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Club Graduates of 2018

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Goodbye and Good Luck Graduates of 2018!

With another round of freshmen joining us this year, we will also be sadly saying goodbye to our former friends and seniors who have graduated this year. We all wish them the best of luck and hope to see them again someday in the near future!


Carissa Eplin was a treasurer during the 2017 to 2018 Robotics season.

Carissa's achievements include going to States twice, once during the Starstruck game of 2016 to 2017, and going to States during In The Zone from 2017 to 2018. As stated previously, she was also a treasurer from 2017 to 2018. Her final achievement is being a competitor for all four years of high school.

Carissa competed for four years in robotics. Her first competition, from 2014 to 2015, was Skyrise where she was in team 7316E. The following year, she was in team 7316A from 2015 to 2016 for Nothing But Net. In her next game, Starstruck, she was in team 7316D. Her last game was In The Zone, where she was in team 7316E once more.


Maggie Weiss-Vopat was the vice president from 2017 to 2018.

Maggie's achievements were going to states twice and to worlds once. Her first States experience was in the 2016 to 2017 game of Starstruck where she was on team 7316A. Her second experience was during In The Zone in 2017 to 2018, where she was on team 7316A again. She was able to go to Worlds during the Nothing But Net game from 2015 to 2016.

Maggie competed for three years. Her first game was Nothing But Net where she was in team 7316E. Her last two years were spent in team 7316A where she attended States both times, in Starstruck and In The Zone.


Logan Banninghoff was the club president from 2017 to 2018 and the media officer from 2016 to 2017.

Logan's achievements include going to States three separate times as well as being both club president and media specialist. His first States experience was during 2015 to 2016. His second experience was during Starstruck in 2016 to 2017. His final time was during In The Zone in 2017 to 2018. He also competed all four years in high school.

Logan competed for four years, from 2014 to 2018. His first team, during Skyrise, was team 7316E. His next year, Nothing But Net, was spent in team 7316C. The year after that, Starstruck, he returned to team 7316E. For his final year, he returned to team 7316E for In The Zone.


Jacob Lormor's achievements were going to States three separate times, once during 2014 to 2015's Skyrise, once during 2016 to 2017's Starstruck, and a final time during 2017 to 2018's In The Zone. He also competed for all four years of high school.

Jacob competed for four years, first starting in 7316A during Skyrise. He returned to 7316A the following year for Nothing But Net. The year after, he moved to 7316E for Starstruck. His last year was spent in 7316C for In The Zone.


Alex Stallsmith's achievements include going to States three different times, once during 2015 to 2016's Nothing But Net, again during 2016 to 2017's Starstruck, and finally during In The Zone in 2017 to 2018. He was also a four year competitor.

Alex competed for four years. His first team was 7316D where he played Skyrise. His second team was 7316C where he played Nothing But Net. His next team was 7316D once more where he played Starstruck. His final year was spent playing In The Zone for team 7316F.


Josh George's achievements were going to States three individual times, and competing all four years. He first went in 2014 to 2015's Skyrise, he went again in Starstruck from 2016 to 2017 and he went a final time in 2017 to 2018's game of In The Zone.

Josh competed for all four years, as stated previously. His first team was 7316A where he played Skyrise. The next year, he returned to 7316A and played Nothing But Net. He then played in 2016 to 2017 for 7316C in the game of Starstruck. His final game was In The Zone where he was in team 7316C again.


Nick Raymond served as Treasurer from 2016 to 2017.

Nick's achievements include competing for all four years, going to Worlds once, and going to States three times. His first trip to States was during Nothing But Net where he also went to worlds in 2015 to 2016. His second trip to States was during 2016 to 2017's Starstruck, and his last trip to States was in 2017 to 2018 for In The Zone.

Nick competed for all four years in the same team; 7316E. His first year was Skyrise, his second was Nothing But Net, his third was Starstruck, and his final game was In The Zone.


Charlie Gruhler's achievements include competing for all four years where he attended States three times, the first in team 7316B for 2015 to 2016's Nothing But Net. His second and third times were under team 7316A in 2016 to 2017's Starstruck, and the last time being 2017 to 2018's In The Zone.

Charlie competed for four years, the first two being under 7316B and the last two being under 7316A. His first competition was Skyrise, his second was Nothing But Net, his Third was Starstruck, and the last game was In The Zone.


A final thank you to all the members listed above. We hope you all enjoyed robotics and welcome you to come visit any time you would like!


~ Aine Bolton

Media Officer

[Post refurbished 8/13/2018.]

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