UNT cheerleader warns young athletes about rare heart defect

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A routine checkup led to an eye-opening diagnosis of a rare heart defect for a University of North Texas cheerleader. It happened when 20-year-old Skyler Sanders was still a student at Hays High School.
For Sanders, cheerleading is life. She practices with her all-girls team three days a week. She also works with a university trainer which adds more hours to her weekly practice.
“I started cheering when I was about nine and ever since then I’ve just wanted to be