Even with nowhere to practice on campus, the team became popular immediately, with a photograph of the Strutters included in Mobil Oil’s 1962 calendar.

[6] The Strutters have a strong and active alumni group[7] of over 3,000 who network well, assisting each other in personal and professional endeavors.

On September 8, 2012, the $2.5 million Linda Gregg Fields Strutters Gallery in the North Side Endzone Complex at Bobcat Stadium was opened.

[8] Founder Barbara Guinn Tidwell (September 27, 1935 - May 30, 2022) served as director and choreographer from the team's creation in the fall of 1960 to her retirement in the spring of 1997.

The School President, Dr. Jack Flowers, said he wasn’t looking for a history teacher but someone with dance expertise who could create a team to keep fans in their seats at halftime.

Not all high schools in Texas had a dance team in 1960, so most of the original 300 young women who auditioned for the very first Strutter line were novices, with hardly any background in precision dance/drill.

Angell-Gonzalez is recognized by her peers as an authority in the field of precision dance, and she is the President and CEO of Susan Angell Enterprises Inc.,[11] which includes ShowMakers of America®.

[18] The Strutters' Spectacular is the team's annual spring show-off, consisting of a variety of dances and styles, including guest performances and videos of the year.

The event is usually the team's last performance of the year, concluding with a traditional high-kick routine in the Strutter field uniform.

The Jazz Elite is a group of highly technically skilled dancers who often perform the more difficult parts within a team routine.

The Strutters Pom Squad is a group with high enthusiasm and energy, and are some of the most physically fit members of the team.

Texas State University did not integrate the school until 1963, and the team was predominantly white for the first 29 years of its existence.

Other university students often state that the extensive list of rules takes away the identity and expression of the individual.