STUNT 7/29/2019 3:53:00 PM

Judkins takes reins of OCU STUNT

Stars alumna moves into head-coaching role

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University has named Karly Judkins as STUNT head coach.
Judkins, an OCU alumna, has spent the past two years as assistant coach for the Stars' competitive cheerleading and STUNT teams.
Over the past two years, Judkins has contributed to Oklahoma City's two runner-up finishes in the NAIA competitive cheerleading championships and winning the 2019 NAIA Southwest Qualifying Group Championship.
"We are thrilled to have Karly leading our STUNT team," Oklahoma City athletic director Jim Abbott said. "Karly is intimately familiar with OCU and was an accomplished student-athlete during her time on campus. I have every confidence in her abilities, and I'm grateful to have her full-time leadership of this important program."
Judkins said, "I am incredibly humbled and honored to be the first Head STUNT Coach at Oklahoma City University. OCU has long held a special place in my heart, and I am grateful for the opportunity to mentor and teach such a brilliant and talented group of young women as well as continue the well-built tradition of excellence here at OCU."
Judkins has put together a decorated career as an athlete. While competing as a student-athlete at Oklahoma City, she and her teammates won seven national championships – four National Cheerleading Association titles, a National Dance Alliance hip hop title and two NAIA championships. She became a six-time cheerleading and STUNT all-American and the 2015 cheerleading Jim Wade Award recipient.
Judkins spent six successful years on the U.S. national power tumbling team, won seven national championships and ranked sixth among the most elite power tumblers in the world.
Judkins graduated with a degree in human performance from OCU.
The Stars have twice finished runner-up in STUNT Division II. OCU owns 68 national championships in all sports and the past three Directors' Cup titles.
Based on cheerleading skills with the crowd elements removed, STUNT is a head-to-head competition between two teams. STUNT is the fastest growing female sport at the collegiate and high school level.
The teams showcase different disciplines each quarter – partner stunts in the first quarter, pyramids and tosses in the second period, jumps and tumbling in the third and a combination of all STUNT elements in the fourth. The head-to-head format simplifies the scoring process, allowing fans to track the results of the competition as each quarter is completed. Games last approximately 45 minutes to one hour and teams compete simultaneously. Teams perform the same routines against the opposing team, and scores are based purely on execution. Each contest features four quarters.

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