Eric was SCUBA certified in 1998.

Highest rating (year): Instructor (2007); PADI Divemaster (2006); Additional ratings: PADI Deep diver, Wreck diver, Enriched Air Nitrox

Favorite dive site: Mala Warf, Maui, Hi

Eric graduated from UNC-CH in 2004 with a BS in Biology and minor in Marine Science. While at Carolina he worked for two summers at Olympus Dive Center in Morehead City, NC. His diving experience includes the quarries of NC, offshore NC and the southern islands of the Lesser Antilles.Eric is also the dive shop manager for Water World. He is married to Jessica, a Divemaster candidate here at Water World. His hobbies include reading, disc golf and raquetball.