Members
Captains
Lita
12
Creating, Music + Arts, Mechanics, Reading.
Ultron
I was dragged unwillingly.
Work towards creating sustainable energy and integrate clean hydrogen energy into everyday use to eliminate extreme carbon emissions.
"Why is Cougartech kinda good this year?"
Gavin
12
Building things, playing video games.
BD-1 From Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order/Survivor
My sister roped me in right out of Middle School, and I wanted to build things.
Going into some form of Mechanical Engineering Field.
Directors
Abby
12
I play tennis, I am a Percussionist, I scrapbook, and I babysit
My Rumba
Flinn Rider
I had been involved in FIRST since 3rd grade and both my parents are mentors on the team. Therefore FIRST has always been a part of my life.
I want to attend college for Early Childhood Education to eventually become a UPK Teacher.
"My brain is not braining" -Mady Etter
Caleb
12
Soccer, skiing, golf, and tennis
Bender
Because I knew people on the team
To go to college for engineering
Drafting
Andy
12
Race cars, video games
Wall-E
Lightning McQueen
I've wanted to do robotics for a while as I love to tinker and Arielle made me
Work for a race team, designing and building race cars
"Life is roblox" -DJ Kahlid
William
9
Reading and doing jigsaw puzzles.
Wanted to practice doing CAD work and my sister was on the team.
Develop CAD skills and learn if CAD is what I want to do for a living.
Hexagons are best-agons.
Avery
9
Instruments (flute, saxophone, piccolo), origami/other crafting, volunteer at lollypop farms, plant care
Wall-E
Hugo from Under the Whispering Door, Rem
Demo at our school, and then went to the open house
Go to college, be some kind of engineer, play level a level 6 NYSSMA solo and get a perfect score, own reptiles
"The shampoo is not tear free. In fact, it is tear-inducing." -Count Olaf from ASoUE
Ryan
10
Gaming, biking, camping, traveling, music, and legos
Jake Peralta
I’m interested in CADing engineering designs for Aerospace and Aeronautics Engineering
Become an Aerospace Engineer
Nobody cares that you’re in the cave until you find diamonds - Steve from Minecraft
Electrical
Costa
11
Living, robotics
Rho (2022-2023 Cougartech robot)
Forced
Surviving
Brandon
10
Playing music and biking
I want learn more about electrical stuff
Have fun and learn more about putting wires together
Mechanical
Mady
12
Swimming, reading, science, and tennis
RhoBot
Bribery and it was fun.
Go to college for nursing, then work as a nurse in either the ER or and ICU
"Its actually insane what shots you can hit when you believe you can hit them"
Alex
12
Ethan
12
Harassing my brother and video games
Terminator
My brother was here
Not a single clue
Sam
12
Isaac
11
Watching survivor
Zamboni
Tax right offs.
Expanding my ball knowledge.
“That's money $” Scottie
Adrian
12
Art
Wall-E
Chandler bing
Old member told me about the team
College
Michael
9
Blacksmithing, wood working, small engine mechanics, gaming and building.
the old Cougartech parade bot
because i liked FLL and enjoy caff.. working with my hands
To be a tradesman and work to make money to live comfortably.
"do something, idk" somebody
Ethan
0
milrem type x
family
college maybe
Willow
9
Reading (comics), art/drawing, writing (fiction), video games (Minecraft, Postal, Borderlands, etc)
FL4K
Handsome Jack from Borderlands (all time
Robots are cool, I like building stuff, great team/community, I actually socialize outside of school, etc
Rule the world (joke), have a stable living situation, getting a cool job, being famous in the niche kind of way (likely after my death, but still), etc
“I regret nothing” - Postal Dude from Postal. Not my own, but I do live by it (also look up a video of him saying it, context is important)
Keegan
9
Art, DnD, theater
Boston Dynamics: Spot
King (The Owl House)
I’m interested in going into engineering fields for a job and know many people on the team
Go to college, own a house
Mustafa
12
Building things out of cardboard; writing story plays; playing soccer; debating
Barney Simpson from “How I Met You’re Mo
Learn more about machines, computers, and STEM related topics through hands-on experience.
Get into MIT and get a job with financial stability which is related to engineering
“If you’re nothing without that suit then you shouldn’t have it at all.” -Tony Stark
Yael
9
Painting
Newt from maze runner
I was interested in building robots
Learn more history
Mason
9
Gaming, history, model un, and robotics
U S. Reaper drone
Mark
My friends are on it and I wanted to be more involved in my community
Success and be good at something and to our live the age of a average peasant
Why where a glove if you don't have a hand
Blake
9
Crocheting and gaming and skiing
Spot the robot dog
Spider-Man
For fun
Get into a good college and become an aerospace engineer
Jacob
12
I fly gas and electric rc planes, body building, and making models
Sigma
Because it sounded fun and wanted to be with my friends, I also wanted to learn more about robotics
Be a pilot for aircrafts for Air Force or Aerospace Engineering
Oliver
9
Playing instruments, mainly saxophone.
Cristina Yang (Grey’s Anatomy)
Went to the showcase at burger and thought it would be fun and interesting to be on the team.
I want to work in the medical field.
Programming
Grayson
11
Gaming, DND, Tennis, Skiing.
-Rho
-Wanted to learn code, all I got was this T-shirt.
Go to college for Comsci
"Debugging is like being the detective in a crime movie where you are also the murderer."
Richard
11
Tennis
Rho
Friends, robotics.
Collage
"We're a robotics team, we make stuff" -Andy
Isaac
11
Programming; drawing, painting, sketching, etc.; reading (in great excess); and researching random things.
Thus far, Rho. It was a very capable bot. However, I myself have a bias for Rho, as I participated in its construction and programming.
I wanted to join to learn. Programming has interested me since I was first introduced to computers (Rust is amazing). I was also made aware of some opportunities available through the team and through FIRST.
I wish to go to the Rochester Institute of Technology after graduation and get my Bachelor's (at least) in Computer Science, with a double minor in Game Design and American Sign Language.
"Yeah, you were right. There are a LOT of ways to do one thing in Perl."
Peter
9
Programming
General Brasch from Helldivers II
I won't have a big STEM opportunity like this ever again
Get a job, something involving engineering or programming, have a family
Cash
9
Video games (I guess) I don’t have many hobbies
The knight (hollow knight)
I wanted a learning opportunity about programming
To learn more about programming and actually be useful
Alexander
9
computer, computer, computer, that’s literally it
Atlas (boston dynamics)
Nepeta Leijon (homestuck)
robotics club at rh recommended it, and my cousin was in it
program for a big company (or if ai takes our job, code games for fun)
barney is a dinosaur from your imagination, he’s also a hacker and is tracking your location
Safety
Fatima
9
I like to bake, read, and play soccer.
Sonny from the movie "I, Robot" specifically when he looked into the camera and became a meme.
Jude Duarte or Peter Parker, but only if
I enjoy trying new things and I've enjoyed every robotics related class I've ever taken so I joined the team to do more of what I enjoy.
I want to do well on all my final exams. I want to graduate with a good GPA and go to college.
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans" - John Lennon. Or it's "Alien, Alien, he's our favorite guy".
Community and Outreach
Zoe
9
Reading and music
Alizeh
I don’t know
Finish all the books
Finance
Max
12
idk
idk
"sigma sigma on the wall who's the skibidiest of them all"
Brennan
11
Media and Design
Autumn
9
Painting sunsets, crafting and gardening. Kickboxing and martial arts.
Sushi Robot
Spiderman
To socialize and help participate in robotic team.
To be more independent, pass classes, be strong
Find the Beauty in Everyday
Lily
9
Tali
12
Drawing, reading, Minecraft
Grumbot
Dandelion from Watership Down
Silly goofy times
Go to college for either a masters or PhD in some biology or zoology field
I'm going to be nice and find a normal quote. "This blinding light, this reckoning. There's more to life than suffering. But there's still time, it's not too late; nothing will change until I change"
Bridgit
9
Playing the trombone
Foggy Nelson
I want to help learn new skills and meet new people
Go to college and foster animals
Grace
9
drawing, reading, playing video games
I saw the demo in 2nd-4th grade-ish and found it really cool
to be a author/animator/artist/content creator
"'Look, kid, everyone wants to believe they are "chosen". But if we all waited around for a prophecy to make us special, we'd die waiting. And that's why you need to choose yourself.'" Eda Clawthorne from The Owl House
Naomi
9
Drawing, reading, playing instruments.
I really like graphic art and I am interested in competition and having experience in robotics.
I want to go to college for at least two year and get a job that involves arts or literature.
Website and Social Media
Luke
10
Reading books, videogames, mountain biking, hiking
GLaDOS
Ryu
One day I decided I wanted to do stuff with websites now here I am.
College
"Dark humor is like food, not everybody gets it" - Joseph Stalin, probably
Ollie
9
Drawing, writing, researching, playing outside
C3PO!!
It's fun and I want to learn more about computer science
to figure out something cool to study for college
"In the future, everyone will be famous to 15 people" (1991) or the updated quote from 2024, "In the future, everyone will be licensing 15 different deepfake models of themselves" -Momus, aka Nick Currie
Finance
Sam Fedele
Mentor Sam
Was on the team in high school and saw how much the experience helped me and wanted to pay it forward
Get the team to our 10k fundraiser goal for our 2026 season!
Finance Mentor
No pressure, no diamonds - Thomas Carlyle
Technical Mentors
Alan Smith
Mr. Smith
Woodworking, TSD rally, car sport's
Mr. Incredible
My son is a member
Retirement
Ben Strohman
Bentor
Machining, welding, 3d printing, crossfit
Data from Star Trek
Heard it was a well run organization.
Build cool robots.
Mechanical Mentor
Bob Carter
Mechanical
Bonnie Coddington
Logistics
Camping, Scouting
Anyone made by Cougartech
Snoopy
My son joined lego's and I got hooked.
Retire soon
Senior Mentor
They don't know what they don't know
Dan Farnam
Motors, controls, programming, networking, safety, project management
Scouting, Boy Scouts, hiking & travel.
BB8
The rest of my family were all members so I decided to join in the fun and bring my technical knowledge with me
See my kids grow up and go to college then I can retire and travel
An invaluable step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual
Erik VanBork
Mr. VB
Fluid systems, embedded controls, lean manufacturing
Home/Automotive Repair, Wood Working, Robotics
The Mars Rover Opportunity
Indiana Jones
My children joined the team and I started Mentoring they've graduated (one's an EE and the other is an ME) and I just hang around for the fun
Win an FRC Championship
The master is a beginner who never gave up
Gary Stottler
Mechanical engineering, car repair
Work on old cars.
R2D2
Lazarus Long
I love building things and teaching others to build, and enjoy working with students
Retire!
Senior Mentor
Those who don't learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them
Jaime Lange
Travel, plan travel, crafting
Rosie from Jetsons
Harry Potter
Robotics is fun!
Love, laugh, love
Jeff Lange
Software
Inspiration
To share my love of technology with students!
Win on Einstein
Mentor
Ken Symons
Mechanical
R2D2
My son joined so I thought I would too
Simple solutions are the best solutions
Ken Simpson
I make parts out of one's and zeroes
I'll let you know when I find some
It's Robitics?!
Scott Ulatowski
Mentor Scotty
Cars, planes, trains, and video games
Team 1559’s 2020 robot :(
Cassian Andor
For the love of the game
Get a cool job
“That’s freaking money.” -Me
Tim Heywood
Electrical
Astronomy, hiking, travel
JWST - James Webb Space Telescope
Sisyphus
My kids on the team
Retirement
Zack Butler
Dr. Butler
Puzzles of all kinds, orienteering
Any robot I've helped build!
To work with fun people and build robots.
To learn something new every day!
Programming Mentor
Operations Mentors
Amy Jo Hurley
Ms. Hut
Music and dance
Sigma
Joey
My daughter is on team and I joined to help.
Build my own business
Dan Albin
Woodworking, HTML, CSS, ASP, Javascript, .NET, Philosophy
Raising children, reading
BB8
Claudia tricked me and it sounded like fun
Figure out what I want to be when I grow up.
Mentor
'Words and things and stuff. Blah'
Geoffrey Gretton
Decorated ceramics, and CERAMIC ORNAMENTS
John Blackthorne
Support my son
Treasurer
Treasurer
Nothing you do well is ever wasted.
Jennifer Ocque
Mentor Jen
Gardening and painting
Wall-E
Medea
To help support the Robotics Team
Help my daughter become more Independent, travel.
Find the Beauty in Everyday
Larry Roth
Ham radio, astronomy, reading, music.
R2D2
A friend of mine is a mentor and he told me about how much fun FIRST was and how rewarding being a mentor is
Mentoring!
Mentor
'Each person's task in life is to become an increasingly better person.' — Leo Tolstoy
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