Mentors:

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Team Captains:

Name: Vishan Dhamsania
Favorite Color: Dark green
First Year on FEDS: 2005
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2008
Favorite Moment: Vinoo crashed the robot & Steve phone book eyes.
Personal Hero: N/A
Sub team: Field build
What do you want to accomplish?: Build a sweet field this year!
What do you want to be after graduation?: Something with medicine.
Favorite GH song/video game: N/A




Name: Steve Spry
Favorite Color: Blue
First Year on FEDS: 2003
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2008
Favorite Moment: FIRST National Competition in Atlanta, GA
Personal Hero: Sponge Bob Square Pants
Sub team: Build
What do you want to accomplish?: Win at Nationals in Atlanta!
What do you want to be after graduation?: A mechanical engineer.
Favorite GH song/video game: N/A




Name: Stephanie Herderich
Favorite Color: Blue
First Year on FEDS: 2005
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2009
Favorite Moment: Winning Galileo!
Personal Hero: My mother
Sub team: Build
What do you want to accomplish?: Win a regional competition!
What do you want to be after graduation?: Not sure yet.
Favorite GH song/video game: GH3

Students:

Name: Jimmy Aldridge
Favorite Color: Green
First Year on FEDS: 2005
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2008
Favorite Moment: 2 years ago, when we had the button making lines and animal crackers.
Personal Hero: N/A
Sub team: Electrical
What do you want to accomplish?: Get picked for the final alliances this year.
What do you want to be after graduation?: A doctor.
Favorite GH song/video game: N/A




Name: Matt Harkless
Favorite Color: Dark blue
First Year on FEDS: 2005
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2008
Favorite Moment: Freshman year, Jimmy put the battery into the robot backwards and it was smoking!
Personal Hero: My dad
Sub team: Electrical
What do you want to accomplish?: Teach more about electrical.
What do you want to be after graduation?: N/A
Favorite GH song/video game: GH3




Name: Jacob Lohmeier
Favorite Color: Blue
First Year on FEDS: 2005
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2008
Favorite Moment: Winning Galileo
Personal Hero: My dad
Sub team: Build
What do you want to accomplish?: Try to learn as much as possible before I go off to college.
What do you want to be after graduation?: Either an aerospace or mechanical engineer.
Favorite GH song/video game: Legend of Zelda : Twilight Princess




Name: Gordan Mitevski
Favorite Color: Red
First Year on FEDS: 2005
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2008
Favorite Moment: Winning Galileo!
Personal Hero: John Bonham
Sub team: Team Awesome - aka Field build!
What do you want to accomplish?: Try to learn as much as I can before college.
What do you want to be after graduation?: A pharmacist.
Favorite GH song/video game: Golden Eye




Name: Kayla Dever (pictured with Quincy!)
Favorite Color: Red
First Year on FEDS: 2006
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2009
Favorite Moment: Winning Galileo!
Personal Hero: My mom
Sub team: PR & Marketing
What do you want to accomplish?: Try to learn as much as I can before college.
What do you want to be after graduation?: An Oncological nurse.
Favorite GH song/video game: N/A




Name: Marisol Dorantes
Favorite Color: Green
First Year on FEDS: 2006
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2009
Favorite Moment: Everything at the Western Michigan Regional in 2007.
Personal Hero: N/A
Sub team: Animation
What do you want to accomplish?: Win the animation award!
What do you want to be after graduation?: A musician.
Favorite GH song/video game: Halo




Name: Ken Kaminski
Favorite Color: Blue
First Year on FEDS: 2006
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2009
Favorite Moment: Winning Galileo
Personal Hero: N/A
Sub team: Design
What do you want to accomplish?: Successfully boss around the freshman.
What do you want to be after graduation?: An engineer.
Favorite GH song/video game: Crush 40 - Open Your Heart




Name: Kyle Kowalski
Favorite Color: Blue green/teal
First Year on FEDS: 2007
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2009
Favorite Moment: When the robot didn't work last year, and we couldn't figure it out.
Personal Hero: My dad
Sub team: Programming
What do you want to accomplish?: Get experience.
What do you want to be after graduation?: Something with computer science.
Favorite GH song/video game: Rock Band




Name: Lindsay Kroll
Favorite Color: Yellow
First Year on FEDS: 2006
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2009
Favorite Moment: Going to competitions and meeting other FIRST teams.
Personal Hero: My dad &sister.
Sub team: Website, PR & Marketing, Animation
What do you want to accomplish?: Finish the animation in time! &redo the whole website in handmade HTML.
What do you want to be after graduation?: An accountant during the day, pastry chef by night.
Favorite GH song/video game: The Fall of Troy - F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X.




Name: Jennifer Manns
Favorite Color: Green
First Year on FEDS: 2007
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2009
Favorite Moment: Our first win at the first regional we went to last year.
Personal Hero: My mother
Sub team: PR & Marketing
What do you want to accomplish?: To make our message known to the community.
What do you want to be after graduation?: I want to go to U of M for medicine.
Favorite GH song/video game: N/A




Name: Lucas Neugebauer
Favorite Color: Black
First Year on FEDS: 2006
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2009
Favorite Moment: When I was a driver of the robot my freshman year (2006 season).
Personal Hero: My mother
Sub team: Field build
What do you want to accomplish?: To be a driver of the robot again.
What do you want to be after graduation?: An engineer or something in the science field.
Favorite GH song/video game: N/A




Name: Amanda Schlagel
Favorite Color: Blue
First Year on FEDS: 2007
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2009
Favorite Moment: Completing the bumpers on the robot and play euchre with the team.
Personal Hero: My dad
Sub team: Build/bumper maker
What do you want to accomplish?: To go further than I have before!
What do you want to be after graduation?: A veterinarian
Favorite GH song/video game: N/A




Name: Chris Shannon
Favorite Color: Green
First Year on FEDS: 2006
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2009
Favorite Moment: Winning Galileo
Personal Hero: Mr. Thoma
Sub team: PR & Marketing
What do you want to accomplish?: Win the website award
What do you want to be after graduation?: Something in the medicine field.
Favorite GH song/video game: Mississippi Queen - Mountain




Name: Sarah Steffans
Favorite Color: Blue
First Year on FEDS: 2005
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2009
Favorite Moment: Winning Galileo!
Personal Hero: My dad
Sub team: Build
What do you want to accomplish?: Win an award this year – any award!
What do you want to be after graduation?: Not sure – it’s a work in progress!
Favorite GH song/video game: GH3




Name: Michael Abramson
Favorite Color: Red
First Year on FEDS: 2007
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2010
Favorite Moment: My first competition.
Personal Hero: N/A
Sub team: Design
What do you want to accomplish?: Improve my engineering skills.
What do you want to be after graduation?: An engineer.
Favorite GH song/video game: Alice in Chains - Them Bones




Name: Evan Barlage
Favorite Color: Blue
First Year on FEDS: 2007
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2010
Favorite Moment: Meeting the deadline last year.
Personal Hero: My dad
Sub team: Field build
What do you want to accomplish?: To do well at competitions!
What do you want to be after graduation?: A biologist.
Favorite GH song/video game: Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover




Name: Jordan Carlson
Favorite Color: Red
First Year on FEDS: 2007
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2010
Favorite Moment: Talking about green lantern in the autoshop room.
Personal Hero: Buckethead
Sub team: Build
What do you want to accomplish?: Get experience.
What do you want to be after graduation?: A mechanic or working with sound boards.
Favorite GH song/video game: Jordan, of course!




Name: Natalie Debusschere
Favorite Color: Blue
First Year on FEDS: 2007
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2010
Favorite Moment: Cheering on the team at every competition!
Personal Hero: My dad
Sub team: PR & Marketing and Animation
What do you want to accomplish?: To be awesome this year and win awards!
What do you want to be after graduation?: A doctor.
Favorite GH song/video game: David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust




Name: Haleigh Dever
Favorite Color: Blue & Green
First Year on FEDS: 2007
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2010
Favorite Moment: Going to the competitions.
Personal Hero: My mom
Sub team: Build
What do you want to accomplish?: Get experience in the technical field.
What do you want to be after graduation?: Something with sound boards and radio stations!
Favorite GH song/video game: GH song: Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover.
Video game: Zelda!




Name: Andrew Mathieson
Favorite Color:
First Year on FEDS: 2007
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2010
Favorite Moment:
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Sub team:
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What do you want to be after graduation?:
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Name: Nick Samokyszyn
Favorite Color: Orange
First Year on FEDS: 2007
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2010
Favorite Moment: Driving the robot from 2006
Personal Hero: That one guy.
Sub team: Build
What do you want to accomplish?: Make sure the robot works!
What do you want to be after graduation?: An engineer.
Favorite GH song/video game: Dragonforce - Through the Fire and Flames




Name: Adam Aldridge
Favorite Color: Black
First Year on FEDS: 2008
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2011
Favorite Moment: N/A
Personal Hero: N/A
Sub team: Electrical
What do you want to accomplish?: Learn more about electrical.
What do you want to be after graduation?: Something in the medical field.
Favorite GH song/video game: GH2




Name: David Der Manuelian
Favorite Color: Orange
First Year on FEDS: 2008
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2011
Favorite Moment: N/A
Personal Hero: N/A
Sub team: Programming
What do you want to accomplish?: Learn more about programming.
What do you want to be after graduation?: Not sure.
Favorite GH song/video game: Super Smash Bros.




Name: Alex Dinsmoor
Favorite Color: Black
First Year on FEDS: 2008
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2011
Favorite Moment: N/A
Personal Hero: N/A
Sub team: Programming
What do you want to accomplish?: Get the robot to work well on its own.
What do you want to be after graduation?: A chemical engineer.
Favorite GH song/video game: Rage Against the Machine - Bulls on Parade




Name: Tanner Ellsworth
Favorite Color: Silver
First Year on FEDS: 2008
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2011
Favorite Moment: When I designed the arm for the robot.
Personal Hero: My dad
Sub team: Design
What do you want to accomplish?: Everything! And design things for the robot.
What do you want to be after graduation?: Something in the science field.
Favorite GH song/video game: N/A




Name: Andrew Fylak
Favorite Color: Green
First Year on FEDS: 2008
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2011
Favorite Moment: N/A
Personal Hero: N/A
Sub team: Build
What do you want to accomplish?: Have some fun and do well at competitions!
What do you want to be after graduation?: Not sure yet, but something with electronics.
Favorite GH song/video game: N/A




Name: Michael Giedzinski
Favorite Color: Blue
First Year on FEDS: 2008
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2011
Favorite Moment: N/A
Personal Hero: N/A
Sub team: Programming
What do you want to accomplish?: Be able to program the robot well, and learn more about programming.
What do you want to be after graduation?: A doctor.
Favorite GH song/video game: Dragonforce - Through the Fire and Flames




Name: David Keller
Favorite Color: Green
First Year on FEDS: 2008
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2011
Favorite Moment: N/A
Personal Hero: My dad
Sub team: Design
What do you want to accomplish?: Get experience
What do you want to be after graduation?: Something with designing video games.
Favorite GH song/video game: Mario!




Name: Chris Long
Favorite Color: Blue
First Year on FEDS: 2008
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2011
Favorite Moment: N/A
Personal Hero: N/A
Sub team: Build
What do you want to accomplish?: Get experience.
What do you want to be after graduation?: Not sure yet!
Favorite GH song/video game: N/A




Name: Derek Martin
Favorite Color: Green
First Year on FEDS: 2008
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2011
Favorite Moment: N/A
Personal Hero: N/A
Sub team: Electrical
What do you want to accomplish?: Learn more about electrical.
What do you want to be after graduation?: An engineer.
Favorite GH song/video game: Call of Duty 3




Name: Justin Murphy
Favorite Color: Purple
First Year on FEDS: 2008
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2011
Favorite Moment: N/A
Personal Hero: Superman
Sub team: Electrical
What do you want to accomplish?: Victory!
What do you want to be after graduation?: Something in the technology field.
Favorite Guitar Hero song/video game: AFI - Miss Murder




Name: Jordan Powell
Favorite Color: Red
First Year on FEDS: 2008
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2011
Favorite Moment: N/A
Personal Hero: N/A
Sub team: Design
What do you want to accomplish?: Make a great robot this year!
What do you want to be after graduation?: A graphic designer.
Favorite GH song/video game: Bioshock




Name: Rachael Schlagel
Favorite Color: Green
First Year on FEDS: 2008
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2011
Favorite Moment: Laughing at Andrew and Lucas.
Personal Hero: Mr. Knobbe
Sub team: Field build
What do you want to accomplish?: To do well at competitions and make it through nationals!
What do you want to be after graduation?: A psychologist.
Favorite GH song/video game: N/A




Name: Josh Sykes
Favorite Color: Red
First Year on FEDS: 2008
Year in High School/Grad Year: 2011
Favorite Moment: N/A
Personal Hero: N/A
Sub team: Programming
What do you want to accomplish?: Program a hybrid mode that works well.
What do you want to be after graduation?: An engineer or physicist.
Favorite GH song/video game: Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name of