Coach Cricket has been training since 2018 and received her purple belt from Professor Lakyn Bendle who is a black belt at Swamp Fox BJJ in Florence, SC. Cricket began her training at American Top Team – West Pines in Florida under Professor Wilson Gouveia and Professor Vince Werner. After moving to the Washington, D.C. area, Cricket joined Calvert MMA in Southern Maryland and began training under Professor Jim Thrift and Professor Seth Caron where she was an active coach in the kid’s program at Calvert MMA. Chad and Cricket are the owners of Red Fox Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and are very blessed to be leading all the programs at our academy.
Cricket is also an elementary school teacher with Florence One Schools and has been teaching for 14 years. Cricket has a Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education and a Master’s degree in Educational Technology.