Cassie Trammell

## **Biography**

### **Season 3**

**(3.1)** Cassie wanted to be a DCC because her mom, Judy Tramnell, was one, and it has been a dream of hers to follow in her footsteps. [*Judy says Cassie’s been around the DCC since she was born. She’s been in the studio since she’s learned how to walk. Says she’s really excelled as a cheerleader. She’s been a world champion two times, and she’s just really good at it.*] Cassie says it does put her mom in an awkward position that she has to judge her because she does want the best for her, but she doesn’t want to break her heart either. [*Judy says Cassie doesn’t like for her to watch her*] Cassie gets nervous dancing in front of her mom because she feels like the pressure’s on, and she wants her to do great, and Cassie wants her to see her do great. [*Interaction where Cassie asks Judy how she thinks she did during a practice, and Judy says she needs to smile bigger.*]

## **Confessionals**

Total: 32

Season 3: 11 (5th most)

Season 4: 0

Season 5: 4

Season 6: 3

Season 7: 14 (T15th most)

Season 10: 1

Season 12: 1

### **Season 3**

**(3.1)**

* “Because my mom is the choreographer, it does give me an advantage, in a way, because people know my name, but also people will be judging me even harder.“
* [Makes semifinals] “It’s such an emotional thing for me. I know my mom is probably somewhere blubbering right now, and she’s waiting for me. I’m just so excited.“
* “When I messed up, I just looked immediately at my mom, and I could just see disappointment in her eyes.“

**(3.2)**

* “We come to Kitty Carter because she just has an eye for what she does. Like, she’ll see something, and she’ll say, “no, you need to stretch that arm a little more“.”

**(3.3)**

* [About jump split] “I was almost in tears. Oh, my gosh, that looks like it hurts so bad, and it really does.“

**(3.4)**

* “I have asthma, and towards the end of the routine I was dancing, and I was blacking out, so that was really embarrassing to have to be the nerd that takes the first puff of someone else’s inhaler at rehearsal.“

**(3.8)**

* [With Melissa, Stefani, and Whitney] “Jay, we just want to thank you for being there for us all summer and getting us into shape and teaching us things not only about working out, but also about life.“
* [Family and friends rehearsal] “We’re all exhausted, but I guess I stand out and I need to try harder.“
* [Gameday] “We have about 10 minutes until we’re gonna head down there, and I’m really nervous, and I’m really excited.“
* [Final cheerleader confessional of the season] “I think tonight, for my mom, meant the world to her, and I’m glad that I could fulfill her dream and also mine at the same time.“

### **Season 5**

**(5.5)**

* “Show group is the most time-consuming part about being a cheerleader, but show group is the most rewarding part, also. If you don’t try it at least for a year, then you’re really missing out.“
* “Watching people do turns and leaps that we don’t see them do every day, it’s really crazy because you find out that some people are a lot better than you thought. I think we all underestimate each other.“

**(5.8)**

* [Calendar shoot] “It is so hard for me to be serious for more than about 30 seconds. It is so hard for me to try to put on the whole sexy vibe, and then the second he takes the picture, I’m done, so done. Turn back into Cassie. For me, there are a lot of insecurities, you know? Like, I’m always worried about my hair, and swimsuits are always a huge, huge insecurity for me. Like, are they too small? Is anything showing? I’m always stressed out that everything’s covered.“
* “When I saw myself on the video, I just always feel really awkward. I don’t know. I can’t look at myself in a swimsuit making a “sexy face“.”

### **Season 6**

**(6.2)**

* “Today is the first day of final auditions, and today is the first day that the veterans are showing up at tryouts, so I’m here to see all the new rookie candidates.“

**(6.5)**

* “My mom was a group leader when she was a cheerleader. It was actually her fourth year too, and it’s my fourth year. And it’s just a really big honor to follow in my mom’s footsteps in another way.“

**(6.6)**

* [Calls out Taylor BreAnn] “I’m a fourth-year veteran, I’m a leader. And I care too much about this squad to let someone not care as she seemed like she hadn’t cared. Someone has to step up and be the bad guy sometimes.“

### **Season 7**

**(7.1)**

* “Right now, I’m about to go do the kickline combination. I’m freaking out a little bit. My hands are sweating, and I feel like I’m going to puke.“
* “I was injured on a Christmas tour in South Korea. My meniscus tore in half. So, I had surgery about three months ago. There’s a chance I could make it back this year, and that just stresses me out, because my heart is in love with it. My knee might be telling me it’s done, but my heart’s not.“
* “This was the hardest audition time I’ve ever had, the hardest workout I’ve ever had. The hardest anything I’ve ever had to go through.“
* “If I didn’t get selected for training camp, I would be really upset. Um, ugh, that would suck.“

**(7.3)**

* “We thought we were kind of here for an appearance just to show them our support, but now we’re going to be shooting. I’ve never really shot big guns before. Hopefully, I don’t just suck at this.“

**(7.7)**

* “Long story short, Lauren’s hurt. And I found out about an hour ago that I’m going to be doing pregame in all her places. I don’t think I really should be kicking. I’m just gonna take one for the team, and hopefully my knee won’t completely blow out.“
* “This is definitely what being a leader is all about. Even if it hurts, I’m definitely going to persevere. I’m just going to get through this one performance.“
* [After the game] “My knee lasted. I wouldn’t say it went great, but it’s still intact, so I think that’s pretty good.“

**(7.10)**

* “I’m just kind of going to push it and take the risk because I really want to be with my group for our very first game.“

**(7.11)**

* “It’s definitely a very different than normal, because we have like 50 male cheerleaders coming to help us perform for the Monday Night Football game.“
* “This is the hardest game of the season. It’s really exhausting to do a game in general, but not having a halftime to take a breather is really hard.“ “And on top of that, it’s not just a regular dancing halftime, but it’s tumbling and stunting and dancing two minutes before we do all that. So, it’s going to be crazy, but it is one of the most amazing experiences ever.“
* “So, the first basket we threw, we hadn’t warmed up or anything and my legs aren’t very strong yet since my surgery, and when those boys throw really hard, I kind of just crumble, and so I flew backwards instead of up, and the guy who’s supposed to catch me couldn’t go any farther back, because there was another group in the way. So, we all landed on top of each other. My catcher looks a lot worse that I do. He’s got a big old thing on his face.“
* [Halftime show] It went really well. “Everything hit pretty perfect, so I’m very proud of everyone. They did a good job. Especially Whitney [*Points to Whitney who is next to her*], she’s never done a stunt before and she did that.“
* [Retrospective confessional with flashbacks] “My career as a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader has been an incredibly amazing roller coaster. There’s been a lot of rough time when tryouts were really difficult for me my first year. I had to persevere through people saying I shouldn’t be here and I pushed through. I think over the past five years, I’ve really turned everyone’s opinions around. It’s going to be really hard to say goodbye, ‘cause I’ve worked my entire life for this, and it’s already over. I’m only 23 years old, and now I’ve accomplished everything that I really wanted in life, and now it’s really difficult to figure out what I do from here.“

### **Season 10**

**(10.5)**

* “Since I’ve retired, I’ve had two babies, and they’re the best things ever.“

### **Season 12**

**(12.4)**

* (*Critiquing Erin)*

## **Commentary**

### **Season 3**

**(3.1)**

* This year, we have a very unique situation where Judy Trammell, our choreographer, has her very own daughter trying out. – K
* I don’t think I’ve ever been more nervous in my life. When Cassie got up there to dance, I don’t know what came over me. My heart was pounding so hard. Kelli looked down and said, “calm down.” – J
* My daughter, Cassie, who totally freaked out, she let it show all over her face, and a good performer, you can’t do that. – J (Kelli is shown telling Judy that she continued on, at least)
* [After she is invited to finals] I fell apart in a good way, ‘cause I know she can do it, and she didn’t do her best today, but I know she was so disappointed in herself. She texted me and said, “I’m sorry, mom.” And I didn’t want her to be sorry. I was okay. – J

**(3.2)**

* [Waiting outside the room during Cassie’s panel interview] I’m a nervous wreck for Cassie right now. It’s my 28th season, and now I know how every mom feels. – J

**(3.4)**

* Cassie ran out of gas on this one. – J/ Yeah, she just ran out of gas. – K
* Right there, the last quarter of that dance, Cassie and Michelle ran out of gas on the floor. – J [Cassie asks for an inhaler]

**(3.6)**

* You’ve had some tough times, but I didn’t expect some of the good things I’ve seen here. – K

**(3.8)**

* It is really exciting that 18 years ago, I would bring Cassie up here and set her in the arms of the cheerleaders and have her first squad photo taken. [*Photo shown of her being held in squad photo as a baby*] And now she’s actually in that uniform. I’m very proud. – J
* Cassie ran out of gas fourth quarter over here. – K

### **Season 6**

**(6.5)**

* I’m very proud of Cassie because I don’t think people respect that she made it on her own. And now entering for fourth season and being chosen as a group leader, I feel like she’s finally past that milestone. – J

**(6.6)**

* [Judy has Cassie critique Taylor] During rehearsals we like to have the group leaders give feedback because we can’t correct every mistake that’s being made, and I could see Cassie just itching to give corrections. – J

### **Season 7**

**(7.1)**

* First of all, Cassie is my daughter, and her performance today wasn’t her best. And I wasn’t going to start giving excuses and tell them why she wasn’t her best. – J
* Charlotte asked me to leave the room. They need to be able to talk freely about Cassie. I thought that Cassie would have the support of everyone. But she didn’t look as good dancing as she should have been. – J
* When it came time for the judges to discuss Cassie, Charlotte asked Judy if she would leave the room. But I think Charlotte wanted to allow the judges to give honest feedback without feeling like they might be hurting Judy’s feelings. – K
* [Finals deliberations] I gave her a bit of a break because it appears as though she has an injury./ She had surgery./ And it looked like she was hurting./ Yeah it did. – K/ Do we extend that same grace to someone that’s just a fresh addition? Do we extend that grace if they have an injury? – Jay/ No. – K/ If we don’t, then either you’re ready today, or you’re not ready. – Jay/ She wasn’t as good today as we’ve seen in the past, but there’s no doubt in my mind that Cassie Trammell is a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader.
* I am Cassie’s mom first, and I’m not there to defend her, but you can’t defend somebody to 65,000 fans at a football game, either. So, Cassie has to prove, on her own, that she deserves her spot back. – J

**(7.7)**

* [Regarding Lauren’s injury] As it turns out, Cassie actually had electively pulled herself out of the pregame of game number one because she’s injured with her knee.
* As their coach, I’m glad that Cassie’s available to step right into Lauren’s places. It helps with our whole team. As her mom, I really wish she didn’t have to do the kickline and the jump splits. I don’t want her to further injure herself.
* You did a great job filling in for Lauren’s last-minute casualty. – K

**(7.8)**

* [Concert performance] So, Whitney and Cassie, if they feel like something’s going wrong, you have to keep your eyeballs on them, and they’ll start doing tags. – J

**(7.10)**

* She can barely walk. If she’s not better tomorrow, she can’t go out. – K
* Cassie had her knee surgery, her meniscus removed, and she’s not going to be in the pregame still, but she’s going to try the sidelines this week. – J

**(7.11)**

* This is the end of a journey for Cassie and I both. I’m going to miss her there every Sunday. – J

## **Other**

### **Season 3**

**(3.1)**

* Introduces herself to the judges at preliminaries (19 years old from Texas).
* Messes up on the routine at semifinals.
* Shown being invited to finals.

* Gets a scene hugging Judy after making finals.

**(3.2)**

* Is shown performing while Kitty gives a confessional about being disappointed pre-finals with the lack of energy.
* Judy leaves the room during her panel interview.
* For panel interviews, Charlotte says she knows what it takes to be a DCC, and asks if she thinks she has it. Cassie says she thinks she has it because she will work hard and knows that she’s needs to strive so people know she made it because of herself and not her mom.
* Shown performing her solo at finals.
* Shown being invited to training camp with five names left.

**(3.4)**

* Has an asthma attack during rehearsal.

**(3.7)**

* Takes silly photos with Judy at the end of the cameo photo shoot.

### **Season 4**

**(4.2)**

* Shown being invited to training camp.

**(4.3)**

* Introduces herself at the opening meeting of training camp.

**(4.8)**

* Is present at the veterans’ apartment complex scene, where it appears she lives with Kaitlin Ilseng and Melissa Kellerman.

### **Season 5**

**(5.5)**

* Is shown making show group.

**(5.8)**

* She’s revealed to be the model for March in the swimsuit calendar.

### **Season 6**

**(6.5)**

* Announced as group leader for group 3.

**(6.6)**

* Has a scene at practice where she and Ally Traylor criticize Taylor BreAnn’s professionalism.

### **Season 7**

**(7.1)**

* At the time of tryouts, she is nursing an injury, and wearing a knee brace.
* Charlotte has Judy leaves the room during her finals deliberation.
* Shown being invited to training camp.

**(7.2)**

* She teaches the first dance of training camp.

**(7.3)**

* She’s announced as group leader for group 1.

**(7.5)**

* She is part of the victorious “Wedding Crashers” with the other Group 1 veterans for the bowling outing (Colleen Meghan, Holly Arielle, Lauren Williams, Veronica Ann).
* After her team wins the bowling competition, in their victory speech, she jokingly thanks the other teams for being much worse than them.

**(7.7)**

* She’s one of eight veterans to fly to Oxnard, California, for the start of Dallas Cowboys training camp.
* Cassie has to replace Lauren in the pre-game performances due to Lauren’s injury (Cassie was initially sitting out for her knee).

**(7.8)**

* She gives the pep-talk to the team as they’re “circled up” before the Silver and Blue event.
* At the concert event, she suggests to Judy how they change the formations to fit everything on the stage.

**(7.9)**

* She introduces the DCC to the crowd at the Iberostar Resort in Mexico.

**(7.10)**

* Her knee injury keeps her out of the pregame.
* She’s revealed to be in the swimsuit calendar for December.

### **Season 10**

**(10.5)**

* She is one of the former DCC’s to walk the runway at the Belk fashion show.

### **Season 12**

**(12.4)**

* Participates in alumni workshop.
* Tells the TCC’s that she’s not a girl who can sit there and plaster a smile on her face all day. But she ended up being the one who could lay down the law. So, they shouldn’t be sad if they are not the perfect, smiley kind of girl.

**(12.13)**

* Shown in the audience at the annual DCC Meet the Team event

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## **Misc.**

* **Group Leader** in Seasons 6 and 7
* Is one of four (with Holly Arielle, Sunni Cranfill and Trisha Trevino) featured on the one-hour special **Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Brides.**