Texas A&M Names 2025-26 Head Yell Leader
Kyler Fife, a junior communication major and native of Odessa, Texas, will lead the university's official spirit ambassadors.
Kyler Fife ’26
Junior communications major Kyler Fife has been named the Head Yell Leader for the 2025-26 academic year and will guide the four other Yell Leaders as they represent the spirit of Aggieland across campus, Texas and the United States.
“Being a Yell Leader is truly a position of service,” Fife said. “If you’re seeking it for anything other than that, then you’re not seeking it for the right reason. It is an incredible opportunity to be one of five students who are the most visible representations of the student body at Texas A&M. I will not take that for granted, nor will I take it lightly.”
Elected by the student body, Yell Leaders serve as the university’s official spirit ambassadors. They lead Aggie fans in yells during athletic and other university events. The Texas Aggie Yell Leaders represent the 12th Man at Aggie athletic events, serve as campus ambassadors to Texas A&M and Aggie Mothers’ Clubs across Texas and the U.S., and make appearances at campus-wide events for current, new and prospective students, former students, campus administrators, visitors and dignitaries. In all, Yell Leaders typically officially attend 350 to 400 events per year.
After the five Yell Leaders are elected by the student body in March, the Head Yell Leader is selected through an application process that includes a resumé review, an essay and an interview by a panel that includes the previous head Yell Leader.
A native of Odessa, Texas, Fife never really imagined attending Texas A&M as his father attended Texas Tech University and his mother went to Texas-Permian Basin.
“I went to my first Aggie football game in the fall of my senior year of high school,” said Fife. “I just thought that there was no place like Texas A&M. The 12th Man was awesome, and I’d never seen anything like it. I stayed with the corps and the whole nine yards. I drank the Kool-Aid and just knew I was going to be an Aggie.”
An Aggie, sure, but a Yell Leader?
“At that game, we were sitting right in front of a Yell Leader stand,” Fife recalled. “I remember thinking how cool it would be to be a Yell Leader, knowing that it would likely not happen. Those guys were having the time of their life, and I thank God I get to be here today.”
Additionally, Fife is a member of Squadron 5 in the Corps of Cadets and is a member of Maroon Coats. He has served on the Traditions Council for more than two years and was a Fish Camp Counselor.
“That was a blast,” Fife said, referencing being a Fish Camp Counselor.
Carrying on the traditions of Texas A&M while embracing new ideas to improve the Yell Leader Program will be a priority for Fife.
“I think Yell Leaders serve as the bridge from the traditions and culture of Texas A&M to our current student body and the world outside of Aggieland,” Fife said. “We will work hard to represent Texas A&M in everything we do, and we want the 12th Man to take pride in the way we represent them.”
