Cheerleading

Coach Nina Hindman

Head Coach

Coach Nina graduated from Butler High School, where she cheered on both their sideline and competitive teams and was a 4-year Varsity letter winner. Nina was captain of the Butler Cheer team her senior year and won a PIAA State Championship in 2016 in the Small All Girl 3A Division. 

Nina then went on to attend the University of Delaware, where she was a member and captain of the cheerleading team, competing at the Division 1 level all four years in both co-ed and all-girl. During this time, she was fortunate enough to win four consecutive UCA Gameday National Titles and place 3rd in All Girl Traditional twice.  Coach Nina was also a UCA staff member for two of those years where she taught cheer and passed on her love of this sport. She graduated in 2022 with a degree in Operations Management. 

Outside of cheer, Nina works full time as a Regional Manager for Techtronic Industries. She started her career with TTI as an intern in 2021, since then she has held 3 different roles. Currently, she runs a team of 15 individuals across the Pittsburgh area. 

Nina started coaching at PR for the Middle School Sideline cheer team. She became program Manager and Varsity Cheer Head Coach in 2023. 

The PR Cheer Program is one of legacy and is growing each and every season. Our Mission: To create an atmosphere of family, passion, and accountability. To develop student athletes into respectful and dedicated young adults. To instill a winning culture into everything we do. To be ambassadors for the Pine Richland School District and all of Pine Richland Athletics.

We offer sideline cheerleading at the Middle School, JV, and Varsity level. We also have competitive cheerleading for both our high school and middle school! 

Our Varsity Competition team represents Pine-Richland on both the state and national stages. This year we will be entering the highly anticipated Gameday Division! 

We are looking forward to a FANTASTIC season! Go Rams!! 

Cameron Fazio

Varsity First Assistant (Competition)

Coach Cameron graduated from North Allegheny High School where she was a varsity sideline and competitive cheerleader all 4 years. Cameron then went to Duquesne University to receive her bachelor's degree in early childhood education. She now is working towards her masters in reading and a reading specialist certification at Slippery Rock University, while also working in an elementary school. This is Coach Cameron's first year as a cheerleading coach at Pine Richland. She will be the Middle School Competition Head Coach as well as a Varsity Sideline Assistant Coach.

Alyssia Mazzanti

Varsity Second Assistant

Alyssia started her cheerleading career in elementary school and began All-start competitive cheer in middle school. She cheered for her high school sideline team for all 4 years, in addition to a year of high school competitive cheer as well. During college, Alyssia was a member of the Robert Morris University cheerleading team as a sideline cheerleader and as a competitive cheerleader representing RMU at NCAA nationals. She has also been a tryout judge for a nearby high school for the past 3 years.

Aside from cheerleading, Alyssia was involved in many clubs and activities during her 4 years at Robert Morris University. She graduated in 2022 with two bachelor's degrees, Financial Planning and Accounting. She currently works in Cranberry Township for EHD Insurance and is looking forward to advancing in her career within Commercial Insurance.

This season is Alyssia's third year coaching at Pine Richland. She began as the Junior Varsity coach and transitioned into a Varsity coach last year. This year she is excited to continue coaching the Varsity athletes while also having the opportunity to coach the Traditional and Gameday Competition teams as well.

Morgan Rutan

JV Cheer

Coach Morgan is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and graduated from North Allegheny High School in 2017. She was on the Varsity Sideline and Competition team there as well as Captain of her team her senior year.

Morgan then went to Bowling Green State University (BGSU) to be a member of the cheerleading team there. Morgan has also been a member of UCA staff and Judge for the last 6 years. While in college Morgan also coached a middle school, high school varsity, and varsity cheerleading competition team.

Outside of work morgan is a huge fan of running as well as cooking! She has run multiple half marathons within the last few years and has a goal to run the next full Pittsburgh marathon. Also she has been vegetarian for the last 7 years so has taught herself how to cook many different meals and tends to have a lot of dinner parties.

Morgan started with Pine Richland 2 years ago, and cant wait for this upcoming season! She is going to be coaching Junior Varsity Sideline as well as both Competition Teams!

Maria Sidoni

8th Grade Coach

Born and raised in Greensburg, Maria started cheerleading at the youth level within the Hempfield Area School District. She continued to cheer throughout middle school and high school. 

Maria attended Duquesne University to pursue nursing and graduated in 2003 with her bachelor’s degree. While at Duquesne, Maria cheered year round, was a sister of the Delta Zeta sorority, and a sweetheart of the Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity. 

Upon graduation, Maria started her nursing career as a bedside nurse in the Pediatric ICU at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. After six years of pediatric experience, she transitioned to adult ICU at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. She decided to continue her education at the University of Pittsburgh in the Family Nurse Practitioner program.  Graduating in 2011 with a master’s degree, she began working in aesthetic medicine. She is currently working as a certified noninvasive injector with Aestique Plastic Surgery & Medispa.

Maria has a passion for health and fitness and is also the proud owner and instructs fitness at Pure Barre Wexford. She resides in Gibsonia with her husband and two children. She has coached our middle school squad since 2023.