[Citrus Dad]

As the scouting mentor for 1678, I would like to commend that amazing achievements of our team. Our robot performed consistently, but even when there were problems, the pit crew acted quickly and efficiently and the drive team demonstrated that it was one of the most adaptable and strategic teams on the field. Our scouting team provided reliable steady information that was absolutely key to both on field strategy (we called it the "BS Sniffer" for alliance discussions) and alliance selection.

The real time scouting system was truly amazing. I simply highlighted what data we should collect (based on statistical analysis) and working with the drive team, we chose what data should be displayed. The team's programmers implemented the entire system from the Android, iPhone and Linux code to acquiring all of the necessary hardware, with no mentor guidance (I'm not a programmer). We have a relatively small team (we only brought 15 team members) so this scouting system allowed us to stretch our resources further. (We're considering preparing a white paper with the technical specifications. This could allow other smaller teams to be more competitive with better scouting resources.)

In addition, the business team nearly hit our fundraising goal for the year. This was the first year that we've really focused on systematic fundraising and their achievements were significant.

Finally thanks to our sponsors, the many schools and colleges at UC Davis individually contributing at the forefront. The late season support from both the Da Vinci and Davis HS support foundations was key to lifting us to "world class." DTL/Mori Seiki was our biggest corporate sponsor; the Sunrise Rotary Club our most biggest community sponsor. Finally, thank you to the Davis School Board for providing our coach Steve Harvey (that's another story of true dedication) with a coaching stipend.