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.

Rookie Award

The finalists for this award are:

This is what the judges said about the winner of the Rookie Award:
This rookie team masters the use of mecanum wheels. They used their noggins designing a dual purpose arm. As a team their gears really meshed.
The Rookie Award is presented to:
Team 13365, Gearheads from Trenton, IL

Judge's Award
The Judges Award is given at the discretion of the Judges to a Team they have encountered whose unique efforts, performance or dynamics merit recognition, yet the Team does not fit into any of the existing Award categories.
The finalists for this award are:

This is what the judges said about the winner of the Judge's Award:
This rookie team masters the use of mecanum wheels. They used their noggins designing a dual purpose arm. As a team their gears really meshed.
The Judge's Award is presented to:
Team 11072, Fe ArSeNAl from Springfield, 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 8620, Wormgear Warriors Team 11373, PowerSurge 2.0
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Control Award:
All of the teams showed their "medal" today. The winning control team handily demonstrated the core values of FIRST competition. It is impressive to have a rookie team earn this honor.
The Control Award is presented to:
Team 12918, Iron C.O.R.E. from Le Roy, 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 11373, PowerSurge 2.0 Team 12918, Iron C.O.R.E.
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Motivate Award:
This team treated every outreach opportunity as a campaign to conquer. One of their strategies involved using the red plant. Another replaced a birthday party. Their attire stands out in most crowds.
The Motivate Award is presented to:
Team 8620, Wormgear Warriors from Edwardsville, 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 5187, Transistor Titans Team 12918, Iron C.O.R.E.
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Design Award:
This team excels at analysis in their decisions. At times the absolutely foil the competition with their rreflections. This team is nearly military in their Matrix Execution.
The Design Award is presented to:
Team 12913, DA Ex Bots from O Fallon, 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 11373, PowerSurge 2.0 Team 8620, Wormgear Warriors
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Rockwell Collins Innovate Award:
3D team red was everywhere on this beautiful bot. Relic grabber "the shape of scores to come." A score conscious team - Relic stand in zone 2 or tip into zone 3 - Duh!
The Rockwell Collins Innovate Award is presented to:
Team 5187, Transistor Titans from Marion, 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 5187, Transistor Titans Team 8620, Wormgear Warriors
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Connect Award:
Some people inspire to bring in the best STEM professional. In particular this group gathered mentors from different regional companies and across their school. A strong example of the Herulean labors is what this team demonstrates.
The Connect Award is presented to:
Team 11462, Mechanical Muses from Marion, 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 5187, Transistor Titans Team 10254, MCHS RoboLions
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Think Award:
Throughout the competition the were high energy. When interacting with the judges the words kept surging. With their powerful, all-seeing eye, they captured the award.
The Think Award is presented to:
Team 11373, PowerSurge 2.0 from Bloomington, IL

South Central Illinois League Championship Finalist Alliance

This is what the judges said about the winner of the South Central Illinois League Championship Finalist Alliance:

The South Central Illinois League Championship Finalist Alliance is presented to:
2: 12918,5202,11752

South Central Illinois League Championship Winning Alliance

This is what the judges said about the winner of the South Central Illinois League Championship Winning Alliance:

The South Central Illinois League Championship Winning Alliance is presented to:
1: 8620,7129,5187

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 5202, Zip TIE Fighters Third Place: Team 10254, MCHS RoboLions
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Inspire Award:
This team excelled across all award areas. Gracious Professionalism is a way of life for them. They're establishing a red and black fedora topped legacy.
The Inspire Award is presented to:
Team 7129, Robo Raiders from Lebanon, IL

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