“I told my dad the day before tryouts at dinner, I was like ‘Hey, I’m trying out for the Astros, I’m auditioning.’ He was like, ‘What? For the team?’”Īlthough Byars made the decision to audition for the Shooting Stars only a week before the tryouts in 2017, she has stuck with it for four years now and says her work brings her unmatched feelings of excitement and fulfillment. “I was going to Blinn at the time and I actually told my friends from Sealy, ‘Hey let’s go to the World Series Parade.’ I went, and I was like wait, I kind of want to do that,” explained Byars. Now, four years later, she’ll be on the field eliciting noise to cheer on the Astros in the 2021 World Series. “I was more concerned with being in the stands and watching the game than participating.”Īlthough she had given up cheering in high school, the San Felipe native’s passion for stirring up excitement in crowds was reignited when she attended the 2017 World Series Parade. After I cheered, I realized that I kind of enjoyed the dancing more than cheering,” said Byars.
“I cheered only one year when I was in Sealy and I only made the team because there weren’t enough girls that tried out. While she did have a brief stint as an SHS cheerleader, Byars preferred enjoying the Friday night games from the bleachers. I went for the ice cream in the baseball helmet and just the experience, but now I’m so invested,” said Byars. So, I knew about baseball but I was just a kid. “Growing up, my dad actually took me to Astros games when we were in our old-school jerseys the black, red and white. For the Sealy High School graduate, her unlikely career at the ballpark began with a passion for baseball that she developed as a kid. Dancing atop the dugouts in Minute Maid Park, Ashley Byars is a proud representative of Austin County in her fourth season as a Houston Astros Shooting Star.
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