Sara Yawn.
Co-Head Coach
Biography:
Coach Yawn has been coaching at EDS since 2021. She is a native of Augusta and has enjoyed being a full-time mom to Lily Grace (6th) and Thomas (4th). She coached the basketball cheer squad last winter. She loved being a cheerleader at Riverside Middle School and Lakeside High School and is excited to help spread school spirit at EDS!
Biography:
Coach Burns, is an Augusta native and an EDS alumna! She attended Aquinas High School her freshman year then I transferred to Tallulah Falls School and was a cheerleader all 4 years. She attended Reinhardt College where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education and cheered for 2 years. She coached middle school Cheerleading at Augusta Christian for 2 years before joining the EDS faculty as a preschool assistant in 2018. She is married to a high school football coach and is an EDS parent of two boys.
Jennifer Taylor.
Assistant Coach
Biography:
Coach Taylor was born and raised in Augusta, Ga, and was a cheerleader at Augusta Christian School for all JV and Varsity years. She was selected as an NCA All-American Cheerleader 3 times and was runner-up for NCA Top All-American Cheerleader her junior year at ACS. She also played basketball, and tennis, and ran track throughout her junior high and high school years.
Coach Taylor and her daughter Genevieve Kommanivanh moved back to Augusta from Chicago in 2014 and Genevieve has attended EDS since the early 3’s. Genevieve is now in 8th grade and is thrilled to have Mom as her coach.
Coach Taylor loves EDS and is proud to be a part of the team of coaches while always keeping the Panther Spirit!