UFH: Warren Boudreaux

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Name: Warren Boudreau
Date Honored: 06-14-2004
Years involved w/FIRST: 6
FIRST Team(s): UTC/Pratt &, Whitney LSP/Manufacturers Round Table &, South Fork High School &, Martin County High School &, Jensen Beach High School &, Clark Advanced Learning Center (0180)
Role: Team Leader
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Bio: Warren Boudreau is being honored as our fourteenth Unsung FIRST Hero for his amazing efforts as a mentor. Serving as the team leader for #180 SPAM, Warren has lead a successful team and been a great source of guidance for his students. Warren is a helpful and guiding light on the SPAM team, often providing his skills and expertise for the benefit of others.

Warren had a powerful experience that roped him into the FIRST community. "My favorite memory is the first time I walked in to a FIRST competition seven years ago. The atmosphere was electric (no pun intended). Students were running around in face paint and working on the robots. It had all of the excitement of a big high school football game, but everyone was pulling for everyone else. From then on, I was hooked." Warren has also helped out multiple teams at competitions.

Modestly, he lists his team accomplishments. "For me, my biggest accomplishment was herding a group of 50+ cats (a.k.a., students) to the UCF regional and the National Championship. Everything else was a team effort." That is a tough enough job in itself! In his nomination, Warren was credited with always attending FIRST meetings and supporting his team.

Warren also shares a bit of advice for fellow FIRSTers: "Advice for students, stick with it. You are getting a chance to do things that most degreed engineers never do. The things that you learn in FIRST will carry you through your post-high school years. Teamwork, cooperation, and gracious professionalism aren’t just buzzwords. They are real."

Congratulations to Warren Boudreau, an amazing mentor, outstanding FIRSTer, and our fourteenth Unsung FIRST Hero.

Nominated By: robot180

[Amanda Morrison]

Congratulations to our tenth Unsung FIRST Hero, Warren Boudreaux.

[miketwalker]

Congratulations Warren!! Keep up the excellent work :)

[Tytus Gerrish]

WARREN!!!! :)

YAY! he deserves it, trust me. the man is an incredable mentor. and he deffenetly knows what hees talking about. hees always been helpful in every way to his students and me. He had cancer and he came to Spam's meetings bald from kemo barely able to speak. and he was still the most caharsmatic and determned mentor ive ever seen.

Heres to you warren, You deserve it

[tiffany34990]

CONDGRADS TO WARREN!!!!

WE LOVE YOU!!! YOU ARE A TOTALLY AWESOME MENTOR!!!! THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO!! U REALLY DO PROMOTE THE VALUES OF FIRST AND ALWAYS KEEP THE SPIRIT OF S.P.A.M. ALIVE!!!! :)

EVEN WHEN YOU WERE SICK YOU CAME AND HELP US OUT!! WARREN WE GLAD U'R DOING BETTER!!! THANKS AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING!!!! :)

GREAT JOB TO ALL MENTORS!!!

ENJOY Y'ALL!!!

[Adare180]

Typing as Tiffany types! Congratulations to the best SPAM mentor ever... Mr Boudreaux. He's a real help to the team and always being there for us! SPAM wouldn't be the same with out you! Thank you for everything you've done for us. Keep on with team spirit! We love you!

SPAM SPAM SPAM!



GO RCU!!!!!!!!!

[Swampdude]

Congratulations Warren, it's been great getting to know you. All of your success is well earned, and may many years more be had.
:: pat on the back ::

[George1902]

Warren,

For my part, I'd like to say, "Thank you."

Thank you for showing a wise-cracking, senior football player that you can have fun doing things other than sports.

Thank you for turning an immature "tweener" into a full-fledged mentor.

Thank you for helping a confused high school graduate realize what he wanted to do with his life (working with high schoolers... not that boring engineer stuff ;-]).

Finally, thank you for inspiring me and being a great friend all these years.

Thanks and congrats!

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Congratulations Warren!

[EricS-Team180]

Here's to you, Warren!
...a good friend and an all-around superb engineer.

Eric

[Bharat Nain]

Congractulations Warren, this is well deserved:)

[Arefin Bari]

Congratulation Warren... personlly i would like to thank you for everything you did for us... and thanks to the whole team SPAM... you deserve this Warren and i am glad that we have great mentors like you in FIRST...

[Alex Pelan]

Congrats Warren, way to represent the UTC Teams! :)

[Barry Bonzack]

Congrats! SPAM is a great team full of class acts and a blast to be around. You've obviously done a wonderful job! Hope my team will one day be as great as 180 is now.

[A. Leese]

Congrats, Warren! You more than deserve this. As I've told you before, you are one the main reasons I got into engineering. You showed me that engineering can be a total blast. I couldn't help but catch your enthusiast spirit! Congrats again!

Angela H.
Former SPAMmer

[robot180]

Congradulations Warren! You really showed your dedication to your team and to FIRST by attending meetings and events even while you seemed to be almost unable to do so, during this past year. I think that the amount of effort that you put into this program deserves great recognition, such as Chiefdelphi's Unsung FIRST Hero award. Great job.

By the way, I was not the only person who thought we should nominate you, I was just the one to submit it.

[Tytus Gerrish]

i think everyone should give Jon (robot 180) some good reps for taking the time writing the nomination for warren

[Andrew Rudolph]

Congrats to you warren, you are very deserving of such a title.

[Greg Perkins]

Warren,

I dont know you personally, however its a huge honor to be a first unsung hero. The reason FIRST is such a huge success is due to the effort and work that people like you present. I am grateful for mentors like you, its what makes our time here special.

[Gary Dillard]

<OK Gary, be nice, what has he ever done to you......>

Seriously, after my wife I consider Warren my best friend. It's great to have someone you can have fun with and be totally honest with too. There's noone I'd rather hang around with. Working together (2 different places), raising kids together, roboticizing together (7 years?), calmly discussing college football/basketball/baseball (something feels wrong seeing your name with the letters UF in front of it, albeit UFH :eek: ).

Congrats cajun. (I can't call you c.a., I'd get bounced from the forum).

[Nathan Pell]

Way to go Warren! I have only known you for a while, but I can tell you are most deserving of this!

Nathan Pell

[Spammy Badame]

woohoo!! i'm in the picture!!!

Okay, but seriously now...

Warren, you are most deserving of this award. Thank you for everything you've done for the team, we couldn't have gotten this far without you. You are a great team leader, I was so glad that your surgery worked out and that you came back this year. It was another great year, and I'm looking forward to next year!!



c ya in the S.P.A.M. pit!

[Stephen Kowski]

Congrat Warren! i know i don't know you that well, but everytime I meet you you're a class act to me....i always love watch your strategies unfold....just awesome, hopefully i will see you at the rodeo but congrats just the same

[Warren Boudreau]

Now that my 15 minutes of fame are about over, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the folks at Chief Delphi for selecting me as an Unsung FIRST Hero. I would also like to thank Jon and the rest of the crew that nominated me.

The reason I keep doing this is that this is such a great group of people to be associated with. Students, mentors, parents, the FIRST community, everyone.

It helps that I haven't grown up yet. :rolleyes:

Then again, I shouldn't have to worry about a mid-life crisis if I never grow up.

Thanks again, to everyone.

[Michael R. Lee]

I've been trying to figure out what to say besides the simple thank you and congratulations to this. And to the moderators, yes I know I'll probably get a PM on why are you reviving a dead thread but it is more than worth it. I'm a moderator on the National Youth Leadership Forum Message Boards so I understand all too well.... between school, FIRST, life, and my duties there keep me busy so I haven't checked CD in a while. :eek:

Now that my 15 minutes of fame are about over

15 minutes???? :confused:

Warren, you and all the other mentors I've known in my high school years on S.P.A.M. are Hall of Fame in my book. I can only hope I do half as well as you all have done as mentors. Thanks for everything!