Year in Review
Sponsored by Raytheon E-Systems and Greenville ISD, Team 148 participated in the 1998 FIRST Robotics Competition.

In the 1998 game, "Ladder Logic," three teams compete in each match.  The object of the game is to collect, transport and lift 22-inch rubber balls onto the side goals or into the central goal.

Team 148's robot, "The Big Ball Grabber," could lift the large balls into the center goal.  "The Big Ball Grabber" soared the team to an eighth place finish at the national competition in Orlando, Florida.  The team was named a national quarterfinalist.

The team also brought home the Best Play of the Day Award and the Featherweight in the Finals Award from the Southwest Regional.

Students
Curtis Brancheau
    Team Role: Student
Jill Doshier
    Team Role: Student
Brian Deuell
    Team Role: Student
Wendy Evans
    Team Role: Student
Chris Gerard
    Team Role: Student
James Green
    Team Role: Student
Elizabeth Hyatt
    Team Role: Student
Lora Hunter
    Team Role: Student
Girard Jackson
    Team Role: Student
Kimbell Kamu
    Team Role: Student
Brittany Maxwell
    Team Role: Student
Jenna McClanahan
    Team Role: Student
Victor McConnell
    Team Role: Student
Jeremy Mexia
    Team Role: Student
Scott Mitchell
    Team Role: Student
Melody Morrison
    Team Role: Student
Aaron Nall
    Team Role: Student
Tim Oliver
    Team Role: Student
Melissa Park
    Team Role: Student
Emily Pope
    Team Role: Student
Jansen Powell
    Team Role: Student
Jentry Powell
    Team Role: Student
Keegan Ripp
    Team Role: Student
Misty Rodriguez
    Team Role: Student
Sarah Swanson
    Team Role: Student
Zach Scholz
    Team Role: Student
Chris Thatcher
    Team Role: Student
Jon Thatcher
    Team Role: Student
Shauna Torrance
    Team Role: Student
Nick Upathum
    Team Role: Student
Matt Wineinger
    Team Role: Student

Mentors
John Hodapp
    Team Role: Mentor, 1992-Present
    Occupation: Engineer, L-3 Communications IS
Steve Maxwell
    Team Role: Mentor, 1997-Present
    Occupation: Engineer, L-3 Communications IS
    Degree: B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of New Mexico-Albuquerque
Ricky Torrance
    Team Role: Mentor, 1997-2004, 2007-Present
    Occupation: Engineer, Innovation First, Inc.
    Degree: B.S., Electrical Engineering, Texas Tech University
Monty Wineinger
    Team Role: Mentor, 1998-2006, 2008-Present
    Occupation: Engineer, L-3 Communications IS

Coaches
Vanessa Pope
    Team Role: Mentor, 2009-Present; Coach, 1994-2008
    Degrees: B.A., Journalism/Advertising, B.A., English Literature,
    M.Ed., Secondary Education, Texas A&M University-Commerce

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