Youngest EI Award Winner [Archive]

HamHamShazam

30-03-2015, 18:55

My Team, 5006 Apophis, won the EI award at the Oklahoma Regionals this past weekend. People have told me that it is unusual for a second year team to win this award, and that we may be the youngest team to win it. Is there any truth to this?

Jay O'Donnell

30-03-2015, 18:59

I don't know about EI, but 4488 and 4905 have both won a Chairmans award in their second season. It's very impressive.

AllenGregoryIV

30-03-2015, 19:01

I've never heard of a rookie team winning it, so I'm betting you tied for the record. There are less than 20 teams (or were, I haven't kept track this year) who have won Sophmore season Chairman's Awards.

HamHamShazam

30-03-2015, 19:12

Chairman's Award in their second year? That's incredible! talk about hitting the ground running.

Jacob Bendicksen

30-03-2015, 19:14

4911 also pulled it off as a second-year team this year in the PNW - congrats to them for being a fantastic team with a fantastic program!

zachrobo1

30-03-2015, 19:43

Wow, winning EI second year is really an accomplishment, especially with how many top-tier teams are around!

Way long ago, in our second season (2004) we apparently not just won Chairmans at the Peachtree Regional but also got Chairman's honorable mention at Champs. :ahh:

I wasn't around then, but it its still a cool story people have told me!

Chris is me

30-03-2015, 19:48

I know that 1714 won an EI their second year, and Chairman's their third year (and many years following!)

Regardless, congratulations on your extremely strong, early success.

alex.lew

30-03-2015, 19:54

3504 Girls of Steel won RAS, then EI their second year (and third year, and fourth year). They just won their first RCA at Buckeye this week.

Lil' Lavery

30-03-2015, 20:17

47 won the Chairman's Award in their second year. Not a Regional Chairman's Award, as those didn't even exist back in 1997, but the Chairman's Award.

While there's no FRC 47 today, even those newer to the FRC community know the name of that team... Chief Delphi. 47 and 65 merged a few years ago (as did their high schools) to become 51, Wings of Fire.

JohnBoucher

30-03-2015, 20:30

We awarded 5112 EI at the UMASS Dartmouth district event. They are also a 2nd year team. They had an extremely impressive community wide program for promoting engineering using the alumini from the school district.

HamHamShazam

30-03-2015, 20:56

Wow! From what I am hearing, this is not a totally unique circumstance. It's so cool to see other teams getting going so quickly.

VeqIR

30-03-2015, 20:57

Back when I was a student on 1619, we won EI our rookie year in 2005 at the Colorado Regional. We didn't even really know how rare it was at the time since we were all new to FIRST.

Billfred

30-03-2015, 23:46

Add 1398 to the second-year EI winners, with a Championship Judges' Award kicker. (An RCA win and a repeat Championship Judges' Award came in year three.)

Karthik

30-03-2015, 23:55

4911 also pulled it off as a second-year team this year in the PNW - congrats to them for being a fantastic team with a fantastic program!

It looks like they also won EI last year in their rookie season!

http://www.thebluealliance.com/team/4911/history

Jacob Bendicksen

31-03-2015, 00:08

It looks like they also won EI last year in their rookie season!

http://www.thebluealliance.com/team/4911/history

Whoops, missed that one. Thanks for the catch!

Thad House

31-03-2015, 18:26

It looks like they also won EI last year in their rookie season!

http://www.thebluealliance.com/team/4911/history

One thing that helps is they were the 2013 FTC world finalists, as well as runner ups to the the Inspire award at 2013 world championships. So they have had a good amount of FIRST experience, and probably could have been one of the few teams to win chairmans their rookie year if allowed to actually apply for chairmans.

jds2001

05-04-2015, 03:40

A second year team, 4945, just won EI at Chesapeake. Congrats! :)

TikiTech

05-04-2015, 07:26

Please add 3880 to the list.

We recieved the EI our second year. As well we were blessed with the EI and Chairmans our third year on our first multi regional mainland tour. I didnt know unusual it was.

My signature has our history. Now to add to the craziness is our 2 Engineering Inspiration Awards received this year! Time to fix my signature after some much needed rest. Off to the airport...

Congratulations on the EI award! It speaks worlds about your program and dedication.

Aloha

Noudvanbrunscho

05-04-2015, 08:47

We won EI in our second and third year. :)

jgerstein

05-04-2015, 09:30

Another second year EI team - 1257 at the Chesapeake Regional in 2005, after winning Rookie Inspiration at the same regional the year before.

JoeWithTheSpecs

12-04-2015, 14:55

Team Lambot, 3478, won EI at the 2013 Alamo Regional and won the 2013 Championship Engineering Inspiration Award. All in their third year as a team.

Although it wasn't their second year as a team, I think it's still impressive to win it in their third season both at the regional and championship level. Not sure how common that is.

arichman1257

13-04-2015, 14:32

Team 1257 won EI at the Chesapeake Regional in 2005. It was the teams's 2nd year.

Gaurav27

13-04-2015, 14:42

A second year team, 5024, won EI at the 2015 Windsor Essex Great Lakes Regional.
http://www.thebluealliance.com/team/5024/history

Alex2614

16-04-2015, 14:32

47 won the Chairman's Award in their second year. Not a Regional Chairman's Award, as those didn't even exist back in 1997, but the Chairman's Award.

While there's no FRC 47 today, even those newer to the FRC community know the name of that team... Chief Delphi. 47 and 65 merged a few years ago (as did their high schools) to become 51, Wings of Fire.

Technically 191 won the national Chairman's in their rookie year AND their third year (1992 and 1994). I think they win :P

Jorge Ayala

17-04-2015, 00:25

Team Lambot, 3478, won EI at the 2013 Alamo Regional and won the 2013 Championship Engineering Inspiration Award. All in their third year as a team.

Although it wasn't their second year as a team, I think it's still impressive to win it in their third season both at the regional and championship level. Not sure how common that is.

That was my last season as student, pretty cool season, however it took us one more year to win our first RCA.

Kevin Leonard

17-04-2015, 00:30

That was my last season as student, pretty cool season, however it took us one more year to win our first RCA.

That's totally okay, my team's taken 23 years to- wait we still haven't won a Chairman's Award? Shoot.