From when the football team played in leather helmets to when the basketball team played games at Washington Junior High and even to when the school had a different name — Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State College.
Not only was Brunson one of TSU’s first cheerleaders, but she also shares a birthday with the school’s alumni association, which began in 1915, three years after the school opened.
That’s right, the alumni association is celebrating its 100th birthday with this weekend’s homecoming festivities, and Brunson, a native of Mt. Pleasant who celebrated her 100th birthday in March, is a big part of it.
Decked out in her cheerleading outfit, she joined many of the school’s other cheerleading alumni and shook her pompoms Friday at a pep rally at Hale Stadium in advance of Saturday’s football game against Eastern Illinois at Nissan Stadium.
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