The Davenport cheer team took part in the first-ever NAIA Cheer National Championship on March 10-11. The Panthers finished third out of 12 schools who qualified with a total of 80.97 points. On Friday, preliminary scores counted towards 25 percent of a team's overall score. Each team then performed Saturday in the finals where scores counted for 75 percent of the total score. The event took place on the campus of Oklahoma City University at Abe Lemons Arena. The host school won the championship with 87.08 points followed by Saint Francis (Ind.) at 82.93 points and then Davenport. Davenport was one of three Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference schools competing along with Concordia (5th, 74.11) and Lourdes (8th, 72.77).

Davenport was the only all-girl team to compete as all other teams were co-ed. The Panthers were also the only team to hit zero in the finals meaning that they had zero deductions in their routine. The team also accomplished what they did with an all-freshmen team. Today marked the first-ever National Championship in Competitive Cheer. The NAIA is the only collegiate athletics association to offer a national championship in the sport.