Northwest Mississippi Community College Women's Cheerleading

Rainy Bordelon begins her first season as a full-time assistant coach and her third season overall. During her time with the program, Northwest cheer has placed third overall twice in the Open Small Coed Division, second overall twice in the Open Game Day division, and recently won the 2024 UCA College Cheer National Championship in the Open All Girl division. Bordelon graduated from the University of Memphis with a Bachelor of Science in Education for sports coaching. She is an alumnus of the Ranger cheer program, graduating from Northwest with an associate degree in exercise science. During her three years as a member of the Northwest cheer team she won three UCA national titles-one in Open Coed Game Day and two in Open Small Coed Traditional. Bordelon is a graduate of Hernando High School, where she was a varsity cheerleader for four years.

Brandon Casey enters his fifth season leading the cheerleading squad at Northwest in the 2023-24 academic year.  Although Northwest did not repeat as national champions during the 2023 UCA/UDA College Nationals, Casey's squad still added to the trophy case, finishing second in the Open Coed Cheer Game Day category and third in the Open Small Coed Cheer division. In 2022, Northwest captured the Open Small Co-Ed national championship with a final event score of 91.9, beating out Drury University, Wilmington University, Coastal Alabama Community College, University of Southern Indiana and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. Northwest also placed fourth overall in the Open Co-Ed Game Day competition against a mix of Division I and small college programs. The Rangers advanced to the finals of that division and came away with a fourth-place finish and 94.43 points. In Spring 2021, Casey brought the Northwest cheerleaders back to the UCA College Nationals for the first time in over 20 years and the Rangers left the competition with two national titles. In the Open Co-Ed Game Day division, Northwest earned a 95.6 score in the finals, defeating a pair of Division I programs. Casey would then rally the Rangers from a third place semifinal finish in the Open Small Co-Ed division to a 86.5 performance score in the championship, garnering Northwest another title. Prior to his coaching role with Northwest, Casey cheered at both Northwest and Ole Miss. He is married to the former Skylar Byram of Madison, who was named to the head cheer coaching role at Ole Miss last spring. The couple has one child, John Ragan, who will turn two in September.