Regional Finalist
2025 - Buckeye
2025 - Finger Lakes
2024 – Finger Lakes
2024 – NY Tech Valley
2022 – Buckeye
2014 – Greater Toronto East
2013 – Boston
Regional Winner
Ruthenium 2021 Infinite Recharge – At Home
Dean’s List Finalist: The students who earn FIRST Dean’s List status are great examples of student leaders who have led their teams and communities to increased awareness for first and its mission champion first core values such as inclusion and embody gracious professionalism. Winners reflect the diversity of the first community. It is the goal of FIRST that these individuals will continue post-award as great leader student alumni and advocates of FIRST.
2015 – Matt LaDuca
Woodie Flowers Finalist: Celebrates effective communication in the art and science of engineering and design. This award recognizes an individual who has done an outstanding job of motivation through communication while also challenging the students to be clear and succinct in their communications.
2024 – Matthew Kwiatkowski, Finger Lakes
2018 – Michael Buell, Central NY
Industrial Design: Celebrates the team that demonstrates industrial design principles, striking a balance between form, function and aesthetics.
2024 – NY Tech Valley
2013 – Boston
Excellence in Engineering: Celebrates the team that demonstrates a professional approach to the design process
2020 – Miami Valley
2019 – SBPLI Long Island Regional #1
Quality Award: Celebrates machine robustness in concept and fabrication, A team must be able to describe their quality plan i.e. how their design ensures robustness throughout the entire competition.
2025 - Buckeye Regional
Innovation in Control: Celebrates an innovative control system or application of control components – electrical, mechanical or software – to provide unique machine functions.
2024 – Finger Lakes
Creativity Award: Celebrates creativity that enhances strategy of play and was intentionally designed and not discovered.
2022 – Buckeye
2014 – Finger Lakes
2011 – Finger Lakes
Judges Award: During the competition, the judging panel may decide a team’s unique efforts, performance, or dynamics merit recognition.
2013 – Finger Lakes
Gracious Professionalism: Celebrates outstanding demonstration of FIRST Core Values such as continuous Gracious Professionalism, sportsmanship, and working together both on and off the playing field.
2022 – Finger Lakes
Entrepreneurship Award: Celebrates the entrepreneurial spirit and recognizes a team that has developed a comprehensive business plan in order to design manage and achieve the teams’ objectives. This team displays entrepreneurial enthusiasm and the vital business skills to ensure a self-sustaining program.
2019 – Finger Lakes
2017 – Finger Lakes
2011 – Boston
Imagery Award: This award celebrates attractiveness in engineering and outstanding visual aesthetic integration of machine and team appearance.
2012 – Finger Lakes
Rookie Inspiration
2010 – Finger Lakes
Highest Rookie Seed
2010