Name: Sam Goldklang

Age: 19

Hometown: Wood-Ridge, NJ

Cheer Team/Gym You Currently Represent: University of Maryland Twisters

Have you ever been to camp before? Yes

If so, how many years? 2

Best Camp Memory: I can’t pick out just one because I love all the time I spend at Woodward and all the people I meet there

How many years have you been involved in cheer? 12 years

What University/Gym have you cheered at? University of Maryland & Just Cheer All Stars

What is your largest accomplishment within the Cheer community? Getting recruited to be a member of the University of Maryland All Girl Competitive Cheer Team

Who has been your biggest influence within the sport and why? The competitive cheer coaches in my town who did not take me on the team when I was in 5th grade and recommended an all star gym for me to tumble at so I could make the team the next year. I cheered at that all star gym for the next 8 years

What’s your favorite part in a routine and why? The opening because it can make an amazing impression that sets the tone for the rest of the routine

What was the skill that took you the longest to learn and why? My double full was very inconsistent for a long time. I wasn’t sure what I was missing, but it was on and off for awhile until I came to Woodward as a camper and one of the coaches figured out what I was missing

What is your favorite competition/event to attend and why? Daytona College Nationals because there is no competition like it

What is your favorite memory involving cheer? Winning Daytona NCA College Nationals in 2010 and being the first all girl team to be Grand Champions & afterward running into the ocean in our uniforms as a team all extremely happy!