IRI - A HUGE THANK YOU!

[Chris Fultz]

A huge thank-you to everyone who made the IRI such a fun and exciting event.

There is always as risk in naming names, but i will do my best to capture everyone -

72 teams who played awesome matches on the field, then came off smiling and excited and friends with everyone.

Paul Copioli - our awesome MC
Dan Green and Collin Fultz - the greatest announcing duo in the land
Mark Leon - NASA tv from the IRI? - Fantastic!
Mark Koors and Jerry Budd - The field was nearly flawless for 2 days
Molly Menges, Brandon Martus, David Kelly, JAckie Abbott and everyone who was on the scoring table / music selection / team
Brant Bowen - great job with the volunteers and everything else we needed
Matt Fultz and Cathy Warner - Super Judge Assistants / Advisors
Ryan Dognaux - Great job organizing and managing the talent show
Jeremiah Johnson - You kept the pit news flowing
Team 45 Students and Parents - for set up, clean up, T-shirt sales and help all around the event
Aerfin Bari - Always on "Que"
Team 461 - Tarps, set-up help and anything else we needed
The Referee Crew - You set the standard!
Talent Show contestants - Great
DSATK - Great show - I think you should let your sister sing more!
Judges - You made great selections and we know it was tough work
Many, Many other volunteers who helped with queing, field reset and anything else needed
Team 1024 - fantastic facility and great concessions and help with so many electronical things
Kelli V - for the great pictires and capture of the event
Teams who stayed late to help clean up - 93 and 2194 (I think)

Team 234 Students and Parents - video feed for the field, pits and NASA TV!, set-up, clean-up, volunteer and judges rooms, silent auction, DINNER for 1400! and anything else we asked.

And, Andy Baker - always fantastic to work together. What a great event.
(p.s. - and Copioli did bring us onto the field in the right order....)