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.
Joey Allen
Role: Build Member
Grade: 7
Years in FIRST: 1
Favorite team Lore: N/A
Why I joined: N/A
Ian Anderson
Role: Programming Member
Grade: 11
Years in FIRST: 3
Favorite team Lore: "Programming a robot"
Why I joined: "Robots"
AnnaGrace Berger
Role: Logistics Member
Grade: 8
Years in FIRST: 2
Favorite team Lore: "Making the robotics pie fundraiser logo."
Why I joined: "Because I wanted to be in another activity"
Isaac Berger
Role: Business Captain
Grade: 11
Years in FIRST: 5
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."
Tyler Bowman
Role: Safety Lead
Grade: 11
Years in FIRST: 4
Favorite team Lore: "A picture of me holding a steaming hot cup of droopy, microwaved breadsticks."
Why I joined: "I want to learn how to grow my ability of designing and engineering skills to solve any problem."
Trevor Burleigh
Role: Build Member
Grade: 9
Years in FIRST: 1
Favorite team Lore: "table"
Why I joined: "Friends told me to"
Chris Carter
Role: Build Member
Grade: 7
Years in FIRST: 1
Favorite team Lore: "Water games"
Why I joined: "I went to the info night and it looked cool and my mom told me to."
Alex Chastain
Role: Fabrication Captain
Grade: 12
Years in FIRST: 4
Favorite team Lore: "Late team meetings"
Why I joined: "I was in 4607's FLL program and I wanted to do FRC"
Hunter Coleman
Role: Build Member
Grade: 8
Years in FIRST: 2
Favorite team Lore: N/A
Why I joined: N/A
Logan Conright
Role: Marketing Lead
Grade: 11
Years in FIRST: 5
Favorite team Lore: "The crevasse..."
Why I joined: "To expand my marketing and talking skills"
Clarissa Crum
Role: Build Member
Grade: 8
Years in FIRST: 2
Favorite team Lore: "Racing against Ian in LaCrosse"
Why I joined: "I love to create things that can be used for fun"
Jovi Diemert
Role: Build Member
Grade: 8
Years in FIRST: 1
Favorite team Lore: N/A
Why I joined: N/A
Spencer Frederickson
Role: Build Member
Grade: 8
Years in FIRST: 2
Favorite team Lore: N/A
Why I joined: N/A
Asher Henning
Role: Programming Lead
Grade: 11
Years in FIRST: 4
Favorite team Lore: "Beating Alex in smash bros"
Why I joined: "Friends"
Mya Holman
Role: Build Member
Grade: 11
Years in FIRST: 5
Favorite team Lore: N/A
Why I joined: N/A
Theo Johnson
Role: Electrical Lead
Grade: 9
Years in FIRST: 2
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: 10
Years in FIRST: 4
Favorite team Lore: "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: 8
Years in FIRST: 2
Favorite team Lore: "Double bonk"
Why I joined: "Metal, grease, motors"
Stella Niemela
Role: Marketing Member
Grade: 9
Years in FIRST: 1
Favorite team Lore: "Making the pipe organizer thing"
Why I joined: "Peer pressure and a little bit of spontaneous decision making."
Daniel Schabilion
Role: Build Lead
Grade: 10
Years in FIRST: 4
Favorite team Lore: "The night that we all put brakes on waffle fry."
Why I joined: "I wanted to make a cool robot with my friends!"
Jude Slack
Role: Build Lead
Grade: 10
Years in FIRST: 3
Favorite team Lore: "Darth-Tator's intake exploding mid-match"
Why I joined: "My older brothers were in it and praised the program"
Jacob Stegora
Role: Programming Member
Grade: 8
Years in FIRST: 2
Favorite team Lore: "On the bus to competitions"
Why I joined: "The cool things you can build together"
Faith Westivig
Role: Build Member
Grade: 11
Years in FIRST: 4
Favorite team Lore: "Ty"
Why I joined: "I saw it on tv"
Mentors
Our mentors help to oversee the team to make sure that our team is always going in the right direction. Our mentors also help to train our students into helping them be the best that they
Ben Lauderbaugh
Role: Team Captain
Grade: 10
Years in FIRST: 4
Favorite team Lore: "Late team meetings"
Why I joined:
Jody Henning
Role: Team Captain
Grade: 10
Years in FIRST: 4
Favorite team Lore: "Late team meetings"
Why I joined:
Scott Potter
Role: Team Captain
Grade: 10
Years in FIRST: 4
Favorite team Lore: "Late team meetings"
Why I joined:
Cayla Lauderbaugh
Role: Team Captain
Grade: 10
Years in FIRST: 4
Favorite team Lore: "Late team meetings"
Why I joined:
Bob Harrer
Role: Team Captain
Grade: 10
Years in FIRST: 4
Favorite team Lore: "Late team meetings"
Why I joined: