Maryland Spirit Company/Baltimore Sharks Staff

Scott Springer

MSC President
Head Coach: Great White (Open)
Head Coach: Tiger Sharks (Seniors)

Originally from a small coal-mining town in Southwestern Pennsylvania, Scott Springer is new to the Baltimore area. Scott graduated from Dover Area High School in York County, PA, where he played football and threw discus and shotput for the track team. He was also a state silver medalist in judo, and he credits his judo background for his later success in cheerleading as a stunter.

Scott began cheerleading in 1990 when he attended Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY. He cheered for the Syracuse Orange Cheerleading program for five seasons, including one season as captain. He also cheered for the Syracuse Crunch, an AHL hockey franchise. After leaving Upstate New York and returning to Pennsylvania, he coached for a couple of high schools in Central PA before joining the staff at the Viper P.I.T. in Etters, PA. After seven successful years as a member of the Viper staff and as a member of their four-time National Champion Open squad Venom, Scott's primary career brought him to the Baltimore area.

Along with coaching cheerleading and running the Sharks program with his fiance Danielle Devlin, Scott is also heavily involved with other aspects of cheerleading. Scott is the co-owner and Vice President of Coastalsoft Corporation, a software company that writes software for the allstar cheerleading industry. He has also served as a presenter at the National Cheer Conference in Fayetteville, NC and is credited for having the first ever cheerleading website in 1995.

Danielle Devlin

Director of Class Programs
Head Coach: Bull Sharks (Juniors)

Danielle Devlin was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in central New Jersey. She started competitive gymnastics at the age of 6 and competed up through level 9. When Danielle got to high school they did not have a gymnastics team and she really wanted to do something for her school, so she found cheerleading.

Danielle cheered for 4 years of high school. She has been coaching gymnastics off and on for 17 years now. When she went to college, she had to put both sports on the back burner. After graduating college at Salisbury University, she began working at Eastern Tech High School in Baltimore County.

Danielle has been the varsity cheerleading coach at Eastern Tech for six years. She also coached the junior varsity team for one year. However, she missed cheerleading herself, so two years ago she found the Viper All-Stars in Etters, PA. Danielle competed for both the four-time national champion Viper Allstars Open squad Venom and the multi-national championship winning dance team Strike as well.

Tom Judy

Director of Allstar Cheer Program
Assistant Coach: Tiger Sharks

Tom Judy began cheerleading in his junior year at Parkville High School. In his senior year he was selected to be captain for the varsity team. He went on to be the first male cheerleader for Villa Julie College. During his four years cheering on a collegiate level, his senior year was captain and MVP for the team.

After college, Tom was asked to stay on board and coach Villa Julie’s Cheer team for the 2006-2007 season.

Tom coaches cheerleading for the Parkville Recreation Council; he has coached the 10-12 and 12-14 teams during the regular season. During the off season, Tom coached the competitive extended season group ages 14 and under. Throughout his years, his teams have placed with high regards, leading to the 2006-2007 extended seasons’ first national title.

Tom is currently the Assistant Coach for the Sharks Coed Senior team, a member of the Sharks Open team, Varsity Cheer Coach for Perry Hall High School and a professional cheerleader for the Baltimore Ravens.

Michael Garcia

Director of Allstar Dance Programs
Head Coach: Blue Sharks (Open Dance)

Michael Rufino Garcia was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. At a very young age, he expressed interest in dance which he had the opportunity to pursue fully in his teenage years. At 16, he had his first hip-hop dance team named VIRTUOSITY. In his college years at Hofstra University (Long Island, NY) he became more focused and trained in the art of dance by taking a minor in dance and also spending hours away from campus time studying part-time at Dance Space and Broadway Dance Center in New York City, NY. He has worked for numerous entertainment companies in NYC such as Heart 2 Heart and D.J.'s Unlimited and has appeared on MTV's Global Groove in the Spring of 2000.

After moving back to Baltimore in 2001, he has worked with middle and high school dance teams as a guest choreographer who have gone on to win state, national and divisional championships with UCA, NDA, UDA, ACDC and many more. He also choreographed for numerous colleges including Loyola College's dance team. In the summer of 2001, Mike had the distinct opportunity of working with legendary R&B singer Mya. He has also been a special guest instructor for the prestigous Dance Masters of America in November 2006 and has been a special guest instructor for Dance Studios in the Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Virginia areas.

Mike had spent 5 years teaching Hip Hop classes at Towson Dance Studio as well as an instructor, staff member, emcee and judge for Atlantic Cheer and Dance Championships, Pacific Cheer and Dance Championships and the Coastal Corporation.

Mike is also the founder, director and choreographer for FUSION Dance Team & FUSION X-TREME Dance Team (FX). Both teams are located in the Baltimore area and since February 2002, FX has won the 2005 & 2006 MD State Champions and the national championship for 2005 in the Open Hip Hop division. Performing in the Maryland, Virginia, Washington D.C, Delaware and Pennsylvania areas, FUSION prides itself in skill, dedication and respect for themselves and all members of the surrounding community.

Cassandra Irby

Assistant Coach: Tiger Sharks

Cassandra began cheering her freshman year at Aberdeen High School winning 3rd place in individual competition her senior year as captain. Ater high school, she joined the Villa Julie College cheerleading squad. During her four years cheering at the collegiate level, Cassandra choregraphed the majority of the team's dances, was captain her junior and senior years, and also picked up two MVP awards. Post-college she cheers and tumbles with the Baltimore Sharks on the Great White Open squad and also assists in coaching the Baltimore Sharks Tiger Sharks senior team.

Gabrielle Prestianni

Head Coach: Tiny Squad