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What is the FIRST Dean’s List Award?

In an effort to recognize the leadership and dedication of FIRST’s most outstanding secondary school students, the Kamen family sponsors awards for selected 10th or 11th grade* students known as the FIRST Robotics Competition® and the FIRST Tech Challenge FIRST Dean’s List Award. Since its introduction in 2010, the FIRST Dean’s List Award has attracted the attention of prestigious colleges and universities who desire to recruit FIRST Dean’s List students.

Similar to the very prestigious National Merit Scholarship Award, there are three (3) levels of FIRST Dean’s List Award students.

  • FIRST Dean’s List Semi-finalists – comprised of the two (2) students in their 10th or 11th school year* nominated by each team.
  • FIRST Dean’s List Finalists - comprised of the two (2) students selected at each FIRST Robotics Competition Regional or FIRST Robotics Competition District Championship (the Qualifying Events).
    • Note: At FIRST Robotics Competition District Championships, more than two (2) students may be selected, depending on the size of the district.
  • FIRST Dean’s List Winners - comprised of the ten (10) FIRST Robotics Competition and ten (10) FIRST Tech Challenge students selected from the applicable FIRST Dean’s List Finalists at the FIRST Championship.

Each team is invited to select up to two (2) students who are in the 10th or 11th grade (sophomores or juniors) as FIRST Dean's List Semi-Finalists. The students who earn FIRST Dean’s List Award status as a Semi-Finalists, Finalist or Winner, are great examples of student leaders who have led their Teams and communities to increased awareness for FIRST and its mission. These students have also achieved personal technical expertise and accomplishment. It is the intention of FIRST that these individuals will continue on, post-Award, as great leaders, student alumni, and advocates of FIRST.

Prestigious colleges have expressed great interest in meeting FIRST Dean’s List’s Award winners and FIRST hopes that each Team will take advantage of the opportunity to nominate the most qualified students as FIRST Dean’s List Nominees!

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.

2023 Winners

Team Name Location
687 Brianna Adewinmbi Carson, California, USA
2465 Joveline Alice F. Alvarez Lihue, Hawaii, USA
176 Ana-Lois Davis Windsor Lock, Connecticut, USA
3926 Ian Frankel Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
401 Abigail Lafon Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
2638 Shaan Merchant Great Neck, New York, USA
1772 Bruno Ósio Jerônimo Gravatai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
6473 Elise Rina Orlando, Florida, USA
1296 Audrey Smith Rockwall, Texas, USA
503 Sanjith Udupa Novi, Michigan, USA

2022 Winners

Absent from photo: Ethan Brown and Arvind Seshan

Team Name Location
5338 Ethan Brown Leesburg, Virginia, USA
2905 Nazlı Eren Istanbul, Turkey
2834 Thomas Gormley Bloomfield Township, Michigan, USA
3928 Leslie Kim Ames, Iowa, USA
2129 Nate King Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
5188 Trevor Langley Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
871 Christopher Palazzo West Islip, New York, USA
2383 Alicia Ramirez Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
8027 Arvind Seshan Sharon, Pennsylvania, USA
1967 Joyce Yang San Jose, California, USA

2021 Winners

Team Name Location
931 Obike Anwisye Saint Louis, Missouri
3932 Megan Enriquez Boca Raton, Florida
7717 Ignacio Fernandez Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
503 Arseniy Ilinich Novi, Michigan
6035 Mim Macdonell Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia
8603 Kathleen O'Sullivan Carmel, New York
3006 Fikir Teklemedhin Salt Lake City, Utah
604 Claudius Tewari San Jose, California
118 Tatiana Vassiliev League City, Texas
7461 Eric Zhou Redmond, Washington

2020 Winners

Team Name Location
7435 Anastasia Cook Saint Charles, MO, USA
6821 Ashley Farrell San Bernardino, CA, USA
7799 Tim Gubski Calgary, AB, Canada
7539 Shiv Kampani Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
624 Kyna McGill Katy, TX, USA
1622 Madalyn Nguyen Poway, CA, USA
1086 Jack O'Leary Glen Allen, VA, USA
2383 Jose Ramirez Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
1540 Tiffany Toh Portland, OR, USA
3061 Jasmine Zhang Naperville, IL, USA

2019 Winners

2019 FIRST Robotics Competition Deans List Winners

Absent from photo: Jacob Rodriguez

 

Team Name Location
931 Chibale Anwisye Saint Louis, MO, USA
1718 Paige Drob Armada, MI, USA
5740 Thomas Franco Cranberry Township, PA, USA
1073 Cameron Hallett Hollis, NH, USA
5016 Abigail Holmes Huntington, NY, USA
6579 Nicola Pang Helensburgh, New South Wales, Australia
4322 Jacob Rodriguez Orange, CA, USA
115 Divya Satrawada Cupertino, CA, USA
4946 Param Upadhyay Bolton, Ontario, Canada
3574 Lauren Vitellaro Seattle, WA, USA


2018 Winners

2018 FIRST Robotics Competition Dean's List Award Winners with Dean Kamen

Absent from photo: Grace Lam

 

Team Name Location
2468 Joseph Asfouri Austin, TX, USA
118 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

2017 Dean's List Winners FIRST Robotics Competition

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

2016 Dean's List 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

 

2014 Dean's List Winners
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

2013 Dean's List Winners
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

2012 Dean's List Winners
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

2011 Dean's List Winners
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

2010 Dean's List Winners

 

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