Rita Collura enters her fourth year as the head cheerleading advisor for Ohio Dominican University. Collura returned to the Ohio Dominican cheerleading squad in 2007 as an assistant coach and shortly thereafter moved into the head coaching role in that same season.

An ODU alumnus, Collura received her bachelor's degree in Biology with a minor in Chemistry in 2007. During her time at Ohio Dominican, she was extremely involved with a number of organization as well as being a member of the cheer squad for four years.

Collura came to ODU after graduating from Bishop Ready High School in 2003. She joined the cheerleading squad in the program's first year of existence in 2004, eventually working her way up to captain of the team her junior and senior seasons.

Collura is a nursing assistant at Banfield the Pet Hospital and resides in Columbus, Ohio.