Glencoe Robotics Team 4488 - FIRST Robotics Competition

Congratulations to all of the students, parents, mentors and friends who showed such outstanding sportsmanship and gracious professionalism throughout the entire Portland and St Louis Championship tournaments. We received lots of compliments from other teams and tournament officials and won some awards:

• Rookie All Star Award - celebrates the rookie team exemplifying a young but strong partnership effort, as well as implementing the mission of FIRST to inspire students to learn more about science and technology.
• Highest Rookie Seed - for outstanding robot performance. Celebrates the highest-seeded rookie team at the conclusion of the qualifying rounds.
• Rookie of the Year Awards from Teams Phred 847 and TeraViks 3145
• Oregon State University FIRST Scholarship to Quentin Luvaas
• Dean's List Finalist to Quentin Luvaas
• #1 Safety Pit Recognition - for a safe, clean and organized pit and crew work

The Rookie All Star Award gives us a berth at the FIRST FRC Championship April 24-27 in St. Louis, Missouri

Through the organization of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), students from Glencoe Robotics Team, nickname ShockWave, will work side by side with professional engineers to design and build a 135lb fully functioning robot from scratch to compete at the Oregon Regional.

FIRST Builds Academic Success in Science & Technology:

• Offering almost $14.8 Million in college scholarships to team members.
• 88% of FRC alumni went on to college.
• 70% of FRC alumni reported an increased motivation to do well in school.
• 80% of schools reported FIRST involvement has led to the creation of new courses and/or integration of robotics instruction into existing classes.

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