Regional Woodie Flowers

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Congratulations to the new regional Woodie Flowers recipients.
Ed O'Conner Team 101 Midwest Regional
Bill McGowan Team 11 New Jersey Regional
Manley Thompson Team 997 Oregon Regional
Lane Matheson Team 932 St. Louis Regional
Michael Matthews Team #133 Granite STate Regional

Thanks to all the students who thought enough of these fine mentors to submit their names for such a prestigious honor.

[Brandon Holley]

My congratulations to Bill Mcgowan from team 11

He is the best mentor a team could ask for and he bleeds FIRST. He is a stand up guy and a class act and I couldn't thank him enough for what he has done for me and the mount olive robotics team.

Congrats McG

[Guy Davidson]

Mr. Thompson is from 997. My congratulations to all the winners, even though I never met any of them.

[Justin Montois]

From FLR, the WFA was Kate Nordland from Team 340. Our team is so proud of her and I can't speak for my team, though I'm sure they would agree, that Kate is absolutely amazing as a instructor, volunteer, mentor and friend. I couldn't be happier for her. Congrats Kate we love you.

[BeckyHand]

Greater Kansas City Regional: Rex Brown from Team Driven, 1730
http://www.teamdriven.us
Congrats to all!

[dsmoker]

And at the CT Regional from team 558 . . . my husband, Ernie Smoker!!! I cried. Really. The kids screamed and chanted his name ("Smoker" really lends itself to a nice chant). To make it all the more special, they gave the award on Saturday instead of the usual Friday because Woody himself was there to present it. It was truly a great moment for him and our team.

[Mark Holschuh]

Also congratulations to John Wanninger from Team 1732 Hilltopper Robotics who won at the Wisconsin Regional. John (and his wife Sue) have worked hard to build that program, and truly deserve the award!

[dangerousdave]

A very deserving Jeremy Roberts, was awarded the Peachtree Regional Woodie Flowers award.

[santosh]

Originally Posted by dangerousdave

A very deserving Jeremy Roberts, was awarded the Peachtree Regional Woodie Flowers award.

Dear Jeremy, you are my hero. Thanks for all the help you have given us (1002 and 2415) in the past 5 years. You have been a mentor for me since I was a freshman in high school and are a big reason I am a mentor in college now. Thanks and congrats.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Congratulations to Bruce Newendorp from Team 525. For those of you who haven't met Bruce yet, he is the quiet guy that has been in their pit for many years. He is one of the midwest's great mentors who work to give the students on their team the best experience they can. If you are in Atlanta, stop by 525's pit and meet another great WFA award winner.

[Beth Sweet]

Originally Posted by Mark Holschuh

Also congratulations to John Wanninger from Team 1732 Hilltopper Robotics who won at the Wisconsin Regional. John (and his wife Sue) have worked hard to build that program, and truly deserve the award!

Omg omg omg!!!! Congratulations John!!!!!!!!!

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Congratulations to John and Jeremy, both great hard working individuals who make this program great.

[Justin Ridley]

Big Congrats to my best friend and partner in crime building robots for 5 years at Michigan Tech, Anthony Lapp... he's been a die hard FIRSTer for almost a decade and a half and I'm very glad to see him win this award. 27 - Team Rush has always been full of great mentors and he's just added to the list.

[Mark McLeod]

Congratulations Ernie!
I can see how terrific you are when working with the kids.
Truly deserved!

[KathieK]

Originally Posted by dsmoker

And at the CT Regional from team 558 . . . my husband, Ernie Smoker!!! I cried. Really. The kids screamed and chanted his name ("Smoker" really lends itself to a nice chant). To make it all the more special, they gave the award on Saturday instead of the usual Friday because Woody himself was there to present it. It was truly a great moment for him and our team.

Congrats to Ernie, you deserve this! Woodie asked that if there were any other Woodie Flowers award winners present that they make the presentation with him - and it was really amazing to see all of them lined up together!