Elyse Brown
- Owner
- Program Director
- Head Cheer Coach
Elyse has been coaching cheerleading since August of 2002. She has coached the East Lansing Seminoles Football Team, the East Lansing Jr. Trojans Football Team where she was also Program Director, East Lansing Youth Cheer where she coached the 7-8th Grade Team and was Program Director, assisted with the MacDonald Middle School cheer program, and helped out previous coaches with East Lansing Freshman & JV, as well as Williamston Varsity. She has hosted/co-hosted three competitions and set-up numerous fundraising events. Elyse is also on the planning board for Cheer for Charity. Elyse graduated from East Lansing High School in 2003 where she cheered for three years, two on the varsity team. Elyse is the Varsity Cheerleading Coach at East Lansing High School as well as the Head Cheer Coach for the Okemos Community Education Program's Chieftain Stars Rec Team. She is also a member of the USASF. Elyse is pursuing her degree with a double major in Child Development and Business, with a focus on Coaching. Elyse is also a sales representative for Xtreme Spirit Competition Company. Elyse is USASF Credentialed 1-4.
Johnathan Evans
Paige Thornton
- Tumbling Director
- Asst. Cheer Coach
Coach Paige is a student at MSU where she is the vice president for the MSU All Girl Cheer Club. Paige has many years of experience spotting standing and running tumbling, as well as tumbling and cheering herself! She brings a positive, hard work ethic to MMAS!
Autumn Watson
- Cheer Coach: Hearts
- Asst. Tumbling Coach
- Coach with MMAS since 2010
Autumn was a Varsity Cheerleader at East Lansing High School where she maintained a 3.9 GPA and participates in numerous extra-curricular activities, both academic and social. She has helped coach the Mt. Zion Eages Cheer Team through her church. Autumn has been cheering for 9 years and has also danced. She was a part of our cheer teams here at MMAS since we opened, as well as participated one season on our hip hop team. Under Autumn's coaching, Hearts won Nationals, International Regionals, and Internationals in 2011. Autumn is USASF Credentialed.