Year in Review
Sponsored by RackSolutions.com, L-3 Communications Integrated Systems and Greenville ISD, Team 148, the Robowranglers, participated in the 2007 FIRST Robotics Competition.

In the 2007 FRC game, "Rack 'N' Roll,", two three-team alliances compete in each match.  The object of the game was to use three different types of tubes called "keepers," "ringers," and "spoilers" to score on a center structure, called the "rack," containing 24 "spider legs."

Team 148's robot, "Lone Star," could pick up the tubes and score on the spider legs very quickly.  "Lone Star" helped the team finish as a Finalist at the FRC St. Louis Regional alongside teams 217 and 2133 and as a quarterfinalist at the FRC Lone Star Regional alongside teams 846 and 1750.  At national competition in Atlanta, the team advanced to the semifinals of the Newton Division with teams 1102 and 1574.

The Robowranglers also took home the Xerox Creativity Award from the St. Louis Regional and the GM Industrial Design Award from the Lone Star Regional.

Sponsored by RackSolutions.com and Greenville ISD, Vex Team 148, the Robowranglers, participated in the 2007 FIRST Vex Challenge.  The team brought home the CONNECT Award at the FVC Southwest Regional.

Students
Dustin Beasley
    Team Role: Student, 2007
Bethany Follett
    Team Role: Student, 2007-2008
Nathan Follett
    Team Role: Student, 2004-2007
    Attending: University of Texas-Tyler
Ben Gilbert
    Team Role: Student, 2007-Present
Lane Gould
    Team Role: Student, 2005-2007
    Attending: United States Merchant Marine Academy
Ethan Isham
    Team Role: Student, 2006-2008
Trenton Jones
    Team Role: Student, 2007-2008
    Attending: Radio & Television, Texas A&M University-Commerce
Keith Kaden
    Team Role: Student, 2007
    Attending: University of Texas-Austin
Austin Lambert
    Team Role: Student, 2006-2008
Julie Latimer
    Team Role: Student, 2007-2008
Haley Lawson
    Team Role: Student, 2007
Mark Mahrer
    Team Role: Student, 2006-Present
Logan Marcum
    Team Role: Student, 2005-2008
    Attending: Texas A&M University
Zack McClellen
    Team Role: Student, 2007-Present
Kory Porter
    Team Role: Student, 2006-2007
    Attending: Attending University of Texas-Tyler
Adam Risley
    Team Role: Student, 2007-Present
Justin Tharp
    Team Role: Student, 2004-2007
    Attending: Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University
Will Thornton
    Team Role: Student, 2007
Clayton Torrance
    Team Role: Student, 2004, 2006-2007
Stacey Walker
    Team Role: Student, 2006-2007
    Attending: University of Texas-Arlington
Melanie Wisdom
    Team Role: Student, 2006-2007
    Attending: Texas A&M University-Commerce
Karlee Wright
    Team Role: Student, 2007
    Attending: University of North Texas

Mentors
Chris Carnevale
    Team Role: Mentor, 2007
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
Ben Kolski
    Team Role: Mentor, 2007
Brandon Martus
    Team Role: Mentor, 2007-Present
    Occupation: Engineer, Innovation First, Inc.
    Degree: B.S., Computer Science, University of Detroit Mercy
Steve Maxwell
    Team Role: Mentor, 1997-Present
    Occupation: Engineer, L-3 Communications IS
    Degree: B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of New Mexico-Albuquerque
Kevin Morris
    Team Role: Mentor, 2007-Present; Student, 2003-2006
    Major: Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas-Tyler
Adam Reppond
    Team Role: Mentor, 2003-Present
    Occupation: Engineer, L-3 Communications IS
Kevin Rodgers
    Team Role: Mentor, 2006-2007
Ken Stroud
    Team Role: Mentor, 2006-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
John V-Neun
    Team Role: Mentor, 2006-Present
    Occupation: Mechanical Engineer, Innovation First, Inc.
    Degree: B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Clarkson University
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

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
Johnny Tharp
    Team Role: Coach, 2005-Present
    Occupation: Instructor, Greenville High School

Photos

In the News
Robotics team places third at Vex regional (February 19, 2007, Lion Ledger)
Power of the Team (March 1, 2007, Greenville Herald Banner)

Resources
2007 Website