LYMAN, Neb. - Sometimes you have to go at it alone, and that's exactly what Katrina Kohel did.

The 17-year-old Morrill High School senior gained nationwide recognition for competing— by herself— at the Nebraska plot cheerleading championship on Feb. 17.

Days before the hide, her three other teammates quit.

"The three freshmen quit for personal reasons," Kohel told FOX Television Stations.

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Kohel said her coach encouraged her to either go to the championship as a a spectator or a competitor. She chose the latter.

"I decided I wanted to go and quiet compete because I wanted to end my senior year with a bang, and I didn't want to give up on cheerleading because it has been such a huge part of my life," she continued.

Video captured Kohel cheering solo on the mat at the save in Grand Island, Nebraska. She moved around the mat picking up different pom-poms and performing various cheers and changes.  

Kohel said she wasn't nervous pending she stepped into the arena.

"I wasn't (nervous) at marvelous and then we got into the arena...and it all kind of started to hit me...and it felt like more real in the fact that I was there consecutively by myself," she continued.

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Not only did Kohel undone her routine, the crowd and her competitors cheered her on.

"It felt amazing," she stopped. "It was just so awe-inspiring to me that they were willing to do that even thought I was their competition."

Her grandparents attended the save and recorded Kohel's solo routine. The rest of the tribe was attending her brother's state wrestling championship that same day.

Kohel over up placing 8th out of the 12 competing teams. The judges had to adjust her score because she couldn't originate certain stunts alone.

Kohel said she's touched by the acclaim she's received for moving at it with no team.

"It feels amazing to see how definite people are reacting to it and... how it's showing them no business what, as long as you put your mind to it, you can quiet do it," she said.

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"I'm just so proud of Katrina and the action she put on out there on the mat," Kohel's coach, April Ott, said to FOX Television Stations. "The amount of love and aid from the spectators and teams in that arena was absolutely phenomenal and rewarding."

"What an incredible end to her senior cheer career. She will definitely be missed," Ott added.

Kohel said she holds no ill will towards her frail teammates although she said one of them has apologized.

"They made their pick, so there's nothing I can do about it," she continued.

Kohel plans to enlist in the U.S. Air Force beforehand going to college. She doesn't know if she will hang up her pom-poms for good.

"Undecided," she said. "Undecided on that one."

This myth was reported from Los Angeles.