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Alan is a true Wake Forest native and a 1985 graduate of WF-R High School. He is one of few who can actually claim to have been born in the town of Wake Forest as the former hospital in the town only performed deliveries for a few years in the late sixties. Having grown up in the town, Alan realized the need for a quality facility that offered gymnastics instruction for children as there had been none when he was a child. After graduating from NC State University where he was a Wolfpack cheerleader and a member of the back to back National Championship squads of 1990 and 1991, Alan began his endeavor of opening a gymnastics and cheerleading school in the town during the fall of 1993. The doors opened for business on February 28, 1994 in the upstairs portion of what is now the Cotton Company in downtown Wake Forest. Since that time Young's Gymnastics & Cheerleading, Inc. has grown into what it is today: a stand alone 8,000 sq. ft air conditioned facility that houses the premier gymnastics and cheerleading program in the area.
Shannon is a Durham native and former middle school spanish teacher of six years. She and Alan met in 1991 while teaching summer cheerleading camps together at NC State University. She is a graduate of Western Carolina University where she was a Catamount cheerleader for three years. After cheering in college, Shannon spent three seasons cheering for the NFL's Carolina Panthers as a member of their cheerleading squad, the Topcats. Although good friends for a decade, Shannon will tell you that Alan didn't finally wise up and realize what a good thing she was until they began dating in the summer of 2001! She began working at the gym at the end of that year and took over the day to day operations of the business office and began the undaunting task of revamping the all-star cheerleading program now known as the Wake Forest All-Stars. Alan finally got smart and married her in May of 2003! While working at the gym, Shannon has become the heart and soul of the Wake Forest All-Star cheerleading program and prides herself on running a very well organized program. Anybody associated with the program, whether it be a coach or cheer parent, will tell you that there would probably not be a Wake Forest All-Star cheerleading program if Shannon wasn't the director! She and Alan welcomed the birth of their twin boys, Colby and Brody, on April 30th, 2007!
Lisa has been managing the business office of Young's for over four years now and is probably more recognizable to most customers than either Alan or Shannon. You will most likely speak to her on the phone when you call. She has helped relieve Shannon of the every day duties of the business office. If you asked either Shannon or Alan who is one of their most vital employees in the organization, Lisa's name would be one of the first out of their mouths. Both of Lisa's girls, Jordan and Jenna, cheer for the Wake Forest All-Stars and her family has been involved in the program for years, long before she began working in the office.
Anthony, or Mr. Anthony, as most of the kids know him, joined the team at Young's in August of 2003. Since that time he has quickly become one of the most recognizable faces around the gym, or some might even say around the town of Wake Forest. He is from Warrenton, NC and graduated from the University of Hawaii where he was on a full cheerleading scholarship for the rainbow warriors and was also captain of the squad. Anthony is as vital a part of the gym and instruction side of the program as Lisa is to the office. He has many responsibilities at Young's: he is the director of the Track Out Day Camp program, a class gymnastics instructor, tumbling coach for our All-Star cheerleaders, a team coach for the Wake Forest All-Stars, music editor and mixer for the All-Stars and various school and recreational cheerleading teams, director of our Hot Shots gymnastics program, director of our mobile pre-school gymnastics program, birthday party director, and a private lesson guru! Whew! It's no wonder you might discover at some point that he can be a hard man to track down!
Tori has been with Young's since the fall of 2000. She came to us by way of Greencastle, PA. Tori is blessed with the gift of patience as she has proven over the years as the head coach of our youngest All-Star team, the Wolf Pups, who range in ages from five to eight years old. She also coaches one of our two youth teams, the Timber Wolves. Tori's acute patience is not just put to use on our smallest of All-Stars, but is also tested on a daily basis as the wife of our full of life, energetic coach, Mr. Anthony! The two have been happily married since September of 2005 and have two sons, Cole and Kai.
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