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Gianna Kelly grew up in San Diego and started dancing at three. A former college dance captain, she has combined her Seahawks dance work with university student support.
In a February 2026 interview, Gianna Kelly recalled her first move away from San Diego to Seattle. Proud to represent her hometown, she remembered the teachers, coaches and mentors who shaped her.
Gianna Kelly grew up in San Diego, California, and appears as Gianna on the Seattle Seahawks Dancers' 2026 official roster. Her team profile describes her as a second-year member and lists the University of San Diego and USD Dance Team in her background.
She began dancing at three, and her high-school dance and cheer experience included football and basketball games. In a February 2026 Seattle University interview, she recalled four years on the USD dance team and serving as captain in her senior year. College dance combines brought her into contact with professional programs and led toward her Seahawks audition.
USD's 2024-25 dance roster lists Kelly as a senior and psychology major who attended Cathedral Catholic High School. Her campus activities included Kappa Alpha Theta and Alumni Relations. The profile also records a family connection to the university: her grandfather wrote the USD fight song.
In the Seattle University interview published on February 5, 2026, she was a first-year Seahawks Dancer and a testing center coordinator in the university's Disability Services office, supporting alternative testing accommodations. She described using planning and sleep to balance campus work with dance. Her current Seahawks profile lists her occupation as Student and Academic Student Success Coach. The University of San Diego is her college; Seattle University was her workplace at the time of the February interview.
Her Seahawks profile names Jaxon Smith-Njigba as her favorite player and Let Me Think About It as her pump-up song. Her favorite memory is celebrating the squad announcement at finals. In the Seattle University interview, she also recalled the sense of shared community at Lumen Field.
2026 media
Moving to Seattle
Her hometown and the mentors who shaped her.
Interviews and performances
From college dance to a professional audition
The February 5, 2026 Seattle University interview covers learning dance at three, senior-year captaincy and balancing campus work with dance.
A second year with the Seahawks
Her team profile introduces her second year, USD dance background and memory of celebrating the squad announcement at finals.
Psychology and dance at USD
Her 2024-25 dance profile records her senior year, psychology major and campus activities, plus the family story behind the USD fight song.
Career history
First-year Seahawks Dancer alongside campus work
Seattle University's February 5, 2026 interview introduced her as a first-year Seahawks Dancer and a testing center coordinator in Disability Services at that time.
2026 season: a second-year member
The Seahawks Dancers' official 2026 roster names Gianna. Her profile describes her as a second-year member and lists her occupation as Student and Academic Student Success Coach.
2024-25 academic year: senior dancer at USD
USD's 2024-25 roster lists her as a senior and psychology major. She told Seattle University that she spent four years on the dance team and captained it in her final year.
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