Prestonwood Christian Academy's Pom Squad is a dance team that performs at football games, halftimes, pep rallies, and other various school functions. The girls on the Pom Squad learn many genres to perform throughout the season, such as jazz, hip-hop, jazz funk, and pom. They participate in contests, competitions, and performances, and have taken home many awards for their outstanding work. In addition to their own performances, the students on the Pom Squad also have the opportunity to mentor girls in second through fourth grade through the Pommies Program.
Emily is originally from Arizona, where she began dancing at the age of three. She was a competitive gymnast for six years, earning state and regional titles, before transitioning to competitive dance at the age of 11. Trained in classical ballet, pointe, jazz, contemporary, tap, and hip hop, she has a love and appreciation for all styles of dance. Emily moved to Conway, Arkansas in high school, where she was a member of the Conway High Dance Team for four years, receiving All-State Honors her sophomore, junior, and senior years. Emily had the opportunity to choreograph performances for her high school since freshman year and continued working with the team as a choreographer after graduation. She was also a member of the competitive and pre-professional companies at her studio, Rock City Dance Center, where she won numerous dance scholarships, group national titles, and solo national titles.
She then attended the University of Arkansas and graduated in May 2022 with a degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders and minors in Medical Humanities and Human Development and Family Sciences. She was a 4-year member of the Razorback Pom Squad, receiving various awards, including All-SEC Spirit Team, Dick Trammel Community Service Award, and Jean Nail Razorback Award for Outstanding Service and Dedication to Arkansas Spirit Squads. Since her freshman year, she had the honor of choreographing halftime routines and sidelines dances to perform at Razorback football, basketball, and baseball games. She was a First-Ranked Senior Scholar of her college and was one of 71 students chosen as a Senior of Significance of the University of Arkansas.
After graduation, she married her college sweetheart, Ryan, and moved to Flower Mound, Texas. She continues her love for performing at the professional level as a dancer for the Dallas Mavericks and teaches dance at a faith-based dance studio, Footlights in Flower Mound. Her main passions in life are faith, the art of dance, and encouraging the next generation to use their gifts to glorify the Lord and she is so excited to combine these passions to serve the PCA community as the new Pom Coach.
Kris is the Speech and Debate Team Coach at PCA. She has extensive experience coaching for Universal Cheerleaders Association, where she was head instructor and Southwest Regional Manager, coaching at UCA camps across the country. She was the head coach for the Houston Baptist University Cheerleaders for two years and has coached for various high school cheerleading teams. She also was Owner and Head coach for Cheer Time Cheer & Dance competitive dance and cheer gym in Granbury, Texas for five years, earning multiple awards at local, state, and national competitions.
