Dalton Criddle Favorite Character: Gimli Mechanical genius, eats bolts for supper, all the while assembling stuff on SOLIDWORKS. Reason he's interested in FTC: Obsessed with building and tearing things apart to see how they work, Dalton will be using the experience he gains from this program most likely in his future career. Hobbies: Build and make stop-motion videos with Legos Soccer and other sports Piano Taking Things Apart Robotics Nerf Air Soft |
Damian Criddle FAVORITE CHARACTER: Our Picture maker. He is the youngest member on the team at age twelve. Reason he's interested in FTC: He got interested in robotics when his two older brothers were on a team. This is his first year on the robotics team. He volunteered in several robotics competitions with his dad as field set up before. His older sister and brother competed in the 2009-2010 Hot Shot season. His is excited about this year’s competition. Hobbies: Robotics Soccer Piano Nerf Lego Pac-man |
Grayson Brown FAVORITE CHARACTER: Savage coder. Reason he's interested in FTC: He is 13 and in 7th grade. This is my first year in FTC and he is excited to be doing it. He first learned about FTC when his brothers where invited to join. He wanted to join ever since. Hobbies: Violin Gaming Lego Bowling Nerf |
Levi Mirgaux Favorite Character: Legolas Our coding wizard of two-years, and still only in 9th grade. Reason he's interested in FTC: After first hearing about the FIRST Tech Challenge, he was on fire to be on the team in the hopes of becoming more techno-savvy, and a smarter person overall! Hobbies: Gaming Soccer Biking Skate-boarding Airsoft |
Timothy Kirby FAVORITE CHARACTER: Smaug Savage coder. Reason he's interested in FTC: He first learned about FTC back a couple of years ago when the Middle Earth Mechanics did a presentation at Homeschool PE. At first he did not have the time to be a committed member, but this year the members of the team asked him to join and he accepted. The thought of being able to build a robot and then put it into action by programming just sounds awesome! As a first time member this year he has a lot to learn, but he is extremely excited to be apart of the team and learn a lot! Hobbies: Basketball Soccer Biking Sorting baseball cards Varied trivia Robotics |
Emily Kirby FAVORITE CHARACTER: Gandalf Got a knack for Notebook, and lots of work from the website. Reason she's interested in FTC: She is homeschooled, and first heard of the Middle Earth Mechanics a couple of years ago at Homeschool PE. She has always been interested in STEM. She is a first year member, so She hopes to learn a lot over the coming year. She hopes to learn a lot about building and programming a robot. Hobbies: Reading Writing Horseback Riding Drama Dance Robotics |
Colby Bunger FAVORITE CHARACTER: Bombur He weaves rings when not doing some serious robot driving stunts. Reason he's interested in FTC: He heard about FIRST TECH CHALLENGE through a Homeschool PE. He hopes to learn more about coding and building robots. Hobbies: Reading Swimming Gaming Legos Watching Movies Weaving Paracord Building Things Daniel Song FAVORITE CHARACTER: Our Savage Coder Reason he's interested in FTC: I am 12-years old. I am in 7th grade. My favorite thing is robotics. Laura Elizabeth Norman tells me about our robotic team. I am so glad to join it. I make many friends in our team. I hope I could program the robot this year. I began to learn robotics in 2015. I can use EV3, NXT, VJC4.2CH-5.8, Scratch, Icrobot, LEGO, (Digital Designer), 123D, Pango to program. I have taken part in some robotic competitions such as FLL and LEGO Sumo-Junior, and have gotten great grades. Hobbies: Painting Eating pizza Robotics |
Isaac Mirgaux Favorite Character: treebeard Expert at construction and destruction, both with the real thing and SOLIDWORKS, and the tallest member of the team at 16. Reason he's interested in FTC: He loves building things, and has been interested in LEGO since age 2. Hobbies: Shooting Games Sports activities Making art |