Our qualified cheerleading staff has over 40 years combined cheer experience at the high school, college, and all-star levels! 

Kristin Jones kristin@gemstategymnastics.com

Head Coach and Cheer Director. Kristin has been involved in cheerleading for 17 years, and is in her fourth season at Gem State. She cheered for a total of 10 years. She began at the junior high school level, then on to the Varsity level at Lakeland High School in Rathdrum, Idaho. Kristin went on to cheer at the University of Idaho on the co-ed cheerleading squad. She also founded the cheer program, coached, and cheered for the Palouse Thunder, a semi-pro football organization based out of Moscow, Idaho. She has coached Varsity cheerleading at Moscow High School, Junior Varsity and Varsity cheerleading at Lakeland High School, and Varsity cheerleading at Capital High School. Kristin has her Bachelors of Science in Sport Science from the University of Idaho, and is USASF certified. She also has her Boise City childcare license, and is certified in Adult/Child/Infant CPR, and First Aid. Kristin has been married to Brett for 3 years, has a son named Landon, and two dogs.

Shawna O’Neil shawna@gemstategymnastics.com

Assistant Coach. Shawna has been involved in cheerleading for 8 years. She is currently a Cheerleading and Gymnastics coach at GSGA. She is beginning her third year coaching. Shawna started out at Gem State as a child in our gymnastics program. She later found an interest in cheerleading and joined the all-star squad at Gem State before moving on to cheer at Eagle High School. After 2 years of High school cheer, she then moved back to competitive cheer at Gem State. Shawna graduated from Eagle High School, and currently working full time. She is looking forward to starting college in the fall. Shawna is certified in Adult/Child/Infant CPR and First aid, and has her Boise City Child Care

Sophie Rumph

Sophie has been involved in cheerleading and gymnastics for 15 years. She began her cheerleading career at Lowell Scott Middle School, and at the same time did competitive all-star cheer with Idaho Cheer University. She cheered at Eagle High School her freshman year and then three years on the Varsity cheer squad for Centennial High School. Sophie just finished her third year cheerleading for Boise State University, where she was able to attend two Fiesta Bowls and win two National College Cheerleading titles. Sophie is a Marketing major with an interest in Public Relations and hopes to one day own her own business. She has over a year of coaching experience at the all-star level and has also staffed cheerleading camps around the West Coast. Sophie loves to dance and has choreographed competition routines for several schools around Idaho and Nevada. She feels very honored and excited to be a new addition to the Gem State family!