About Our Program

The USC Aiken Cheerleaders are a 16-member squad whose main function is to promote university spirit and provide entertainment at all home basketball games, university events, and community events. We co-host a summer spirit camp, judge local tryouts and competitions, and also attend a summer camp sponsored by the Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA).   We are a non-competitive program.

The cheerleaders are under the direction of Coach Allison Kotowski Comer, who is in her second year with the program.  Allison took over the helm from her prior coach and cousin, Clairissa Smith Wells.  Allison is a graduate of the University of South Carolina.  While at USC, she was a member of the Coquettes Dance Team.  She also spent two years at USC Aiken where she was member of the USCA Dance Team for two years. S he has all-star cheerleader coaching experience and also spent the majority of her youth involved in cheerleading from Elementary to the High School level.

The cheerleaders are also under the direction of advisors Angie Osbon and Janet Joy.  Janet is employed full time at USCA and works in the purchasing department.  She has been with the program since 1990.  She and her husband, Lucky, reside in North Augusta and she has one son, Stanton.  Angie is employed full time in the USCA Athletic Department where she serves as Assistant Athletic Director for Business and Student Athlete Services, Senior Woman Administrator, and Cheerleader/Dance Team Director.  She has been with the program since 1993 and was a Pacer Cheerleader for 3 years as an undergraduate.  She and her husband, Rick, reside in Aiken and she has three children:  Reagan, Gemma, and Sterling.