Alex Martin Csiernik

Alex is the Head Coach & Cheerleading Director. She is also the Head Cheerleading Coach at IUPUI. Prior to, she was a Head Coach at Hamilton Southeastern High School for two years, winning the 2019 Varsity A State Championship. As an athlete, Alex first cheered at Greenwood High School and Speed Athletics. She cheered for four years at Indiana University on the Crimson All Girl Squad, winning the first two UCA College National Championship titles in school history in 2012 and 2013. After completing her degree in Secondary English Education, she became an Assistant Cheerleading Coach at IU. She assisted the team in winning two additional national titles, in 2014 and 2016. Alex was also a UCA Staff member working with athletes across the midwest at the middle school and high school levels for several years. Since starting Radiance in 2020, Alex has led the program to multiple International and National competition victories. In the program's first year of existence, JPAC Radiance's International Open Level 7 Team won a Bronze Globe at The Cheerleading Worlds. JPAC is one of 131 programs in the world who have won a Globe at The Cheerleading Worlds.

Alex has four years of high school coaching experience as well as eight years of collegiate coaching experience at the D1 and D1A levels. Most recently, in her first year as a head coach at IUPUI, she took the team to an 8th place finish in the Open All Girl Game Day division for the program's first time competing at the competition since 2020. In her first year as an Assistant Coach at IUPUI, Alex choreographed and led the Jaguars to an 8th place finish in the Open All Girl Traditional division. Prior to her joining the program, IUPUI cheerleading had never reached the finals in the Game Day or Traditional division.

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Paige Maroska

Prior to coaching at Radiance, she was an assistant coach for Eastern Hancock High School for two years. In those two years the team earned two Varsity D State titles, 3rd place at state in the Varsity Timeout Division, and three conference titles. As an athlete, Paige was a gymnast for 10 years before becoming a cheerleader. She first cheered at Force All Stars and later moved to Speed Athletics. While at Speed Athletics, Paige competed at The Cheerleading Worlds in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014. Paige went on to cheer for the University of Louisville All Girl. She earned a NCA National Championship in 2015 with Louisville Small Coed. Paige also cheered for Gymtyme Platinum during her freshman year of college. Paige earned an 8th place finish at the 2015 Cheerleading Worlds in the Medium Coed division with Gymtyme Platinum. While in school she studied Marketing as well as Criminal Justice. Finishing her career as an athlete, Paige cheered at Midwest Cheer Elite. She competed at the 2016 Cheerleading Worlds with Midwest Cheer Elite Black Diamonds. During this time Paige was also preparing to attend the Central Indiana Fire Academy. Paige has been an integral part in the development and growth of the program. Since being a part of starting the program in 2020, Paige has helped the program to multiple International and National competition victories.

Currently, Paige is a Career Firefighter for the Wayne Township Fire Department on the west side of Indianapolis. She is in her 8th year of her career. Paige also has a sheep farm, as well as a husband, Josh, and three beautiful daughters, Aubrey, Julia and DJ.

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