2016-2017 Houston World Championship Awards

Volunteer of the Year Award 

The FIRST Tech Challenge Volunteer of the Year Award winner was Robert Atkinson from Woodinville, Washington.


Inspire Award - Team 3491, Fix-It from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 
Finalists:
Team 2856, Tesseract from Seattle, Washington
Team 8471, The Ducks from Hemet, California
Team 8668, Error 404 Team Name Not Found from Houston, Texas



Winning Alliance Houston 
World Championship Winning Alliance – from the Franklin Division:
Team 724, RedNek Robotics Wun from Sun River, Montana
Team 4216, Rise of Hephaestus from San Diego, California
Team 8651, Wait For It… from Pearl, Mississippi

Finalist Alliance Houston – from the Jemison Division 
Team 9915, Robo Thunder from Bellevue, Washington
Team 4717, Mechromancers from Oviedo, Florida
Team 7203, KNO3 from Tampa, Florida

Think Award - Team 6510, The Cybersharks from Palacios, Texas 
Finalists:
Team 3491, Fix-It from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Team 6990, Static Void from Cedar Park, Texas
Team 7172, Technical Difficulties from Plano, Texas
Team 8404, Quicksilver from San Jose, California
Team 8668, Error 404 Team Name Not Found from Houston, Texas

Connect Award - Team 5714, The Shambots from San Antonio, Texas 
Finalists:
Team 4628, Suitbots from Monrovia, California
Team 7209, Tech Hogs from Springdale, Arkansas
Team 8651, Wait For It from Pearl, Mississippi
Team 8908, Robomoji from Punta Gorda, Florida
Team 11121, Fishy Business, Inc. from Westport, Washington

Rockwell Collins Innovate Award - Team 3595, Schrödinger’s Hat from Fairbanks, Alaska 
Finalists:
Team 2856, Tesseract from Seattle, Washington
Team 7013, Hot Wired from Portland, Oregon
Team 8815, Iron Eagles Silverbolt from Austin, Texas
Team 10060, Klamath Coyotes from Klamath Falls, Oregon
Team 10092, Green.Griffiths from San Diego, California

PTC Design Award - Team 6299, Viperbots Quad X from Austin, Texas 
Finalists:
Team 4717, Mechromancers from Oviedo, Florida
Team 5795, Back to the Drawing Board from Greensboro, North Carolina
Team 10092, Green.Griffiths from San Diego, California
Team 12527, The High School Affiliated to University of China, from Beijing, China
Team 12537, Geared Wing from Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

Motivate Award - Team 3526, The Marlbots from Los Angeles, California 
Finalists: Team 417, S.K.I.D. from Woodinville, Washington
Team 4962, Rocketts from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Team 8176, Steelhead from Hood River, Oregon
Team 9879, Root Negative One from Springdale, Arkansas
Team 10247, Trinity BACoNeers from Evanston South, Australia

Control Award - Team 8045, Gromit’s Grommets from Pleasant Hill, Oregon
Finalists:
Team 2856, Tesseract from Seattle, Washington
Team 3491, Fix-It from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Team 3595, Schrödinger’s Hat from Fairbanks, Alaska
Team 7172, Techncial Difficulties from Plano, Texas
Team 9915, Robothunder from Bellevue, Washington

Promote Award - Team 3595, Schrödinger’s Hat from Fairbanks, Alaska 
Finalists:
Team 5795, Back to the Drawing Board from Greensboro, North Carolina
Team 7300, Guzzoline Robotics from Asheville, North Carolina

Compass Award - Krishnan Duraiswami from Team 4855, Batteries in Black, from Portland, Oregon 
Finalists:
Chase Rainwater from Team 9879, Root Negative One from Springdale, Arkansas
Ms. Su from Team 12527, The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China from Beijing, China 

Judges Award 
The Judges “Board of Education” Award was presented to: Team 10165, Apex Predators from Huntsville, Alabama

The Judges “Toolbox” Award was presented to: Team 3188, Squiggle Splat Bang from Powell, Wyoming

Franklin Division Finalist Alliance: 
Team 3480, FrostByte from Wasilla, Alaska
Team 7477, Super 7 from Oviedo, Florida
Team 11168, The Quantum Mechanics from Eagle River, Alaska

Jemison Division Finalist Alliance: 
Team 7013, Hot Wired from Portland, Oregon
Team 8045, Gromit’s Grommets from Pleasant Hill, Oregon
Team 5220, RoboKnights 5220 from Fremont, California

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