Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Sign 6 Rookies to Squad for Next Season

The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders will see six new members lace up the squad’s iconic boots next season.

In a celebratory post made via Instagram on Thursday, July 17, the team introduced the rookies: Brenley Herrera, Maddy Unger, Jenna Waller, Morgan Perschy, Parker Kilpatrick and Faith Ward. 

The newbies were welcomed to the team by Charly Barby, who joined the team last year. 

“OUR TEAM 🥹🩷,” Barby wrote. “6 perfect hardworking amazing & dedicated DCC ROOKIES!!!!!! So incredibly deserving. What an amazing summer & an even better season to start!!!! A night everyone will remember forever. I couldn’t love this team more if I tried ⭐️.”

Herrera, a former cheerleader at Texas Tech University, celebrated the news on social media. 

“I’m still at a complete loss for words,” she wrote via Instagram on Thursday. “But i’m so honored and excited to announce that i’m officially a DALLAS COWBOYS CHEERLEADER!!!!!! ⭐️ this journey couldn’t have happened the way it did without the most incredible people in my life.”

She added, “This is truly such an amazing honor and I want to thank the Cowboys Organization for giving me this life changing opportunity. I now get to cheer for AMERICAS TEAM!!!!! This Texas girls heart just might explode. 🥺.”

Unger, a former cheerleader at the University of Nebraska, said she was “overwhelmed with gratitude & SO excited” to announce the news in a post via Instagram on Thursday. 

Waller was a cheerleader at the University of Oklahoma who graduated in April 2024. 

Perschy was on the cheerleading team and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Arizona State University in May. 

Kilpatrick was a cheerleader at the University of Texas and was a member of the Dallas Cowboys Rhythm & Blue team — the first and only co-ed dance crew and drumline in the NFL — last season. 

Faith, a dancer with more than 200,000 followers on TikTok, is the first New Zealand native to be named a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader. 

“This journey has been incredibly challenging, both physically and mentally, but I wouldn’t change a thing!” she shared via Instagram on Monday. “I’ve been pushed in ways I never imagined, I’ve learned and grown so much already. I’m excited to see where this wild ride takes me! I feel so privileged to stand alongside not only the most talented dancers but also some of the most amazing women I’ve ever met.”

Thanks to the cheerleaders who came before them, the new members of the team will be rewarded financially like never before.

During the season two finale of Netflix’s America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, it was revealed that they received a “400 percent” salary increase.