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I was incredibly excited to hear Rick's name called at Peachtree this weekend. As someone who was/is a mentor for team 2415 in 2008 and 2011, but not in 2009 and 2010, I can speak to how much robotics has changed Rick as well as how much he has impacted our team. It was obvious from the start that he had the leadership and interest to do great things, and since then he has improved his technical skills (design, CAD, machining, etc.), become a much better driver, and learned how to lead a group of students. We wouldn't have had half the success that we have seen in our four years without him, and he will be impossible to replace. He's truly a great representative of FIRST and the impact it can have.

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Congratulations to Beth from your friends on the Bomb Squad. You are certainly deserving of this honor!

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Nick Jones from 364 deserves it. He's the binding force of the robot this year. Between wiring the whole thing virtually unassisted, driving it, and putting up with me and the rest of the programmers, he's an amazing kid and I didn't want anyone else on the stick at Bayou.

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From Palmetto regional.

• Marissa Goldberg from 1902
• David Gaddy from 281

Congratulations!

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Thanks, Brandon! I almost forgot because I was waiting for Hawaii. Which I now have!

A moment to compile all the winners......

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Week 4:
Waterloo Regional:
2702 - Dan Forero
3161 - Paul Fossenier
Los Angeles Regional:
3295 - Danielle Sisk
597 - Louis Gavidia
Palmetto Regional:
1902 - Marissa Goldberg
281 - David Gaddy
DC Regional:
116 - Amy Frankhouser
2534 - JB Ring
Midwest Regional:
1732 - Will Pierson
(Second winner is missing. Help, please?)
Long Island Regional:
1468 - Stephen Kelly
2638 - Joshua Graber
Autodesk Oregon Regional:
956 - Bethany Carlson
2087 - Hans Perez
Hawaii Regional:
2437 - Adria Fung
3008 - Eric Teshima

Week 3:
Peachtree Regional:
1311 - Alex Epstein
2415 - Rick Shanor
Bayou Regional:
1912 - Hannah Sorrell
364 - Nicholas Jones
Chesapeake Regional:
53 - Vasudha Kowtha
2199 - Alex Bratchie
St. Louis Regional:
1985 - Luther Banner
1208 - Jessie Ehlers
Oklahoma Regional:
2435 - Colt Holley
1108 - Elizabeth Petelin
Lone Star Regional:
3320 - Edith Hurtado
1817 - Adriana Aguilar
Seattle Olympic Regional:
1899 - Kevin Kimura
2046 - Sean Messenger
Seattle Cascade Regional:
1778 - Tyler Baker
1983 - Lydia Johnston
Boilermaker Regional:
45 - Ellen Ewbank
461 - Mark Krutulis
Sacramento Regional:
2073 - Robert Long
Togeir Lingborg
(No team number. Again, anyone?)
Arizona Regional:
842 - Eduardo Fernandez
3517 - Kelly Gullo
Israel Regional:
1943 - Lior Milo
2230 - Yaniv Gutman

Week 2:
Florida Regional:
233 - Kaitlin Lostroscio
1557 - Rajiv Varghese
Pittsburgh Regional:
291 - Alexa Hurlbert
1541 - Jared O'Hara
WPI Regional:
228 - Tina Dutra
2877 - Paige Grody
Greater Kansas City Regional:
1939 - Austin Abitz
3528 - Logan Fritz
Wisconsin Regional:
2039 - Caroline Johnson
135 - Michael Schrager
San Diego Regional:
3255 - Keegan Mann
2543 - Santiago Garza
Lake Superior Regional:
2169 - John Hines
1816 - Emily Benson
NY Regional:
694 - Alejandro Carrillo
375 - Marisa Ashour

Week 1:
BAE Systems/Granite State Regional:
1058 - TJ Evarts
166 - Matthew Soucy
New Jersey Regional:
1089 - Lenny Bernas
2265 - Francesca Arcidiancono
Finger Lakes Regional:
1511 - Jason Kuberka
578 - John Herb
Alamo Regional:
57 - Joshua Bryant
3529 - Pearl Henry

Congrats to all the winners this week!

The Dean's List Award is an amazing honor to have bestowed upon you. While this is a honor, it's also a responsibility; not to be taken lightly. FIRST is something that needs to expand; not only in the aspect of teams in the league, but the real impact we're having in our individual counties, districts, states, & countries in getting people excited about science, math, engineering, & technology. The other thing is about improving the experience of FIRST for the members involved. These are some of the primary missions of the Dean's List. You are the future movers and shakers of FIRST from being the epitome of the FIRST mission; and this award is a step towards creating the next level of excellence for this organization. If you're ready to endeavor on this journey with me, the Dean's List Class of 2010 & the others already chosen this year, I've only got one thing to say.

Welcome to the Dean's List Finalist Class of '11.

Congrats, and I hope to work with you all on making FIRST better and brighter for the next generation. :D

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Danielle is from 3295 and Louis is from 597.

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Dean made a surprise visit in the middle of matches and Dean's List was announced then, so that might be why the system is wacky. However, one of the winners was Will Pierson from 1732. This is their second Dean's List kid!
Congrats Will!

Unfortunately, I don't remember who the other winner was.

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Thanks! And I wish Dean would visit us here in GA at Peachtree.......

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Marissa becoming a Dean's list finalist was the highlight for 1902's trip to South Carolina. I first encountered Marissa when she was in 8th grade, and I was judging the Florida FLL state championship. That year their presentation blew the judges away, and we unanimously decided her team should be sent to the FLL World Showcase to represent the state. She Then moved to FRC, where she has become team 1902's Co-president, the lead programmer, and the Chairman's Award lead. I have had the priviledge to work with her over the past few years, and can guarantee 1902's 2010 Chairman's Award winning essay would not have been completed without her. This is just the tip of the iceberg for all she has done for 1902, we are so proud, and are very excited to see her excel in college.

Who has more Bacon than the pan can handle? Marissa has more Bacon than the pan can handle.

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Washington DC 2011 Dean's list Recipients:

Amy Frankhouser - Team 116
JB Ring - Team 2534

Congratulations! I cannot wait to meet all of you guys, let's have another meet at this years Roboprom!!

Brandon (Dean) are you gunna be making the yellow pins again? I can help make a batch if need be. Let me know! :)

I'll dig up the image tonight and post it here.

At the moment I don't have the means to get to St. Louis (if anyone wants to share a hotel room hit me up), so I won't be able to help you guys out with making some buttons up. I think it'll be fantastic if we had the buttons again.

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I might take you up on the roommate offer; I'm not traveling up with our FTC team, I'm pretty sure.

And for the buttons; if I go, I can bring up a large set of buttons with me when I make them later on. If I don't go, I'll send them up with my FTC team.

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Congrats to Hans and all the other Dean's List finalists! I am so thrilled and honored to be listed with you guys. FIRST has been the best experience of my high school career and this year has been an amazing senior year for me :)

On another note....I need help getting to Championships. Not sure yet if I can afford travel expenses, but if I can I will probably need either a team to attach to [preferably from OR/WA] or a few Dean's List ladies to room with. Last year I was fortunate enough to travel to Championships with a local team as their videographer....I'd be happy to help a team out with anything during the competition!

I am also attempting to convince my parents that winning Dean's List is a VERY good reason to go to Championships! Can anyone provide me with backup info? :D

Again, congrats and thank you!

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Congratulations. winning Dean's list is probably the biggest reason to go to St. Louis because it is the only personal achievement award given to students for the work you personally put into the team. clearly your dedication stands out and has effected your entire team in a positive way and im sure all of your team members agree that.
if the financial burden is too much for you see if you can ask your team to help you out. A friend and member of my former team won this year and i know that if there was anything keeping her from going as far as she could with this honor that our team would do anything we could to help. don't be afraid to ask.
congratulations again and best of luck(well second best)