MEET OUR 2024 PEEWEE COACHES
HEAD COACH
Ann Koeppel
I have coached over 15 years! I love camping and watching my kids 4 -wheel and come back muddy. Soon the grandkids. My favorite parts of coaching are watching the girls make new friends, and the girls enjoying the sport of cheerleading by providing a fun, safe experience. Mostly, my favorite words “Coach Ann look I did it”! With the biggest smiles EVER!
ASSISTANT COACH
Nicole D'Hilly
This will be my second year coaching! I love our buffalo sports teams, mainly our buffalo bandits lacrosse team. And I also love spending time with my family and friends. My favorite part about coaching is when I see the girls making new friends and the girls having fun! When the girls achieve something and want to show me. I'm excited to be called out to enjoy their excitement!
ASSISTANT COACH
Bonnie Gardner
This year will be my 2nd year of coaching Peewee Cheer! My favorite part of coaching peewee is teaching the young ones the fundamentals of cheer and cheering along too! A fun fact about me is that I was born and raised in West Seneca and I was a cheerleader in West Seneca Little Loop when I was younger! Also I am 43 years old and can still do a split lol!
ASSISTANT COACH
Jillian Koeppel
I have been coaching for 6 years alongside
my mother Coach Ann! Cheerleading has been apart of my life for 26 years! My favorite thing about coaching is impacting young lives and make memories with them. I am a mother of three, where one is following the footsteps of her grandmother and I. I was a WSLL cheerleader right into high school where I cheered for two years. I am overly obsessed with Spider-Man, he is my all time favorite Marvel character/superhero. My favorite food is from my job “PODS” at Pizza Plant Canalside, YUM! I also love to dance and sing!
ASSISTANT COACH
Katie Leo
This is my second year coaching! Some of my favorite parts about coaching is getting to know all of our girls and watching them build friendships. I love seeing their confidence grow stronger after every practice, game, and competition! I love football season and the Buffalo Bills, outside of coaching you can find me camping, fishing, four wheeling or snuggling with my dogs: Simba & George.
JUNIOR COACH
Ava Fowler
This will be my second year coaching. My favorite thing about coaching is being able to work with other great coaches and having fun with the girls. My best friend, Claire is also a Junior Peewee coach. Some things about me, I am a sophomore at West Senior and I’m very involved. I do Indoor and Outdoor Track and field and am a high, triple and long jumper. I’ve also been playing viola at my school for about 7 years now!
JUNIOR COACH
Claire Poulsen
This will be my second year coaching! I am a freshman in high school at West Seneca East Senior. My favorite thing about coaching is getting to know the girls not just as athletes, but as people too. Before coaching, I cheered for WSLL and JV cheer in 7th and 8th grade. I also play softball for 3 separate teams and volleyball for my school. My best friend Ava, also coaches with me. I also have been playing the tuba with my school for the past 6 years and I am on the honor roll in school for my grades.
MEET OUR 2024 FRESHMAN COACHES
HEAD COACH
Jenny Willis
I have been coaching for 3 years now!
My favorite thing about coaching is watching the girls blossom! There is nothing better than watching them develop and grow their skills and confidence! I have a wonderful husband and 3 beautiful daughters. We love to travel and spend quality time. When we are not at a cheer competition, we are at a gymnastics meet. Our girls keep us busy and we wouldn't have it any other way!
ASSISTANT COACH
Amanda Verrastro
Coach
JUNIOR COACH
Kaylin Theurer
I’ve been helping coaching little loop for 3 years now! I’ve also been cheering for 10 years for WSLL and West High School. My favorite thing about coaching is teaching the girls new skills and cheers and watching them grow up as cheerleaders! I am an outgoing person that is willing to do anything to help my team or any other team that needs help. Fun fact is that I work at chick fila and love seeing the girls come in which makes me smile!
JUNIOR COACH
Maddie
This is my first year coaching and cheered for WSLL Varsity last season. I am looking forward to making memories and use the skills that I have learned to help coach the cheerleaders. I am a huge animal lover and I love being outside. I am excited to see what my first year of coaching has in store!
JUNIOR COACH
Aubrey Willis
This will be my second year coaching the WSLL Freshman team. I love to help the girls learn new skills! I go to WSW High School and have been cheering on Varsity for 3 years. I am also a level 7 competitive gymnast at Gymnastics Unlimited. For fun, I like to hang out with friends, swim and play with my little pup.
MEET OUR 2024 JV COACHES
HEAD COACH
Madison Godwin
I’ve been coaching for five years, but this will be my second as head coach! My favorite part of coaching is seeing the girls’ progress throughout the season. I love seeing the confidence in their skills become greater as well as their friendships with their teammates!
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ASSISTANT COACH
Heather Statler
I coached 3 years for Airlanes but took a break since 2015 and am ready to be back! My favorite thing about coaching is teaching the younger groups to love the sport as much as I do! One thing about me is that I love animals! I have 5 dogs, 3 cats, and a bearded dragon. Tacos are my favorite food, and I am quiet but once you get to know me I am outgoing!
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ASSISTANT COACH
Jennifer Statler
This is my first year back as a coach, seeing my nieces take the competition floor made want to come back to coaching! I started out as a coach for freshmen and then went on to coaching pee wees for almost 5 years. I always enjoyed working with kids and teaching them the fundamentals working as a team! I currently work as an medical assistant and am working towards becoming a nurse. My favorite thing to do is spend time my nieces and nephew, along with baking!
MEET OUR 2024 VARSITY COACHES
HEAD COACH
Carrie Helak
I have been coaching longer than I will say, I don’t want to age myself lol. However, I will say that I used to be a WSLL Cheerleader growing up, and continued to be a part of the organization when my daughter started cheering here! My favorite part of coaching is watching the girls learn about how a team works. I love watching them progress throughout the season. Fun fact about me is I have 2 kids and 3 dogs. I absolutely love my coaching team!
ASSISTANT COACH
Kaitlyn Schott
I have been coaching for the better part of 12 years now. I cheered for WSLL from the PeeWee level all the way to Varsity and continued to cheer in high school and college. Safe to say that cheer is in my blood lol! My favorite part about coaching is providing a safe and fun environment for my team and seeing their progression throughout the season. My main goal as a coach is to make a difference in at least one kid's life like some of my coaches did for me growing up. Fun fact about me is that I love music and art! I also have a beautiful rescue dog named Stella and two rescue leopard geckos!
ASSISTANT COACH
Molly Helak
This will be my second year coaching! I have cheered for WSLL and All Star Cheerleading for 10 years. My favorite thing about coaching is watching the kids' faces light up when we learn a cool new part of the routine or when they hit something that they couldn't hit before! I enjoy building relationships with the kids and being someone they can come to when they need some advice!
ASSISTANT COACH
Madi Pinski
I have been coaching for only 1 year so far, so this will be my second season! My favorite thing about coaching is helping my athletes get new tumbling skills! One important fact about me is that I was a cheerleader for 13 years! I am a nursing student at Daemen University, and my hair is two different colors!