]
The inaugural meet was held in 2017. Each year, it is held concurrently and at the same venue as the NAIA competitive dance championship.
The most successful programs have been Oklahoma City and Saint Ambrose, with two titles each.
The reigning national champions are Saint Ambrose, who won their second national title in 2023.
| style= colspan=8 | NAIA competitive cheer championship | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Site | Championship results | ||||
| Champion | Points | Runner-up | Points | |||
| 2017 Details | Oklahoma City, OK | Oklahoma City | 87.08 | Saint Francis (IL) | 82.93 | |
| 2018 Details | Missouri Valley | 86.45 | Oklahoma City | 85.42 | ||
| 2019 Details | Davenport, IA | Concordia Ann Arbor | 82.12 | Oklahoma City | 81.0 | |
| 2020 | ||||||
| 2021 Details | Davenport, IA | Oklahoma City (2) | 91.53 | Saint Ambrose | 91.10 | |
| 2022 Details | Ypsilanti, MI | Xavier Louisiana | 93.70 | Indiana Wesleyan | 92.58 | |
| 2023 Details | Saint Ambrose | 95.51 | Concordia Ann Arbor | 90.76 | ||
| 2024 Details | Saint Ambrose (2) | 97.28 | Xavier Louisiana | 96.91 | ||
| Team | Titles | Years | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style= | 2 | 2023, 2024 | ||
| style= | 2 | 2017, 2021 | ||
| style= | 1 | 2022 | ||
| style= | 1 | 2019 | ||
| style= | 1 | 2018 |