During the past sixteen years, Travis Covington’s constant involvement in FIRST proves his commitment to changing lives. Travis effectively uses his communication skills to promote

Unassuming beginning though she had, she has worked her way up to be someone great. She joined the FIRST community in 2015, and in her

Every team needs a mentor who exemplifies passion, enthusiasm, and leadership. These are  only a few of the characteristics that Karthik Kanagasabapathy brings to FIRST and to Team 1114. In his  twelve years in FIRST, Karthik has shown continuous dedication to teaching young and old minds alike.  Karthik is a role model to us all; through his widespread FIRST involvement he gets thousands of people  excited about science and engineering, while giving the students on Team 1114 a thorough  understanding of many important concepts and a helping hand to overcome challenges related to FIRST  and beyond.  The enthusiasm that Karthik has for sharing his knowledge and expertise extends to everyone in  the FIRST community. He is a member of the Board of Directors of FIRST Robotics Canada, as well as the  Waterloo Regional Planning Committee. Karthik’s inspiring level of energy and passion shines through in  his emceeing at both the Greater Toronto Regional and the Waterloo Regional, along with many FLL  competitions and other FIRST events. Karthik has been a huge contributor to the Canadian FIRST  community, aiding as many teams as he can in whatever ways he can and being very involved in the  founding of seven successful rookie teams. He has presented segments of his extremely informative six‐ seminar series on the fundamentals of managing a FIRST team to local Canadian teams and at the FIRST  Robotics Conferences in Atlanta.  The entire set is available online, and Karthik is always eager to answer  questions. He has a unique ability to motivate teams, not only teaching students but helping mentors to  gain the confidence necessary to meet the challenges of FIRST head on, and to be able to mentor their  students effectively.  Karthik knows how important the bond between a mentor and a student is, as it allows for 

Ian Mackenzie’s passion for FIRST has touched thousands of people’s lives. His love and  enthusiasm for the discipline of engineering is unparalleled, and through his

The list of things that Karthik Kanagasabapathy has done for FIRST is many miles long, but the list of students, parents, mentors, teachers, and others

Since 1998, when Mark Breadner founded the original Canadian FIRST team, he has  been an important figure in FIRST. Presentations to corporations procured the support 

The secret to success is not having the most resources or skills; success in FIRST originates from exemplary mentors. As a leader, Greg Phillips guides

I have been blessed to be involved in FIRST for three years, and have increased my knowledge and experience beyond any reasonable expectation. There are

William Bretton has been the electrical mentor on FRC Team 2363, Triple Helix, for the past three years, and during this time he has affected