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Summit & Membership Registration OPEN!
September 27-28, 2025
This is an exciting time to be a part of CCCAM, and we are grateful for your continued support. We look forward to having you join us for another incredible year of learning, growth, and connection.
Thank you for being an essential part of our community, and we can’t wait to see you at the Fall Summit! You can register by clicking the link below!
JOIN US AT THE 2024 CCCAM SUMMIT!
September 27-28, 2025 at the Lansing Center!
You don’t want to miss:
- Eric Thompson (@tumblechef) educating coaches on all things tumbling and mental blocks
- Champion Mindset Group - preparing yourself and your athletes mentally!
- Kickoff Pep Rally
- Coaches Mixer- cash bar and prizes!
- One on One reservations with coaches and officials.
- TONS of great sessions for middle school, stunting, flexibility, jumps, motions, tumbling, and planning your season
- Open space to network, plan, choreograph, or take your online rules meeting.
- More vendors than ever!
- Please register to become a member of CCCAM and attend our annual Summit! Register by September 12th to avoid late fees and guarantee a lunch!
- 20 Minute One-on-Ones with renowned coaches on Saturday. More sessions available this year.
- Special session Saturday - an in-depth information session regarding the manual and scoresheets
2025 ACADEMIC
ALL STATE AWARDS
CONGRATULATIONS to all of our team academic all state and honorable mention, as well as our individual athletes being honored!
2025 ALL STATE AWARDS
These documents list All District, All Region, and All State athletes and coaches of the year! Congratulations to all on
your well deserved honors!
2025 CCCAM HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE
Congratulations to Rachel Stehlik, on receiving the CCCAM Hall of Fame Award!
Rachel has 17 years of experience coaching high school competitive cheer. She coached at Chesaning High School for 15 years and Corunna High School for 2 years, where she started the program.
Accomplishments:
- League titles: 1993, 1994, 2007
- Regionals: 1996-1998, 2000- 2007.
- 11 total State Runner up: 2002 2006
- State championships: 1997,1998, 2001, 2003, 2007
- Rachel is a former MHSAA official for 6
- years. She officiated Districts all of those years, Regionals 5 out of 6 years and Division 1 Finals twice.
- This is her 6th year as a STUNT official where she officiated Nationals twice. She is on the STUNT committee - and works in cheerleading across the state and country bringing back many tools, tips, tricks, and resources to pass on to MHSAA cheerleading. In addition to all the things mentioned above – she has contributed her service through CCCAM by speaking at the Summit event 3 times and volunteered to do audio comments twice at the CCCAM competition.
2025 CCCAM SERVICE AWARD
Congratulations to Stacy Smith, on the 2025 CCCAM Service Award! 👏🏻✨ Accomplishments:
- A founding members of CCCAM
- CCCAM Marketing Director 1998- 2000
- Active MCJA and CCCAM membership
- MCJA President 2009-2011, 2012, 2023, 2014-2015, 2017-2018, 2020-2021
- Served on several MHSAA Committees including Officials’ Selection, Sub Committees and Manual Task Forces
- MHSAA Cheer Finals Broadcast Commentator 2005-present
- MCJA Officials’ Trainer
- Speaker for various conferences and camps to train coaches and officials
Coaching Awards:
- District Coach of the Year 2014, 2015, 2016 (Caledonia HS)
- 2000 Class B State Champion (Plainwell HS)
- CCCAM/MHSCA Coach of the Year 2000
- Regional Coach of the Year 2000
2025 COACH OF THE YEAR
CCCAM is pleased to announce the Coach of the Year, Sherri Taormina from St. Clair Shores Lake Shore!
Sherri recently completed her 14th year coaching at Lake Shore and her 22nd year of coaching overall. She has served on the CCCAM Board for the last 4 years as the Region 6 Representative and the Academic All State Chair.
Some of Sherri’s team accomplishments include: 11x All-State Academic Team Honorable Mention, 5x MAC Conference Champions, 2x District Champions, and 9x Regional Qualifiers. In addition to the 2025 Coach of the Year, Sherri has been selected as a MAC Conference Coach of the Year in 2009, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2023, & 2025, District Coach of the Year in 2016, 2018, 2020, 2024, & 2025, and Regional Coach of the Year in 2025.
Outside of cheer, Sherri is a wife and proud mother of two children. She is also a mathematics and health teacher at Lake Shore.
2025 ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR
CCCAM is pleased to announce the Assistant Coach of the Year, Savannah Ross from Montrose! Savannah has been an assistant at Montrose since 2016.
In that time, Montrose has qualified for Regionals 5x, earned 2 League Titles & a District Championship, in addition to qualifying for State Finals for the first time in 2022. Savannah currently serves on the CCCAM Board as the All State Director.
Savannah was nominated by Head Coach, Sabrina Urmetz who had this to say about her dedication to the Montrose Cheer program, "For the last 8 years, Savannah has assisted for both our Middle School and Varsity teams. She has been fully committed to building our program since day one. Savannah is driven and gives her all to our entire program, creating our Round 3 choreography, writing and submitting our scoresheets, analyzing our scores, and making the most of every practice, game, and competition. Her passion and commitment to the sport and her athletes have made her an outstanding Assistant Coach, we are so lucky to have her!" Congratulations to Savannah, our 2025 Assistant Coach of the Year!
Mentor Program
Are you a new coach looking for help & guidance?
OR
Are you an experienced coach who is willing to help out your fellow colleagues?
We are working to grow our Mentor Program!
Please click here to sign up to be a Mentor Coach OR if you are looking for a Mentor!
Summer and Fall are the best times to reach out & make a plan for the Competitive Season!
Join CCCAM!
REGISTRATION IS OPEN for the 2023-24 year and for Fall Summit!!
- Exclusive member only access to the CCCAM Facebook page for coaches' educations, tips and support from experienced coaches.
- Mentor Program
- Cheer Chats throughout the year
- Senior Scholarship Opportunities
CCCAM MEMBERSHIP
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CONTACT CCCAM
In our efforts to improve and open the lines of communication between the Board and our members, we have created this online submission form. Click here to ask a question, suggest an idea, or share a concern with your Region Director!