Cheerleading Not A Sport? Don't Tell That to These Former Ralliers

Never one to shy away from attention, President Reagan served as a cheerleader for Eureka College in Illinois during the basketball season when he wasn't playing for the football team. (AP)

Before he was the leader of the free world, George W. Bush led Massachusetts' Phillips Academy with some cheers in supports of the academy's sports teams. (AP)

While an injury prematurely ended his football career at West Point Academy, President Eisenhower didn't give up on the team as he cheered them on from the sidelines. (AP)

As a Harvard man, the 32nd President witnessed the beginnings of the storied football rivalry against Yale cheering on the Crimson from the sidelines. (AP)

Before being a first runner-up in the 1986 Miss USA Pageant and winning an Academy Award, Halle Berry was a cheerleader for Bedford High School in Ohio. (AP)

While Reese Witherspoon attended the all-girls Harpeth Hall School in Tennessee, she cheered on for the teams at the all-boys Montgomery Bell Academy. (AP)

Before becoming a prolific television producers, with such hits as 'Beverly Hills 90210,' 'The Love Boat' and 'Charlie's Angels,' Aaron Spelling was a member of the Southern Methodist University cheerleading squad. (AP)

Before being sworn in as the 107th justice to the United States Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a member of the cheerleading squad for James Madison High School in New York. (AP)

Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott was also a cheerleader while he attended Ole Miss. (AP)

Prior to getting into modeling and acting, Cameron Diaz regaled crowds at Long Beach Polytechnic High School in California as a member of the cheerleading team. (AP)

Prior to filming over eighty films as one of Hollywood's main leading men, James "Jimmy" Stewart led the Princeton cheerleading squad as the head cheerleader. (AP)

Funnyman Steve Martin entertained crowds at Rancho Alamitos High School in California as a cheerleader where he originated the 'King Tut' dance that he would use later on as a comedian.  (AP)

Clearly undaunted by being in front of crowds, Evening News anchor Katie Couric was a member of the cheerleading team at Yorktown High School in Virginia. (AP)

Shocking as it may be, the actor who portrayed Shaft in the 2000 remake was once a cheerleader for Morehouse College. (AP)

The material girl was once a cheerleader and straight-A student for Rochester Adams High School in Michigan. (AP)

As one of the most famous leading ladies in Hollywood, Meryl Streep was once a cheerleader and homecoming queen at Bernards High School in New Jersey. (AP)

The apple doesn't fall to far from the tree in the Douglas family. Before following his father Kirk as an actor, Michael Douglas also followed in his father's footsteps by becoming a cheerleader. (AP)

Entertainer Paula Abdul made the seamless transition from head cheerleader for Van Nuys High School in California to cheering for the Los Angeles Lakers before hitting it big as a singer and dancer. (AP)