2010 Woodie Flowers Finalists
 

Congratulations for week one honorees:
Hannah Goldberg
Greg Smith
Ed Sparks
Kevin Sevcik
David Kautz
Jeff Reuter
John Hobbins
Bob Hendel
Chris Gregory

Thank you for all you do, First is better for your involvement.

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Kevin has made a huge impact on the Lone Star Regional, team 57 and the Houston FIRST community ! All the Houston teams were screaming at Bayou when we heard Kevin's name announced !

Thanks for all you do !

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As were even some friends from Mississippi and Louisiana! ;) Congrats Kevin! Well deserved!

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Congratulations to David Kautz from the Greater Kansas City Regional. He has been a mentor to team 1777 of Overland Park Kansas for the past 5 years.

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In NJ Chris Gregory was our Regional WF winner.

Nobody in the FIRST world is more deserving. Chris is a great guy working with all sorts of challenges in his team's path but still motivating kids and inspiring all of us.

And he is a fun guy too with a twisted sense of humor. ; )

Congrats Chris- well deserved

WC :cool:

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I was stunned to learn that Ed Sparks had not won this award previously. Congratulations Ed, the award was well deserved.

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I was stunned also. Mega Dittos on Congrats. Ed has deserved it for years !

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The first time I met Chris was in my rookie year in 2007 when he came over to the stands and our mentors immediately knew who he was and so easily struck up a conversation. I thought, that this guy must be really popular, I didn't even know of a Team 1089 then. Through my high school years however, as I learned more and more about Team 1089 and one of their lead mentors, I was amazed at how much of an impact Chris has had on 1089 and NJ FIRST in general.

Chris deserved this award very much, so congratulations Chris, keep on doing what you do!

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Have any of the regionals shown a slide on Friday listing all the nominations? I know this was done at some of the events last year.

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Thanks Jenny,
We will find out Israel this evening and New York has the WFFA listing wrong if someone can correct this list.

Week 2
Andrew Schuetze Arizona Regional
Cathy Beck Florida Regional
Miki Oliver WPI Regional
Jared Ellis Chesapeake Regional
Margaret Guderyon Wisconsin Regional
Tom O'Neil Pittsburgh Regional

Congratulations everyone!

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It is so good to see so many outstanding mentors recognized for their years of hard work - often done quietly in a behind-the-scenes way. I'm so happy for Kevin Sevcik and for Andrew Schuetze, mentors here in Texas. It's been a long time coming for each of them. Ed Sparks was 'a rock star and a hero' to one of our 2006 team members who placed great value on his work in the FIRST CAD Library. I will never forget how excited she was to meet him at the Championships that year.

Best wishes to all of the 2010 WFFAs - and the great thing is that this is only week 2. :) Woohoo!

All the best, everyone,
Jane

P.S. Al, thank you for keeping this thread updated.

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I second that. Chris is one of the finest mentors I've ever come across in FIRST - level-headed, enthusiastic and keeps going no matter what.

I would also like to add Cathy Beck to the list. She has helped team 25 tremendously over the years and we are extremely grateful - for the help and the friendship.

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Does anyone know the WFFA from the Israel Regional? I do not get a listing when I go to the "Awards" section listing for Israel.

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I swear I read that it was going to be done that way this year, but going back I cant find it in the official documentation so I must have imagined it :)

Either way, I would love to put a petition together to build this into all events. The students that work so hard on these essays are so often crushed emotionally when they don't "win it" for their mentor... and the recognition on the big screen would at least be a great acknowledgment of that mentor and of the student's hard work.

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Seconded. If nothing else, it'd let the nominated mentor know that their team thinks that highly of them.

Also thanks to everyone in the thread for the congratulations. I'm still personally flabbergasted as it often seems like I'm not doing as much as I could be around here.... My wife strongly disagrees with this notion, however; perhaps she has the right of it.