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Welcome to our team. Here is our members and a short bio:
TEAM
Jacob Wingate
1st Year
Programmer
As a student Jacob is looking towards the future want to get experience and knowledge from his time at FIRST. He wants to be shaped by FIRST. He wants to get experience in problem solving and working trough problems with the robot and team. He wishes to gain important experience with CAD to further his practical knowledge in a STEM centered world. He also wants to gain important teamworking skills to complete a common goal.
Sam Davy
1st Year
Generalist
Is a hobby electronics enthusiast with a love of anything aerospace or aircraft related. This is his first year on an FTC team and I’m hoping to contribute as both a builder and a programmer. He have been a member of the USAF Auxiliary, Civil Air Patrol (CAP), since 2020 with the Parker Composite Squadron and have achieved the rank of Cadet Technical Sergeant. As a member of FIRST, gracious professionalism is always first, whether at school, CAP, or FTC. Through FIRST he hopes to meet new people, build robots, and make friends that will last a lifetime, all while embodying leadership, social skills, and integrity.
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Andrew Wingate
3rd Year
Lead Engineer
Andrew is our lead engineer and engineering portfolio organizer. He spends most of his time meticulously fixing C.A.D models and making our robot. Outside of robotics he participates in a plethora of events such as, Boy Scouts, TSA, Taekwondo, NCHS, and Edge. Most notably he is the SPL or leader of his scout troop and is a second degree black belt in Taekwondo. Some of his goals for the season are to have a robot done before December, and to spend more time on the robot instead of video games.
Nathan Pederson
Nathan has been a part of Yise for 3 years. He was in robotics clubs in middle school and moved up to FTC after learning about it from a friend. He is looking forward to learning more about programming through the creation of this year’s autonomous program. He wants to learn more about TensorFlow and create his own model to help his programing.
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Cooper Knight
3rd Year
Builder/Outreach Manager
Cooper Knight is a Sophomore at Legend High School. This is his fourth year in FTC has been in FLL before that. He is on a mountain bike team in the fall and is the rank second highest rank in boy scouts. He is one of the senior builders and is the drive team’s coach at tournaments. He hopes to bolster his leadership skills and increase his technical knowledge and skills with robots.
Malachi Smith
1st Year
Builder
This is Malachi's first year on the FTC team. He likes sports and wants to become an athlete. He is a builder. His goal for this year is to go to a state competition.
Research Specialist
Erin does the majority of the research for the team. This is her second year in FTC. She participates in the Legend marching band as the assistant section leader for the clarinets.
Prototype Creation Specialist
Alex is fundamental with helping to design/assemble most parts of the robot. This is his 3rd year of FTC after several years of FLL. Alex has his 2nd degree black belt and wrestles for his high school. He always had a pocket full of sand to help solve any problem.
Titus Smith
TBD