[Al Skierkiewicz]

Quentin,
That is correct. Motorola approached the high school in 1992. I wasn't part of the team at that time but as I understand, there was a positive response that took a while to coalesce into a viable team. By 1996 a teacher was splitting time between Wheeling and Rolling Meadows High Schools and convinced enough people to include both schools. I became involved late in the 1996 build to assist with video documentation of the robot at Wheeling. My wife and I provided adult support at Wheeling but never saw the robot compete. The same took place in 1997 with additional parent support for animation and much more video work. My first hands on came at the Midwest Regional when an electrical problem developed. I have been involved in the robot ever since.
WildStang comes from student choices of mascot names...Wheeling WILDcats and Rolling Meadows muSTANGs. The tie dye just came naturally. The Motorola mentor from 1992 came back to the team much later and is with us still.

Gary,
Whatever!!! No alpha males allowed, just Raul. We're flexible.