Snap! Raise Live: Champion Cheer Panel

- Building and Maintaining a Championship Program -

Snap! Raise hosts Champion Cheer Coaches Kendall Jones and Kelsey O’Connor to Snap! Raise LIVE Thursday 5/21 at 12 PM PT/ 3 PM ET.

On the recorded session below, we discuss how they have built their programs to a high level of repeated success.

We are pleased to be able to share this resource with you as part of Snap! Raise’s commitment to supporting cheerleading teams across the country.

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Kendall Jones

Head Coach, StRatford HS CheerLeading

Kelsey O'Connor

Head Coach, Montville Township HS CheerLeading

Coach Jones is a graduate of Texas State University where she earned her bachelor’s degree. She is a special education teacher at Stratford High School who sponsors two separate campus clubs supporting both homeless and projects for students with intellectual disabilities.

Coach Jones is an animal lover who continues to participate in Future Farmers of America events. Additionally, she has a 3-year old lab named Sadie.

Kendall is a proud Texan who supports all things Stratford, her alma mater Wimberly High School, and especially everything Houston. Coach Jones is a sports enthusiast who loves football, baseball and a multitude of other sports.

Stratford Cheer is recognized as a cheer powerhouse in the state of Texas. The Stratford Competitive Cheer team won their Division and they were level champions at the Jamz Cheer Palms and Pyramids competition in Long Beach, CA earlier this year.

The Stratford Cheer Snap! Raise campaign (currently active) has raised over $16,000 in its very first week. Coach Jones’s program routinely produces collegiate cheerleaders and she loves all of her athletes as if they were her own children!

First and foremost, Coach O’Connor is a proud mother of a newborn! Riley Breanna O’Connor was born on May 1st, 2020.

Coach O’Connor is a graduate of Kean University where she played collegiate softball and earned her Bachelors Degree in Health and Physical Education. She continued her education at Rowan University earning her Masters Degree in Special Education.

Coach O’Connor is entering her 7th year of coaching cheerleading and softball at Montville Township High School for the 2020-2021 seasons. Where she is also a Health and Physical Education teacher

Her squad is coming off back to back undefeated competition cheerleading seasons. Montville Cheer earned two national titles this season at the Spirit Unlimited “Battle at the Boardwalk“ National Championships (Atlantic City, NJ) and American Cheer and Dance Academy “Reach the Beach” National Championships (Ocean City, MD).

Coach O’Connor has instilled a culture of competitiveness, regular commitment, and excellence for her Montville Township HS Cheer squad.