Get To Know: Kelsey

Kelsey Loebel

Year on team: Sophomore

Age: 19

Major: Business Management

Hometown: Collierville, TN

It is really hard for me to pick a favorite season of Rebelettes. However, I would have to say that nationals sneaks to the top of the list. Don’t get me wrong, nationals is grueling. As a team we spend four and a half weeks of our six-week Christmas break in Oxford practicing at least 6 hours a day. It’s tough, tiring, and extremely tedious. I have never experienced anything like it. But as exhausting and emotionally draining those weeks leading up to nationals are, I would not trade that time for anything else. I love to dance; I love that feeling of performing and nationals gives me that fix that I’ve craved my whole life. On top of that, this is the time when our team becomes extremely close. During this time, our team of twenty girls all want the same thing. We have a common goal and a common love for dance and each other. We support each other and see each other through our bad days and are there to celebrate each small success we obtain each day. I am so proud of this team and find great happiness in having the privilege to say I am a part of it.

A few interesting things about me:

I love to bake!!! I want to open my own breakfast place/ café someday! I’m obsessed with Fall…I’ve gone as far as saying I would be a park ranger just so I can play in the autumn leaves (not actually ever going to do that for the record). IM GOING TO BE A DOUBLE AUNT! Both my sisters are expecting babies and I’m going to be the best/coolest aunt ever! My family and friends mean the world to me. I honestly do not know how I got so lucky with the people God chose to put in my life! I have five dogs and three cats… in the most normal way possible! We are just big animal lovers. I’ve recently taken up hot yoga, which is so much fun if you have never done it. I would love to travel, anywhere and everywhere! Also, single and ready to mingle along with Caroline Cripps! Make sure to check out Carol’s blog post too!!!

Hope this helped you get to know Kelsey a little bit more!

Love always,

Ole Miss Rebelettes

Get To Know: Caroline Cripps

Caroline Cripps

Year on Team: Sophomore (2nd year on team)

Age: 20

Major: Business Management

Hometown: Suwanee, GA

It's extremely tough for me to pick my favorite season of Rebelettes but since I have to choose, I would have to say nationals. That is our time to express ourselves as well as represent our amazing University with what we do best. During nationals, it's all about us and what we do. It doesn't concern the football or basketball team, it is strictly the group of Rebelettes competing in a UDA competition against other schools from all over the nation. We practice 70% of our Christmas break and prepare like crazy but ends up being completely worth it. I wouldn't change either of the nationals experiences I've had or the bonds it brings amongst the team. Nationals is hard work but we all somehow come out alive in the end!



Dance has always been such a huge part of my life. Some people have said to me before, "you were raised in the business world of dance". I have a very tough time denying that statement. Being the youngest of two older sisters, who also started dance very young, I didn't have much of a choice but to be a dancer. I started dance at the age of 3 and never stopped. At age 6 I started dancing competitively and again, never stopped. When I was 8, my mom decided to open up her own studio. So as you can tell, we are a family full of dance. To some this may sound insane but I wouldn't have wanted it any other way.That's probably the reason I enjoy nationals as much as I do. It's the kind of dance and environment I've been used to my whole life. Dance is and always will be my creative outlet. It truthfully completes the person I am today. Thank God for Rebelettes, otherwise I would be lost in this world! HOTTY TODDY!

 P.S. Something else you may like to know, I like to meow.. all the time!

You may think you have seen Caroline before... Well you're right.  She's the "cheerleader" Marshall Henderson flirted with during the Ole Miss vs. Mizzou Men's Basketball Game.  Take a look here: Carol's Claim to Fame - Click Here

Hope this helped you get to know Caroline a little bit better!

Love always,

Ole Miss Rebelettes

Get To Know: Melissa

Melissa Griffith

Year on Team: Freshman

Age: 19

Major: Exercise Science

Hometown: Saint Louis, MO.

 I personally enjoy basketball games, mainly men’s. I have always been a sucker for sports and having played basketball in my past, I love the hype of the game. It makes me miss playing, but I could not see myself anywhere else than the sidelines with a team who has been through so much, but become so close. Nationals would be a huge reason why that is, and I would not change my first nationals experience for anything. I could not be more proud of my team than what we have accomplished this year. 

I come from a family of 6.  With me being the oldest of 4 I am constantly on the look out for my  two younger sisters and brother.  I also have a guardian angel I have been blessed with. My grandfather, Papa, passed away on my eighteenth birthday and I could not be more grateful for having such an amazing role model in my life. He is the reason for my goals in life to become a physical therapist. As I watched him struggle for two years and go through a hard process in life, I found a calling of wanting to help others and make people smile. 

"And your eyes twinkle bright as can be...

You should laugh all the while and all other times smile, 

And now, smile a smile for me"

 

Hope this helped you get to know Melissa a little bit better!

Love always,

Ole Miss Rebelettes

Ole Miss Rebelette Tryouts

Ole Miss Rebelette Tryouts 2013-2014

April 13, 2013

If you're interested in trying out for the 2013-2014 Ole Miss Rebelettes Dance Team you have come to the right spot.

Tryout Information:

Rebelette Tryout Information - Click here

Ole Miss Spirit Squad Tryout Packet:

Ole Miss Rebelettes Tryout Packet - Click here

We hope to see everyone out on April 13, 2013, and can't wait to see all the new talent for the upcoming year!

Love always,

Ole Miss Rebelettes

Get To Know: Natalie

Natalie Wood

Year On Team: Senior

Age: 22 

Major: Broadcast Journalism with a Minor in Business Administration

Hometown: Oxford, MS

There is absolutely nothing like standing on the Ole Miss football field and cheering for your school in front of a packed stadium. From the time that we step foot in the Grove until the end of the game, my job as a Rebelette doesn’t stop. And even though the day is exhausting, it is extremely rewarding to represent a school with so many deep-rooted traditions. I believe it is at football games that those traditions are most visible and that is when I feel the most pride for my school. Dancing on the Grove stage at the pre-game pep rally with the band and the cheerleaders, marching with the band to the stadium, and performing throughout the entire game are the main ways that we contribute to the overall game-day experience at Ole Miss. When I’m wearing my red and blue sparkles, listening to the band play the “Alma Mater,” and feeling the fall breeze blow on my face as the entire stadium stands in front of me- that’s just hard to beat. And it’s a feeling that I’ll never forget.

I have enjoyed my four years as a Rebelette and am thankful for the experiences that I’ve had on the team. Not only have I learned dance choreography (and trust me, a lot of it), but I have also learned lessons that I will take with me through life. When I graduate, I plan on moving to Nashville, TN and working in television production and media communications.

Thanks for a fantastic four years and Hotty Toddy y’all!