2011 WFFA Congratulations.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Congratulations to 2011 week one WFFA recipients:
BAE Sue Hay from Team 1073
Finger Lakes Paul Jacobs
NJR Peter Randall
Alamo Robert M. Shoemaker
Traverse City Bob Schafer-141 Larry Roy-201

It is great to welcome you as esteemed mentors.
Can someone add info for Kettering and for missing team numbers?

[Vikesrock]

Added missing numbers

BAE Sue Hay from Team 1073
Finger Lakes Paul Jacobs from Team 1551
NJR Peter Randall from Team 1218
Alamo Robert M. Shoemaker from Team 647
Traverse City Bob Schafer-141 Larry Roy-201

[Chris Fultz]

Week 2 -

James Langfeldt, Team 135 (WI Regional)

[Kimmeh]

Can someone add info for Kettering and for missing team numbers?

Kettering
Tracy Stoldt - 2604
Clinton Bolinger - 2337

Based off of the pictures I took, I can also tell you
There was a female mentor from 27
Male mentor from 51
Mentor in yellow shirt (Possibly 33)

Sadly, pictures don't give names.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Walter Solomon San Diego
Jack Tusman Florida
Allan Motherselle WPI
Liv Anda Asplund Lake Superior
Gary Hannah Kansas City
Earl Scime Pittsburgh
Robert Stark New York
Congratulations to everyone from week 2.

[Clinton Bolinger]

Kettering
Tracy Stoldt - 2604
Clinton Bolinger - 2337

Based off of the pictures I took, I can also tell you
There was a female mentor from 27
Male mentor from 51
Mentor in yellow shirt (Possibly 33)

Sadly, pictures don't give names.

The female mentor from 27 is Kyle Hughes (2000) and male mentor from 51 is Ken Patton (1999), both are National Woodie Flowers Award Winners.

Mentor in the Yellow shirt was Denis Hughes from 27.

Congratulations to the WFFA winners and Michigan Nominees.

-Clinton-

[Mark McLeod]

The Israel Regional WFFA is:Mohamed Abu-Fawdah of Team 1946
Congratulations!

[Jon236]

The Israel Regional WFFA is:Mohamed Abu-Fawdah of Team 1946
Congratulations!

Mohammed is an amazing guy! He is getting 8 girls into Technion this year from his team!

His wife Lila refers to FIRST as the anti-Hamas by keeping kids engaged and away from the thugs.

[Pjohn1959]

Week 3 - Lone Star

David Scarcella FIRST Team 1429

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Sacramento Maggie Best
Peachtree Joanne Talmage
Bayou Curtis Craig
St. Louis Ralf Lambert
Oklahoma Art Waldenville
Lone Star David Scarcella
Seattle Olympic Mike McGraw
Seattle Cascade Bob Steele

Congratulations to these distinguished recipients.

There are three other regionals that have either broken links to awards or have not posted their WFAA yet. Please post when available.

[Joe Ross]

Fredi from 842 won at AZ

[Chris Fultz]

Congrats to - Chris Elston, FRC 1501, Boilermaker WFFA!

(and Woodie was there to present it!)

[waialua359]

Congrats to - Chris Elston, FRC 1501, Boilermaker WFFA!

(and Woodie was there to present it!)

Cool!
Woodie was in NYC last week to present the WFFA also.

[Chris is me]

Congrats to - Chris Elston, FRC 1501, Boilermaker WFFA!

I can't believe he hadn't won it before!

[JaneYoung]

I can't believe he hadn't won it before!

Me, too. There's some shockers this season. Shocked that these incredible mentors are just now being recognized with a WFFA. Fantastic!

Jane

[Pjohn1959]

Fredi from 842 won at AZ

I can't believe that Fredi hasn't won this before now!

Congrats to him and his team.

[Navid Shafa]

Seattle Cascade Bob Steele.


I couldn't be more proud. We have been grateful to perform so well as a team and to make such an impact, but it wouldn't be possible without him. Over the past years with our team (Don't forget his prior coaching of 1018), he has made such a tremendous impact that many people were left saying "Why not sooner?"

Seeing my coach win this award has made this my best year of my past four seasons on Skunkworks.

<3

[Mark McLeod]

This weeks crop of outstanding WFFA winners:

George Chisholm - Team 1334 (Waterloo)
Amir Abo-Shaeer - Team 1717 (Los Angeles)
Gail Drake- Team 1885 (DC)
Ms. Elaine Owens - Team 368 (Hawai'i)
Gerald Becker - Team 1675 (Midwest)
Roy Powell - Team 564 (Long Island)
Tim Bennington-Davis - Team 1425 (Oregon)
Gene Falendysz- Team 343 (Palmetto)

[Greg Needel]

Congrats to my Dad.....


Fred Needel (768) for winning at Chesapeake.

[Dancin103]

Jack Tusman Florida

Congratulations to everyone from week 2.

I'm glad last year's WFFA winner from Florida (Cathy Beck - my Mom) was able to give it to him! It was a great experience for the whole team! :) I love you both so much. :)

[Libby K]

Amir Abo-Shaeer - Team 1717 (Los Angeles)

What a wonderful mentor. I've had the opportunity to meet him at the Kickoff - if you all remember, he's one of the 'stars' of "The New Cool" by Neal Bascomb - a book all of us FIRSTers should definitely check out. Definitely a well-deserved award!

[TKM.368]

This weeks crop of outstanding WFFA winners:

Ms. Elaine Owens - Team 368 (Hawai'i)

So happy for our Elaine - FRC member for two years, FRC mentor for seven, and now the Hawaii Lead Robot Inspector. Not to mention, an all around nice person.

Way to go Elaine!

[Nuttyman54]

I'm proud to be the first to congratulate Mr. Michael Schuh of Team 971 Spartan Robotics on receiving this outstanding award at the Silicon Valley Regional!

Mr. Schuh has been a driving force on the team for many many years, and is a huge inspiration to every student who passes through the program, myself included. He does so much for many teams in the Mountain View/Los Altos area, both FRC and FLL. I had the privilege of first submitting him for this award back in 2006, and I'm absolutely ecstatic that he finally got the recognition he deserves. It's been a long time coming!

[Vikesrock]

I'm proud to congratulate 2011 North Star WFFA winner Mr. Will Preska.

Mr. Preska has been around since the founding of 2175 and has been instrumental in both the team's success and in the founding of a number of other teams in the area including 3130 and 3206. Mr. Preska has continued to selflessly give of his time and talent despite numerous job changes in the past few years.

Congrats Mr. Preska!

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Congratultions to this weeks mentors

Toronto West Stan Hunter 2056
Toronto East Stephanie Thompson 1503
Silicon Valley Michael Schuh 971
Connecticut Not listed yet...
10,000 Lakes Kevin Swartley
Northstar Will Preska 2175
Las Vegas Mr. Floyd "Dango" Matsumoto 359
Smokey Mountain Kevin Kelly 234

Another fine bunch of people. Thank You to all the students who are writing those fantastic essays, we are all proud of you.

[Vikesrock]

Congratultions to this weeks mentors

10,000 Lakes Kevin Swartley

I'm fairly certain Mr. Swartley is from team 525 the SwartDogs

[wowzie65]

I'm fairly certain Mr. Swartley is from team 525 the SwartDogs

Yes, you are correct. The students wanted to name the team after him but the only way he would let us is if we came up with an acronym. Thus "Students Working Around Robotics Technology" came to be our slogan and our name became the Swartdogs.

Also, little known fact, Mr. Swartley's first name is Kenton. :p

[RMiller]

Yes, you are correct. The students wanted to name the team after him but the only way he would let us is if we came up with an acronym. Thus "Students Working Around Robotics Technology" came to be our slogan and our name became the Swartdogs.

Also, little known fact, Mr. Swartley's first name is Kenton. :p

I always wondered where 525 came up the name SwartDogs from.

[Bruce Newendorp]

Congratulations to Mr. Kenton Swartley, founder and leader of FIRST team 525. Kenton is the physics teacher at Cedar Falls High School. He heard about FRC in 1999 and showed his students a videotape about it. Kenton challenged the students to raise the entry fee. They succeeded and team 332 was formed. They competed in Orlando that year. In 2000, the team did not find enough donations to continue and therefore did not compete. In 2001, the team found enough funding to continue and was given a new number - 525. Kenton has been outstanding in encouraging students to participate and lead the team throughout the year from summer outreach, fall meetings and build season to the regional and championship events. The students always wanted to name the team after him and he resisted. He told them if there was an appropriate acronym, he would agree. Immediately one of the students came up with Students Working Around Robotics Technology and the team officially became the Swartdogs.
Unfortunately Kenton injured his back less than a week before the Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional and was forced to miss what would have been his 20th FRC event in 12 years. I suspect the pain of missing the event was nearly as much as the pain in his back.
I was honored to be able to accept the award for him at the 10,000 Lakes Regional. The students are anxious to celebrate and present the award to him this week.

[Mark McLeod]

Congratulations to this week's winners:

Colorado Regional ----------- Bryce McLean ---------- 2996
Boston Regional ------------- Robert Zapor ---------- 1099
North Carolina Regional ---------- ? ------------------- ?
Buckeye Regional ----------- David Fort ------------- 1001
Philadelphia Regional -------- Alan Ostrow ------------- 341
Dallas East/West Regional --- Phil Harris --------------- 704
Utah Regional --------------- Gary Duquette --------- 3374
Virginia Regional ------------ Matt Wilbur ------------ 2363
MI State Championship ------ Ken Platteschorre -------- 74