Awards List

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.

All Around Rookie Award
This is the Inspire Award to the best all-around team in their first season.
The finalists for this award are:
Team 13496, Lady Mustang Robotics Team 13259, Achilles Wheel
This is what the judges said about the winner of the All Around Rookie Award:
This team helped many others with their legos. Their notebook had rules counting strikes. They can communicate by phone their digital information.
The All Around Rookie Award is presented to:
Team 13047, DREAM Team Fax Machines from Mundelein, IL

Highest Ranking Rookie Award
This award goes to the highest ranking Rookie team in the competition,
The finalists for this award are:

This is what the judges said about the winner of the Highest Ranking Rookie Award:

The Highest Ranking Rookie Award is presented to:
Team 13259, Achilles Wheel from Highland Park, 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:
Team 10091, N.Y.A.N. Robotics - Not Your Average Nerds Team 6287, Vertigo
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Control Award:
The flag on this robot was not the only one flying. In competition you would think a collosus was in the stands. Although their robot was not made of titanium, it performed without flagging.
The Control Award is presented to:
Team 7006, RoboTitans 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 7351, Dynamic Signals Team 6287, Vertigo
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Motivate Award:
This team exhibited a true warrior culture. Their robot was a bright spot in the competition. They flew to 1st in this category on the wings of their namesake.
The Motivate Award is presented to:
Team 11163, Valkyries 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 6287, Vertigo Team 10091, N.Y.A.N. Robotics - Not Your Average Nerds
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Design Award:
This team spent many nights spinning their omni wheels coming up with their award winning design. Their 180 degree arm was simplistic but effective. Give a big hoot for the winner of the Design Award.
The Design Award is presented to:
Team 11139, Knight Owls from Niles, 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 10138, Newton Busters Team 6287, Vertigo
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Rockwell Collins Innovate Award:
This team really grabbed our attention. They grabbed our attention faster than 64x flash memory. They are rumored to be Sheldon Cooper's next proteges.
The Rockwell Collins Innovate Award is presented to:
Team 10091, N.Y.A.N. Robotics - Not Your Average Nerds from Mundelein, 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 10091, N.Y.A.N. Robotics - Not Your Average Nerds Team 6287, Vertigo
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Connect Award:
This team travelled the world singing the praises of FTC. Their big machine receives relics in a flash. All the signals point in their direction.
The Connect Award is presented to:
Team 7351, Dynamic Signals from Gurnee, 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 6287, Vertigo Team 5452, Robot to the Knee
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Think Award:
This team appears patriotic. Other teams scout them out. Their scores don't fall far from the tree.
The Think Award is presented to:
Team 10138, Newton Busters from Wilmette, IL

Highland Park League Championship Finalist Alliance

This is what the judges said about the winner of the Highland Park League Championship Finalist Alliance:

The Highland Park League Championship Finalist Alliance is presented to:
1: 10138,10091,11163

Highland Park League Championship Winning Alliance

This is what the judges said about the winner of the Highland Park League Championship Winning Alliance:

The Highland Park League Championship Winning Alliance is presented to:
2: 6287,7351,13413

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 10091, N.Y.A.N. Robotics - Not Your Average Nerds Third Place: Team 7351, Dynamic Signals
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Inspire Award:
You'll find this team chowing down the North Shore. The crowd flips when the see their robot in action. They'll be dizzy with excitement.
The Inspire Award is presented to:
Team 6287, Vertigo from Highland Park, IL

Highland Park League Championship Awards List

Highland Park League Championship
Awards List