JENNY phillips
HEAD VARSITY COACH

This is Mrs. Phillips' third year as the head varsity basketball cheerleading coach.  She is also the varisty football squad coach this year.   Although Mrs. Phillips' taught math at St. Pius for two years, she continues to stay at home with her son this year. It is her fifth year coaching cheerleading.

Mrs. Phillips graduated form Duluth High School in 1997. After graduation, she attended Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina, where she majored in mathematics and minored in Chemistry and Computer Science while cheering. She received her secondary certification from North Georgia College and State University and her M.Ed. from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Mrs. Phillips is married and has a son, Hudson, who is one year old.

Alison bruckert
ASSISTANT VARSITY COACH

Alison Bruckert joins the cheerleading coaching staff as the Assistant Coach to the Varsity Basketball squad.  While this is her first year coaching at St. Pius, Ms. Bruckert coached the J.V. Football Cheerleading squad at Winder-Barrow High School for the past two years.  A 2001 SPX alum, Alison was also a member of the cheerleading program when she attended high school.  Ms. Bruckert currently teaches Psychology, Sociology, and World History in the Social Studies Department.

Ms. Bruckert attended Vanderbilt University for B.S. degrees in K-8 Education and Child Developmental Studies. She continued her schooling at The University of Georgia, where she obtained her M. Ed. in Social Science Education and Gifted Education.   For the past two years, Ms. Bruckert taught third grade at Holsenbeck Elementary in Winder, GA.  She is actively involved in the Athens community as the Recruitment Advisor for Alpha Omicron Pi sorority at the University of Georgia, but is excited about having recently moved to Atlanta for her new teaching and coaching position.

aMANDA MAHONEY
JUNIOR VARSITY COACH

Amanda Mahoney is returning for her fourth season as JV Basketball Cheer Coach.  A SPX alum of 2003, Amanda coaches the SPX JV Volleyball team, and is also a SPX Track assistant.  Amanda is currently working towards her BA  in English with certification in Secondary Education at University of West Georgia. 

     In addition to her coaching at St. Pius, Amanda works at the Chiropractic Clinic of Snellville and coaches Club volleyball at the Tsunami Volleyball Club.  During her time at St. Pius, Amanda was a member of the volleyball, basketball and track programs.  Amanda played one year of college volleyball at University of West GA and is happy to be assisting with the Cheer program at SPX!

MARIA BATRES
HEAD CHEERLEADING COACH

Ms. Batres is in her 6th year as head coach of the St. Pius cheerleading program and in her 12th year of coaching.  This year she is coaching the Varsity competition squad. Ms. Batres teaches in the Social Studies Department and is currently attending law school at Georgia State University.