North Carolina Wesleyan College Men's Track And Field

Tonia Grimsley is in her fourth season at the helm of the Battling Bishop's cheer program Since the summer of 2018, Grimsley has been the All-Star Cheer Director at Hunter's Competitive Cheer. From 2014-2016, Tonia was the head Cheer Coach at Southwest Edgecombe and led the team to a national championship. Tonia was also the Cheer Coach at the East Carolina Cheer and Tumbling School in Greenville where she helped lead multiple teams to national championships and coached athletes from ages 4-15. For three straight years, she led the spirit program to a third place finish in the gameday division at NCA Nationals in Daytona, Florida.  Tonia graduated from ECU in 2016 with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science. She plans on receiving her Master of Business Administration from UNC-Pembroke in May of 2022 as well.

De'Nasia Pitchford is beginning her fifth year as the Head Dance Coach at North Carolina Wesleyan after being hired in the summer of 2021. A native of Rocky Mount, De'Nasia is a 2016 graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Exercise and Sports Science and a minor in Sports Administration. While there, Pitchford led the Carolina Football & Basketball Cheer programs' special events from 2012-2016. De'Nasia then received her Master of Science Degree in Education: Sports Administration from the University of Miami in 2017. Most recently, De'Nasia was a Promotions Assistant with the Durham Bulls baseball team. During her time with the Bulls, she assisted the on-field operation with all pregame festivities as well as supervised the Wool E. Bull mascot for fan engagement for the past four years. She has also been the Head Cheer Coach at Nash Central High School in Rocky Mount since the summer of 2017 and the Dance Instructor at the Elite Dance Studio since 2015. While at Nash, De'Nasia led the team to a 3rd place finish in the State Championship Small Varsity Non-Tumble Division and also numerous runner-up finishes in competition.