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FRC History

The oldest FRC team in South Carolina dates to 1997, when Team 281 (EnTech) was founded in Greenville. The inaugural Palmetto Regional was held in 2004, with 42 teams filling the Colonial Center. Here's a retrospective of the awards from years past: 2006 | 2005 | 2004

2006

Award
Team
Team Name
Hometown

Outstanding Volunteer of the Year Award

Donn Griffith

Imagery Award

11

Mt. Olive Robotics Team

Flanders, NJ USA

Radio Shack Innovation in Control Award

68

General Motors Engineering Structural Development Laboratories / ABB / Oakland County Area Schools

Pontiac, MI USA

Xerox Creativity Award

1319

AdvanceSC / Laughlin Racing Products / Sealed Air / Cryovac / Greenville County Schools

Mauldin, SC USA

Delphi "Driving Tommorow's Technology" Award

422

Dupont Advanced Fiber Systems / New Market Corporation / United Control Co. / Maggie L. Walker Governor's School

Richmond, VA USA

Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers Entrepreneurship Award

34

Siemens VDO Automotive / Limestone County Technical Career Center

Huntsville, AL USA

Judge's Award (Day 1)

803

Trident Technical College / Hanahan High School

Hanahan, SC USA

Website Award

1959

F/N Manufacturing / Siemens Corporation & Richland School District 2

Columbia, SC USA

Regional Woodie Flowers Award

Scott Strickland (Team #21)

Autodesk Visualization Award

342

Bosch ATMO / Bosch Rexroth / Dorchester County Council / Nelson, Mullians, Riley & Scarborough / Robert Bosch Corporation / Trident Technical College / Dorchester County Career School / Fort Dorchester High School / Summerville High School / Woodland High School

North Charleston, SC USA

General Motors Industrial Design Award

343

School District of Oconee County / F.P Hamilton Career Center / Seneca High School / Walhalla High School / West-Oak High School / Tamassee-Salem High School

Seneca, SC USA

Motorola
Quality Award

16

Science and Technology Group / Mountain Home High School

Mountain Home, AR USA

Johnson and Johnson Sportsmanship Award

342

Bosch ATMO / Bosch Rexroth / Dorchester County Council / Nelson, Mullians, Riley & Scarborough / Robert Bosch Corporation / Trident Technical College / Dorchester County Career School / Fort Dorchester High School / Summerville High School / Woodland High School

North Charleston, SC USA

DaimlerChrysler Team Spirit Award

1251

First Service Realty International / Sonny's Enterprises / The Car Wash Factory / Atlantic Tech Center Magnet HS

Coconut Creek, FL USA

Judge's Award (Day 2)

1028

Pratt & Whitney Automation / Madison County Schools

Huntsville, AL USA

Rookie Inspiration Award

1959

F/N Manufacturing / Siemens Corporation / Richland School District 2

Columbia, SC USA

Rookie All-Star Award

1885

Lockheed Martin / TKC Communications / Micron Technologies / NASA / TKC Global Solution / DeVry University / Aurora Flight Sciences / Battlefield High School

Haymarket, VA USA

Highest Rookie Seed Award

1876

NASA / Hargray / Liberty Fellowship / Palmetto Vision Foundation / Hilton Head High School / Hilton Head Preparatory School

Hilton Head Island, SC USA

Underwriters Laboratories Industrial Safety Award

34

Siemens VDO Automotive / Limestone County Technical Career Center

Huntsville, AL USA

Regional
Finalist #1

16

Science and Technology Group / Mountain Home High School

Mountain Home, AR USA

Regional
Finalist #2

95

Whitman Communications, Inc / New Hampshire Industries / NH Charitable Foundation, Upper Valley Region / The Byrne Foundation / Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center / Chicago Soft, Ltd / Geokon, Inc / Hypertherm, Inc. / Pathways Consulting / Fluent, Inc / Lebanon, Hanover and Hartford High Schools

Lebanon, NH USA

Regional
Finalist #3

1676

Mercedes-Benz USA / Pascack Valley Regional High School District

Montvale, NJ USA

Regional
Winner #1

11

Mt. Olive Robotics Team

Flanders ,NJ USA

Regional
Winner #2

247

Comau Pico / Ford Motor Company / Terminal Supply / Berkley High School

Berkley, MI USA

Regional
Winner #3

1251

First Service Realty International / Sonny's Enterprises / The Car Wash Factory / Atlantic Tech Center Magnet HS

Coconut Creek, FL USA

Engineering Inspiration Award

1270

Youth Technology Academy - Cuyahoga Community College / NASA Glenn Research Center / Cuyahoga County Workforce Development Dept / Cleveland TechWorks / George Gund Foundation / Ronald McDonald House Charities / Cleveland Municipal School District

Cleveland, OH USA

Regional Chairman's Award

1398

W. J. Keenan High School

Columbia, SC USA

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2005

Award
Team
Team Name
Hometown

Imagery Award

900

NC school of Science and Math

Durham, NC

Radio Shack Innovation in Control Award

1466

Webb School of Knoxville

Knoxville, TN

Xerox Creativity Award

1251

Sonny's Enterprises Inc. / The Car Wash Factory / First Service Realty Int'l / Atlantic Technical Center Magnet High School

Coconut Creek, FL

Delphi "Driving Tommorow's Technology" Award

86

JEA / Stanton College Preparatory School

Jacksonville, FL

Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers Entrepreneurship Award

301

Ford Motor Company / m80.net / ArvinMeritor / Dearborn High School / Dearborn High School / Dearborn High School

Dearborn, MI

Judge's Award (Day 1)

11

GIVAUDAN / Mt. Olive High School / High School

Flanders, NJ

Website Award

1102

American Nuclear Society, Robotics and Remote Systems Division / Jim Hanna Sportswear / Rotary Club of Aiken / Westinghouse Savannah River Company Partnership / British Nuclear Fuel Limited / United Defense Harry Crowe / Aiken High School / Aiken High School Academic Booster Club / Aiken County Career and Technology Center

Aiken, SC

Regional Woodie Flowers Award

Pete Proner (Team #845)

Autodesk Visualization Award

11

GIVAUDAN / Mt. Olive High School and High School

Flanders, NJ

General Motors Industrial Design Award

25

Bristol Myers Squibb / North Brunswick Twp. H.S.

North Brunswick, NJ

Motorola
Quality Award

1320

Gates Rubber / SPAWAR / Albany International / Old Santee Canal Park / The Citadel / IGA / Timberland High School

St. Stephen, SC

Johnson and Johnson Sportsmanship Award

342

Dorchester County Government / South Carolina State Department of Education / Robert Bosch Corporation / Trident Technical College / Fort Dorchester High School / Summerville High School / Dorchester County Career School / Woodland High School

North Charleston, SC

DaimlerChrysler Team Spirit Award

312

Baxter Healthcare-Tampa Bay / Center for Advanced Technologies / Lakewood High School

St. Petersburg, FL

Judge's Award (Day 2)

845

Accu-Tech / Pendleton High School

Pendleton, SC

Rookie Inspiration Award

1553

BOSE / ATEC / Lugoff-Elgin High School

Lugoff, SC

Rookie All-Star Award

1539

Clover High School

Clover, SC

Highest Rookie Seed Award

1539

Clover High School

Clover, SC

Safety Award

342

Dorchester County Government / South Carolina State Department of Education / Robert Bosch Corporation / Trident Technical College / Fort Dorchester High School / Summerville High School / Dorchester County Career School / Woodland High School

North Charleston, SC

Regional
Finalist #1

1251

Sonny's Enterprises Inc. / The Car Wash Factory / First Service Realty Int'l / Atlantic Technical Center Magnet High School

Coconut Creek, FL

Regional
Finalist #2

25

Bristol Myers Squibb / North Brunswick Twp. H.S.

North Brunswick, NJ

Regional
Finalist #3

301

Ford Motor Company / m80.net / ArvinMeritor / Dearborn High School / Dearborn High School / Dearborn High School

Dearborn, MI

Regional
Winner #1

1466

Webb School of Knoxville

Knoxville, TN

Regional
Winner #2

179

UTC-Pratt & Whitney-SP / Inlet Grove Community High School

Riviera Beach, FL

Regional
Winner #3

1051

Marion County Technical Education Center

Marion, SC

Engineering Inspiration Award

1398

NASA / W.J. Keenan High School

Columbia, SC

Regional Chairman's Award

342

Dorchester County Government / South Carolina State Department of Education / Robert Bosch Corporation / Trident Technical College / Fort Dorchester High School / Summerville High School / Dorchester County Career School / Woodland High School

North Charleston, SC

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2004

Award
Team
Team Name
Hometown

Outstanding Volunteer Award

Frank Lanford

Imagery Award

122

NASA Langley Research Center / New Horizons Regional Education Center

Hampton, VA USA

Leadership in Control Award

665

Disney / Lockheed / Martin / Orlando Science Center / Phuspace / Oak Ridge High School

Orlando, FL USA

Xerox Creativity Award

34

DaimlerChrysler / Butler High School

Huntsville, AL USA

Delphi "Driving Tommorow's Technology" Award

5

Alcoa Fujikura Ltd. / Melvindale High School

Melvindale, MI USA

Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers Entrepreneurship Award

1284

Marshall Space Flight Center / Metal Research Inc. / Guntersville High School / Arab High School / Marshall Technical School

Guntersville, AL USA

Judge's Award (Day 1)

908

Charleston County School District / Garrett Academy of Technology / Wando High School

North Charleston, SC USA

Website Award

34

DaimlerChrysler / Butler High School

Huntsville, AL USA

Regional Woodie Flowers Award

Bill Soetebier

Autodesk Visualization Award

342

Robert Bosch Corporation / Dorchester County Government / Trident Technical College / Summerville High School / Fort Dorchester High School

North Charleston, SC USA

General Motors Industrial Design Award

435

CISCO Systems, Inc / North Carolina State University / Southeast Raleigh High School

Raleigh, NC USA

Motorola
Quality Award

337

American Electric Power/Coal Vendors / RRWC&TC / Guyan Machinery / Logan County Schools

Logan, WV USA

Johnson and Johnson Sportsmanship Award

818

GENESIS '02: General Motors - General Assembly Engineering / Warren Consolidated Schools

Warren, MI USA

DaimlerChrysler Team Spirit Award

11

BASF / GIVAUDAN / Mt. Olive High School

Flanders, NJ USA

Judge's Award (Day 2)

433

McNeil Consumer Healthcare / Mount Saint Joseph Academy Firebirds

Flourtown, PA USA

Rookie Inspiration Award

1319

NASA / BellSouth Pioneers / Greenville County Schools / Hillcrest High School / Mauldin High School

Mauldin, SC USA

Rookie All-Star Award

1398

NASA / W.J. Keenan High School

Columbia, SC USA

Highest Rookie Seed Award

1319

NASA / BellSouth Pioneers / Greenville County Schools / Hillcrest High School / Mauldin High School

Mauldin, SC USA

Regional
Finalist #1

271

Bad Boys From Bay Shore Ltd / BAE Systems of Long Island / Bay Shore High School

Bay Shore, NY USA

Regional
Finalist #2

1302

ThorLabs / International Kauffman Fund / Global Star / Home Depot / Steve Johnson & Sons Inc. / Pope John XXIII High School

Sparta, NJ USA

Regional
Finalist #3

95

New Hampshire Industries, CREARE / Geographic Data Technology / Lebanon High School / Hanover High School / Hartford High School

Lebanon, NH USA

Regional
Winner #1

281

Michelin / Lockheed Martin / Greenville Technical College / Clemson 4-H / Greenville County Schools / Donaldson Career Center / Christ Church Episcopal High School / St. Joseph's High School / JLMann / Greenville Technical Charter High School / Southside High

Greenville, SC USA

Regional
Winner #2

11

BASF / GIVAUDAN / Mt. Olive High School

Flanders, NJ USA

Regional
Winner #3

122

NASA Langley Research Center / New Horizons Regional Education Center

Hampton, VA USA

Engineering Inspiration Award

343

Hamilton Career Center / Oconee-Business Education Partnership / Seneca High School / West-Oak High School / Walhalla High School / Tamassee-Salem High School

Seneca, SC USA

Regional Chairman's Award

342

Robert Bosch Corporation / Dorchester County Government / Trident Technical College / Summerville High School / Fort Dorchester High School

North Charleston, SC USA

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