07-08 high school and FIRST graduates:

  • Matt Piere – 07-08 programmer; works for COX Cable in Technical Support; plans to study programming for development of artificial intelligence
  • Katie McDowell – 07-08 Club President and scouting lead; received MCC scholarship; attending Mesa Community College studying Art History
  • Joseph Josilen – 07-08 robo-coach; received scholarship; attending ASU studying engineering
  • Arash Parsi – 07-08 driver; attending ASU studying Biochemical Engineering
  • Josh Pomerankie – 07-08 driver; received National Merit Scholarship; attending ASU studying Electrical Engineering

08-09 high school and FIRST graduates:

  • Suzanne Williams – 08-09 team President; currently at ASU Barrett Honors College
  • Lauren Johnston – now majoring in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at U of A
  • Iris Gishkin – 08-09 team Secretary; attending U of A
  • Chris Bierwagen – founding member, attending Mesa Community College and plans to study Engineering
  • Mario Sanchez – 08-09 Spirit Captain

09-10 high school and FIRST graduates:

2449 at Nationals in 2010

  • Patrick – 09-10 pit manager – new to 2449 in 09-10; and awesome in the pit at competitions; off to parts unknown – we’ll miss him!

09-10 Mentors Moving On:

  • Jose and Karla Orosco – made the big move up to Portland Oregon before the ’10 build season started; I’m sure we’ll see them at Nationals before too long
  • John Baca – moved on after Atlanta in ’10 to try his hand at supporting a new FIRST Lego League
  • Marc Lumeyer – has hopped one state east to Las Cruces, New Mexico; keep your eyes peeled for the green shirts on NASA TV, Marc!