[Alex2614]

I was a freshman on the team during our rookie year. We met for the first time as a team on the day of kickoff 2008. After winning the Rookie All-Star Award and winning on the field, and attending the world championships despite the lack of support from our school board and community, we embarked on a mission.

In West Virginia, for every 100 high school freshmen in the state of West Virginia, statistics say that only 16 will graduate from college. On top of that, WV has been very unforgiving to FIRST teams. So we decided to try to make FIRST programs available to every single student in the entire state. We made a goal of starting FLL teams in every middle school in our city within approx. 3 years. We did it in that year, so we expanded. Now, we are working on creating and sustaining FIRST teams in our intensely rural state in order to improve the educational value of the students in West Virginia as well as the educational statistics and opportunities available to the students here in WV.

I hope I don't come off as bragging or conceited. I just believe that we are in a very unique situation and has a very unique story. I hope this helps! Good luck!