Year in Review
Sponsored by L-3 Communications Integrated Systems and Greenville ISD, Team 148, the Robowranglers, participated in the 2005 FIRST Robotics Competition.

In the 2005 game, "Triple Play," two alliances, one red and one blue, composed of three teams each, compete in each match.  The object of the game is to attain a higher score than your opponent alliance by placing tetras on or into goals, getting three goals in a row capped with tetras, and/or having all three robots on an alliance in their end zone at the end of the match.

Team 148's robot, "Lone Star," featured a scissor lift for raising tetras several feet in the air and placing them on top of goal tetras.  "Lone Star" brought the team to a quarterfinal finish at the Lone Star Regional alongside teams 1480 and 457.  At national competition in Atlanta, the team advanced to the semifinals with teams 1259 and 74.

The Robowranglers also took home the Best Website Award from the Lone Star Regional for the second straight year.

Students
Peter Chung
    Team Role: Student, 2005-2006
    Attending: Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University
Nathan Follett
    Team Role: Student, 2004-2007
    Attending: University of Texas-Tyler
Lane Gould
    Team Role: Student, 2005-2007
    Attending: United States Merchant Marine Academy
Justin Griggs
    Team Role: Student, 2005
    Attending: Electrical & Computer Engineering, Texas Tech University
Amanda Isham
    Team Role: Student, 2005-2006
    Attending: Paris Junior College
Matt Mahrer
    Team Role: Student, 2003-2005
    Degree: B.S., Meteorology, Texas A&M University
Logan Marcum
    Team Role: Student, 2005-2008
    Attending: 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
Ashley Owens
    Team Role: Student, 2003-2005
    Attending: Merchandising, University of North Texas
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
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
Brian Wight
    Team Role: Student, 2004-2005
Megan Wineinger
    Team Role: Student, 2003-2006
    Attending: Elementary Education, Texas A&M University-Commerce
Liz Wisdom
    Team Role: Student, 2005
    Attending: Nursing, University of Texas
Sarah Wright
    Team Role: Student, 2003-2005
    Degree: B.B.A., Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management, University of North Texas

Mentors
Gabe Cook
    Team Role: Mentor, 2005
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
Brad Marcum
    Team Role: Mentor, 2000-2003, 2005-2006
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
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
Johnny Tharp
    Team Role: Coach, 2005-Present
    Occupation: Instructor, Greenville High School

Photos

Resources
2005 Website