C.E. "Big House" Gaines Hall of Fame
NeSheila Washington was Co-Captain of the junior varsity team in 1998 and Captain of the Varsity cheer team in 2001. She was named an All-CIAA Cheerleader in 2001 and was Miss Varsity Cheerleader. She earned her bachelor's in biology with a minor in chemistry and psychology. In 2021, she was named the Head Cheerleading Coach after previously serving as the Junior varsity coach in 2002. She was the WSSU Cheer Alumni Chapter (CAC) president from 2013-2021 and is the project/program coordinator at Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC, a position she has held since 2014. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, and was a 2017 WSSU Forty under 40 Alumni Award honoree. She led the WSSU Powerhouse Cheerleaders to performances on the REAL talk show, and organized the WSSU Powerhouse Cheerleader's appearance in the Ciara JUMP music video and on the Today Show.
