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The Dean’s List Award began in 2010 to celebrate outstanding student leaders whose passion for and effectiveness at attaining FIRST ideals is exemplary. In an effort to recognize the leadership and dedication of the FIRST most outstanding FRC students, the Kamen family sponsors this award for the selected top students.
The students who earn FIRST Dean’s List Award status as a Semi-Finalist, Finalist or Winner, will be great examples of student leaders who have led their teams and communities to increased awareness for FIRST and its mission all the while achieving personal technical expertise and accomplishment. It is the intention of FIRST that they will continue on, post-award, as great leaders of the ever growing FIRST student alumni community and as advocates of FIRST.
Students are nominated by their team mentors. Celebrate your Team's top 1 or 2 student leaders by nomination them for the FIRST Dean's List Award. Details available on the Awards page. Additional resources can be found here.
Criteria for selection of the FIRST Dean’s List shall include, but not be limited to:
- Demonstrated leadership and commitment to the FIRST Core Values
- Interest in and passion for a long term commitment to FIRST
- Overall individual contribution to their team
- Technical expertise and passion
- Entrepreneurship and creativity
- Ability to motivate and lead fellow team members
- Effectiveness at increasing awareness of FIRST in their school and community
2018 Winners
Absent from photo: Grace Lam
| Team | Name | Location |
| 2468 | Joseph Asfouri | Austin, TX, USA |
| 188 | Reed Blanchard | League City, TX, USA |
| 1418 | Erik Boesen | Falls Church, VA, USA |
| 135 | McKenna Hillsdon-Smith | Mishewaka, IN, USA |
| 1868 | Grace Lam | Mountain View, CA, USA |
| 1261 | Natalie Luong | Suwanee, GA, USA |
| 6024 | Aarushi Majumder | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| 1506 | Gabrielle Malson | Flint, MI, USA |
| 4384 | Sanket Nayak | Troy, MI, USA |
| 1660 | Malachi Patrick | New York, NY, USA |
2017 Winners
| Team | Name | Location |
| 5627 | Xavier Balladarez | San Diego, CA, USA |
| 1325 | Tanreet Dhaliwal | Mississauga, ON, Canada |
| 5811 | Jared Dunn | Dayton, OH, USA |
| 5511 | Sreekar Mantena | Cary, NC, USA |
| 8 | Simran Pujji | Palo Alto, CA, USA |
| 1165 | Zachary Rolfness | Cave Creek, AZ, USA |
| 226 | Dikshant Sharma | Troy, MI, USA |
| 2723 | Maddie Smith | Oklahoma City, OK, USA |
| 5806 | Benjamin Spector | Pelham, NY, USA |
| 4087 | Rebekah Travis | New Orleans, LA, USA |
2016 Winners
| Team | Name | Location |
| 846 | Shikhar Jagadeesh | San Jose, CA |
| 3284 | Brenden Babour | Camdenton, MO |
| 3250 | Autumn Luna | Sacramento, CA |
| 180 | Shantanu Jakhete | Stuart, FL |
| 3061 | Brandon John | Naperville, IL |
| 1241 | Shaqeeb Momen | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
| 5830 | Chenelle Foster | Lanham, MD |
| 3494 | Zarya deSouza | Bloomington, IN |
| 503 | Mitchel Huang | Novi, MI |
| 118 | Jessa Westheimer | League City, TX |
See also: Recording of the Dean's List Award Presentation
2015 Winners
| Team | Name | Location |
| 3990 | Emilie Dufour | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| 830 | David Earle | Ann Arbor, MI |
| 4964 | Cynthia Erenas | Los Angeles, CA |
| 1684 | Alyssa Garcia | Lapeer, MI |
| 125 | Camilo Gonzalez | Boston, MA |
| 4118 | Logan Hickox | Gainesville, FL |
| 1629 | Alexandra Miller | McHenry, MD |
| 4013 | Sebastian Orellana | Orlando, FL |
| 1912 | Ben Rowley | Slidell, LA |
| 2980 | Michael Uttmark | Oak Harbor, WA |
2014 Winners
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| FRC Team # | Name | Location | |
| 2486 | Kinney Anderson | Flagstaff, AZ | |
| 1671 | Callie Carbajal | Clovis, CA | |
| 2471 | Bryce Croucher | Camas, WA | |
| 1923 | Michael Foley | Plainsboro, NJ | |
| 1311 | Alec Kumpf | Marietta, GA | |
| 1912 | Alexander Lew | Slidell, LA | |
| 2177 | Madeleine Logeais | Mendota Heights, MN | |
| 3504 | Simran Parwani | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 27 | Camron Razdar | Clarkston, MI | |
| 4201 | Anthony Stuart | Hawthorne, CA | |
2013 Winners |
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| FRC Team # | Name | Location | |
| 4476 | Kaley Bibic | Kingston, ON, Canada | |
| 1533 | Ephraim Bililign | Greensboro, NC | |
| 359 | William Blaser | Waialua, HI | |
| 3504 | Naoka Gunawardena | Wexford, PA | |
| 4159 | Orfi Harlev | San Francisco, CA | |
| 3547 | Kathryn Hite | Temperance, MI | |
| 2093 | Kristina Landen | Oregon City, OR | |
| 2834 | Kristen Law | West Bloomfield, MI | |
| 589 | Isabel Martos-Repath | La Crescenta, CA | |
| 704 | Joshua Thomas | Grand Prairie, TX | |
2012 Winners |
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| FRC Team # | Name | Location | |
| 3059 | Ikechukwu Chima | Yonkers, NY | |
| 1540 | Marina Dimitrov | Vancouver, WA | |
| 128 | Chase Douglass | Columbus, OH | |
| 1058 | Tristan Evarts | Londonderry, NH | |
| 3138 | Danielle Gehron | Vandalia, OH | |
| 3196 | David Gomez | Cornelius, NC | |
| 1912 | Rachel Holladay | Slidell, LA | |
| 2996 | Jasmine Kemble | Colorado Springs, CO | |
| 842 | John Rangel | Phoenix, AZ | |
| 704 | Matthew Ricks | Grand Prairie, TX | |
2011 Winners |
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| FRC Team # | Name | Location | |
| 1334 | Nicholas Bandiera | Oakville, Ontario, Canada | |
| 1985 | Luther Banner | Florrisant, MO | |
| 228 | Tina Dutra | Meriden, CT | |
| 2543 | Santiago Garza | Chula Vista, CA | |
| 1983 | Lydia Johnston | Seahurst, WA | |
| 2534 | JB Ring | Pikesville, MD | |
| 135 | Michael Schrager | Mishawaka, IN | |
| 78 | Michael Violet | Middletown, RI | |
| 987 | Cody Wall | Las Vegas, NV | |
| 1868 | Christina Wettersten | Palo Alto, CA | |
2010 Winners
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| FRC Team # | Name | Location | |
| 548 | Beth Hadley | Northville, MI | |
| 2437 | Caitlin Mori | Honolulu, HI | |
| 1480 | Carlos Pineda | Pearland, TX | |
| 1712 | Delia Votsch | Armore, PA | |
| 1535 | Ian Graham | Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada | |
| 3368 | Ingrid Fiedler | Mostar, Bosnia & Hertzegovina | |
| 1002 | Kyle Fender | Marietta, GA | |
| 2614 | Luke Scime | Morgantown, WV | |
| 3132 | Sarah Heimlich | Sydney, NSW, Australia | |
| 694 | Seth Berg | New York City, NY | |