If you had one thing to be proud about this season...

[Solon Jhee]

If i had one thing to be proud about this season it would be winning the newton division at nationals, and this match would be my proudest moment as a driver (302), what was your proudest moment


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[Alaina]

I had a lot of proud moments this season...I'm very proud of 814's robot this season. I was proud of Spicy when we won Leadership in Controls at Sacramento. I was proud of Spicy when we won Judge's Choice and made it to Finals at SVR. I'm proud because we have gained a lot of attention and respect from other teams this season.

Building an award-winning wooden bot just gives you an automatic sense of pride...Who knows, maybe it's just the huge claw.

[Daniel Brim]

My proudest moment was watching our robot going from 33rd in AZ to 6th in LA, on a suggestion that I made (noone listened at first, but next year I wont be a freshman! Yes!!!).

[George1902]

this is an easy one...

one match at the Peachtree regional, our bot got beat up pretty bad. when we finally got it wheeled back to the pits, the students immediately picked it up, set it on the work bench, and proceded to repair the bot. another one of the mentors turned to me and said, "Look there," pointing to the kids working, "this was a successful year."

All the students on The Crew made me so proud this year! Great job, guys!

[JVN]

I'm proud, that for better or for worse... I made it through my first season as a team leader.

[tenfour]

For me, winning was only part of it. We did well both at LA and at the AZ Regional. That was cool, but in ten years I won't remember our rankings, etc.

I will remember the fact that we had a really cool team that grew as a team by leaps and bounds this year. We developed a leadership structure, a finance base, a parent support group, many partnerships that will help us in the future. We also all took with us aspects of engineering and the real world that will help us later in life.

I'll stop before I sound like a advertisement for "GP", but this is really what matters.

[kristen]

When I joined our team this year, I knew very little to nothing about robotics, except for limited knowledge to use Inventor and how to use some of the machines. I am proud to say that I now definitly know a ton more than when I started, often by screwing stuff up. Next year I'm going to be so much more valuble to my team... I think that this year I mostly saw and learned how things worked. It will be easier to take more initiative next year since I won't be totally clueless.

I'm glad that I got to meet and make friends with so many other people in FIRST this year!

[Koko Ed]

In my opinion the proudest moment was the influence that we had on 1126 Webster Sparx to get them off the ground. Their appreciation page on their website said it all.

[Stephen Kowski]

I am proud of our Xerox Creativity Award given to us at the Championship. We don't normally recieve many judged awards, and this year has been a delightful change. (Delphi Driving Tommorow's Technology @ UCF)

[Matt Attallah]

My team as a whole. We ironed out some of the early-on wrinkles. Over came a little budget defect. And we "melded" into a team. I am very proud about that...

And I'm proud of us winning the Xerox Creativity Award for our Vacuum Clamp at Pittsburgh!

[BandChick]

I have definitely experienced a lot of proud moments this season.

1) The Day Before Rutgers - Getting quoted in our local Trenton Times. An article featured on page 3 about 1089 and their hard rookie season (which you can access from our website).

2) At the Rutgers Regional - We were the only rookie team to make it into semi-finals, to then be beaten by our mentors. We were second choice for a top alliance and part of a great 5th alliance (30, ourselves 1089, and 88). Even though we didn't win Rookie All-Star, our list of accomplishments is grand. My proudest moment, however, was when I heard Wayne Cokeley talking to the judges and saying, "I wish my team was this good when we were rookies."

3) At Rutgers - Getting the Chairman's Essay back with comments paper clipped on top, reading, "You are a great rookie team. You've got the right spirit, you truly understand what the meaning of FIRST is. You did the best with what you have and have really stepped up. Learning how to work as a team is the biggest part of the experience and you clearly 'got it.' Your submisssion was very impressive and shows that you are well on your way to being a Chairman's Award winner of the future." C'mon, tell me that wouldn't have made you smile proudly.

4) At Rutgers - Watching team 1156 (Brazil) win Rookie All-Star the first day and knowing that we spent hours the night before working with them on their autonomous code. Literally, we were working until we got kicked out of the building.

5)At Nationals in Texas - Being in Texas with team 25 was a great enough joy for me, but to be able to be there and actually be a part of 25 was something I never expected. Being able to go claim medals knowing that I actually did belong to this team was a great feeling. I know now that I'm not only close to my own team, but 25 as well. (I am coming back to visit you Cokeley! )

I have to thank FIRST and 1089 and 25 for everything they've given me this year. It's been wonderful, and I will back. In fact, I wouldn't miss it for the world.

[Yan Wang]

Our robot had a lot of unique features this season... the urethane omniwheels which allowed us to push everyone at Chesapeake, orientation of the bins (which we took out later in Canada cause it was useless), and in Canada, the ability to hold and protect a stack of 4 perfectly and throughout these two regionals, didn't require any repair that was major during qualifying or elimination... However, the judges didn't come over much in Chesapeake and in Canada, we saw them for about a minute because we and 6 other teams got stuck in the back room. However, it made all worthwhile when Woburn Robotics' (team 188) mentor presented us with a gracious professionalism award for helping to fix their drive train thursday night and friday morning... it's better coming from a team than any judge.

[Amanda Morrison]

I think my proudest moment this season was seeing my team actually get the robot to move! The kids never gave up on their bot and never got discouraged, and that was a great thing to see. It gives you a really good feeling down deep inside to know that you're on a team where everyone cares about each other and works toward one common goal. I guess my moment lasted the entire competition - being proud to be on my team.

[Ryan Dognaux]

My proudest moment... was when our team won the Chairman's Award in Arizona. It was a truly great moment.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

There are two pretty close ones for me...
Having a such a great student pit crew that we experienced no failures during the entire competition, especially the finals, and...
Our mentored team Francis Parker School, "Frank's Garage" #1055 getting Rookie Allstar at the Midwest Regional.
Both of these moments show up the determination, abilities and drive of young people. I hope they are as proud as I am.