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MVAA Cheerleading provides an opportunity for children to learn the proper techniques of cheerleading. We offer an atmosphere where children can learn sportsmanship, positive social skills, good citizenship and an appreciation for sports. Our program presents a positive environment where your children are not only learning, they are having fun do so. MVAA's cheerleaders, parents, volunteers, coaches and other programs work together to ensure MVAA Cheerleading reaches its highest potential. Combined, the coaches of MVAA Cheer bring over 50 years of experience to this program. Understanding that this sport is constantly evolving, they regularly attend seminars, workshops and clinics to stay updated on emerging trends, skills and techniques. These coaches truly have a passion, dedication and respect for this sport and love every second of it!
Director
Kelly Delauter
kelly@mvaasports.com
Fall Season
August thru November
Registration opens May 3
Competition
October thru May
Overview
Inferno & PHOENIX Merge to Create Magic!
This year, MVAA Cheer was planning to host 4 teams, however, we ended up with 3- Sparks (u8, level 1), igKNIGHTed (u12 level 2), and Inferno (u18, level 3). Due to injuries, Phoenix did not have enough healthy athletes to make a level 4 team. After much conversation, with all involved, the team decided to merge with the Inferno team, then u14 level 3.
The beginning of the season brought a lot of changes and adjustments due to this merger, but the team quickly got into a groove and have been on a roll since! Inferno, has won many times this year! They had a clean sweep at Reach the Beach winning their division, level, and having the highest score of the competition! This score would be the second highest in MVAA history! Another big win came less than a week later at Coastal at the Capitol, when Inferno again won their division and had the highest score!
Inferno has tons strength and talent! When they take the mat, everyone stops to watch!
igKNIGHTed Lights It Up at RTB!
igKNIGHTed, our level 2 team made their second appearance at Reach the Beach this year. After day 1, they were in second place by quit a deficit. They needed to have a perfect performance on day 2 to be in the running. The girls wanted to prove they too, could have back to back wins, so they went out gave it their all! After a wonderful performance, nerves still ran high, they were announced first during the awards ceremony and everyone went crazy for these young athletes!
The best kind of win is a come back win! A huge Congrats to igKNIGHTed for their back to back win in Ocean City. IgKNIGHTed continues to grow this season and has multiple wins under their belt.
It Starts with a Spark!
Sparks in in their third season and has a few new faces. They are u8, level 1 and have 11 girls on the team. This team has more competition than any other team in our program. They are considerably younger than other teams in their division as well; however, each week, they go out and make us so proud. They competed against 5 teams at Reach the Beach and finished second! Another week, they went again 13 teams and came in 6 th ! We could not be more proud of these little ladies! They will make their first trip to US Finals this May and we could not be more excited!
Fall Cheer
The fall rec program cheers for MVAA football teams ranging from K-8th grade and is in season from August to mid-November. This portion of the cheer program is home to nearly 100 cheerleaders! Sideline cheering is treated much like competition and athletes are expected to work hard, learn good sportsmanship, and gain proper technique. MVAA cheerleaders and coaches are proud this portion of the program takes sideline cheering to a new level of excellence!
Due to our coachs’ level of knowledge, and the athletes’ dedication to the sport, teams are able to perform at collegiate levels, year after year. Each coach focuses on teaching proper and age appropriate techniques. MVAA cheerleaders "WOW" Middletown fans as well as competitors every week. They know and understand the game of football and keep the crowd involved. The fall season allows teams to be more creative and change routines each week.
During the fall the MVAA Cheer program participates in community events including Middletown's Heritage Days, where they have won the Judges Choice Award multiple times and are always a crowd favorite! All coaches are able to provide a safe environment and truly focus on teaching the proper and age appropriate techniques.
Level | Grade |
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Flag | Kindergarten |
Mini Pony | 1st/2nd Grade |
Pony | 3rd/4th Grade |
JV | 5th/6th Grade |
Varsity | 7th/8th Grade |
"The goal is to always have fun while learning new skills."
Coaching Staff
Kelly Delauter
Kelly Delauter has been involved with the MVAA program for over 25 years and was a cheerleader for Middletown High School. Her coaching career started as a pony coach in the early 90’s and she has coached at every level, including recreational cheer and competition. She left the MVAA when her daughter left for college and after a 5 year break she returned as the Director for the second time. She oversees all happenings in the rec and competitive programs.
Kelly is proud of the fact that her teams are so involved in community services events – including local celebrations, Heritage Days, Halloween’s Trunk or Treat, and church activities. Kelly has run a successful program that includes consistent growth in numbers and skills, returning coaches, and strong parent relationships. She focuses on the program having a family feel.
As Director of such a great program, Kelly is proud of everyone’s hard work, dedication, and commitment to excellence. Not only are the fall programs very strong and impressive, the competitive program continues to bring home First Place trophies, National Championships, have been ranked first in the US in 2011, 2015, 2021 and 2022.
In Kelly’s years as Director, she has helped well over 40 cheerleaders reach All American status! This number continues to grow each year as she has helped to instill a level of perfection in their craft.
Kelly would like to thank everyone involved with the MVAA cheer program for sharing the same vision- dedication to growing this program and nurturing young athletes.
Emily Delauter
Emily Delauter is the Assistant Director to the MVAA Cheer program and has been coaching since 2005. She is the Varsity Cheerleading head coach and coaches the MVAA’s competitive U18 team, Phoenix. During competition season, Emily also oversees and assists with other competitive teams in the program.
Emily participated in the MVAA as a cheerleader and a soccer player. In 1993, at 9 years old, she was named as the youngest All American Cheerleader, a title she still holds. For this honor she cheered at the Hula Bowl in Hawaii. In 8th grade she was part of the Friendship Tour; a Frederick County All Star Team that performed in Disney World. Emily went on to cheer and play soccer in high school. She cheered for two years at Frostburg State University.
Emily has an extensive knowledge of cheerleading and a high level of dedication to the MVAA. Her creativity of stunting and cheerleading has allowed her team to perform at a collegiate level, year after year. Emily has helped bring home several 1st Place Trophies, Grand Championships, National Rankings, and 6 total (4 for her team) US FINALS First Place National Championships!
Emily was the Director of Public Relations for the Middletown Valley Athletic Association from 2012-2021. In 2022, she became the Vice President of the MVAA. She is also the Director of Communications/Events for the Middletown High School Sports Club. She spends an immense amount of time throughout the year, working with athletes. She teaches tumbling, stunt clinics, fitness classes, and hosts private lessons, all to ensure MVAA cheerleaders are getting the tools they need to reach their goals.
Emily is thankful to work with people who are so passionate about cheerleading! It is inspiring to see a program grow by leaps and bound year after year. The MVAA cheerleaders, coaches, and parents all work together to consistently reach new levels of excellence.
Meagan Lear-Hoffmaster
Meagan Lear-Hoffmaster is a competition coach for MVAA Cheer. She began her coaching career as a high school coach with MVAA for several years, then after college she coached the JV team at MHS for two years and in 2017 she began coaching with igKNIGHTed.
Meagan is a Middletown native and her passion for cheerleading began in the second grade when she started with the MVAA program and continued to cheer for Football and Basketball until graduating from MHS in 2006. In 6th grade, Meagan joined Middletown's recreation competition team, Middletown Cheer Club where she competed at the rec level for two seasons and at the age of 13, she made Frederick County's All-Star competition team, the Galaxy All-Stars where she competed at the All-Star level for five more seasons. Meagan attended Shepherd University where she cheered at the collegiate level for another two years.
Meagan has received several titles throughout her career including; All-American Cheerleader twice from the Universal Cheerleading Association, and National Spirit Leader from the National Cheerleaders Association.
Cheerleading will always be one of Meagan's greatest passions, and she loves educating and instructing young cheerleaders. Every year she looks forward to watching these young athletes grow and become stronger, more talented, and passionate about the sport. Meagan coaches igKNIGHTed and shared in their 2021 and 2022 US FINALS Championships!
Kristy Lumley
Kristy Lumley was excited to join the MVAA coaching staff in 2017. Together, she and sister Kari Wolf, coached the mini pony team for 2 seasons. In the winter of 2017, Kristy stepped into the head coaching role of MVAA U10’s competition cheer team, igKNIGHTed. In the fall of 2018, Kristy moved again, into the position of Pony head coach.
Since her first season with igKNIGHTed, Kristy has grown as a coach and her passion for cheerleading has come alive again. Kristy started cheering in early middle school for the MVAA football program and continued to cheer in high school at MHS.
Kristy has done an outstanding job of balancing hard work and fun for any team she is working with. She knows the MVAA cheerleading program has a strong reputation and she is committed to making sure her teams are meeting their goals.
She gives many hours outside of the season to ensure her athletes are growing and staying fit. She enjoys coaching both recreation and competition cheer because she can create strong relationships with the girls. She loves watching them grow as athletes and teaches character counts along the way.
Kristy hopes to continue to grow as a coach and be a mentor to everyone she coaches. Kristy is proud to be one of the coaches of igKNIGHTed and loved that she and the athletes were able to share their US FINALS Championships together in 2021 and 2022! In 2023, Kristy moved with her team to Level 3, and is now one of the coaches of Inferno.
Kari Wolfe
Kari Wolfe started coaching in the MVAA in 2017 and has spent most of her time as MVAA’s Mini Pony Coach. Kari and her assistant coaches provide an age-appropriate, friendly environment. Kari has a unique way of mixing fun and work which helps to add up to a successful season.
She began cheering in 2001 and cheered throughout Middle and High School in Middletown. Kari has also served as an Assistant Coach for MVAA’s U10 competition team, igKNIGHTed in 2018. In 2023, Kari decided to come back to competition cheer and rejoined the igKNIGHTed coaching staff.
Kari enjoys the outdoors, animals, and farming with her family.
Kari's goals are to perfect motions and cheers while building stunt knowledge. Kari understands mini pony is the first true stepping-stone to MVAA Cheerleading and knows how important it is to have athletes enjoy the sport and want to return for the next season. She works to instill a love and passion for Cheer in all new and returning cheerleaders.
Amy Triesler
Amy Triesler first joined the MVAA Cheer family in 2017 as a parent, when her oldest daughter became of member of MVAA's Senior team, Phoenix. In 2019, she became a coach for MVAA and was able to bring together athletes from Frederick County (mostly Middletown and Oakdale) to create team Inferno. Amy has coached fall cheerleading for Oakdale since 2014. In 2015, Amy helped the Oakdale program make the transition from sideline only cheering to now competiting. In a short five years, her teams were able to bring home multiple wins and 2 Grand Championships.
Amy grew up cheering for LOUYAA and cheered at Linganore High School, where she was named All American all four years. She helped lead her team to many wins and championships which allowed them to compete in Disney World 3 years in a row.
Amy has two daughters and both compete for Middletown. She enjoys being able to spend the extra time with them and happy they share her same passion. Amy is very creative and has a wealth of knowledge when it comes to cheerleading. She holds her teams to a high standard of excellence. Because of this, Inferno was able to come together and win at their first two competitions. Amy looks forward to spending many more years with MVAA Cheerleading and sharing her love for the sport with athletes all over Frederick County.
Carley Myers
Carley is the flag coach for MVAA recreational cheer program. She is also the coach of Sparks for competition season. Carley joined the MVAA cheer coaching staff in 2020. Her focus has been to give young athletes confidence. She enjoys teaching basics of cheer to ensure they have the foundation to grow into strong cheerleaders.
Coaching the younger athletes when they are new to the program is very important; that coach needs to make sure the kids love it and want to return. Carley’s role as the flag coach is essential for the cheer program’s growth and future.
Carley cheered for 10 years on both rec and competitive teams. She graduated from Brunswick High School in 2019 but has always been a huge supporter of Middletown.
Carley is looking forward to many more years with the MVAA cheer program. She hopes to increase her coaching abilities and maintain great relationships with the girls.
Kaitlyn Ausherman
Kaitlyn started coaching with MVAA in 2019 as a high school coach for Mini Pony and starting in 2023 will be the head coach for the Mini Pony team. In 2022, she was also asked to help coach the U10 competitive team, igKNIGHTed. Kaitlyn loves teaching and watching her cheerleaders learn, grow and master new skills all while also having fun!
Kaitlyn has been cheering since Kindergarten where she started on the MVAA Flag team. She cheered with MVAA through 8th grade and then cheered four years of Varsity on the Middletown High School squad. In addition to sideline cheerleading, Kaitlyn has also had several seasons as a competitive cheerleader with MVAA.
In her free time, Kaitlyn enjoys being a volunteer firefighter and Emergency Medical Responder as well as spending time with her friends and traveling.
Kaitlyn strives to teach cheerleaders proper techniques and safety. Her goal is to build a solid knowledge base for cheerleaders as they continue their cheer journey. Kaitlyn loves everything about sharing her love and knowledge of the sport with anyone who wants to learn and grow.
Hailey Cordero
Hailey started coaching with MVAA in fall of 2022 as a coach for flag cheer. In the same season, Hailey started coaching Sparks, and worked to create stronger athletes at a younger age group. She loves getting to teach and show cheerleaders what cheer is all about in their early years!
Hailey grew up dancing for 10 years, playing lacrosse for 10 years, and cheering for 4 years. Throughout this time Hailey achieved multiple letterman and varsity awards.
When Hailey isn’t at cheer, she is working as a cosmetologist in Frederick. In her free time she enjoys, going on walks, cooking, and hanging out with her cheer friends and family.
As a cheer leading coach, Hailey hopes to help athletes know the importance and value of what being a cheerleader is. Along with striving to create a strong and positive team environment. While Hailey did not grow up in MVAA sports, she hopes to continue coaching and help the program grow.
Megan Harper
Megan Harper joined MVAA Competition Cheer in 2019 to coach Team Inferno. Since then, she has coached Inferno and Phoenix.
Megan is a lifetime Frederick County resident. She cheered at Frederick High School all four years.
Megan started coaching cheer in 2014 for LOUYAA Oakdale Cheer and was the cheer commissioner in 2019 to 2022. She continues to coach for LOUYAA Oakdale fall cheer program. Megan loves helping to bring cheer programs from around the county together to create award winning squads.
When she is not coaching cheer, you can catch her teaching ZUMBA around Frederick County.
Bag Bingo
Our 10th annual bag bingo was a huge success! We want to thank everyone that participated, sponsored, donated, and/or worked the event. We are so fortunate to have such generous and dedicated community members and local businesses. We plan to host a “Spirit’s Bingo” later this year. Please follow our bingo page on Facebook for more information and dates!
Thank You Sponsors!
SkyHop • Landis Family • Manner Family • Don & Kelly Delauter • Emily Delauter • P & P Enterprises • Raines Family • Frederick Mustang Club • Little Creek Farm