About Us

Mission Statement

FEA is an organization that prides itself in providing opportunities for athletes to flourish and reach their full potential. FEA seeks to provide opportunities to recognize and build upon each child's God given talents, within a safe and loving environment. FEA prides itself on cultivating athletes with life skills such as an awareness of the importance of health and cooperation, established through character development activities. FEA seeks to instill and foster these skills through an integration of athleticism and community awareness, shaping and molding our future leaders to act with tenacity, courage and poise in all that they set out to accomplish

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Liana Joyner

Founder and Cheer Director

Liana is the Founder and Director of Fierce Elite Athletics, LLC. as well as Cheer Director. Her High School cheer experience, love for the sport, and of investing in our youth has created her vision for FEA. Liana has an extensive coaching and director background, leading multiple teams to placing in the top 3 in the IRCA State Competition 2 years in a row. She also has been in the education field for the past 11 years teaching Pre-K up to 3rd grade. Liana's hope and dream is to see this program flourish by providing a safe and fun environment to build confidence in the youth in our community.

Nicole Veazey

CoFounder and Minis Head Coach

Nicole was a high school cheerleader and has over 10 years of coaching experience. She has a heart of gold and amazing ability to teach and mode very young athletes. In 2019 she took a kindergarten through 2nd grade team to the State Championship and came home with the first place title!

Angel Gordon

Media Specialist and Flare Head Coach

Angel has been coaching for 3 years coming up on her fourth season. During her coaching career, her teams have won 2nd place (2018) in the IRCA State competition and 1st place (2019). She enjoys being able to work with the youth and push them to their greatest potential. Angel attended Purdue Northwest where she modeled. Angel graduated from Purdue with her Master’s in Higher Education. She is a current member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated and owner of Cold Summer Cosmetics. Angel is the current Social Media Marketing Coordinator for Fierce Elite Athletics and has 2 daughters that are apart of the Fierce Family. Cheer is life for Angel and she loves being able to share this part of her life with the girls.

Stephanie Lyons

Financial Director and Flare Coach

ICA Regional Director

Stephanie’s love for cheer and dance began when she was 9 years old while cheering on her church’s cheer team and taking tap, ballet, and jazz dance classes. Stephanie was a cheerleader in grammar school and she also cheered in high school at Crete Monee. Stephanie attended Tennessee State University where she was a member of the TSU Tiger Gems pom squad and obtained her Bachelors degree in Business Administration. Stephanie holds an MBA in Business Administration and is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Stephanie has been a cheer coach for 5 years and is a proud cheer mom. Stephanie believes that the lessons learned in cheer can be applied throughout life and she’s excited to contribute to developing girls that become strong and confident leaders.

Erica Wiley

Fire Coach

Coach Erica is going into her 4th year as a coach. She started cheer at the age of 8 with the Richton Park Raiders and also cheered throughout middle school. She went on to cheer all 4 years at Rich Central High School. While attending a junior college,she was a traveling cheer instructor based in Pittsburgh for 2 years. She attended college at Robert Morris University on a cheer scholarship and received her Bachelors degree in Applied Health Science. Soon after graduating she started coaching with the Matteson Bears for 3 years, her teams have won 1st- 3rd place in the state championships. While volunteering with the Matteson Bears, she went back to instructing cheer at different schools around the city. She’s going into her 4th year of coaching with Fierce Elite Athletics and couldn’t be more excited for this new journey! Cheer is a big part of her life and she desires to share her passion and experience with others