[bookworm0422]

My Name is Karl and I was a Robotics student in 2003 as a High School Sophomore and now I'm 23 years old and a mentor on Team 313 "The Bionic Union" and my favorite memory was the 2003 Championship Event in Houston,TX. I was the Pit Nazi as you would call it and I just loved running between the Astro Dome and the new Reliant Stadium helping the team fix the robot and making sure the tools were ready when they arrived back in the pits. That year we made the Newton Division playoffs as a 5th seed and our alliance partner and us were bounced in the first round in two games by the eventual division champions so at least we lost to the best in our division but the memory was just awesome with helping our alliance partner and my team fix the robots between matches and running to the pits for tools and wiring and all that good stuff. FIRST has given me more memories than any other group I have been apart of, the smiles you see on these kids faces when you win a match just makes you remember why you've put over 500 hours of your life into this one robot. Good Luck to all teams in the upcoming competition season I hope you all do your very best, I know I have high hopes for my teams design this year.