6709 S.P.U.D. INC
Students
Our team prides ourselves in being a student lead team. We enjoy being able to choose what direction our team goes in with mentors to assist us in making sure the choices we make are the right ones.
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Nora Niemela
Role: Marketing Member
Grade: 7
Years in FIRST: 1
Favorite Memory: "Introducing Arianna to Jolly Ranchers."
Why I joined: "Because a few of my siblings were in robotics."
Ian Anderson
Role: Programming Member
Grade: 12
Years in FIRST: 4
Favorite Memory: "Programming a robot"
Why I joined: "Robots"
AnnaGrace Berger
Role: Logistics Lead
Grade: 9
Years in FIRST: 2
Favorite Memory: "When we held a hub meeting and I went to grab something from the closet near where the mentors were having a meeting and Cayla jokingly said 'shh we're in a meeting.' Then I closed the door of the cabinet and the tower of Coca-Cola fell and exploded"
Why I joined: "Because I wanted to be in another activity and I knew that they needed business team members"
Isaac Berger
Role: Business Captain
Grade: 12
Years in FIRST: 6
Favorite team Lore: "Late team meetings and unplanned robotics activities."
Why I joined: "I didn't want to join but the coach and my math teacher convinced me to."
Chris Carter
Role: Build Member
Grade: 8
Years in FIRST: 2
Favorite team Lore: "Water games"
Why I joined: "I went to the info night and it looked cool and my mom told me to."
Logan Conright
Role: Marketing Lead
Grade: 12
Years in FIRST: 6
Favorite team Lore: "The crevasse..."
Why I joined: "To expand my marketing and talking skills"
Clarissa Crum
Role: Build Member
Grade: 9
Years in FIRST: 3
Favorite Memory: "Racing against Ian in LaCrosse"
Why I joined: "I love to create things that can be used for fun"
Paxton Fluegel
Role: Build Member
Grade: 7
Years in FIRST: 1
Favorite Memory: N/A
Why I joined: N/A
Spencer Frederickson
Role: Build Member
Grade: 9
Years in FIRST: 3
Favorite Memory: N/A
Why I joined: N/A
Asher Henning
Role: Programming Lead
Grade: 12
Years in FIRST: 5
Favorite Memory: "Beating Alex in smash bros"
Why I joined: "Friends"
Mya Holman
Role: Build Member
Grade: 12
Years in FIRST: 6
Favorite Memory: N/A
Why I joined: N/A
Theo Johnson
Role: Electrical Lead
Grade: 10
Years in FIRST: 3
Favorite team Lore: "Daniel steals falcon 500 motors"
Why I joined: "Cool looking robots and Mrs. Forgey as a teacher."
Caiden Nelson
Role: Programming Member
Grade: 11
Years in FIRST: 5
Favorite Memory: "When Jude brought suction dart guns and we turned them into non NFA compliant sawed off toy guns."
Why I joined: "I felt I could expand my programming knowledge and spend more time with Daniel and Jude."
Felix Niemela
Role: Build Member
Grade: 9
Years in FIRST: 3
Favorite team Lore: "Double bonk"
Why I joined: "Metal, grease, motors"
Stella Niemela
Role: Marketing Member
Grade: 10
Years in FIRST: 2
Favorite Memory: "My phone's keyboard being stuck in Spanish during a regional"
Why I joined: "Peer pressure and a little bit of spontaneous decision making."
Daniel Schabilion
Role: Build Lead
Grade: 11
Years in FIRST: 5
Favorite Memory: "The night that we all put brakes on waffle fry."
Why I joined: "I wanted to make a cool robot with my friends!"
Delanie Davis
Role: Build Lead
Grade: 10
Years in FIRST: 5
Favorite Memory: N/A
Why I joined: N/A
Jude Slack
Role: Build Lead
Grade: 11
Years in FIRST: 4
Favorite Memory: "Darth-Tater's intake exploding mid-match"
Why I joined: "My older brothers were in it and praised the program"
Jacob Stegora
Role: Programming Member
Grade: 9
Years in FIRST: 3
Favorite Memory: "On the bus to competitions"
Why I joined: "The cool things you can build together"
Faith Westivig
Role: Build Member
Grade: 12
Years in FIRST: 5
Favorite team Lore: "Ty"
Why I joined: "I saw it on tv"
Heather Bondhus
Role: Build Member
Grade: 12
Years in FIRST: 1
Favorite Memory: N/A
Why I joined: N/A
Landon Cross
Role: Build Member
Grade: 8
Years in FIRST: 1
Favorite Memory: N/A
Why I joined: N/A
Arianna Porrone
Role: Build Member
Grade: 12
Years in FIRST: 1
Favorite Memory: "Our trip to St. Cloud for Jumpstart. I loved getting to know the other members on the team and the class about the skills for building a successful Robot."
Why I joined: N/A
Lilly Possehl
Role: Build Member
Grade: 11
Years in FIRST: 1
Favorite Memory: N/A
Why I joined: N/A
Soren Schabilion
Role: Marketing Member
Grade: 7
Years in FIRST: 1
Favorite Memory: N/A
Why I joined: N/A
Cooper Koesel
Role: Build Member
Grade: 7
Years in FIRST: 1
Favorite Memory: N/A
Why I joined: N/A
Logan Lundt
Role: Build Member
Grade: 7
Years in FIRST: 1
Favorite Memory: N/A
Why I joined: N/A
Kole Nelson
Role: Programming Member
Grade: 9
Years in FIRST: 1
Favorite Memory: N/A
Why I joined: N/A
Mentors
Our mentors help to oversee the team to make sure that our team is always going in the right direction. They also help to train our students into helping them find their full potential.
Ben Lauderbaugh
Role: Coach​
Years in FIRST: 3
Favorite Memory: "Everything Double Bubble...double bubble flavored tootsie rolls!"
Why I joined: My love for all things robotics does!
Cayla Lauderbaugh
Role: Coach
Years in FIRST: 2
Favorite Memory: "Breaking out in random song and other students joining in!"
Why I joined: come ask me and I'll give you many reasons.
Jody Henning
Role: Mentor
Years in FIRST: 2
Favorite Memory: N/A
Why I joined:N/A
Scott Potter
Role: Mentor​
Years in FIRST: 8
Favorite Memory: N/A
Why I joined:N/A
Alex Chastain
Role: Mentor
Years in FIRST: 9.5
Favorite Memory: N/A
Why I joined: Why wouldn't I join?
Bret Lauderbaugh
Role: Mentor
Years in FIRST: 1
Favorite Memory: N/A
Why I joined: N/A
Mike Slack
Role: Mentor
Years in FIRST: 9
Favorite Memory: N/A
Why I joined: N/A