Cheer

Former Bobcat Kate Broom joins the cheer staff as an assistant ahead of the 2023-24 sports season. 

Other duties for Broom in her student affairs role include scheduling student activities on campus and intramurals.

Broom cheered at Jones from 2018-20 and went on to don the sidelines and courts at the University of Alabama from 2020-23 while completing her bachelor's in kinesiology.

Broom has coached gymnastics at Laurel Gym & Cheer, worked with youth teams in Laurel and is currently a competition coach for West Jones High School, where she graduated in 2018.

The Laurel native will marry Southern Miss outfielder, Reece Ewing, in January 2024.