Ainsley is a key part of the marketing and graphics team. She joined this year but observed the team as they worked last year. She hopes to improve the team’s social outreach.
Blake designed last year’s hatch mechanism, and is building and designing this year as well. He is an expert at CAD and in the shop. This year he is the head of the build team.
George is an engineer and helps finalize designs. Last year he was a big part of the hatch and ball pick-up mechanism designs, as well as a builder for the swerve drive.
Hudson is a first year member. He is our team photographer, as well as a machinist and designer. His energy and enthusiasm keeps our team in high spirits.
Joe was on the build team last year and moved to code team this year, of which he is now leading. However, he still enjoys helping with the construction of the robot, especially when it needs repairs at competition.
Jonathan works in the machine shop, and is always thinking up new designs. He fabricated the drive system for last year’s robot. This year he’s designing the swerve drive.
Killian is a jack of almost all trades. It is his third year on the team, and he has worked on code, building, and now electrical teams. He is also learning CAD. His experience from past years at competitions is invaluable to the team.
Miranda is pursuing how to use code and power tools to be able to help the team in as many ways as possible. She is also the head of this year’s marketing team.
Sophia is hoping to expand her knowledge in robotics and is starting her first year on the team. She has dabbled in robotics in the past and plans to develop her skills and understanding of the sport.
Sophie is polishing her coding skills in order to fill the gap in our coding team left by last year’s seniors. She also pitches in with the marketing team with her experience in Illustrator.
Taylor is a first year member. He is currently helping with design and build to learn robot skills. He has FIRST experience from FLL and is excited for this new experience.
This is Alex’s first year mentoring our team, but he has mentored other teams in the past. He helps the build and strategy teams. He was a cardiologist, so has a great understanding of electrical systems!
Brock acts a mentor for project management and outreach. He helped implement a new scouting system to give better analysis for strategies in competitions.
Dack guided our team in writing the code for our trailblazing swerve drive technology, along with other parts of our robot. He mentors the coding team and is always solving the problem that no one else can figure out!
Mat is our mojo man. He keeps the team on track with reality checks and whiteboard acronyms. His legendary motivational speeches are a must, whether we’re at Gizmo or at competition.
Mike is an experienced electrician and driver, and is just graduated from the team last year. This is his first year of mentoring, and he is looking forward to it.
Ryan started on the team during the 2016 pre-season and played many different roles on the drive team during the 2017-2019 seasons. This season, he is a mentor and field coach.