Meet Your Gladstone Coaches!

Coach Shelby

Shelby is the Head Coach of our High School program and the Vice President of Gladstone Youth Cheer. She is a Gladstone Cheer Alumni & has proudly been a Gladstone Cheer Coach for 11 years this year! Shelby has been an OCCA Coach of the Year Award Winner and received OSAA’s coaching excellence award this past 2023/2024 season! She has helped lead Gladstone to many state titles, multiple State Championships and four National Championships!

Coach Lorisa

Lorisa is an Assistant Coach for our High School program and the President of Gladstone Youth Cheer. She is a Gladstone Cheer Alumni & has proudly been a Gladstone Cheer Coach for 11 years this year! Lorisa has been an Assistant Coach of the Year finalist, four times and Won in 2024! She has led Gladstone to multiple state titles, multiple State Championships and four National Championships!

Coach Hannah

Hannah is our new Head Coach for our Juniors Team and a previous coach for our 1st-8th grade youth teams as well as an Assistant Coach of the High School. Hannah has 7 years cheerleading experience, Representing Gladstone all 7 years. She is a 4a Cheerleading State Champion on our 2019/2020 team and has competed on a National level in 2020.

Coach Chelsea

Chelsea is an Assistant Coach for our High School program as well as the Choreographer for Gladstone Youth Cheer. Last season was Chelsea’s first year with Gladstone. She has over 12 years of coaching experience in Oregon and Texas and has coached at some of the top All Star gyms in the Country as well as some of the Top High Schools in the State. She has helped lead Gladstone to their 5th consecutive state title this past season and two National Championships this year!

Coach Meg

Meg is the new Head Coach for our Varsity 2 High School Team. Meg is an OSU cheerleading Alumni and last season was her first year with Gladstone! Meg, has over 8 years of cheerleading experience in the state of Oregon and several years of past coaching experience. She began her coaching career in the All Star world while she cheered as a D1 athlete in College. She helped lead Gladstone to their 5th consecutive state title this past season and two National Championships this year!

Coach Hiram

Hiram is an Assistant Coach for Gladstone High Schools Varsity 2 Team. This is Hirams second season coaching with our program! Hiram is a Gladstone Cheerleading Alumni! He has 4 years cheerleading experience at a high school level. This past season, Hiram helped lead our Juniors team to their second consecutive OCCA Championship Title in the Game Day Division. He also helped Gladstone Juniors bring back a competitive team in the Traditional category this year. This was GYC’s first time competing in this category since before the Pandemic!

Fun Fact: Hiram was the first ever Male Athlete to win the 1-4a All State Championship in the state of Oregon back in Hirams 2017/2018 Senior season.

Coach Jos

Jos is an Assistant Coach of Gladstone Cheerleading’s High school Var 2 team. She has 3 years coaching experience with a speciality in coaching tumbling . Jos is a Gladstone Cheerleading Alumni and was a part of 2 different state championship teams!

Coach Lynn

Lynn is the Head Coach of Gladstone Cheerleading’s 2nd - 5th grade teams. She has 17 years of combined Cheerleading experience. Lynn grew up cheering 11 years in South Carolina. She has 1 year Assistant Coaching experience and 3 years Head Coaching experience. Lynn has played a pivotal role in the growth of our current youth program over the last 3 seasons and has led both our Junior’s and our Youth teams to our 1st place titles at OCCA Championships!

Coach Kaitlyn

Kaitlyn was previously an Assistant Coach for our High School program and is a current coach of our 2nd-5th grade youth team. Kaitlyn has 6 years gymnastics experience and 4 years of cheerleading experience, where she cheered in her home state of Nevada. Kaitlyn has 3 years of coaching where she helped Gladstone High School win a State Championship and a National Championship during our 2021-2022 undefeated season. She also helped lead her youth team to Gladstone’s first OCCA Championship this past season.

Coach Sasha

Sasha is an Assistant Coach for Gladstone Cheerleading’s 2nd - 5th grade youth team, K-2nd Mini’s Team, and the coach of Gladstone High schools first winter sideline basketball team. She has several years of Studio Dance and competitive Gymnastics experience. Last season was Sasha’s first year Assistant Coaching with Gladstone and she helped lead our youth team in their first OCCA Championship!

Coach Jordyn

Jordyn is an Assistant Coach for our 6th-8th grade Juniors team as well as a Gladstone High School cheerleading Alumni.   Jordyn has 3 years High School cheerleading experience  and 1 year of Coaching experience. Jordyn was a competitive cheerleader during her time at Gladstone and was part of our State Champion team in 2020 as well as the 2021 Covid outdoor competitive season. Jordyn competed at a National level in 2020 and helped lead her team as a coach this past season to Gladstone youths first OCCA Championship!

Coach Amanda

Amanda is the Assistant Coach of Gladstone Cheerleading’s K-2nd grade team. Amanda grew up cheering at Canby High School and has 10 years of combined cheerleading and coaching experience. This past season, Amanda helped lead our Juniors team to their second consecutive OCCA Championship Title in the Game Day Division. She also helped Gladstone Juniors bring back a competitive team in the Traditional category this year. This was GYC’s first time competing in this category since before the Pandemic!

Coach Melissa

Melissa is the New Head Coach of Gladstone Cheerleading’s Mini’s team. This will be Melissa’s third season coaching with our program. This past season, Melissa helped lead our Juniors team to their second consecutive OCCA Championship Title in the Game Day Division. She also helped Gladstone Juniors bring back a competitive team in the Traditional category this year. This was GYC’s first time competing in this category since before the Pandemic!

Coach Tori

Tori is a New Assistant Coach of Gladstone Cheerleading’s Juniors team. This will be Tori’s first season coaching with our program however she is been a member of our cheerleading community for the last 10+ years. Tori has a professional background in HR and communication. She is excited to use her perfessional skills to help our progam be bonded and connected like never before!

Coach Britney

Britney is a New Assistant Coach of Gladstone Cheerleading’s Juniors team. This will be Britney’s first season coaching with our program. Britney has several years coaching experience in other sports and is excited to put her expertise in coaching to the test while learning the ins and outs of Cheerleading!

Coach Abby

Abby is a New Assistant Coach of Gladstone Cheerleading’s Youth team. This will be Abby’s first season coaching with our program. Abby is a Gladstone Cheerleading Alumni! As well as a 3x State Champion and 4x National champion! She Cheered at Gladstone All 4 years of high school and began her cheerleading athletic career with us during the pandemic!

Coach Kara

Kara is a New Assistant Coach of Gladstone Cheerleading’s Youth team. This will be Kara’s first season coaching with our program. Kara has several years cheerleading experience and well as coaching experience in other sports! Kara is excited to use her skills in coaching to help lead us to another successful season!

Coach Kindra

Kindra is a new Assistant Coach of Gladstone Cheerleading’s mini’s team. This will be Kindra’s first season coaching with our program. Fun fact about Kindra is she also is a very talented photographer. Kindra is excited to use her skills in coaching to help lead us to another successful season and to capture every moment this for our program!