Get to Know Our Team
The Auer family and their team are dedicated to helping others explore and even excel in the incredible sports of Ninja Warrior and rock climbing.
Caleb Auer
Caleb has turned his passion into his vocation. He has become known in the Ninja community as a respected ninja athlete and one of the…
Hannah Auer
Hannah is Caleb’s wife, and an amazing athlete herself. In 2019, she became our first (and amazing) Day Camp Director, but quickly grew in so…
Jeshuah Lewis
Jeshuah Lewis is well known in the Ninja community as the ninja who climbs ropes with his toes. (Ask him about it sometime). He just…
Jennifer Womble
After her boys attended our day camp, Jenn realized we were so cool that she decided to join the team in the summer of 2021! …
Lynnette Starkell
Lynnette Starkell, a.k.a. Coach Nette, joined our team as a camp coach in early 2022. She was a preschool teacher for 16 years before joining…
Hope Peterson
Hope used to be an Auer. She's been called "sunshine wrapped in a human".She's designed the framework for our customized birthday parties, arranges our company…
Carol Auer
Carol is Ken's wife, and the backbone of the family. She's got an accounting degree and a servant's heart. She is a background person that…
Josiah (Joby) Ruhl – Special Projects Coordinator
Josiah (Joby) and his family were one of the first testers of the original Mobile Ninja Warrior rig at the start of Rock Solid Warrior. …
Rebecca Bauer
Although her last name is similar to our founding family, she grew up in her own family as one of five sisters. At a young…
Michael Bellion
Michael is well known in the Ninja Sport community. If you mention to other Ninjas from across the country that Michael joined us, the first…
Zane Kuchta
Zane joined our team in 2022 after being part of our elite competition team. A star baseball player, he switched sports and started training for…
Viktor Gearhart
In 2019, Viktor was the first “minor” to conquer our 18 foot megawall, and took his first ninja class six years before we opened from…
Brett Strong
Brett is an incredible ninja and a great coach! He’s watched every episode of American Ninja Warrior and his dream came true when got called…
Kyle Lannopollo
Kyle started as a competitive gymnast and recently joined our competition team. Now, he's a staff member and brings a unique set of skills from…
Mathias Doyle
Mathias joined our team in 2022. He's new to ninja but he enjoys working with kids in athletic sports.
Joshua Ruhl
Joshua joined our team in January of 2022 to work with our Day Camp kids. He enjoys working with kids of all ages and spreading…
Caleb McLeod
Caleb joined our team in 2022 and quickly adopted the ways of the ninja. You'll probably see him around helping in many different capacities.
Jackson Hase
Jackson joined our team in 2022. He is studying nuclear engineering at NC State. He's been doing sports his entire life and has recently started…
Elizabeth Cardin
Elisabeth is Hannah’s sister and mature beyond her years. She's been working with us since 2020 and can pretty much run the gym single-handed. She…
Riley OBrien
Riley is new to the sport of Ninja Warrior but he already loves it! He joined us in early 2022 to help with track out…
Grace Cardin
Grace is Hannah’s sister and a bundle of joy. Her name fits her well as she works with your kids. Grace is a pretty good…
Julia Martin
Julia is one of the most joyful people you will ever meet. She’s bright: part of a national finals mock trial team. She’s cheerful: you’ll…
Natalie McLawhorn
Natalie joined our team in 2021 as a day camp coach. She enjoys reading, spending time with her family, cooking, and baking. Though she tends…
Abbie Baker
Abbie (aka Coach McSunny) has grown up in a family of 9 kids and works as one of our Track Out Assistants. As the oldest…
Natalie Moser
Natalie started helping us out on the weekends with parties and open gyms. But we couldn't get enough of each other. She’s got a servant’s…
