Class of 2011 - the Dean's List Finalists
 

So, after the first week, I wanted to see about creating a running tally of the Dean's List finalists from all the regionals. And maybe, the Class of '10 finalists & winners could meet with the Class of 2011 finalists at the Championships this year. Do something fun together perhaps; we'll figure it out. :D

So, here's the list I have so far:

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 - Unknown (They aren't posted on usfirst.org - Would anyone be willing to fill in the blanks? Please & thank you!)

I just want to congratulate the inaugural members of the Dean's List Finalists Class of 2011! You've given your all to spread the message of FIRST, and I'm really excited to get to know you guys. See you at Championships!

-Kyle J.

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Congratulations to everyone so far! I can't wait to meet up with the new kids :)

I plan on being at the Boston Regional to help present the Dean's list award there!

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Didn't jot down the winner from 3529 but 57's was the irreplaceable Joshua Bryant. Who we're nonetheless going to have to find a replacement for next year. Somehow.

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Thanks for the info!

My team was thinking the same thing, and they have narrowed down my continued presence on the team to three options: cloning me, trapping me in the robotics shop at our school indefinitely, or kidnapping me in the night from my college (which is about 4 miles from my high school) for build sessions. Scary thing is, they seemed like they were serious about the second & third options......

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Watch out Kyle, they sound serious. Not that there's anything wrong with being in FIRST for an extra year or five. Congratulations, guys, you all rock! And I agree, assuming my team can make it to Championships (Chairmans AND Dean's List! This is the probably only way I'd be able to make it), I would LOVE to do something with you guys!

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thats pretty much the exact sentiment from 1089 about lenny. the amount of work he does for the team is remarkable. on top of our team, he mentors other teams and volunteers at a wide variety of events. I dont know how you can replace someone like that, but I know 1089 will try their best next year (im graduating too lol)

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Congrats to everyone above! I'm honored to part of that list. And... can't wait to meet all of you! :D

Thank you again, Aashay. This is the SECOND time you've made my eyes tear up lol.

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The second Alamo Dean's List finalist was

Pearl Henry team 3529

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When I was presented with the cert at Boston last year from Dean, he pretty much said "You're stuck in FIRST forever now" with a huge smile on his face..

XD!!!

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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

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Eagerly awaiting the next finalists from Week 2! Expect to see the winners up here on the thread by tonight!

-Kyle J.

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Ok! Here is the updated list for the Dean's List Finalists after Week 2! I'm waiting on the other regionals, but I decided to start posting the names. Congrats to:

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:
Austin Abitz
3528 - Logan Fritz
(I have no team number for Austin; would someone be willing to fill in the blank? Thanks!)

Wisconsin Regional:
2039 - Caroline Johnson
135 - Michael Schrager

San Diego Regional:
Keegan Mann
Santiago Garza
(Again, no team numbers for these winners. Can someone tell me the numbers?)

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

List to be updated later tonight! Congrats to these new Superstars of FIRST from Week 2! It's going to be great to meet & work with you later on, hopefully at Championships! GO FIRST! :D

-Kyle J.

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Congrats to all these winners.

I think its important to get as many Dean's List Finalist to Championships as possible. To make this happen I'm looking for a few roommates whose team isn't attending CMP, but won DL Finalist award. PM me if you're interested.

Please, I want to give this opportunity for first time DL Finalist winners. Winning this is a big deal, and trust me, you want to be at CMP if you won.

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I can fill in one blank for the KC Regional. Logan Fritz is from 3528.

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Thanks!

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No problem. I can also fill in the other blank for the KC Regional thanks to vhcook's post here. Austin Abitz is from 1939.

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Im Santiago from the SD regional and im from team 2543. This sounds like a great idea, keep up the good work and congrats to all the other winners

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San Diego winner Keegan Mann is from 3255
Lake Superior Regional
John Hines (Team 2169)
Emily Benson (Team 1816)

NY Regional
Alejandro Carrillo
Marisa Ashour

I know the teams for NY are 694 and 375, but I don't know which is which.

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Thanks to Vikesrock & Santiago! I'm done with Week 2!

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

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You are done for this week.

Keegan Mann is from 3255

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Forgive me; I've got Peachtree on the mind, and I completely missed the first line of the post. :D

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No worries, at the time it had the wrong team number anyway :rolleyes:

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Going and getting all of the Dean's List finalists from Week 3. Posting in a little bit.

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Seattle Olympic Regional:

1899 - Kevin Kimura
2046 - Sean Messenger


Note: usfirst has Kevin's name spelled incorrectly. It is corrected above.

Congratulations to both Kevin and Sean !

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Peachtree Regional:
Alex Epstein-1311
Rick Shanor-2415

Rick Shanor is the most deserving person for Dean's List possibly ever. I'm probably a little biased because he is my Captain, fellow driver, and friend, but seriously. This guy deserves it. He CADed 90% of our robot. Spends 60+ hours a week in the shop perfecting our robot. He embodies what FIRST is about: dedicated kids who have a real desire to learn about robotics and engineering.

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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 -
1983 -
(No names. Anyone willing to fill in the blanks?)

Boilermaker Regional:
45 - Ellen Ewbank
461 - Mark Krutulis

Sacramento Regional:
Robert Long
Togeir Lingborg
(No team numbers. 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

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Yeah, I'm not going to lie; 2415 is a large favorite of mine, along with 1311. Hoping that Rick & Alex becomes a Dean's List award winners at Championships. :D

For all the finalists, I have something.

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.

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1778-Tyler Baker
1983-Lydia Johnston

:)

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Two well deserving peers. :D Glad to say that Tyler will be joining our team (1983) for travel to St. Louis. It seems to be that Dean's list has brought 1778 and us even closer together (if that's possible).

Maybe we'll get a Dean's list win between the two of us, it wouldn't surprise me, either one of them could take it from world champs!

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Robert Long is from Eagle Force, 2073.

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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)

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Got it. I changed the year to 2011 (for obvious reasons). If we can get as many people as possible that are going to St. Louis to make some that would be great. What we did last year was give them to pit admin, they will know what to do with them (somehow they figured it out last year)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/46447/deans_..._button_11.jpg

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Thanks. I'll get a bunch of these printed and pressed for Championships.

Lemme know how things work out for you two (Brandon/Kyle)

:)

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I'll help with making the buttons. My team is definitely going to championships and our team members say that they are missing the button making process. And best of luck to all the other Dean's list finalists out there, can't wait to meet all of you in St. Louis.

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I can fill in your two gaps.

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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
2704 - Diane Bernardoni
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
3189 - Togeir Lingborg
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

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I am actually in the same position as you.... with the addition that my finals are at the same time as the Championship :/ I hope I get to go, by some miracle, though and meet everyone!! :)

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I hope you get to go too! :) I actually got invited to go to Championships by two different teams here in Oregon, including one who'll pay my travel expenses, so I'll definitely be there! Soooo excited and can't wait to meet y'all!

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OK I want to brag on our kids for a minute. EnTech 281 also has two Dean's list finalists. Last year it was Megan Shew (who won it as a junior) and is our club's president. This year it is David Gaddy. David was our programming captain last year and leader of our FTC team that went to the eliminations at nationals. He spent countless hours working on our summer robot greeter project for the AJ Wittenberg elementary school here in Greenville (those at Palmetto had a chance to meet AJ at the arena north entrance). David was the unanimous choice for our robot team captain this year among our mentors, and saw us through another successful build season.

We could tell David had made Dean's list before the announcer because Megan was down on the field to present the award and peeked at the winner. She practically started bouncing out of her shoes.

Anyway, they are both great kids and we will miss them both next year.

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Gah! I told her to stay as calm as possible if he won -- admittedly I had little faith in her ability to do so.

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Week 5, Las Vegas Regional:
3009: Nathan Richard
987: Cody Wall

Congratulations, both of you!

(Sorry if either of the names is misspelled, the lights were completely blocking the screen)

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You can add the Roseville FireBears (2846) as another team with two Dean's Lists Finalists. Sean Grogan won last year. Ben Prather won this year. Both at 10000 Lakes Regional.

Those two are among the many very good team members that make up our team.

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Add 1730 Team Driven to the list of teams with 2 Dean's List winners. Paul Sites won it last year at the Greater Kansas City Regional and Clint Ott took home one of the awards yesterday at the Minnesota North Star Regional.

An added bonus was watching my son be presented the award by Dean Kamen himself on the field at Mariucci Arena. Thanks to Dean and all of the FIRST executives for making appearances at the Regional events. The kids get such a thrill out of seeing these individuals in person!

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It was pretty funny (at least for the mentors). I'm not sure the kids realized what was going on and I'm sure David didn't (I was sitting two seats down from him).

Brandon, It was good to see you and your Dad at Palmetto -- I'm glad you two could make it.

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Week 5: Northeast Utilities Connecticut Regional-

2836: Carolyn Michener
558: Rohit Grover

Team Beta is so proud of Carolyn! It's a great honor for her to be recognized this way for all she does!

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A little correction on name of one of the LVR Dean's List winners...it's Cody Wall-Epstein. There isn't a more deserving kid out there and team 987 will miss him dearly next year. Of course if he goes to school locally we may not have to miss him after all:)

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Bah, I'm really sorry...I couldn't really see or hear the names - our team was cheering rather frequently...
Congratulations, all of you!

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Everyone at FRC team 558, the Elm City Robo Squad, could not be prouder of Rohit. I have watched this young man mature from an over-eager, anxious freshman to a patient senior who leads by example, taking on any task that is asked of him with enthusiasm. His dedication to our team and to FIRST is second to none, often waking early on Saturday mornings and taking a 45-minute bus ride just to be at the school for 8:00 a.m. during build season. Congratulations, Rohit!! We are doing our best to get you to St. Louis!!:)

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I've got 100+ of the yellow Dean's list buttons printed, and will be punching those all tonight. I'll post when I complete them.

I'm thinking I might alphabetize by last name (for when I give the bags to pit admin) and sharpie names on the back of the pins... thoughts?

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I would just give them to pit admin and leave it at that. Putting names on them creates more work for you and pit admin.

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Maybe have a list for Pit Admin to check off when the pins are given out, or have the person taking the pins sign for them. Or have more than enough for the inevitable goof ups that are going to happen.

Thanks for doing this, I'm sure the Dean's List Finalist will wear the pins with pride.

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No problem! I'm happy to do this for everyone. :)

Last year, pit admin had a sign in, just so the event runners could see who's present, so hopefully we can ask them to just have kids mark off that they got a button, or however else we'll attempt this.

I just hope no other poor soul is doubling up making buttons >_<

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Thats seems like a little over kill, in my opinion. Although, if you would like to do it and you have the man power to do so go for it.

Thanks for making these up Crystal! I'm still working out whether I will be able to make it or not (roommates...anyone? PM me.). Although, we should just start planning on meeting up at Roboprom like we did last year. Thoughts?

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How far is Roboprom from...uh, I just realized I don't know what hotel the team I'm traveling with is staying in. How far is it from the Dome, does anyone know?
Incidentally....here's a big YAY for an excuse to go to my first Roboprom in my two years of attending CMP :)

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Where: Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch, 315 Chestnut Street, St. Louis, MO, (314) 655-1234
When: Thursday, April 28th from 7pm to 11pm
Price: $15 Pre-sale, $20 at the door
Chaperones/Mentors/Advisors: Admittance is FREE

RSVP: Please let us know the amount of students attending in an email (team399@gmail.com).

Roboprom Thread

Walking directions from the Competition site

12 minute walk :)

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So, I'm sorry I haven't been on for the last week; have been out of town in the mountains.

Here we go; Weeks 5 & 6 Dean's List Finalists with the winners from Weeks 1-4.

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Hey!

I should have been more on top of this, but I'm really glad that others were! I would suggest that roboprom would be a good place to meet again, for both the current and last year's finalists/winners. I'll be volunteering in FLL for most of Championships but would love to meet people!

(And to brag we have 2, technically 3 - I won last year, Nick Bandiera from our team won this year (GTR West, team 1334) and Paul Fossenier (Waterloo, team 3161) was on our team before he helped to start 3161)

Also, there is a facebook group for finalists - that may be a good place to look for hotel rooms to share! Friend me (Evelyn Wainewright) and I'll add you. (I think it was kept private last year because we had a bunch of people offering hotel details back and forth and we thought it would be better to not be public).

Let me know if there's anything I can do to help organize any of this!

Thanks,
Evelyn

Alumni Mentor 1334
Dean's List Finalist 2010

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Huge congrats to Annemarie Ellman from team 433, one of the Dean's List finalists at Philly!

I'm so proud to have another Firebird Dean's Lister :) Congrats to the rest of this year's finalists!

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From the NC Regional we have Aaron Tucker from #449 and Rebecca Echerd from #435.

Congratulations to Rebecca! I have been privileged to know her through joint robotics demonstrations. She truly inspires her team and her team looks up to her.

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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

Week 6:
Dallas Regional:
418 - Casey Chorens
704 - Matthew Ricks
Philadelphia Regional:
433 - Annemarie Ellman
3151 - Mark Callow
Buckeye Regional:
1014 - Lindsey Fox
1014 - Kyle Torrico
North Carolina Regional:
449 - Aaron Tucker
435 - Rebecca Echerd
Colorado Regional:
1986 - Dominic Antonacci
2996 - Scott Van Thun
Boston Regional:
78 - Michael Violet
348 - Alexander Ouellet
Utah Regional:
3374 - Siena Richard
3513 - Blake Alfson
Michigan State Championships:
1023 - Shelby Beavers
548 - Maria Benjamin
33 - Matthew DePorre
1718 - Rachel Goubert
2834 - Jason Law
862 - Brian Schwartz
Virginia Regional:
122 - David Holloway
2363 - Michael Snider


Week 5:
Las Vegas Regional:
3009 - Nathan Richard
987 - Cody Wall-Epstein
Smoky Mountain Regional:
1466 - Ishi Keenum
1519 - Sarah Bell
Minnesota N. Star Regional:
2506 - Joshua Hansen
1730 - Clint Ott
Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional:
2846 - Ben Prather
1806 - Zachery Martin
NE Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional:
2836 - Carolyn Michener
558 - Rohit Grover
Silicon Valley Regional:
1868 - Christina Wettersten
3256 - Veronica Lane
Greater Toronto W. Regional:
1305 - Martin Gagne
1334 - Nicholas Bandiera
Greater Toronto E. Regional:
1114 - Stacey Willick
1114 - Mike Quill

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
2704 - Diane Bernardoni
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
3189 - Togeir Lingborg
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

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Big day for Team 1014!! Lindsey Fox and Kyle Torrico both winning the awards at Buckeye. Team 1014 now has 3 Dean's List Finalists with Phil Aufdencamp winning at Buckeye last year. I am so lucky to work with these students, I have learned more from them than I could ever hope to teach them. Truly amazing and deserving kids. Very excited and congrats to all winners, so excited to see as many as possible get together in St. Louis, what an amazing room that would be!!!

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The last two missing teams were posted earlier in the thread:

Las Vegas Regional:
3009 Nathan Richard
987 Cody Wall-Epstein

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Congratulations to all winners especially our Shelby Beavers!!! We are so proud of you!

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You forgot the Virginia Regional:

122 - David Holloway
2363 - Michael Snider

Congratulations David and Michael!! We're proud of our guys from Virginia!

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I'll be there volunteering and representing 348 with our other team captain, we didn't bring the robot but will be working with some beloved friends in FIRST at the Championship.

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Can anyone tell me the name? I'd like to join! :D

- Casey Chorens
Team Manager, FRC 418
LASA Robotics

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Also, is there a thread where winners are posting the essays their mentors wrote? I'd love to read about the other amazing finalists I might get to meet! Congrats, everyone! :)

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Casey,

Last season, Rich Kressly posted the essay written for Delia Votsch from FRC 1712, as a white paper here in CD. This was the essay.

If you would like to start a thread asking for the essays to be posted, that might be a good idea or they could be uploaded inidividually as white papers like Delia's was. Sometimes, the essays are very personal and the team doesn't feel comfortable posting them in CD - so not everyone participates.

Jane

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Thanks Jane!

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I sent the invite last night, so hopefully you got it!

I can't recall if there was any thread for essay posting this year (or last year) but we did post them in a thread on the FB page.

PLEASE, 2011 DL winners, FRIEND EACHOTHER and join the FB group! It'll help us of the 2010 class get in touch with you and help you with getting around the Championship event.

If you haven't joined the group yet, friend me (Crystal Vongnaphone) and I'll add you! You can also contact: Brandon Dean / Kyle J. Fender.

I'll be posting a thread this coming week about more details on meeting up and steps to getting around Champs as a Dean's list finalist!

Cheers!
Crystal.

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Invite me too !

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Working on it! Definitely sent the request through... I will try again though.

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*Update*:

These are the current pending requests that still need to accept the invite from the group officers!:

Shelby Beavers
Marissa Goldberg
Alexander Ouellet
Matthew Soucy
Josh Hansen
Alex Epstein
Stacey Lynn Willick
Bethany Carlson
Tyler Baker
Lydia Johnston

So just double check your notifications again, or search groups!!

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Note: In order for you to join the group, you need to have become friends with an officer on the group aka me, Brandon Dean, or Kyle J. Fender!

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Hey Crystal, I added you on Facebook.. Please invite me to the Dean's List group? =) Thanks!
Looking forward to meeting everyone in St. Louis!

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Invite sent!

Let me know if it works :(

Apparently some finalists are having trouble accepting the request to get in.

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Here are the students with pending requests:

Lindsey Fox
Danielle Sisk
Marissa Goldberg
Alexander Ouellet
Josh Hansen
Alex Epstein
Stacey Lynn Willick
Tyler Baker
Lydia Johnston

Can't figure out where the request went?

Follow these directions:

Visit Facebook
Go to the Groups Tab (homepage, left side)
Underneath the groups you're already a part of click "see all"

Thanks to Marisa Ashour who figured that one out for us!

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Actually, almost all of the 2010 Dean's List finalists are admins.

If you don't feel comfortable friending strangers on facebook, feel free to PM someone from last year and we will get you in the group.

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Yup, something like that. We seem to be the most active of all the admins out there, currently though =\

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True, true. I tend to quietly stalk forums/groups/people and provide input when needed.

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Hey Everyone!

I hope CMPs were a blast! Unfortunately I was unable to attend this year. I am a 2011 Dean's List Finalist and noticed my name on the list you are putting together. My name is actually Torgeir :) I do not have a Facebook but am starting to up my participation on Chief Delphi. See ya around!