RIVER FOREST, Ill. – Dominican University's Athletic Department announced the addition of STUNT to its athletic offerings on Monday afternoon, with the program set to begin official competition in Fall 2023. 
 
The sport of STUNT is a competitive women's sport derived from Cheer, and its games are head-to-head competitions between two teams that take the athletic and technical components of cheerleading and break them into four quarters with each quarter progressing in difficulty and number of teammates involved.
 
STUNT will become the 13th varsity sport sponsored by DU. As one of the fastest-growing female sports in the United States, 56 universities currently sponsor the sport in 2022 with Dominican one of nine more universities committed to beginning STUNT in 2023. DU joins nearby-Concordia Chicago as one of just two schools in Illinois with collegiate STUNT programs. 
 
Dominican will begin its search process for a full-time coach immediately with practices and competition set to occur during the 2023-24 academic year.