2025 Reef Scape
Celebrates and recognizes a team which has developed sustainable practices to have a positive environmental impact and achieve long-term continuity.
The FIRST Impact Award (formerly Chairman’s Award) is the most prestigious award at FIRST, it honors the team that best represents a model for other teams to emulate and best embodies the mission of FIRST. It was created to keep the central focus of FIRST Robotics Competition on the ultimate goal of transforming the culture in ways that will inspire greater levels of respect and honor for science and technology, as well as encouraging more of today’s youth to become science and technology leaders
Celebrates creativity that enhances strategy of play and was intentionally designed and not discovered.
Recognizing mentors within the FIRST® Robotics Competition who lead, inspire, and empower using excellent communication skills
Zach Smith
In an effort to recognize the leadership and dedication of FIRST’s most outstanding secondary school students, the Kamen family sponsors an award for selected 10th and 11th grade students known as the FIRST Robotics Competition and FIRST Tech Challenge Dean’s List.
2024 Crescendo
Celebrates outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering within a team’s school or organization and community.
Celebrates and recognizes a team which has developed sustainable practices to have a positive environmental impact and achieve long-term continuity.
2023 Charged Up
Celebrates and recognizes a team which has developed sustainable practices to have a positive environmental impact and achieve long-term continuity.
2022 Rapid React
During the course of the competition, the judging panel may decide a team’s unique efforts, performance, or dynamics merit recognition.
Celebrates the team that demonstrates industrial design principles, striking a balance between form, function, and aesthetics.
Celebrates outstanding demonstration of FIRST Core Values such as continuous Gracious Professionalism and working together both on and off the playing field.
2020 Infinite Recharge
Evan Curry
In an effort to recognize the leadership and dedication of FIRST’s most outstanding secondary school students, the Kamen family sponsors an award for selected 10th and 11th grade students known as the FIRST Robotics Competition and FIRST Tech Challenge Dean’s List.
2018 First Power Up
The FIRST Impact Award (formerly Chairman’s Award) is the most prestigious award at FIRST, it honors the team that best represents a model for other teams to emulate and best embodies the mission of FIRST. It was created to keep the central focus of FIRST Robotics Competition on the ultimate goal of transforming the culture in ways that will inspire greater levels of respect and honor for science and technology, as well as encouraging more of today’s youth to become science and technology leaders
finished as a runner-up in the final matches at a regional event
2017 First Steamworks
Celebrates extraordinary enthusiasm and spirit through exceptional partnership and teamwork furthering the objectives of FIRST.
Celebrates an innovative control system or application of control components – electrical, mechanical or software – to provide unique machine functions.
2016 First Stronghold
Celebrates outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering within a team’s school or organization and community.
The FIRST Impact Award (formerly Chairman’s Award) is the most prestigious award at FIRST, it honors the team that best represents a model for other teams to emulate and best embodies the mission of FIRST. It was created to keep the central focus of FIRST Robotics Competition on the ultimate goal of transforming the culture in ways that will inspire greater levels of respect and honor for science and technology, as well as encouraging more of today’s youth to become science and technology leaders
finished as a runner-up in the final matches at a regional event
Recognizing mentors within the FIRST® Robotics Competition who lead, inspire, and empower using excellent communication skills.
2015 Recycle Rush
Celebrates outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering within a team’s school or organization and community.
finished as a runner-up in the final matches at a regional event
Celebrates outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering within a team’s school or organization and community.
Courtney Nelson
In an effort to recognize the leadership and dedication of FIRST’s most outstanding secondary school students, the Kamen family sponsors an award for selected 10th and 11th grade students known as the FIRST Robotics Competition and FIRST Tech Challenge Dean’s List.
2014 Aerial Assist
Celebrates outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering within a team’s school or organization and community.
In an effort to recognize the leadership and dedication of FIRST’s most outstanding secondary school students, the Kamen family sponsors an award for selected 10th and 11th grade students known as the FIRST Robotics Competition and FIRST Tech Challenge Dean’s List.
2013 Ultimate Ascent
Celebrates outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering within a team’s school or organization and community.
Celebrates creativity that enhances strategy of play and was intentionally designed and not discovered.
2012 Rebound Rumble
Celebrates outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering within a team’s school or organization and community.
2011 Logo Motion
Celebrates the team that demonstrates industrial design principles, striking a balance between form, function, and aesthetics.