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Staff

We are proud that many of our employees are our former athletes. If not then they are long time members of our staff.

 

Eric Will
Owner/Head Coach 

Eric started his coaching career with Baseball. He coached Little League for nearly 10 years while in Junior High and High School. After competing in gymnastics for John Muir, Pasadena City College and National Champions California State University Fullerton, Eric inherited the North Orange County YMCA while coaching Anaheim High School Men's gymnastics team. The YMCA sponsored the present facility for the first two years. Thereafter, Eric has taken over and been at the same site for 25+ years. Eric is also a part owner of Yorba Linda Gymnastics Academy. During his less than abundant free time, Eric enjoys Scuba diving, Kayaking, Surfing, Snowboarding, Biking, Movies, and most especially reading.

Sameera Ekanyake
Boys' Team Head Coach
Academy Teacher

Sameera is on a visa from Sri Lanka. He has competed in the World Championships and the Asian Games. He still trains and plans to compete in some upcoming invitationals. Sameera has discovered a passion for surfing and plays a little rugby on Sundays. To relax he loves to play guitar and sometimes performs in a band.

Macrae Wenger
Girls' Team Head Coach
Parent's Night Out Coordinator

Macrae started coaching while on team when Eric needed an extra coach for a rollie pollie class. Several years she worked one day a week between team practices, competing level 9 and winning several state titles. Promoted to team coach at age 17,  she is now going on a decade as team coach. Macrae is currently head coach of the compulsory team and beam and floor coach for level 7 and up. She loves coaching because it gives her the chance not only to help create strong athletes but also to train strong women that are self-motivated, hardworking and disciplined. Outside of the gym, Macrae enjoys quality time with her husband and newborn, snowboarding, creative writing and photography. She also graduate with a B.A. in English with an emphasis in creative writing.

Nicole Beauchamp
Compulsory Team Coach

Nicole is another Eric Will "Alum." She competed as a level 9, placing at Western Nationals, before retiring and returning to teach. After teaching classes for several years, she now works with the compulsory team. Nicole is currently finishing her last  semester at Whittier College with double French and English majors. In her limited free time, she likes to read, write, and go to the river. Nicole's father was one of Eric's first students on the NOC YMCA boys team.

Flaviana Sacarin
Academy Teacher

Flaviana is one of our busy academy teachers. She teaches the lower levels as well as many beginning level classes and is our main instructor for summer camp. Flavi is also a former team member. She competed up to level 6 for Eric Will Gymnastic Center but continued at another gym up to level 8.

Jessica Gray
Academy Teacher

Jessica is one of our newer coaches but has been involved in gymnastics for many years. A gymnast for a little over 7 years, competing up to level 8, Jessica later went on to cheer for 3 years at UCSD. While cheering, Jessica also studied communications and instructed gymnastics at UCSD. Aside from her career and part-time job as a coach Jessica enjoys dancing, running, reading but most of all chocolate.


Past Employees

  rebecca radu amanda van horn thomas rainey
  erin alba lisa albertson natalie ames
  brittnee anishanslin emily baker autumn bailey
  scott bennie angelique campbell tiffaney henry
  mireille beauchaine joanna burley garret busk
  allison brown crystal chavez michelle chin
  torrie clontz stephanie chavez cristin daraban
  jaclyn dewitt lauren cheh stephanie dong
  kristen damron vladimir dmitriyenko alexey dmitriyenko
  tara erdo alec figueroa tasmin finn
  amber franco troy forbis alan goss
  elianette guadarrama tara gough amanda harbaugh
  megan harrigan drew henderson michelle henderson
  eric henderson maria henderson katelyn hendrick
  larssa henry michelle honda ruth issler
  jennifer izumi megan jackson tiffany juterbock
  valerie jackson angel konicius barb kendall
  nicole knight akemi lee kami kitajami
  karla la verde emily lamirand kaylin macias
  krista manns karen maxwell amy mazon
  teresa mendez matt milatano linda miller
  samantha miller amy moritz susan morris
  melissa moyer kerry morris michelle myers
  josie obregon lydia ocampo ariel okamoto
  natalie oleinik rose marie paredes nicole peek
  adrienne pounds brttni plavala jacque prenger
  kelly probert christine ramirez danielle robetson
  tyler robertson valerie saito carie salas
  ruby sanford serena santos janessa sarver
  jenileigh sawatzke jamie schellin liz sutherland
  kevin straight daniel stolan lisa stephans
  andrea stronszki alexandra takeda sabrina tanamachi
  thomas kaitlyn heather thomas tony tang
  anney tate adam toulon rolando toulon
  joel wenger michelle wargo mark weidenhoeffer
  kristen weigandt brittney white erin wilson
  tom winnor melissa zapata chandra austin
  ahmed abdellatif willie avila hawley almstedt
  elisabeth klepp genna chapluk jennifer matthews
  jeff beal krista cosman nicole font
  heather davis stephanie richardson rick thompson
  walter zaluski jayson harmon heather armstrong
  sally takeda michelle choe cathy miller
  adam rawlin francine almstedt nicole arioso
  peter kranz kim murphy colleen ratanasurakarn
  marie ratanasurakarn mark ratanasurakarn david lawrence
  nicole hernandez doug wolfe sam shaw
  harold maghe ryan glen jeff glen
  tara parr karen ketchner albert garcia
  sam tribble margot bibler stacey bibler
  ronda black sharon barnett beverly harnden
  steve breines jim fountaine celeste fry(hamil)
  amiec eggert Tom Masuda tom pace
  tim klempnhauer jennette rafetto john sode
  sherri gilardi wayne ? ricki edem
  lynn hamiguchi lynn hill connie beam
  geoffrey chu Gary ? Fred ?
  dave hart joe rapp bill valaika
  taunia rogers ronnie barrios tim rogers
  mike schade kori smith laurel matthews
  natalie diaz tamara tangherlini jonathon grubb
  breanna mccready