Employee Bio - The 
Family
Arthur Martinez
Coach Arthur is the owner and activities director of Twister Cheer Company. Arthur grew up in La Grange, Texas where he started his cheerleading career as a La Grange Leopard Cheerleader. After high school Arthur joined the prestigious National Cheerleaders Association Staff. He made the Trinity Valley Community College Cheerleading Squad and at that time they were 5 time NCA Collegiate National Champions. After TVCC, Arthur attended Navarro College and cheered for 3 years winning a collegiate national championship in 2000. That same year Arthur also won an NCA All Star Open National Championship with Spirit of Texas, the nation's leading company for competitive cheerleading. After Navarro, Arthur cheered at The University of Texas @ Austin fulfilling a lifelong dream for him. Unsatisfied with the cheer program @ UT, Arthur transferred to the University of North Texas in Denton. Arthur won his second collegiate national championship @ UNT in 2002. For his last year of college Arthur chose the University of Oklahoma Sooners. Along with the long list of college honors in cheerleading, Arthur also has judged for America's Best and is now judging for the prestigious companies, Cheer Power, Athletic Championships, Spirit Cheer and Pop Warner Cheer. Arthur is a member of the Varsity Spirit family and was a nationals coach/choreographer for Blinn College in Brenham, TX and is AACCA certified (American Association of Cheerleading Coaches & Administrators). Arthur has worked for some of the nations leading competitive cheerleading gyms including Cheer Station and Cougar Cheer Company. Along with his 18 years of cheer experience, Arthur has a life long passion for the sport of cheerleading and has instilled strong family values in his gym. Cheering for Coach Arthur is truly a life changing experience!
** TCC has a GREAT STAFF! **
Leah
Coach Leah's bio to come, stay tuned.
Krystyl
Coach Krystyl Koehler's bio to come soon.
Tim
Tim West's bio to come.
Shelly
Shelly is the Office Manager at Twister Cheer Company. Shelly has been a part of the Twister Cheer family since the gym opened in August of 2006. She served as the Secretary of the TCC Parents Association Booster Club for 2 years and remains today as a devoted member. Shelly brings to TCC over 18 years of office management and legal service experience. Shelly also has a daughter who is a member of TCC's level four team. twistercheerco@live.com
Alexa's bio coming soon.
Tami
Tami Cooper is the
Website Coordinator for
Twister Cheer Company. Tami and Arthur (TCC's owner) have been friends since they were children. Tami is usually described as a multi-tasker just short of being "SuperMom." In July 2008, Tami graduated college with a Bachelors Degree in Business Management with a concentration in Accounting. Not only was she a recent full time college student, she is a wife and mother of 3 beautiful little girls. She is a former freelance writer for Bastropia.com, she sold ads for the Texas Express, and was served two years as the president of the Spirit of Rosanky (the committee that hosts the 4th of July festival in Rosanky, TX each year). She did however direct the first ever Spirit of Rosanky Jubilee Queen & Princess pageant before resigning. She was the Sales and Service Manager at
Aaron's Sales and Lease in Bastrop but was promoted to the Customer Account Manager Plus at
Aaron's Sales and Lease in La Grange. Tami's hobbies are photography (
www.tcoopershots.com ) and writing short stories as well as spending as much "play time" with her daughters as humanly possible. Her daughters have been entering and winning beauty pageants and talent shows for the past few years but Tami has decided to quit the pageant world for awhile, her two oldest daughters were
Tiny Twisters and played softball but have recently taken a break from after school activities! tami@twistercheercompany.com
** the TCC staff **