pic: Team Intoductions in Waterloo

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For anyone who hasn't seen Karthik in action yet, prepare to be impressed if and when gets to do the job on one of the divisional fields in Atlanta. I remember his first year, brimming with knowledge and wanting to get the true spirit and story behind each and every match out to the audience watching. That method hasn't changed, only his delivery has, to make the regionals he announces simply the most exciting and electrifying events that FIRST has to offer. His knowledge of FIRST is as detailed as only someone who truly embraces the approach to FIRST like an approach to sports can be. There is always an underlying plot line, an act of fate or a twist of luck that binds at least two teams during a match and Karthik will be the first to point it out to the audience members. He has grown from someone who just delivers the team names and the sponsors and the stories behind them to someone who puts himself in the very place of the story he is delivering, which just makes the experience all the richer.

Also he does enjoy wearing the occasional skirt, as everyone so loves to point out