Keller noted things she needs to improve on.

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“I think I need to work on my tumbling and pyramid stunting to be able to excel with college cheer,” she said. “I personally feel like my strengths are stunting. Stunting has always been my favorite.”

Keller said she first started cheering in elementary school.

“I then joined my school cheer team in seventh grade,” she said. “I have cheered all four years of high school. I cheered three years of football cheer and four years of basketball cheer. I think I fully decided that I want to cheer in college at the end of my junior year. I have been actively trying to find a college cheer team. When I got country wise email marketing list offered a spot at MSUB I jumped on that offer. I was so excited to have a spot. I’m so excited to further cheering and educating myself at Montana State University Billings.”

Her parents are really excited for their daughter’s next chapter in life.

“I remember the first time she cheered,” mother Stella Keller said at the signing. “She was little and scared and didn’t want to be around a bunch of people but really loved cheers. So she was super excited to get out there and give it a shot.”

Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé athletic director Julie Herman speaks at senior Ayla Keller’s signing to attend Montana State University Billings and be part of the cheer and stunt team for the 2025-26 academic year, Friday in the JDHS commons as Stella, Ayla and Wes Keller look on. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé athletic director Julie Herman speaks at senior Ayla Keller’s signing to attend Montana State University Billings and be part of the cheer and stunt team for the 2025-26 academic year, Friday in the JDHS commons as Stella, Ayla and Wes Keller look on. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

Added father Wes Keller, “Unlike what she is now which is exactly the opposite… I’m very proud of her. She’s pursuing her dream and getting an education at the same time.”

JDHS cheer coach Carlene Nore said, “I am so excited for her. She has worked really hard these last four years in our program and has gotten to experience some really great opportunities so it is really nice for her to pursue her dream and continue on cheering.”