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 |