Going into their next season, the university dance team will face one of the greatest challenges in its history, replacing half of the dancers and all three captains.
The task of finding three captains that are capable of guiding a team and providing a comfortable, healthy environment is something the Appalachian State Elite Dance Team goes through at the end of every season, but now the team is losing seven out of the 15 dancers from this past season.
Three of the seven departing members include senior captains Alaina Brown, Courtney Dancy and Alyson Grant, who led the team for the last two years and were the first trio of captains in recent history to remain in their positions for two years consecutively.