[smart1]

I don't speak for my team this just my opinion. Having Muscular Dystrophy and not being able to play sports, Frc gave me a way to compete, the whole sport for the mind thing. When I got go to atlanta as the driver in 2010 competing (well playing)along side the best of best was such a rush. But when I watched the finals (still can't believe 469 lost) That Inspired me to help my team build the best robots they can. Prior to 2011 if we didn't qualify at 1 regional we would get on the waitlist for champs. In 2011 my first year as a mentor we went to 2 regionals for the first time and won 10,000 lakes with 525 and 3642 at championships we got picked for the first time ever but got beat in the quarterfinals. The fact that to go championships we had to earn our way in gave the team drive, 2010 was the last time we didn't make eliminations.