Year in Review
Sponsored by L-3 Communications Integrated Systems and Greenville ISD, Team 148, the Robowranglers, participated in the 2004 FIRST Robotics Competition.

In the 2004 game, "First Frenzy: Raising the Bar," two alliances, one red and one blue, composed of two teams each, compete in each match.  The object of the game is to attain a higher score than your opponent alliance by delivering balls into goals, capping goals with larger balls, and/or having robots hanging from the pull-up bar at the end of the round of competition.

Team 148's robot, "Lone Star," could gather and deliver the smaller balls, pick up the larger balls and cap them on the goals.  "Lone Star" led Team 148 to the finals where the team was named the Lone Star Regional Finalist.  At national competition in Atlanta, the team advanced to the quarterfinals of the Curie Division with teams 47 and 126.

The Robowranglers also took home the Best Website Award from the Lone Star Regional.

Students
Casey Collier
    Team Role: Student, 2000-2004
Zack Corley
    Team Role: Student, 2004
    Attending: Broadcast Journalism, University of North Texas
Justin Duncan
    Team Role: Student, 2003-2004
    Degree: B.A., Music, Austin College
Nathan Follett
    Team Role: Student, 2004-2007
    Attending: University of Texas-Tyler
Seth Garcia
    Team Role: Student, 2003-2004
Cory Griffiths
    Team Role: Student, 2003-2004
    Degree: B.S., Engineering, Texas A&M University
Ryan Jenkins
    Team Role: Student, 2002-2004
    Attending: Marketing, University of North Texas
Matt Mahrer
    Team Role: Student, 2003-2005
    Degree: B.S., Meteorology, Texas A&M University
Jason Maxwell
    Team Role: Student, 2002-2006
    Attending: Fire Science, Blinn College-Bryan
Beth McClellen
    Team Role: Student, 2002-2005
    Occupation: Mechnical Engineer I, L-3 Communications IS
    Degree: B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas-Arlington
Kevin Morris
    Team Role: Mentor, 2007-Present; Student, 2003-2006
    Attending: Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas-Tyler
Mark Moseley
    Team Role: Student, 2002-2004
    Occupation: News Producer, KTAB-TV
    Degree: B.A., Radio, Television and Film, University of North Texas
Ashley Owens
    Team Role: Student, 2003-2005
    Attending: Merchandising, University of North Texas
Ryan Parker
    Team Role: Student, 2004
    Attending: Math, Computer Science, Oklahoma Christian University
Michael Risley
    Team Role: Student, 2004-2006
    Attending: Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University
Drew Roberts
    Team Role: Student, 2004-2005
    Attending: Pharmacy, Texas Tech University
Lydia Shook
    Team Role: Student, 2002-2004
Phillip Stromberg
    Team Role: Student, 2004-2006
    Attending: Computer Science, Texas Christian University
Justin Tharp
    Team Role: Student, 2004-2007
    Attending: Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University
Cameron Thatcher
    Team Role: Student, 2002-2004
Clayton Torrance
    Team Role: Student, 2004, 2006-2007
Daniel Webb
    Team Role: Student, 2004
Brian Wight
    Team Role: Student, 2004-2005
Megan Wineinger
    Team Role: Student, 2003-2006
    Attending: Elementary Education, Texas A&M University-Commerce
Sarah Wright
    Team Role: Student, 2003-2005
    Degree: B.B.A., Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management, University of North Texas

Mentors
Tom Cloutier
    Team Role: Mentor, 2001, 2003-2004
James Collier
    Team Role: Mentor, 2000-2004
Adam Davies
    Team Role: Mentor, 2002-2006; Student, 1995-1996
Chris Follett
    Team Role: Mentor, 2004-Present
    Occupation: Engineer, L-3 Communications IS
John Hodapp
    Team Role: Mentor, 1992-Present
    Occupation: Engineer, L-3 Communications IS
Steve Lindo
    Team Role: Mentor, 2001-2004
Steve Maxwell
    Team Role: Mentor, 1997-Present
    Occupation: Engineer, L-3 Communications IS
    Degree: B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of New Mexico-Albuquerque
Brenda Morris
    Team Role: Mentor, 2004-2006
Adam Reppond
    Team Role: Mentor, 2003-Present
    Occupation: Engineer, L-3 Communications IS
Ricky Torrance
    Team Role: Mentor, 1997-2004, 2007-Present
    Occupation: Engineer, Innovation First, Inc.
    Degree: B.S., Electrical Engineering, Texas Tech University
Ray Upp
    Team Role: Mentor, 2003-2004, 2006
Mike Waggoner
    Team Role: Mentor, 2003-2004, 2006
Casey Welch
    Team Role: Mentor, 2001-Present; Student, 1994-1996
    Occupation: Engineer, L-3 Communications IS
    Degree: B.S., Computer Information Systems, Texas A&M University-Commerce
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
Terri Galloway
    Team Role: Coach, 1999-2006
    Degrees: R.N., Northwest Texas Hospital School of Nursing; B.S., Nursing, West Texas State University;
    M.Ed., M.S., Texas A&M University-Commerce

Photos

Resources
2004 Website