Meet Our Coaches
Emeritus Cheryl Osborn
Cheryl Osborn has been helping children have fun, develop poise and self-confidence and improve their fitness, flexibility and hand-eye coordination through the sport of baton twirling or more than 60 years. From the five-year-old who’s trying twirling for the first time, to the student with special needs, to the advanced...
Anna Osborn Dolan
Anna Osborn Dolan loves working with children and helping them have fun and discover the challenges and rewards of the sport of baton twirling. For more than 40 years, she has coached both recreational and competitive twirlers, including many who have won state, regional or national titles. Many of her...
Michelle Dawson
Michelle starting twirling at age 11 and has continued her love of twirling by becoming a coach and judge. She has more than 20 years of experience coaching competitive twirlers, pairs and teams. She has had several students qualify for the U.S. PreTrials and compete in the Semifinals and Finals...
Ashley Swope
Ashley Swope was born with a baton in her hand and has been twirling and dancing most of her life. She was a member of the Michelle Latimer Dance Company, the Osborn Twirlers, Colorado Twirls and the Karen Ogden Studios twirlers, based in Sulphur, Louisiana. She is an 11-time State...
Haley Lena
Haley has been twirling for 20 years and has competed at state, regional, and national competitions in individual and team events. She has placed in the Top 10 for her age and level multiple times individually and won first place with her pairs partner. Haley was the feature twirler at...
Madelaine Schmidt
Madelaine loves coaching because the sport of baton twirling provided her with many fabulous opportunities that she now gets to share with her students. Those experiences included traveling to national and regional competitions across the country and winning the gold medal in AAA PreTrials Pairs with Coach Haley, her Pairs...