MEET THE STAFF

MEET THE STAFF - 1 to 18 of 18

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Jessica Jimenez

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Jessica has owned Ultimate Gymnastics since 2004. She previously worked as a student and then coach for Ultimate and then had the opportunity to purchase the business. Jessica has a passion and love for gymnastics and cheerleading! She believes these sports build life long character traits that help athletes succeed in their future goals. Jessica is the head coach for our gymnastics team.


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Summer

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Summer has worked at Ultimate since 2010. She is the Office Manager. She runs our social media sites and is the one you'll talk to on the phone.


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Jen Melton

Jen has over 25 years of cheer, dance, and tumbling experience. She has coached and taught both cheer and dance in the grade school, middle school, high school, collegiate and all star realms. She has over 17 years of judging experience, both cheer and dance, on the national and international levels and has received judging certification and training through Varsity, as well as judging for them for over 15 years, in addition to many other cheer companies.

Jen has traveled extensively to Canada, Scotland, and the UK to judge and teach cheer education and continues to offer coaches training and skills choreography camps. 

Jen owned Powerhouse Athletics in Mt. Vernon, Illinois for over 11 years, which offered competition cheer, competition dance, and tumbling. Jen has been the Director of Cheer for Ultimate for 9 years and since then has helped her athletes be awarded over 100 1st Place, Grand Champion and High Point titles, as well as numerous bids to Summit, All Star Worlds, Florida Finals, The One, US Finals, Emerald Coast Nationals and more. Jen prides herself on being the best for her athletes by always putting in 100% to coaching, taking part in continuing education and working to expand the program to offer more opportunities for the youth of our community and surrounding areas.

Fun Facts about Jen include how she holds an art degree and enjoys all aspects of art, especially painting. Jen's favorite color is red and her favorite activity is taking cruises to the Caribbean. 


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Julie

Julie has worked at Ultimate since 2009. She took a break for a few years to raise her two kids, but she couldn't stay away from coaching. Julie teaches recreational gymnastics classes and assists with our competitive gymnastics team.

Fun facts about Julie: She used to be a competitive figure skater! Her daughter is on our competitive gymnastics team.


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Brooke Smith

Brooke comes to us after coaching high school cheer for many years. Brooke left coaching and worked as a dental assistant for seven years before deciding that being a competitive cheer coach was her passion. 

Fun Facts about Brooke include that she has three children! She loves to shop and her favorite place to vacation is Disney. 


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Sheridan Melton

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Sheridan began training at Powerhouse Athletics when she was four years old. She participated in competitive cheer, tumbling, and dance until she turned eighteen years old. Sheridan began junior coaching at Ultimate when she turned seventeen years old. She worked with our younger athletes. She moved into being a head coach in 2019. Sheridan is also responsible for much of the ordering and receiving for the cheer portion at Ultimate as well as parental communication. She coaches alongside her mom, Jen Melton!

Fun Facts about Sheridan include how she loves to spend time with her niece. She also loves anything Disney. One of her fondest memories is attending the ICC Nationals in the UK and traveling to Paris, France! 


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Morgan L.

Morgan has worked at Ultimate since 2022. She teaches preschool gymnastics and recreational gymnastics classes.

Fun fact about Morgan: Three of her six kids take class at Ultimate, and two of them are on our competitive gymnastics team!


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Allison

Allison has worked at Ultimate since 2022. She teaches recreational gymnastics classes.

Fun facts about Allison: She was a previous student at Ultimate and took homeschool gymnastics classes at Ultimate for over 10 years! She just got married in 2023!


Ali Eaton


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Tracy

Tracy has worked at Ultimate since 2023. She teaches recreational gymnastics classes.

Fun fact about Tracy: Her daughter on our competitive gymnastics team!


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Ella

Ella has worked at Ultimate since 2023. She teaches recreational and invitational gymnastics classes.


Jackie

Jackie has worked at Ultimate since 2023. She teaches tumbling classes.


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Michelle

Michelle has worked at Ultimate since 2023. She teaches preschool gymnastics classes.

Fun fact about Michelle: 2 of her 3 kids take class at Ultimate, and both of them are on our competitive gymnastics team!


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Jordyn

Jordyn has worked at Ultimate since 2023. She teaches recreational gymnastics classes.


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Morgan P.

Morgan has worked at Ultimate since 2024. She teaches preschool gymnastics classes.


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Maggie Elson

Junior Coach

Maggie has been with Ultimate for 10 years and has cheered on numerous national winning teams. Maggie started in 2022 as a coach for our show cheer program and will be continuing into the new season helping coach various teams and coaching tumbling. 


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Lauren Futrell

Junior Coach

Lauren has been with Ultimate for 12 years. She started with competitive gymnastics and moved over to all star cheer. Lauren has cheered on numerous national winning teams. She started coaching in 2023 and will be helping coach various cheer teams and coaching tumbling.


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Elsie Hutchison

Junior Coach 

Elsie has been at Ultimate for 6 years. She started with competitive gymnastics and moved over to all star cheer. Elsie has cheered on numerous national winning teams. She started coaching in 2023 and will be helping coach various teams and coaching tumbling.