Valley Cheer has experienced coaches on staff to assist in your child’s cheerleading experience. All of our coaches were cheerleaders themselves for much of their lives and they understand not only the importance of teaching fundamentals but also the importance of building self esteem and confidence in our athletes! We are in the process of bringing in more coaching staff and those coaches will be added to our pages soon.
Tami Faraci- Coach Tami is the owner and a coach at Valley Cheer. Her cheer “career” started in Middle School in New York. She went on to make Varsity in the 9th grade and continued to cheer through college at SUNY Morrisville. In 2013 she was offered a coaching position at Silver Creek High School for the JV Football cheer team. After one season, she moved up to coaching for Varsity. In 2016, she was offered the job coaching the Varsity Competition team, as well as the football cheer team. She coached both for four years before moving to the West Coast. In her time as the Varsity competition coach her co-ed team was a regular at winning first place trophies, sectional patches, grand champion banners and also a Nationals Grand Champion award for the Hard Rockin’ Nationals in Cleveland. In 2019 Tami took on the position of chairperson for the CCAA Championship for Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties in New York. In 2021, she put her heart and experience to work and created Valley Cheer! Tami also spent one season coaching at Jenifer Middle School before concentrating on forming her own competitive team at Valley Cheer.
Bella Shomper- Coach Bella started her cheer career in 8th grade when she made her Varsity Cheer team. After two seasons on the team she was voted a captain by her peers for the Football cheer team and then in tenth grade for her Competition team. She held this title until she moved to the West Coast in her Senior Year. In addition her team also voted her as an MVP three times over year cheer career. She was chosen as flyer of the year for four straight seasons. Her love was being in the air – the higher she could fly , the happier she was! In 2018 she was chosen for a leadership award at NCA Camp. (National Cheerleader Association) She was also a two time All American Cheerleader nominee. She has also coached at the National Gymnastics Academy in Oregon. Bella coaches all levels at Valley and is also one of the main coaches for the All Star Team.
Vanesa Serna- Coach Vanesa has been coaching with Valley Cheer since September of 2022. She coaches n any class she is needed in but her specialty is Level 3 Tumbling. She cheered in high school, which included many kids clinics and has worked with kids grades pre-k to 8th. She held leadership positions within cheer and other sports she did and currently she attends school at Lewis-Clark. In addition to coaching classes at Valley Cheer, she is also our main coach for tumbling private lessons. Her specialty is working back handsprings and tucks. Vanesa also assisted with competition team in 2023.
Kadynce Scott- Coach Kadynce started her cheer career in 2018 with a program similar to Valley Cheer! She moved from Utah two years ago and is a high school student at Lewiston High School. She is now heading into her sixth season of cheer. She cheers on the Varsity Team for Lewiston High School. She has attended several college and competitive cheer clinics and camps as well as being named a 2022 UCA All American Cheerleader. She has competed with several different teams, accumulating 10 Grand Champion titles. Coach Kaydence is one of our coaches for our Fundamentals Program for ages 4-6 and an assistant for our Emeralds Game Day Class. She plans to attend Washington State University to study Kinesiology, specializing in Sports Medicine.
Bella Pritchett- Bella is a lifelong gymnast, and 5-year coach and cheerleader! Bella finished her cheer career as a Varsity Cheerleader for LHS. She joined Valley as a tumbling coach in March of 2024 after her cheer team took 3rd in the State! Bella works primarily Private Lessons and has been instrumental in helping athletes gain new skills.
Mia Faraci- Mia is a 9th grade student at Lewiston High School and she cheers for the Freshman/JV team. Mia started cheering in 4th grade for Core Athletix in NY, moving on to the Thurston cheer team in Eugene Oregon. Once she moved to Lewiston ID, she cheered for Jenifer MS where she was also named an All American Cheerleader by UCA. Mia is an assistant coach, helping out wherever necessary with the head coaches.