Conal Fagan Irish-Born College American Football Cheerleader 2018-2020

NCAA Division 1 FBS Independents 2018-19

WLPFPA
Notre Dame Fighting Irish121408237
Army Black Knights112426230
Brigham Young Cougars76354278
Liberty Flames66399442
Massachusetts Minutemen48394515
New Mexico State Aggies39303496
NCAA Division 1 FBS Independents Standings 2018-19 [Ref: 2]
DateHome TeamAway Team
Cotton Bowl
29.12.2018Clemson Tigers30Notre Dame Fighting Irish3
NCAA Division 1 FBS Independents Bowl Games 2018-19 [Ref: 3]

NCAA Division 1 FBS Independents 2019-20

WLPFPA
Notre Dame Fighting Irish112478233
Liberty Flames85427365
Brigham Young Cougars76370331
Army Black Knights58370299
New Mexico State Aggies210260492
Massachusetts Minutemen111237632
NCAA Division 1 FBS Independents Standings 2019-20 [Ref: 4]
DateHome TeamAway Team
Camping World Bowl
28.12.2019Notre Dame Fighting Irish33Iowa State Cyclones9
NCAA Division 1 FBS Independents Bowl Games 2019-20 [Ref: 5]

Report

Conal Fagan was born in Derry, and excelled at soccer. Two teenagers from his school, st. Columb’s in Derry had gone to study in the USA before him, so he was inspired by them to look into it, and got a scholarship from the Sutton Trust, which helps young people from low and middle income families to apply to colleges in America.

Conal chose Notre Dame, the famous Irish Catholic College in South Bend, Indiana, near Chicago, where he started studying Political Science and Peace Studies. His College roommates thought it would hilarious if a real Irishman was a Notre Dame Fighting Irish Leprechaun, the mascot of the College Football team. He tried out and got on the cheerleading squad.

After playing Soccer in his first year he then concentrated on the Cheerleading Leprechaun Mascot Role as well as his studies, training four times a week and lifting weights twice a week. He learned backflips and his role would have been as part of a team whose job is to get the fans to cheer on the team. He will be continuing the role in the 2020-21 season.

Notre Dame finished with a 12-1 Wins-Losses record in 2018-19, only losing to Clemson Tigers in the prestigious Cotton Bowl, and in 2019-20, they went 11-2, triumphing 33-9 in the Camping World Bowl against Iowa State Cyclones, so the Cheerleading squad can’t have let the team down.

Conal Fagan in the Notre Dame Dressing Room with the other Fighting Irish Leprechauns. [Ref: 6]

References

Websites

[1] English, Jimmy (2019) The Fighting Irishman [Internet] Available from: https://gaelicgridiron.com/2019/04/29/the-fighting-irishman/ [Accessed 19 June 2020]

[2] NCAA (2019) Sandings FBS [All Conferences] [Internet] Available from: https://www.ncaa.com/standings/football/fbs [Accessed 12 February 2019][Year no Longer Available at Address – Available at the wayback Machine Internet] Archive at: Accessed 11 July 2020]

[3] NCAA (2019) 2018-19 College football bowl schedule, scores, TV listings, matchup information [Internet] Available from: https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2019-01-07/2018-19-college-football-bowl-schedule-scores-tv-listings-matchup [Accessed 12 February 2019]

[4] NCAA (2020) Sandings FBS [All Conferences] [Internet] Available from: https://www.ncaa.com/standings/football/fbs [Accessed 11 July 2020]

[5] NCAA (2019) 2019-20 College football bowl schedule, scores, TV listings, matchup information [Internet] Available from: https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2020-01-14/2019-20-college-football-bowl-schedule-dates-times-tv-channels [Accessed 12 February 2019]

Images

[6] English, Jimmy (2019) cfagan4 [Internet] Available from: https://gaelicgridironcom.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/cfagan4.jpg [Accessed 11 July 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Sean Patrick Fagan, Jimmy English, Todd Zboyan, and Tim Leadingham

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 11 July 2020

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