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.
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
Mr. Thompson is from 997. My congratulations to all the winners, even though I never met any of them.
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.
Greater Kansas City Regional: Rex Brown from Team Driven, 1730
http://www.teamdriven.us
Congrats to all!
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.
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!
A very deserving Jeremy Roberts, was awarded the Peachtree Regional Woodie Flowers award.
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!
Omg omg omg!!! Congratulations John!!!
Congratulations to John and Jeremy, both great hard working individuals who make this program great.
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.
Congratulations Ernie!
I can see how terrific you are when working with the kids.
Truly deserved!
Congrats Jeremy and everyone else. I do not know the others but I do know that Jeremy has been a part of FIRST for a long time and is truly deserving of this honor. Congratulations buddy!
Congrats to Lonnie Weissman (think I got the spelling right, doing it from memory) From team 668!!! 
Congratulations to Marty Rothwell for winning in Buckeye. 612 is lucky to have you!
Jeremy - congrats … I missed this thread last week. I saw the awards page when you won and have been smiling ever since!
Ian Mackenzie won today in Waterloo. I can’t think of a more deserving mentor. Over the past few years I’ve had the chance to work directly with some awesome people. Ian is perhaps the most incredible combination of intelligence, humility, and work ethic I’ve ever met. Congrats!
Congratulations to Jason Brett from team 1346 in Vancouver BC, Canada for winning the Microsoft Seattle Regional Woodie Flowers Award.
It couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy. Congratulations, Jason! (He’s also one of the tallest Woodie Flowers winners.)
If you don’t recognize his name, he posts on CD as “dtengineering”.
Congratulations Jason, Lonnie and Marty. I agree with Rich, Ian is also a very deserving mentor. Congratulations to you all. We have some stellar Woodie Award mentors this year.