YPSILANTI, Mich. – Xavier University of Louisiana won the 2022 crown with the highest point total in championship history at the George Gervin GameAbove Center. The 6^th Annual NAIA Competitive Cheer National Championship featured 15 teams from across the country. 

Finals Performance Highlights

• Xavier wins their first National Championship in any sport; last season the Gold Nuggets finished in fifth place
• St. Ambrose finishes third for the second time in three years, with a score that would have earned the Red Banner a year ago during their Runner-Up performance
• Indiana Wesleyan recorded the second highest output and marking their best finish at the event in team history
• Reigning NAIA Champions Oklahoma City finished in sixth place; this is the first time they have not finished in the Top Two places
• Hosts Concordia University-Ann Arbor finished in fifth place, slipping down one spot since the prelim scores
• Friday’s preliminary performance accounted for 25% of their total, with the finals on Saturday comprising the other 75%
• Teams posting the highest scores on Day One will have the advantage of slotting in deeper into the competition on Saturday

Final Team Standings

 1. Xavier University (La.) – 93.70
 2. Indiana Wesleyan University – 92.58
 3. St. Ambrose University (Iowa) – 92.17
 4. Dickinson State University (N.D.) – 90.04
 5. Concordia Ann Arbor (Mich.) – 88.82
 6. Oklahoma City University – 85.88
 7. Midland University (Neb.) – 85.59
 8. University of Pikeville (Ky.) – 83.83
 9. Georgetown College (Ky.) – 82.07
10. Missouri Valley College – 81.82
11. Point University (Ga.) – 80.99
12. Missouri Baptist University – 80.72
13. University of Mobile (Ala.) – 79.05
14. University of the Cumberlands (Ky.) – 76.81
15. Friends University (Kan.) – 68.22