Results from the 2000 FIRST Robotics Competition
National Championship
268 Teams competed in the 2000 FIRST Robotics Competition National Championship, which was held at Walt Disneyworld Epcot, in Orlando, FL from April 6-8, 2000.
Top 16 Alliances:
- Team 80 - Honeywell Space & Aviation Control & Cortez High School (Phoenix, AZ)
& Team 111 - Motorola, Inc. & Rolling Meadows High School & Wheeling High School (Arlington Heights, IL)
& Team 175 - UTC/Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International/Techni Products & Enrico Fermi High School (Windsor Locks, CT) - Team 64 - GeneralMotorsDesertProving Ground & QueenCreekHigh School & HighlandHigh School (Mesa, AZ)
& Team 254 NASA Ames Research Center/Cypress Semiconductor & Broadway High School (San Jose, CA)
& Team 364 - NASAStennisSpaceCenter & GulfportHighSchoolTechnologyCenter (Gulfport, MS) - Team 402 - Virginia Business Education Partnership & Woodbridge High School (Woodbridge, VA)
& Team 330 - NASA Jet Propulsion Lab/J&F Machine & Hope Chapel Academy (El Segundo, CA)
& Team 233 - NASA/Lockheed Martin/Dynacs & Rockledge High School & Cocoa Beach High School (Kennedy Space Center, FL) - Team 269 - C-QuestTechnologies & OconomowocHigh School (Oconomowoc, WI)
& Team 267 - Motorola & NorthBrowardHigh School & St. Andrew's School (Boynton Beach, FL)
& Team 274 - NASA Glenn Research Center/Biomec, Inc./Battelle Memorial Institute/Arthur Andersen & JamesF.RhodesHigh School (Cleveland, OH) - Team 60 - Ford Motor Company/NorthStarSteel & KingmanHigh School (Kingman, AZ)
& Team 349 - Ford Motor Company & InternationalAcademy (Bloomfield Hills, MI)
& Team 176 - UTC/Hamilton Sundstrand & Windsor Locks High School & Suffield High School (Windsor Locks, CT) - Team 157 - EMC2/Intel/Simplex/Duke Engineering & Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School (Marlboro, MA)
& Team 173 - UTC/Research & East Hartford High School & Rockville High School (East Hartford, CT)
& Team 65 - GM Powertrain & Pontiac Northern High School (Pontiac, MI) - Team 68 - General Motors Truck Group & Oakland Technical Center - Northwest (Pontiac, MI)
& Team 16 - Baxter Healthcare Corporation & Mountain Home High School (Mountain Home, AR)
& Team 71 - School City of Hammond (Hammond, IN) - Team 126 - NYPRO, Inc. & Clinton High School (Clinton, MA)
& Team 131 - Osram Sylvania/Fleet & Manchester Central High School (Manchester, NH)
& Team 102 - Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics & Somerville High School (Somerville, NJ) - Team 47 - Delphi Automotive Systems & PontiacCentralHigh School (Troy, MI)
& Team 312 - Baxter Healthcare of TampaBay & LakewoodHigh School & OsceolaHigh School (St. Petersburg, FL)
& Team 201 - Visteon Automotive Systems & RochesterHigh School (Troy, MI) - Team 255 - NASA Ames Research Center & Foothill High School (San Jose, CA)
& Team 232 - NASA Ames Research Center/Napa Pipe & Vintage High School (Napa, CA)
& Team 25 - Bristol-Meyers Squibb & North Brunswick Township High School (North Brunswick, NJ) - Team 37 - Cordis/University of Miami & MAST Academy (Miami, FL)
& Team 88 - DePuy a Johnson & Johnson Company & Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School (Bridgewater, MA)
& Team 59 - Syntheon Corporation/eAc Corporation & Florida International University & Miami Coral Park Senior High School & Carrollton High School (Miami, FL) - Team 41 - Cordis Corporation & WatchungHillsRegionalHigh School (Warren, NJ)
& Team 48 - Delphi Automotive Systems & Warren G. Harding High School (Warren, OH)
& Team 177 - UTC/International Fuel Cells & ONSI & South Windsor High School (South Windsor, CT) - Team 118 - NASA Johnson Space Center & Clear Creek ISD-Clear Brook High School & Clear Creek High School & Clear Lake High School (League City, TX)
& Team 33 - DaimlerChrysler & Avondale High School & Notre Dame Preparatory (Auburn Hills, MI)
& Team 135 - Penn High School (Mishawaka, IN) - Team 388 - NASA Langley Research Center/TerraTech & GrundyHigh School (Grundy, VA)
& Team 365 - E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Inc./DuPont Engineering Explorer Post (Wilmington, DE)
& Team 61 - EMC2, Zymark & BlackstoneValleyRegionalVocationalTechnicalHigh School (Upton, MA) - Team 28 - Computer Associates/KeySpan Energy & Pierson High School (Sag Harbor, NY)
& Team 67 - GeneralMotorsMilfordProving Ground & HuronValleySchools (Milford, MI)
& Team 75 - Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products Worldwide - Personal Products Worldwide & HillsboroughHigh School (Skillman, NJ) - Team 22 - NASA Ames Research Center/AVG Inc./Decker Machine/Boeing/Rocketdyne/Amgen/California State University -Northridge & Chatsworth High School (Chatsworth, CA)
& Team 45 - Delphi Automotive Systems & Kokomo High School (Kokomo, IN)
& Team 340 - Nortel Networks & Churchville Chili High School (Rochester, NY)
Award Winners:
Most Photogenic Award:
Team 231 - USM/Reliant Energy/Boeing/University of Houston & Pasadena High School/Sam Rayburn High School/South Houston High School/Dobie High School (Pasadena, TX)
Highest Score Award:
Team 442 - NASA Marshall Space Center & Lee High School (Huntsville, AL)
& Team 312 - Baxter Healthcare of Tampa Bay & Lakewood High School (St. Petersburg, FL)
& Team 88 - DePuy a Johnson & Johnson Company & Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School (Bridgewater, MA)
& Team 388 - NASA Langley Research Center/TerraTech & Grundy High School (Grundy, VA)
Rookie All Star Award:
Team 476 - NASA Johnson Space Center/Conoco, Inc. & Ponca City High School (Ponca City, OK)
& Team 343 - NASA Kennedy Space Center/Hamilton Career Center/Oconee CountyBusiness Education Partnerships (Seneca, SC)
Judges Award for Grit and Determination:
Team 254 - NASA Ames Research Center/Cypress Semiconductor & Broadway High School (San Jose, CA)
Judges Award for "Getting It Right":
Team 442 - NASA MarshallSpaceCenter & LeeHigh School (Huntsville, AL)
DaimlerChrysler Team Spirit Award:
Team 408 - Nortel Networks/NASAKennedySpaceCenter & BlancheElyHigh School (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
Xerox Creativity Award:
Team 45 - Delphi Automotive Systems & KokomoHigh School (Kokomo, IN)
Honeywell Leadership in Control Award:
Team 308 - TRW AE/Walled LakeWestern & Walled LakeCentralHigh School (Farmington Hills, MI)
Motorola Quality Award:
Team 75 - Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products Worldwide - Personal Products Worldwide & HillsboroughHigh School (Skillman, NJ)
Johnson & Johnson Best Sportsmanship Award:
Team 108 - Motorola & DillardHigh School & FloridaInternationalUniversity (Plantation, FL)
Delphi "Driving Tomorrow's Technology" Award:
Team 233 - NASA/Lockheed Martin/Dynacs & Rockledge High School & Cocoa Beach High School (Kennedy Space Center, FL)
Featherweight in the Finals Award:
Team 388 - NASA Langley Research Center/TerraTech & GrundyHigh School (Grundy, VA)
#1 Seed Award:
Team 80 - HoneywellSpace & AviationControl & CortezHigh School (Phoenix, AZ)
Autodesk Design your Future Award Winner:
Ms. Jackie Le of Team 255 - NASA Ames Research Center & Foothill High School (San Jose, CA)
Autodesk Judges Recognition Award:
Team 103 - Amplifier Research/Lucent Technologies/ LutronElectronics/GPU & PalisadesHigh School (Kintnersville, PA)
Autodesk Award for Excellence 2000:
Team 186 - Walt Disney World & Project Future & The ChallengeCenter (Lake Buena Vista, FL)
Autodesk Award for Excellence 2000 Honorable Mentions:
Rising Star Award:
Team 309 - Deere & Company/Genesis Systems Group & DavenportWestHigh School & MolineHigh School & SherrardHigh School (Moline, IL)
Honorable Mention for Content Communication:
Team 317 - NASA Johnson Space Center/Intel/Carter & Burgess/Lockheed Martin/SCS & Arlington Heights High School (Fort Worth, TX)
Honorable Mention for Compelling Creativity:
Team 201 - Visteon Automotive Systems & RochesterHigh School (Troy, MI)
Honorable Mention for Technical Execution:
Team 266 - HitchinerManufacturing & MilfordHigh School (Milford, NH)
Autodesk Special Recognition for Distinctive Work in the Area of Character Animation:
Team 233 - NASA/Lockheed Martin/Dynacs & Rockledge High School/Cocoa Beach High School (Kennedy Space Center, FL)
Finalist Award:
Team 126 - NYPRO, Inc. & ClintonHigh School (Clinton, MA)
& Team 131 - OsramSylvania/Fleet & ManchesterCentralHigh School (Manchester, NH)
& Team 102 - Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics & Somerville High School (Somerville, NJ)
2000 FIRST Robotics Competition National Champions:
Team 255 - NASAAmesResearchCenter & FoothillHigh School (San Jose, CA)
& Team 232 - NASA Ames Research Center/Napa Pipe & Vintage High School (Napa, CA)
& Team 25 - Bristol-Meyers Squibb & North Brunswick Township High School (North Brunswick, NJ)
The Woodie Flowers Award:
Kyle Hughes of Team 27 - DaimlerChrysler & OSMTechAcademy (Auburn Hills , MI)
Chairman's Award Winner:
Team 16 - Baxter Healthcare Corporation & MountainHomeHigh School (Mountain Home, AR)
The Allaire Medal is awarded to an individual student on the Chairman's Award team for demonstrated leadership on their FIRST team, in their school and community, and whose personal character best embodies the spirit of FIRST. Team 16 has selected Mario J. Hernandez to be the Allaire Medal recipient.
Chairman's Award Finalists:
Team 47 - Delphi Automotive Systems & PontiacCentralHigh School (Troy, MI)
Team 22 - NASA Ames Research Center/AVG Inc./Decker Machine/Boeing/Rocketdyne/Amgen/California State University -Northridge & Chatsworth High School (Chatsworth, CA)
Team 175 - UTC/Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International/Techni Products & Enrico Fermi High School (Windsor Locks, CT)
Team 1 - 3-Dimensional Services & OaklandTechnicalCenter, Northeast Campus (OTC-NE) (Pontiac, MI)
Founder's Award:
Dr. William Murphy, Founder of Cordis Corporation & Small Parts, Inc.
WPI Design Innovation Scholarship Award:
One Member of Team 126 - NYPRO, Inc. & ClintonHigh School (Clinton, MA)
Paul Allaire/Worchester Polytechnic Institute Future Engineering Leadership Scholarship Award:
Elaine Kristant from Team 467 - Compaq Computer & Shrewsbury Public Schools (Shrewsbury, MA)
DanielWebsterCollege Scholarship Award:
Timothy Owens, NashuaHigh School
DrexelUniversity Scholarship Award:
Michael Vezzetti from Team 1 - 3-Dimensional Services & OaklandTechnicalCenter, Northeast Campus (OTC-NE) (Pontiac, MI)
Andrew Wrobel from Team 174 - UTC/ Carrier Corporation & LiverpoolHigh School (Syracuse, NY)
Melissa Larson from Team 176 - UTC/Hamilton Sundstrand & Windsor Locks High School & Suffield High School (Windsor Locks, CT)
Nathan Schimdt from Team 106 - McNeil Consumer Products & George Washington Carver High School for Engineering & Science/ William Penn High School (Philadelphia , PA)
KetteringUniversity Scholarship Awards:
Samir Imear Al-Hadwan from Team 123 - New Venture Gear, Inc. & Hamtramck High School (Troy, MI)
Vincent Cother from Team 45 - Delphi Automotive Systems & KokomoHigh School (Kokomo, IN)
Lyron Maxey from Team 27 - DaimlerChrysler & OSMTechAcademy (Auburn Hills, MI)
Justin McKinney from Team 68 - General Motors Truck Group & OaklandTechnicalCenter - Northwest (Pontiac, MI)
Lonnie Newton, Jr. from Team 49 - Delphi Automotive Systems & Buena VistaHigh School (Saginaw, MI)
Timothy Voorheis from Team 340 - NortelNetworks & ChurchvilleChiliHigh School (Rochester, NY)
Michelle Walker from Team 217 - Ford Motor Company/Macomb Intermediate & Fraser Schools & Utica Schools & Warren Consolidated Schools (Clinton Township, MI)
Brandon Womack from Team 397 - Delphi Automotive Systems & Flint Southwestern Academy (Flint, MI)
Northeastern University Scholarship Award:
Julie Lowe from Team 145 - Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals & Norwich High School & Sherburne-Earlville High School & B.O.C.E.S. & Unadilla Valley Central High School (Norwich, NY)
U.S.CoastGuardAcademy Minority Introduction To Engineering FIRST Scholarships
Team 125 - Northeastern University/Textron Systems & Boston Latin School & Brookline High School & Milton Academy (Boston, MA)
Team 181 - UTC/Pratt & Whitney/CPEP & HartfordPublicHigh School (East Hartford, CT)
Team 186 - Walt Disney World & Project Future & The ChallengeCenter (Lake Buena Vista, FL)
Team 300 - WestPhiladelphiaHigh School (Philadelphia , PA)
Team 343 - NASA Kennedy Space Center/Hamilton Career Center/Oconee CountyBusiness Education Partnerships (Seneca, SC)
Team 466 - BartramHigh School (Philadelphia, PA)