Meet The Coaches

Kati started cheering at a very young age. She facilitated collaborations between the cheer team and dance teams in her high school days and went on to cheer at the University of Wisconsin – River Falls. She coached the East Ridge High School Fall dance team program in 2018 and 2019 where she was integral in growing the program from a one group team of 15 dancers, to two teams totaling more than 70 dancers. During her coaching at ERHS, Kati fought for her teams to have more performance time and in her second season of coaching achieved that goal with the groups dancing pregame and halftime at home football games, doing basketball game appearances, and having both Junior Varsity and Varsity teams perform during pep rallies. Kati also assisted in the performance of the student-loved “partner” dance where the fall athletes paired up with the Varsity dancers to perform at the Homecoming pep rally. Kati works full time at a local patent law firm. She has two beautiful girls, Ava and Mya, a loving husband, Jeff, a cat, Noelle,  and the best dog Charlie. When Kati isn’t working or coaching, you can find her out on the trails training for her next marathon. 

Kati looks forward to joining the Stillwater Chevals family. Shimmer shimmer...

My name is Fiona Stahl, and I’m excited to be the new Assistant Coach for the Stillwater Chevals. I’m a Stillwater alum and made so many wonderful memories during my time on the Chevals Dance Team. At the University of Minnesota Duluth, I served as secretary of the Attitudes Dance Association, a group that welcomed dancers of all levels. Currently, I continue dancing at Larkin Dance Studio as part of the Larkin Ladies line. I’m looking forward to building connections with the dancers, creating new memories, and sharing my love of dance!

Madison’s dance education encompasses diverse training with various recreational studios, companies, and competitive teams.  Her foundational skills in styles such as tap, jazz, and ballet were first developed at her local studio, St. Croix Valley Dance Academy, in her hometown of Baldwin, WI.  At the age of 13, she branched out into taking classes and performing with The Phipps Center for the Arts in Hudson, WI, where she trained with a more theatrical and technical approach.  She also participated in their dance theater company for a number of years, and now continues her ballet practice and instructs contemporary and adaptive classes at the non profit organization.  To expand her knowledge of dance and technical skills even further, Madison later studied at Momentum Dance Project, a studio located in Eagan, MN, focusing primarily on proper modern and ballet technique.  Throughout her dance education, Madison has become familiar with various styles of dance performance.  Her first year at St. Catherine University, she extended that familiarity to collegiate dance team pom.  She learned how to supplement her in-studio rehearsing with strength and stability training, allowing her to progress as a dancer and athlete.

Lynsey Davis began her dance training at the age of four at Woodbury Dance Center. She started competing at age five as a "Ruby" and continued through high school, ultimately graduating from their "Topaz" line. During high school, Lynsey participated in the Woodbury High School dance team, where she was captain for her senior year. She then went on to dance at the collegiate level for the University of Lincoln-Nebraska for two years before transferring to the University of Iowa where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Human Physiology. Lynsey has taught and choreographed for dance studios such as Pure Movement Dance Institute, Woodbury Dance Center, DelMonico Dance, and Momentum Dance Project for the past 15 years. Her coaching extends further by coaching high school dance teams such as Woodbury High School's fall team in 2011 and choreographing duet routines for a few Hudson High School's dance team students in 2017 and 2018. She was head coach of the East Ridge High School Fall dance team program in 2018 and 2019, alongside Chevals head coach Kati Cheney. Lynsey works full time and lives with her husband, Brian, and two young boys, Charlie and Cameron. 

McKenzie grew up dancing and found her home studio to be Woodbury Dance Center. She's taken classes in ballet, tap, jazz, pom, lyrical, and improv. McKenzie has been coaching at Stillwater since 2021 and began teaching at Woodbury Dance Center in 2022. She strives to teach her dancers strong technique and artistic ability in a positive and welcoming environment. Outside of dance, McKenzie works as a special education paraprofessional after graduating from the University of Wisconsin - River Falls in 2024.

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Taylor began dancing at age 2 and went on to spend six years on East Ridge High School's Fall & Winter dance teams, and seven years as a member of the Woodbury Dance Center Hip-Hop Competition team. Taylor is going into her fourth year coaching - two years at Park High School and two years at Woodbury High School. She is currently a dance instructor at Dominion Dance Company in Minneapolis. When Taylor isn't dancing she is studying at the University of Minnesota pursuing a degree in Psychology.