[Ricky Q.]

I will also echo all said above and add my own:

Andy Baker, Chris Fultz, Libby Ritchie, and teams 45, 393, and 234: Awesome! The event that you put on is just incredible and I'm glad I convinced my team to go in 2002 and that we have come back ever since. Thank you for all the work you do to make it come together.

Teams 71 and 980: Thanks for picking us and having the confidence to complete the winning alliance with us. Those finals matches were intense and cap our team's best year. Thanks again!

Teams 45, 234, and 447: It was tough to lose to our Midwest Champion Partners' alliance, but I would have rather faced no one else. Thanks for being great competeters and great friends.

Brandon Martus, Jess Boucher, and Mike Soukup: Thank you for being our team's all-star Mentor drive team. You guys performed just as well as I did, getting our robot to do everything we asked of you. Thank you!

Amanda Morrison: Dang girl, do you ever stop working?!? I'm am glad I finally got to sit down and actually talk to you and spend a great weekend with you in Indiana. The effort and dedication you put into everything that you did this past weekend continues to amaze me. Thank YOU!

Andy Baker and the refs: Thanks for being one of the greatest ref crews ever. Calls were fair and explained and no detail was left unclear. Great job!

Meli, DK, Tom Schindler, Big Mike, KT, Chell, Tyler, DJ, Clark, Kyle, Ken, Cory, and everyone else I met or saw again this weekend: Thank you for being awesome people and great friends. It was a great weekend to spend with all of you.

Anyone else I forgot, THANK YOU!

This last year of my 3 involved as a high school student has been my team's most successful and my personal favorite. Thanks to all who made it a great year, and don't worry, the greatest Mexican driver in FIRST will always be around it.