[thomasweese]

Team 254 - This is an obvious choice because their level success on the field and their scale of support off the field is very hard to come by. Needless to say, we would not be close to as successful at champs if it weren't for the Cheesy Poofs.

Team 971 - Another amazingly successful team with an astonishing record of helping other teams. We needed special custom parts, and being a first year team, we simply did not have the tools to make it ourselves, nor did we have the money to have it done professionally. Spartan Robotics came to the rescue by not only helping us make the parts in their workshop, but also teaching us how to work these extremely helpful tools and giving us insight as to what to purchase for our shop in future years.

Team 1678 - The Citrus Circuits also constructed a beautiful and well-made robot. You don't make it to Einstein on accident. Apart from that, they played a vital role in our first year as a team. Mentors talked to us about how to expand our shop on a budget, and even came down from Davis (close to a two hour drive one way!) to discuss logistics and ways to raise money for the trip to Champs. We are more than grateful for their support this season and we look forward to working with them in the future.

Team 1868 - Another wonderful team that is great at what they do. The Space Cookies have most definitely made a name for themselves in the FRC community and have been a huge help to our team. As soon our the team began, they gave us the chance to come to their space (no pun intended) and give us a little overview on how FRC works. They also have been one of the kindest and most generous teams to us and many other teams they have worked with. It's a pleasure to have such a strong partnership between our two teams.

There are many more teams that deserve to be on this list, but those are my top four choices.