Kelsey Engelhardt

Class: Sophomore Hometown: Monument, CO High School: Palmer Ridge HS

Kelsey Engelhardt has been dancing since the age of three. She started training in ballet and tap and eventually grew up to begin learning hip-hop, jazz, pointe, contemporary and pom. At age 7, she began competing in hip-hop with her studio and began competing in jazz at age 9. At age 14 she was asked to dance in an off-broadway show on New Year's Day in New York City. Her sophomore year of high school she helped found the pom team at her high school. She was captain of her team during her junior and senior year. She was named All-American at NDA camp her junior and senior years.

She was the first graduating class from her high school in Monument. She is planning to major in Business Administration and minor in Communications to go on to become an entertainment agent. She is currently in her second year on the USD Spirit Team.