Chicago League Championship 2
Awards List

Welcome to the Chicago League Championship 2 FIRST Tech Challenge Awards and Closing Ceremony! The FIRST Tech Challenge is just one of the awesome programs that exist in the FIRST progression of programs! FIRST has worked to create a progression of programs for aspiring science and technology leaders from the ages of 6 to 18! Our STEM programs are a fantastic opportunity for your students to have the hardest fun they've ever had!

Speaking of the hardest fun you'll ever have, what an amazing day we've had! Before we hand out our prestigious Awards, let's thank the awesome people who made this event happen.

Our FIRST Tech Challenge Volunteers are the very best! Please give a big round of applause for all the volunteers who have given their time, effort, dedication, and so much more to make this program a success.

Also today would not be possible without the amazing generosity of our FIRST Tech Challenge Season Presenting Sponsor, Qualcomm, our FIRST Tech Challenge Official Program Sponsor, Rockwell Collins! Thank you!

Before we hand out the Awards, I would like to introduce you to our special guest.

[Introduce Speaker]

If I could please have all of the Judges, Referees, and FTAs come up front for the presentation of the Awards. (Pause) Let's give a round of applause to our Judges, Refs and FTAs for all of their expertise, dedication and hard work.

[Introduce Judges and Referees and FTAs]

Thank you! And now, the Awards.

Rookie Award
The finalists for this award are:
 
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Rookie Award:
This team really impressed the judges with team spirit. Though they are a rookie team, we are confident they have learned much their first season and we look forward to seeing them grow into strong contenders. The team that earned the Rookie All-Star Award is Team 13829 Solorio Robotics.
The Rookie Award is presented to:
Team 13829, Solorio Robotics from Chicago, IL
Control Award
The Control Award is given to the Team that demonstrates innovative thinking in the control system to solve Game challenges such as Autonomous Operation, enhancing mechanical systems with intelligent control, or using sensors to achieve better results on the Field.
The finalists for this award are:
 
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Control Award:
Their unstoppable robot really raised the bar in control design. The well-documented code looked for every contingency and was made to score highly. For us mere mortals, trying to understand how they did it all will make you go crazy. The Control Award winner is team 116 the Crazy Eights!
The Control Award is presented to:
Team 116, Crazy Eights from Chicago, IL
Motivate Award
Next we have the Motivate Award. This Judged Award celebrates the Team that exemplifies the essence of the FIRST Tech Challenge competition and embraces the culture of FIRST while making a collective effort to make FIRST known throughout their school, and community and sparks others to embrace the culture of FIRST.
The finalists for this award are:
Team 10240, ShamBot Green
Team 7030, RoboMinds
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Motivate Award:
Next we have the Motivate Award. This Judged Award celebrates the Team that exemplifies the essence of the FIRST Tech Challenge competition and embraces the culture of FIRST while making a collective effort to make FIRST known throughout their school, and community and sparks others to embrace the culture of FIRST.
The Motivate Award is presented to:
Team 13699, Payton Robotics from Chicago, IL
Design Award
The intent of the Design Award is to expand on the challenge, inspiring Teams to incorporate industrial design into their robots. These elements can be shown in the simplicity of the design as it applies to the tasks, the look and feel of the robot, and how the design allows us to think of robots in new ways. The Design aspect must serve a function - but they should also differentiate the robot in a unique fashion.
The finalists for this award are:
Team 116, Crazy Eights
Team 10240, ShamBot Green
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Design Award:
This robot design is clear and precise. They obvious put plenty of thought into design and it really showed. Their robot had a 48 inch reach that blew our minds! This design award goes to team 7030 the RoboMinds from Horizon Science Academy.
The Design Award is presented to:
Team 7030, RoboMinds from Chicago, IL
Rockwell Collins Innovate Award
The Rockwell Collins Innovate Award celebrates a Team that has the ingenuity and inventiveness to make their designs come to life. This Award is given to the Team that the Judges feel has the most Innovative and Creative Robot design solution to the FIRST Tech Challenge. Elements of this Award include elegant design, robustness and 'out of the box' thinking with regard to design. This Award may address the design of the whole robot or some sub-assembly component of the robot. The creative component needs to work consistently, but a robot does not have to work all of the time during Matches to be considered for this Award. The Team's Engineering Notebook showed the design of the component(s) and the Team's robot, and clearly explains how the Team arrived at
The finalists for this award are:
Team 10481, ShamBot Gold
Team 10240, ShamBot Green
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Rockwell Collins Innovate Award:
This robot's wheels threaded and banded together on the field. The innovative design roared onto the field because they knew what they were doing. They pounced onto the relic to earn their well-deserved victory. This innovate award goes to team 10253, Bobcat Robotics from Back of the Yards.
The Rockwell Collins Innovate Award is presented to:
Team 10253, Bobcats Robotics from Chicago, IL
Connect Award
Our next Award, The Connect Award, is presented to the Team that the Judges' feel most connected with their local community, FIRST and the business world. The best Team is more than the sum of its parts, and recognizes that their schools and communities play an essential part to their success. The recipient of this Award is recognized for helping the community understand FIRST, the FIRST Tech Challenge, and the Team itself. In addition, the Team that wins this Award is aggressively seeking engineers and exploring the opportunities available in the world of engineering, science and technology.
The finalists for this award are:
Team 7030, RoboMinds
Team 10240, ShamBot Green
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Connect Award:
This team has worked diligently with students from other schools both in their communities and around the world. Specifically, their innovative methods of connecting to and teaching younger students set them apart from the rest of the pack. For howling their coding tutorials to pups in all 50 states, the connect award goes to team 8728 the Bionic Wolves from Wolscott School.
The Connect Award is presented to:
Team 8728, Wolcott High School from Chicago, IL
Think Award
This judged award is given to the Team that best reflects the journey the Team took as they experienced the engineering design process during the build season. The Engineering Notebook is the key reference for judges to help identify the most deserving Team. This Team's Engineering Notebook focused on the design and build stages of the Team's robot and exemplified their journey as a team and engineers.
The finalists for this award are:
Team 10240, ShamBot Green
Team 8728, Wolcott High School
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Think Award:
This thoughtful effort is by a brotherhood exhibiting great teamwork. The team clearly had to noodle around with their design, but eventually they got it right. The lucky winner, taking home the GOLD in the Think award goes to team 10481 the Shambot Gold from St. Patrick High School.
The Think Award is presented to:
Team 10481, ShamBot Gold from Chicago, IL
Chicago League Championship 2 Finalist Alliance
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Chicago League Championship 2 Finalist Alliance:
The Chicago League Championship 2 Finalist Alliance is presented to:
3: 7007,7030
Chicago League Championship 2 Winning Alliance
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Chicago League Championship 2 Winning Alliance:
The Chicago League Championship 2 Winning Alliance is presented to:
1: 116,10240
Inspire Award
The Inspire Award is given to the Team that the Judges felt truly embodied the 'challenge' of the FIRST Tech Challenge program. The Team that receives this award is a strong ambassador for FIRST programs and works to promote FIRST and make it loud in their community. The Team that receives this Award has performed well in all Judging categories and was chosen by the Judges as a model FIRST Tech Challenge Team on and off the playing field. The Judges used Match performance, observations made during interviews and in the pit area, the Team's Engineering Notebook, and performance on the playing field in determining the winner.
The finalists for this award are:
Second Place: Team 7030, RoboMinds
Third Place: Team 10481, ShamBot Gold
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Inspire Award:
This team excelled in all categories and their bot really stood out on the playing field. We can confidently say that their accomplishments were all skill and not just luck. At the end of the day, theyr left their competition green with envy. The Inspire award winner is team 10240 Shambot Green from St. Patrick High School
The Inspire Award is presented to:
Team 10240, ShamBot Green from Chicago, IL
Families and friends, thank you all for being a great audience today! Students, thank you for bringing your Gracious Professionalism to the competition today! And thank you ALL for helping support the next generation of innovators. We had an excellent event with all of you and look forward to seeing you next year!

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Awards List generated at 02/11/18 03:40:34 PM