2020 Chairman’s Award Winners

Sep 29, 2020

Congratulations to the 2020 FIRST Robotics Competition RCA and District Chairman’s Award Winners! 

We mean this sincerely, since we understand and appreciate the time, effort, and resources that are required to earn the Chairman’s Award. No matter at what level your team is recognized, it is a validation that your team has embraced the “More than Robots” aspects of FRC. We, the Teams in the FIRST Hall of Fame, look forward to learning more, and hearing more, about your STEM outreach in 2021 and beyond.

The FIRST Hall of Fame teams salutes the 2020 Season Chairman’s Regional and District Award Winners celebrated during the FIRST Virtual Showcase.  Hats off to all the teams and their amazing work. We look forward to seeing you in 2021! 

The Chairman’s Award – This award is the highest honor given during the FIRST Robotics Competition season, recognizing the team that best represents a model for other teams to emulate and best embodies the purpose and goals of FIRST. 

During the FIRST Virtual Showcase, Chairman’s Award-winning teams from competition events that took place before the season was suspended were honored:

  • Team 4265, Secret City Wildbots, Oak Ridge, Tenn. (Arkansas Regional)
  • Team 6014, ARC, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey (Bosphorus Regional)
  • Team 3008, Team Magma, Honolulu, Hawaii (Canadian Pacific Regional)
  • Team 1885, ILITE Robotics, Haymarket, Va. (Chesapeake District Bethesda, Md. Event)
  • Team 1111, Power Hawks Robotics, Edgewater, Md. (Chesapeake District Haymarket, Va. Event)
  • Team 1086, Blue Cheese, Glen Allen, Va. (Chesapeake District Richmond, Va. Event)
  • Team 1622, Team Spyder, Poway, Calif. (Del Mar Regional)
  • Team 3990, Tech for Kids, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Festival de Robotique a Sherbrooke Regional)
  • Team 1023, Bedford Express, Temperance, Mich. (FIRST in Michigan District Jackson Event)
  • Team 2337, EngiNERDs, Grand Blanc, Mich. (FIRST in Michigan District Kettering University Event #1)
  • Team 503, Frog Force, Novi, Mich. (FIRST in Michigan District Kettering University Event #2)
  • Team 3875, Red Storm Robotics, Kentwood, Mich. (FIRST in Michigan District Kingsford Event)
  • Team 1718, The Fighting Pi, Armada, Mich. (FIRST in Michigan District Macomb Community College Event)
  • Team 66, Grizzly Robotics, Ypsilanti, Mich. (FIRST in Michigan District Milford Event)
  • Team 1481, The Riveters, Farmington, Mich. (FIRST in Michigan District Southfield Event)
  • Team 4855, Ramageddon, South Haven, Mich. (FIRST in Michigan District St. Joseph Event)
  • Team 3618, Petoskey Paladins, Petoskey, Mich. (FIRST in Michigan District Traverse City Event)
  • Team 5427, Steel Talons, Katy, Texas (FIRST in Texas District Channelview Event)
  • Team 1164, Project NEO, Las Cruces, N.M. (FIRST in Texas District Del Rio Event)
  • Team 1477, Texas Torque, Conroe, Texas (FIRST in Texas District Dripping Springs Event)
  • Team 2468, Team Appreciate, Austin, Texas (FIRST in Texas District Greenville Event)
  • Team 5431, Titan Robotics, Plano, Texas (FIRST in Texas District Plano Event)
  • Team 1403, Cougar Robotics, Skillman, N.J. (FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Hatboro-Horsham Event)
  • Team 3737, Roto Raptors, Goldsboro, N.C. (FIRST North Carolina District UNC Pembroke Event)
  • Team 4828, RoboEagles, Raleigh, N.C. (FIRST North Carolina District Wake County Event)
  • Team 1792, Round Table Robotics, Oak Creek, Wis. (Great Northern Regional)
  • Team 3284, Camdenton LASER, Camdenton, Mo. (Greater Kansas City Regional)
  • Team 1741, Red Alert, Greenwood, Ind. (FIRST Indiana District Bloomington Event)
  • Team 2212, The Spikes, Lod, HaMerkaz, Israel (FIRST Israel District Event #1)
  • Team 5951, Makers Assemble, Tel Aviv, Tel-Aviv, Israel (FIRST Israel District Event #2)
  • Team 6025, Adroit Androids, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey (Istanbul Regional)
  • Team 2526, Crimson Robotics, Osseo, Minn. (Lake Superior Regional)
  • Team 2429, La Canada Engineering Club, La Canada Flintridge, Calif. (Los Angeles North Regional)
  • Team 4400, PENOLES – CERBOTICS, Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico (Los Angeles Regional)
  • Team 1511, Rolling Thunder, Penfield, N.Y. (Miami Valley Regional)
  • Team 4191, IMC, Kocaeli, Kocaeli, Turkey (Midwest Regional)
  • Team 467, The Colonials, Shrewsbury, Mass. (New England District Granite State Event)
  • Team 6328, Mechanical Advantage, Littleton, Mass. (New England District Northern Conn. Event)
  • Team 2168, Aluminum Falcons, Groton, Conn. (New England District SE Mass. Event)
  • Team 3654, TechTigers, Middletown, Conn. (New England District Waterbury Event)
  • Team 2202, BEAST Robotics, Brookfield, Wis. (Northern Lights Regional)
  • Team 4039, MakeShift Robotics, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (Ontario District Durham College Event)
  • Team 865, WARP7, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Ontario District Georgian College Event)
  • Team 3683, Team DAVE, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (Ontario District Humber College Event)
  • Team 3824, HVA RoHAWKtics, Knoxville, Tenn. (Palmetto Regional)
  • Team 2974, Walton Robotics, Marietta, Ga. (Peachtree District Dalton Event)
  • Team 1648, G3 Robotics, Atlanta, Ga. (Peachtree District Gainesville Event)
  • Team 6831, A-05 Annex, Hood River, Ore. (Pacific Northwest District Clackamas Academy Event)
  • Team 4131, Iron Patriots, Renton, Wash. (Pacific Northwest District Glacier Peak Event)
  • Team 4125, Confidential, Umatilla, Ore. (Pacific Northwest District West Valley Event)
  • Team 3478, PrepaTec – LamBot, San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico (Regional Monterrey)
  • Team 3374, Jackson Hole RoboBroncs, Jackson, Wyo. (Utah Regional)

The following Chairman’s Award-winning teams from suspended competition events were honored:

  • Team 3925, Circuit of Life, Ventura, Calif. (Aerospace Valley Regional)
  • Team 6352, LAUNCH TEAM, Surprise, Ariz. (Arizona North Regional)
  • Team 4146, Sabercats, Scottsdale, Ariz. (Arizona West Regional)
  • Team 3616, Team Phenomena, Lafayette, La. (Bayou Regional)
  • Team 6909, SAKURA Tempesta, Chiba, Chiba, Japan (Beijing Cultural Exchange Event #1)
  • Team 6304, EAGLE, Zhenijang, Jiangsu, China (Beijing Cultural Exchange Event #2)
  • Team 931, Perpetual Chaos, St. Louis, Mo. (Buckeye Regional)
  • Team 7277, Mandela United Squadron, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Canadian Rockies Regional)
  • Team 2341, Sprockets, Shawnee, Okla. (Central Illinois Regional)
  • Team 5437, Rocky Balboabots, Booneville, Ark. (Central Missouri Regional)
  • Team 3794, Tecmilenio WinT, Metepec, Mexico, Mexico (Central New York Regional)
  • Team 254, The Cheesy Poofs, San Jose, Calif. (Central Valley Regional)
  • Team 422, Mech Tech Dragons, Richmond, Va. (Chesapeake District Blacksburg, Va. Event)
  • Team 4541, CAV-ineers, Severn, Md. (Chesapeake District Edgewater, Md. Event)
  • Team 1629, Garrett Coalition (GaCo), Accident, Md. (Chesapeake District Owings Mills, Md. Event)
  • Team 2068, Metal Jackets, Manassas, Va. (Chesapeake District Portsmouth, Va. Event)
  • Team 4944, The Hi Fives, Grand Junction, Colo. (Colorado Regional)
  • Team 6823, USM Robotics – Wildcats, Milwaukee, Wis. (Festival de Robotique a Montreal Regional)
  • Team 107, Team R.O.B.O.T.I.C.S., Holland, Mich. (FIRST in Michigan District Alpena Event #1)
  • Team 3536, Electro Eagles, Hartland, Mich. (FIRST in Michigan District Alpena Event #2)
  • Team 3641, The Flying Toasters, South Lyon, Mich. (FIRST in Michigan District Belleville Event)
  • Team 201, The FEDS, Rochester, Mich. (FIRST in Michigan District Center Line Event)
  • Team 2960, Automation Nation, Birmingham, Mich. (FIRST in Michigan District Detroit Event)
  • Team 2771, Code Red Robotics the Stray Dogs, Grandville, Mich. (FIRST in Michigan District East Kentwood Event)
  • Team 3617, Cold Logic, Marquette, Mich. (FIRST in Michigan District Escanaba Event)
  • Team 141, WOBOT, Holland, Mich. (FIRST in Michigan Ferris State Event)
  • Team 4381, Twisted Devils, Richland, Mich. (FIRST in Michigan District Gull Lake Event)
  • Team 4327, Q Brand, Battle Creek, Mich. (FIRST in Michigan District Lakeview Event)
  • Team 1684, The Chimera, Lapeer, Mich. (FIRST in Michigan District Lansing Event)
  • Team 4776, S.C.O.T.S. Bots, Howell, Mich. (FIRST in Michigan District Lincoln Event)
  • Team 548, Robostangs, Northville, Mich. (FIRST in Michigan District Livonia Event)
  • Team 1322, Genesee Robotics Area Youth Team (GRAYT), Fenton, Mich. (FIRST in Michigan District Marysville Event)
  • Team 5216, E-Ville Empire, Essexville, Mich. (FIRST in Michigan District Midland Event)
  • Team 2405, Techno Trojans, Fruitport, Mich. (FIRST in Michigan District Muskegon Event)
  • Team 2959, Robotarians, Coloma, Mich. (FIRST in Michigan District Shepherd Event)
  • Team 226, Hammerheads, Troy, Mich. (FIRST in Michigan District Troy Event)
  • Team 5980, East Grand Rapid Robotics, Grand Rapids, Mich. (FIRST in Michigan District West Michigan Event)
  • Team 862, Lightning Robotics, Canton, Mich. (FIRST in Michigan District Woodhaven Event)
  • Team 1156, Under Control, Novo Hamurgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (Finger Lakes Regional Event)
  • Team 3310, Black Hawk Robotics, Heath, Texas (FIRST in Texas District Amarillo Event)
  • Team 6800, ViperBots Valor, Austin, Texas, (FIRST in Texas District Austin Event)
  • Team 4192, Flower Mound Tech Club Jaguar Robotics, Flower Mound, Texas (FIRST in Texas District Dallas Event)
  • Team 4063, TriKzR4Kidz, Del Rio, Texas (FIRST in Texas District El Paso Event)
  • Team 2583, RoboWarries, Austin, Texas (FIRST in Texas District Fort Worth Event)
  • Team 3847, Spectrum -△◅, Houston, Texas (FIRST in Texas District Houston Event)
  • Team 7621, Iron Rangers, Spring Branch, Texas (FIRST in Texas District New Braunfels Event)
  • Team 5414, Pearadox, Pearland, Texas (FIRST in Texas District Pasadena Event)
  • Team 272, Cyber-Crusaders, Lansdale, Pa. (FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Bensalem Event)
  • Team 1923, The MidKnight Inventors, Plainsboro, N.J. (FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Bridgewater-Raritan Event)
  • Team 293, SPIKE, Pennington, N.J. (FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Montgomery Event)
  • Team 1676, The Pascack PI-oneers, Montvale, N.J. (FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Mount Olive Event)
  • Team 3637, The Daleks, Flemington, N.J. (FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Robbinsville Event)
  • Team 433, Firebirds, Flourtown. Pa. (FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Seneca Event)
  • Team 1640, Sab-BOT-age, Downingtown, Pa. (FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Event)
  • Team 2642, Pitt Pirates, Greenville, N.C. (FIRST North Carolina District ECU Event)
  • Team 6004, f(x) Robotics, Smithfield, N.C. (FIRST North Carolina District Guilford County Event)
  • Team 5854, GLITCH, Asheville, N.C. (FIRST North Carolina District UNC Asheville Event)
  • Team 5740, Trojanators, Cranberry Township, Pa. (Greater Pittsburgh Regional)
  • Team 6424, Stealth Panther Robotics, Knob Noster, Mo. (Green Country Regional)
  • Team 2438, ‘lobotics, Honolulu, Hawaii (Hawaii Regional)
  • Team 2220, Blue Twilight, Eagan, Minn. (Heartland Regional)
  • Team 5943, The Bad News Gears, Carmel, N.Y. (Hudson Valley Regional)
  • Team 3309, Friarbots, Anaheim, Calif. (Idaho Regional)
  • Team 234, Cyber Blue, Indianapolis, Ind. (FIRST Indiana District Columbus Event)
  • Team 2197, Las Pumas, New Carlisle, Ind. (FIRST Indiana District Perry Meridian Event)
  • Team 135, Penn Robotics, Mishawaka, Ind. (FIRST Indiana District St. Joseph Event)
  • Team 5837, Unity4Tech, Waterloo, Iowa (Iowa Regional Event)
  • Team 2096, RoboActive, Dimona, HaDarom, Israel (FIRST Israel District Event #3)
  • Team 3211, The Y Team, Yeruham, HaDarom, Israel (FIRST Israel District Event #4)
  • Team 2486, CocoNuts, Flagstaff, Ariz. (Las Vegas Regional)
  • Team 4013, Clockwork Mania, Orlando, Fla. (Memphis Regional)
  • Team 3792, The Army Ants, Columbia, Mo. (Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional)
  • Team 2500, Herobotics, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota North Star Regional)
  • Team 1671, Buchanan Bird Brains, Clovis, Calif. (Monterey Bay Regional)
  • Team 2877, LigerBots, Newton, Mass. (New England District Greater Boston Event)
  • Team 558, Elm City Robo Squad, New Haven, Conn. (New England District Hartford Event)
  • Team 125, Nutrons, Boston, Mass. (New England District North Shore Event)
  • Team 4041, Iron Tigers, Gardiner, Maine (New England District Pine Tree Event)
  • Team 4905, Andromeda One, Ayer, Mass. (New England District Southern N.H. Event)
  • Team 195, CyberKnights, Southington, Conn. (New England District Western NE Event)
  • Team 1100, The T-Hawks, Northboro, Mass. (New England District WPI Event)
  • Team 2601, Steel Hawks, Flushing, N.Y. (New York City Regional)
  • Team 3044, Team 0xBE4, Ballston Spa, N.Y. (New York Tech Valley Regional)
  • Team 2723, Team Rocket, Oklahoma City, Okla. (Oklahoma Regional)
  • Team 1305, Ice Cubed, North Bay, Ontario, Canada (Ontario District Carleton University Event)
  • Team 1334, Red Devils, Oakville, Ontario, Canada (Ontario District McMaster University Event)
  • Team 4476, W.A.F.F.L.E.S., Kingston, Ontario, Canada (Ontario District North Bay Event)
  • Team 2056, OP Robotics, Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada (Ontario District Ryerson University Event)
  • Team 771, SWAT, Oakville, Ontario, Canada (Ontario District University of Waterloo Event)
  • Team 4814, WE MARS Incubator, London, Ontario, Canada (Ontario District Western University Engineering Event)
  • Team 772, Sabre Bytes Robotics, LaSalle, Ontario, Canada (Ontario District York University Event)
  • Team 1360, Orbit Robotics, Oakville, Ontario, Canada (Ontario District York University Event)
  • Team 5810, X-Bots Robotics, Santa Fe Springs, Calif. (Orange County Regional)
  • Team 180, S.P.A.M., Stuart, Fla. (Orlando Regional)
  • Team 1002, The CircuitRunners, Marietta, Ga. (Peachtree District Albany Event)
  • Team 4910, East Cobb Robotics 4910, Marietta, Ga. (Peachtree District Carrollton Event)
  • Team 4188, Columbus Space Program, Columbus, Ga. (Peachtree District Columbus Event)
  • Team 1318, Issaquah Robotics Society, Issaquah, Wash. (Pacific Northwest District Auburn Event)
  • Team 2980, The Whidbey Island Wild Cats, Oak Harbor, Wash. (Pacific Northwest District Auburn Mountainview Event)
  • Team 488, Team XBot, Seattle, Wash. (Pacific Northwest District Bellingham Event)
  • Team 2635, Lake Monsters, Lake Oswego, Ore. (Pacific Northwest District Oregon State Fairgrounds Event)
  • Team 2557, SOTAbots, Tacoma, Wash. (Pacific Northwest District SunDome Event)
  • Team 568, Nerds of the North, Anchorage, Alaska (Pacific Northwest District Wilsonville Event)
  • Team 6606, Tecmilenio PINK HAWKS, Metepec, Mexico, Mexico (Laguna Regional)
  • Team 5816, Gra-V Robotics, Orlando, Fla. (Rocket City Regional)
  • Team 1197, TorBots, Torrance, Calif. (Sacramento Regional)
  • Team 498, The Cobra Commanders, Glendale, Ariz. (San Diego Regional)
  • Team 4904, Bot-Provoking, San Mateo, Calif. (San Francisco Regional)
  • Team 2638, Rebel Robotics, Great Neck, N.Y. (SBPLI Long Island Regional #1)
  • Team 2869, Regal Eagles, Bethpage, N.Y. (SBPLI Long Island Regional #2)
  • Team 4253, Raid Zero, Taipei, Taipei, Chinese Taipei (Science Park Taichung Regional)
  • Team 2451, PWNAGE, Saint Charles, Ill. (Seven Rivers Regional)
  • Team 604, Quixilver, San Jose, Calif. (Silicon Valley Regional)
  • Team 1466, Webb Robotics, Knoxville, Tenn. (Smoky Mountains Regional)
  • Team 2383, Ninjineers, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (South Florida Regional)
  • Team 4613, Barker Robotics, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (South Pacific Regional)
  • Team 5985, Project Bucephalus, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia (Southern Cross Regional)
  • Team 1678, Citrus Circuits, Davis, Calif. (St. Louis Regional)
  • Team 2584, Flame of the West, Calabasas, Calif. (Ventura Regional)
  • Team 1306, BadgerBOTS, Middleton, Wisc. (Wisconsin Regional)

*Note: In a joint decision with the mentors of the winning teams at the District Event level, and in light of the special circumstances of 2020, the FIRST Israel District decided not to select the winner of the FIRST Israel District Championship Chairman’s Award for 2020. To see the Chairman’s Award winner for the FIRST Israel District Events, please see the official results of those events here. Please note, these pages show results only and do not show the submitted essays from these teams. The teams have announced that they will gladly provide copies of their essays upon direct request to the team.