2010 Chairman's Award Winners

[Pjohn1959]

Congratulations to all the teams who have won RCA this year, and good luck in Atlanta!

Here is the list that I have so far for this year's competition. If I have made a mistake, please let me know.

What I am wondering is, since this was the first year that HoF teams who had won prior to 5 years ago could submit again, I don't see any of them in the list. Does anyone know if any one of these eligible teams did submit this year, and where?

Regional Team # (Times Won)
Silicon Valley 115 (1)
Virginia 122 (1)
Boilermaker 234 (6)
Buckeye 291 (2)
Finger Lakes 340 (5)
Philadelphia 341 (5)
Palmetto 342 (4)
Arizona 359 (4)
New Your City 375 (2)
Pittsburgh 433 (2)
Utah 597 (2)
Washington D.C. 612 (2)
St. Louis 931 (3)
Greater Kansas City 932 (3)
Waterloo 1114 (4)
Wisconsin 1306 (1)
New Jersey 1403 (1)
Boston 1511 (3)
Los Angeles 1515 (1)
Autodesk Oregon 1540 (2)
BAE Systems Granite State 1547 (2)
Isreal 1577 (2)
Midwest 1625 (2)
Chesapeake 1629 (1)
Bayou 1912 (1)
Microsoft Seattle 1983 (1)
Oklahoma 1987 (2)
Dallas 2016 (1)
Peachtree 2415 (1)
San Diego 2543 (1)
SBPLI 2638 (1)
Hawaii 3008 (1)
Colorado
Great Toronto
Lone Star
Minnesota 10000 Lakes
Minnesota North Star
North Carolina
Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut
Sacramento

[rtfgnow]

1902 won at Florida, I think it was their first time.

[smurfgirl]

1902 won at Florida, I think it was their first time.

Yeah it looks like a few regionals are missing from the list.

I wouldn't be surprised if there some HOF entries at the Connecticut Regional this year, but I'm not sure about entries at other regionals.

[Johnny]

2543 didn't win chairman's in San Diego, team 1538 the holy cows did.

[E. Wood]

This may be a little off topic but I was curious as what to expect as far as the judging goes at the championship event. How much different is it from the award presentation at the regional event. I know that we still have a ten minute presentation and that it will still take place on Friday but are there any other subtle differences from the regional process?

[hektormagee]

From the Michigan Districts,

548 won at Kettering
85 won at Traverse City
226 won at Cass Tech
503 won at Ann Arbor
1718 won at West Michigan
27 won at Detroit (My team :))
33 won at Troy

[Chris is me]

Odd observation: For the first time I can remember (paging through old similar threads), there are more winners with a team number over 1,000 than with a team number below 1000.

Oh, and 1124 won at WPI.

[Novi Hopper]

Event, team, and RCAs/Districts/State

Traverse City 85 - 1 (DIST)
Kettering 548 - 1 (DIST)
Cass Tech 226 - 2 (1 RCA, 1 DIST)
Ann Arbor 503 - 6 (4 RCAs, 2 DIST)
Detroit 27 - 6 (3 RCAs, 2 DIST, 1 STATE)
West Michigan 1718 - 1 (DIST)
Troy 33 - 3 (2 DIST, 1 STATE)

Michigan State Championships
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San Diego Regional 1538 - 2
Washington DC Regional 612 - 4
Peachtree Regional 2415 - 1
Bayou Regional 1912 - 1
Greater Kansas City Regional 932 - 3
BAE Systems Granite State Regional 1547 - 2
Finger Lakes Regional 340 - 5
Autodesk Oregon Regional 1540 - 2
New Jersey Regional 1403 - 1
Arizona Regional 359 - 4
Florida Regional 1902 - 1
WPI Regional 1124 - 1
Chesapeake Regional 1629 - 1
Wisconsin Regional 1306 - 1
New York City Regional 375 - 2
Pittsburgh Regional 433 - 2
Israel Regional 1577 - 2
Silicon Valley Regional 115 - 1
Midwest Regional 1625 - 2
Boilermaker Regional 234 - 6
St. Louis Regional 931 - 3
Dallas Regional 2016 - 1
Utah Regional 597 - 2
Virginia Regional 122 - 1
Waterloo Regional 1114 - 4
Los Angeles Regional 1515 - 1
Colorado Regional 1583 - 1
Hawaii Regional 3008 - 1
Boston Regional 1511 - 3
Long Island Regional 2638 - 1
Buckeye Regional 291 - 2
Oklahoma Regional 1987 - 2
Philadelphia Regional 341 - 4
Palmetto Regional 342 - 4
Microsoft Seattle Regional 1983 - 1
Sacramento Regional ??? - ???
Greater Toronto Regional ??? - ???
Connecticut Regional ??? - ???
Minnesota North Star Regional ??? - ???
Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional ??? - ???
North Carolina Regional ??? - ???
Las Vegas Regional ??? - ???
Lone Star Regional ??? - ???

[Carolyn_Grace]

Event, team, and RCAs

Traverse City 85 - 1
Kettering 548 - 1
Cass Tech 226 - 2
Ann Arbor 503 - 6
Detroit 27 - 6
West Michigan 1718 - 1
Troy 33 - 3


Not sure how you're counting this, so I wanted to clarify.
33 has won two district and 1 State Championship Chairman's. Not sure if we should count district and states as 2, only because it looks like double what you would win in any other state. But, if you want to give us credit, then I'll take it. :)

[Novi Hopper]

Not sure how you're counting this, so I wanted to clarify.
33 has won two district and 1 State Championship Chairman's. Not sure if we should count district and states as 2, only because it looks like double what you would win in any other state. But, if you want to give us credit, then I'll take it. :)

Yeah, I was counting each Chairman's equally, regardless of Regional, State, or District. Updated the Michigan section with a breakdown. :)

[Meredith Novak]

Team 16 was eligible to submit this year. We did not.

[Pjohn1959]

Thanks for the updates. I had all the regionals with the winners, but I guess my copy and paste didn't take all the info.

I wasn't sure on how the Michigan regionals were being scored, Thanks on that update. Do they award a state Chairmans' award at the Championship next week? If so, is that based on the previous winners, or is all teams eligible?

[Pjohn1959]

Newly eligible teams:
254
16
47
103
120
151
175
191

Not eligible:
236
842
365
111
67

[Novi Hopper]

I wasn't sure on how the Michigan regionals were being scored, Thanks on that update. Do they award a state Chairmans' award at the Championship next week? If so, is that based on the previous winners, or is all teams eligible?

The 7 Michigan teams who win a District Chairman's move on to compete for the State Championship Chairman's and must do a presentation, Q&A, and maintain a separate "Chairman's Pit" to showcase their efforts. The judges select 3 teams from the 7 to receive the State Championship Chairman's Award and compete down at Worlds.

[blayde5]

I'm a little surprised at the number of times a team can win chairman's o_0. I thought the judges don't really like to give the RCA to a team more than once or twice?

[EricH]

I'm a little surprised at the number of times a team can win chairman's o_0. I thought the judges don't really like to give the RCA to a team more than once or twice?
If the team still deserves it, the judges will give it.

[Pat Fairbank]

I'm a little surprised at the number of times a team can win chairman's o_0. I thought the judges don't really like to give the RCA to a team more than once or twice?
Since only current-year RCA winners are considered for the Championship Chairman's Award, skipping over a more-deserving team because they have won the RCA before would be effectively preventing a potentially-deserving team from winning the Championship CA.

[rees2001]

Nice information. By the looks of it (not including the MI teams, I will wait for the final 3) there have been:
14 - 1st time winners
10 - 2 time winners
3 - 3 time winners
4 - 4 time winners
2 - 5 time winners
1 - 6 time winner

Some of the more impressive data is the teams that haven't won the award in a number of years returning to win it again.
342 has the longest gap since last winning (2005)
122, founded in 1997, won it's first CA this year

As for when teams started 2005 has the most (currently)
2005 has 8 winners (both the Championship RAS and RI are represented)
2000 has 6 winners


The most consecutive years winning a CA goes to 234 (4 straight years - very impressive)

1511 is (so far) the only team to win both a CA and EI this year.

There's lots more fun stuff if you want to know
Number of teams that have won at three or more different regionals - 5
Number of (3 or more CA's) that have won at only 1 regional - 2
There are 3 consecutive numbered teams that have won CA's 340, 341, & 342.

1 more week to go.

Congrats to all winners. It is hard work to win a CA, you should be proud of your accomplishments.

[Bill Moore]

The numbers are not recognizing teams who earned Honorable Mention at the Championships. While it isn't the Chairman's Award itself, this is no easy feat when matched up against all the great CA Regional winning teams around FIRST. Miss Daisy - Team 341 - has won it two or three times at Championships.

[Lil' Lavery]

Washington D.C. 612 (2)



Washington DC Regional 612 - 4


As mentioned in Novi's post, 612 has four Regional Chairman's Awards. 2006 Chesapeake, 2007 Virginia, 2008 Buckeye, and 2010 Washington DC.

edit: Add them to your mental list of 4 out of 5 years teams after you read Fireworks' list, as well.


1511 is (so far) the only team to win both a CA and EI this year.


433 has as well. They won RCA week 2 in Pittsburgh and an EI week 4 in Philadelphia.

[Fireworks 234]

...
The most consecutive years winning a CA goes to 234 (4 straight years - very impressive)
...

234 amazingly enough has gotten a CA 6 out of the last 8 years!
340 has gotten a CA in 5 of the last 6 years! (3 of the last 3!)
341 has gotten a CA in 5 of the last 8 years!
342 has gotten a CA in 4 of the last 9 years! (Yeah they got one in 2002!)
359 has gotten a CA in 4 of the last 8 years! (3 of the last 3!)
1114 has gotten a CA in 4 of the last 5 years! (3 of the last 3!)

There are some pretty amazing teams out there getting the CA multiple times and I really have to commend 234 (6), 340 (5), 341 (5), 342 (4), 359 (4), and 1114 (4)! You guys have really shown what FIRST is about and it will really be a hard decision for those judges to make in the coming weeks!!! (I wouldn't want to be one of them :p )

Congrats to all teams and I can't wait to see who they pick!!!

[Kims Robot]

1511 is (so far) the only team to win both a CA and EI this year.


Great stats Jason :)
Although one small correction... 433 also won CA & EI!! :) (Pit & Philly)

One of these years we need to do a CA book like we do our Rookies Booklet (for the Rookie Meet & Greet), that includes fun facts about all of the teams... but that would be huge! Maybe it can be an after championships task!

[Novi Hopper]

1511 is (so far) the only team to win both a CA and EI this year.


To add to that, 503 won Chairman's at Ann Arbor and Engineering Inspiration at Troy this year as well.

[Dancin103]

433 has as well. They won RCA week 2 in Pittsburgh and an EI week 4 in Philadelphia.

They did last year as well. Last year was CA in Philly and EI in Connecticut.

Cass

[Cartwright]

Number of teams that have won at three or more different regionals - 5


I think this is one of the coolest stats. Five teams who have travelled different places, proving themselves to different FIRST judges not necessarily familiar with the team's history. It shows how articulate and prepared many RCA winning teams are.

[Bill_B]

This may be a little off topic but I was curious as what to expect as far as the judging goes at the championship event. How much different is it from the award presentation at the regional event. I know that we still have a ten minute presentation and that it will still take place on Friday but are there any other subtle differences from the regional process?
The principal difference is that the CCA is known for a whole day on Saturday. A kind of reign, if you will, that affords a palpable presence to the proceedings. As for subtle differences, you'd have to ask the judges. I suspect that getting the CCA finished early will spread out their deliberations. That has to be an advantage.

[MWB]

Team 604 were the Regional Winners, Chairmans, and Woody Flowers Award at Sacramento. TRIPLE PLAY!!!

[rees2001]

I think this is one of the coolest stats. Five teams who have travelled different places, proving themselves to different FIRST judges not necessarily familiar with the team's history. It shows how articulate and prepared many RCA winning teams are.

I think we can now add 2 more teams to that list with the Michigan State Championship winners.

[Karibou]

I think we can now add 2 more teams to that list with the Michigan State Championship winners.
MSC CA winners were 27, 33, and 503.

[Eugene Fang]

Team 604 were the Regional Winners, Chairmans, and Woody Flowers Award at Sacramento. TRIPLE PLAY!!!

Thanks Marcus. And don't forget EI at Silicon Valley! :D

[robotlover]

At the Northstar Regional in MN 537 The Chargers won Chairmans~ Just wanted to give a shout out to them! Good Luck to all of those that compete in ATL

[Lil' Lavery]

I think this is one of the coolest stats. Five teams who have travelled different places, proving themselves to different FIRST judges not necessarily familiar with the team's history. It shows how articulate and prepared many RCA winning teams are.

On that note, I think it's particularly cool that 612 has won 4 RCA's, each at a different regional (VCU, Chesapeake, Buckeye, and Washington DC). The one time they submitted at an event they'd already won (2009 VCU), they didn't end up winning. I'm telling them to keep submitting at a new place each year. ;)

[rees2001]

I think this is one of the coolest stats. Five teams who have travelled different places, proving themselves to different FIRST judges not necessarily familiar with the team's history. It shows how articulate and prepared many RCA winning teams are.

I would tend to agree with this but it might actually be easier to impress new judges. We have gotten the "what new things have you done?" It can be just as tough when you get compared to yourself from last year or the year before.

To the other point, I do remember a thread about 75 commenting on all of the great things they did in their community and the judges asking them why they didn't submit locally.

[onetree3]

Team 585 the Cyber Penguins won the RCA in Las Vegas. See you all in atlanta.

[Dripto]

694 won RCA in Connecticut, I think it's our 3rd, not sure.

[Novi Hopper]

A little late, but:

San Diego Regional 1538 - 2
Washington DC Regional 612 - 4
Peachtree Regional 2415 - 1
Bayou Regional 1912 - 1
Greater Kansas City Regional 932 - 3
BAE Systems Granite State Regional 1547 - 2
Finger Lakes Regional 340 - 5
Autodesk Oregon Regional 1540 - 2
New Jersey Regional 1403 - 1
Arizona Regional 359 - 4
Florida Regional 1902 - 1
WPI Regional 1124 - 1
Chesapeake Regional 1629 - 1
Wisconsin Regional 1306 - 1
New York City Regional 375 - 2
Pittsburgh Regional 433 - 2
Israel Regional 1577 - 2
Silicon Valley Regional 115 - 1
Midwest Regional 1625 - 2
Boilermaker Regional 234 - 6
St. Louis Regional 931 - 3
Dallas Regional 2016 - 1
Utah Regional 597 - 2
Virginia Regional 122 - 1
Waterloo Regional 1114 - 4
Los Angeles Regional 1515 - 1
Colorado Regional 1583 - 1
Hawaii Regional 3008 - 1
Boston Regional 1511 - 3
Long Island Regional 2638 - 1
Buckeye Regional 291 - 2
Oklahoma Regional 1987 - 2
Philadelphia Regional 341 - 4
Palmetto Regional 342 - 4
Microsoft Seattle Regional 1983 - 1
Sacramento Regional 604 - 3
Greater Toronto Regional 188 - 2
Connecticut Regional 694 - 2
Minnesota North Star Regional 537 - 1
Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional 2169 - 2
North Carolina Regional 1311 - 3
Las Vegas Regional 585 - 1
Lone Star Regional 118 - 3

Michigan State Championships
33 - 4 (2 DIST, 2 STATE)
27 - 7 (3 RCAs, 2 DIST, 2 STATE)
503 - 7 (4 RCAs, 2 DIST, 1 STATE)

[Dancin103]

Team 16 was eligible to submit this year. We did not.

Same with 103.

Cass

[Meredith Novak]

All 2010 RCA winners, please see the Future Hall of Fame (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=85031) thread.

[Pranit T]

Team 188 won the Chairman's at GTR this year; it's first since 2002.

[Pjohn1959]

Congratulations to this year's Chairman's Award team 341 . Very well deserved!

[smurfgirl]

Congratulations to Team 341! This award was so well-deserved!

[Vermeulen]

Congratulations, Team 341!

[hipsterjr]

I thought we stood a chance until I heard about half the stuff 341 has done. Congrats on not just the chairmens, but the impact you have had on FIRST.