I joined Warrior Robotics as a sophomore, only after one of my classmates came up to me one day and asked if I wanted to do the website for the robotics team (This was when the team was only just getting started, and when my only applicable experience in web design was a less-than-great graphics program and enough HTML experience to get by well). I agreed. Of course, at that time I had NO idea what the robotics team was, nor any clue about FIRST.
2008 - Webmaster (not all that great of a job), team paparazzi (I had just gotten my digital camera, and so I took pictures of EVERYTHING that went on).
2009 - Webmaster again, but now I was slightly more involved with the robot design, but being a junior under the shadow of some of the smartest seniors I've known, most of my potential contributions were shot down.
2010 - Webmaster, nearly the most robot-design-involved member of the team, rules/manual guru, fundraiser marketing leader, and finally, team driver and Co-Captain.
As a senior, I think I will be a little sad to leave my high-school team behind, although I know I will stay in touch with the younger team members and our coach. Luckily, there is the "GO FIRST" student organization at the University of Minnesota, and I plan to join up and help out with the metropolitan FIRST teams with whatever I can. I don't think I'll ever be able to forget or ignore the kind of impact FIRST has had on me.
