Gym Owner
Patti Lee
HOMETOWN: Cherokee, IA.
WORK: Owner/Manager as of January 2018
EDUCATION: AA Grandview College and BA Drake University
CAREER PLANS: Turning the reins over for the business side and then JUST coach and enjoy the growth in each gymnast at Ruby.
EXPERIENCE: Gymnast for 10 Yrs. Coached for over 49 Yrs. Approx. 9Yrs. Judging, up to L9.
BEST PART: Watching our gems progress thru skills & levels: setting and reaching their goals while building character. Watching to see them develop through the life lessons learned in this sport.
Coaches
Dustin Lee
HOMETOWN: Cedar Falls, IA
COACHING: All Men’s & Women’s JO levels, Elite Development Team Coach
EDUCATION: Kirkwood Community College,
CAREER PLANS: To get to USA Development Team
EXPERIENCE: Coaching for 14 Years. Certified Women’s Development Coach, Junior Olympics Coach, Women’s National Team Coach, Men’s Development Coach, Gymnastics Clinician for High-Performance Levels. Clinician for Private Clubs and Hamline University Gym Camp & High-Performance Camp.
BEST PART OF COACHING: Breaking any skills down to where anyone can get them!
Destiny Claus-Davis
HOMETOWN: Waterloo
COACHING LEVELS: Women’s Xcel Team
EDUCATION: Currently Finishing My BSN (Bachelor of Nursing)
CAREER PLANS: Operating Room Nurse & Eventually Go Back For My DNP.
BEST PART OF COACHING: Building Connections With All Of My Girls & Watching Them Progress Through The Season
EXPERIENCE IN GYMNASTICS: 11 Years, Ending In Level 9.
Cece Conlin
HOMETOWN: Cedar Falls
COACHING LEVELS: Rec All Levels
EDUCATION: Sophmore College - UNI
CAREER PLANS: Nursing
BEST PART OF COACHING: Seeing Kids Smile When They Learn A New Skill & Have Fun!
EXPERIENCE IN GYMNASTICS: Level 10 Competitive Gymnasts, 2 Time Regional Qualifier - 8 & 9
Vault State Champ Level 9
Sofia Puls
Hometown: Cedar Falls, Iowa
Coaching Levels: Sapphire, Tanzanite, Topaz, Day Camp
Education: Did Gymnastics for More Than 5 Years on Ruby’s Gymnastics Competition Team!
Career Plans: I Don’t Know Yet
Best Part of Coaching: Helping Kids!
Experience In Gymnastics: Got Up To Level 6!
Eden Reicherts
HOMETOWN: Cedar Falls
COACHING LEVELS: Preschool
EDUCATION: Ignite Learning Academy (Going into Sophmore Year!)
CAREER PLANS: Become A Software Engineer
BEST PART OF COACHING: Helping Kids Grow, & Celebrating Their Growth With Them!
EXPERIENCE IN GYMNASTICS: Preschool, Rec, and Competitive Gymnast Level 3 (3 or 4 Years)
Erinn Schaffner
HOMETOWN: Cedar Falls, IA
COACHING LEVELS: Amethyst, Opal, and Peridot
EDUCATION: BA from the University of Northern Iowa
CAREER PLANS: Family and Child Therapist
BEST PART OF COACHING: Watching the Kids Improve and Grow. Not Just as Gymnasts but as People. It’s also So Rewarding When You See A Child Who Started with You Competing and Going Onto Bigger Things!
EXPERIENCE IN GYMNASTICS: My Sister Was A Gymnast So I Grew Up Around The Sport!
Ella Kapparos
Hometown: Janesville
Coaching Levels: Opal & Spinel
Education: Current High School Sophomore
Career Plans: Undecided
Best Part of Coaching: Seeing the Girls Excitement!
Experience In Gymnastics: 8 Years Finished As An Xcel Gold!
Josee Simonson
HOMETOWN: Cedar Falls
COACHING LEVELS: Preschool
EDUCATION: Cedar Falls Highschool
CAREER PLANS: Undecided
BEST PART OF COACHING: Building Relationships with Kids & Watching Them Improve!
EXPERIENCE IN GYMNASTICS: Prior Competitive Gymnast Levels 3, 4, 5
Jersee Shortway
Hometown: Cedar Falls
Coaching Levels: Rec All Levels!
Education: High School
Career Plans: Finish High School and Attend College!
Best Part of Coaching is Seeing All Kids Improve and Have Fun!
Experience In Gymnastics: Competition Gymnast for 9 Years Regional Championships 6x, Western Championships 3x!
Office Staff
Kayla Elliott
HOMETOWN: Finchford, Ia.
JOB TITLE: Office Manager & Bookkeeper
EDUCATION: AAS in Horse Science Technology at Kirkwood
CAREER PLANS: Training and showing horses and a stay at home mom
EXPERIENCE: 9 years as a receptionist
BEST PART OF RUBY: Getting to meet new people every day! Interacting with the kids and parents! Watching the kids grow up!