FIRST^® Robotics Competition

Dean’s List Winners

Explore an overview and past winners list for the FIRST^®Robotics Competition Dean's List Award.

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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.

FIRST hopes that each team will take advantage of the opportunity to nominate the most qualified students as FIRST Dean’s List Nominees!

FIRST^® Robotics Competition

Dean’s List Winners by Year

2025 Winners

Team	Name	Location
9029	Yiğit Efe Erdoğmuş	Ankara, Türkiye
3009	Maeli McNary	Nevada, USA
2557	Owen Gillick	Washington, USA
3616	Rudra Karadkhelkar	Louisiana, USA
6421	Keira Peterson	Wisconsin, USA
2531	Mahendran Madhan Kumar	Minnesota, USA
71	Melina Mata	Indiana, USA
469	Marcus Wong	Michigan, USA
3314	Kristia Nahas	New Jersey, USA
1155	Marlon Wald	New York, USA

2024 Winners

Team	Name	Location
4131	Akash Krishna	Washington, USA
4414	Alisha Ali	California, USA
9642	Darius De Biagi	New York, USA
4931	Edna Conness	Illinois, USA
6413	Elizabeth Seaton	Arizona, USA
7531	Ella Meyer	Iowa, USA
9134	Kamila Ortega Sandoval	Chihuahua, Mexico
4421	Max Du	Alberta, Canada
2202	Noah Ren	Wisconsin, USA
1188	Sarah Milligan	Michigan, USA

2023 Winners

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

2022 Winners

Team	Name	Location
5338	Ethan Brown	Virginia, USA
2905	Nazlı Eren	Istanbul, Turkey
2834	Thomas Gormley	Michigan, USA
3928	Leslie Kim	Iowa, USA
2129	Nate King	Minnesota, USA
5188	Trevor Langley	Indiana, USA
871	Christopher Palazzo	New York, USA
2383	Alicia Ramirez	Florida, USA
8027	Arvind Seshan	Pennsylvania, USA
1967	Joyce Yang	California, USA

2021 Winners

Team	Name	Location
931	Obike Anwisye	Missouri, USA
3932	Megan Enriquez	Florida, USA
7717	Ignacio Fernandez	Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
503	Arseniy Ilinich	Michigan, USA
6035	Mim Macdonell	New South Wales, Australia
8603	Kathleen O'Sullivan	New York, USA
3006	Fikir Teklemedhin	Utah, USA
604	Claudius Tewari	California, USA
118	Tatiana Vassiliev	Texas, USA
7461	Eric Zhou	Washington, USA

2020 Winners

Team	Name	Location
7435	Anastasia Cook	Missouri, USA
6821	Ashley Farrell	California, USA
7799	Tim Gubski	Alberta, Canada
7539	Shiv Kampani	Maharashtra, India
624	Kyna McGill	Texas, USA
1622	Madalyn Nguyen	California, USA
1086	Jack O'Leary	Virginia, USA
2383	Jose Ramirez	Florida, USA
1540	Tiffany Toh	Oregon, USA
3061	Jasmine Zhang	Illinois, USA

2019 Winners

Team	Name	Location
931	Chibale Anwisye	Missouri, USA
1718	Paige Drob	Michigan, USA
5740	Thomas Franco	Pennsylvania, USA
1073	Cameron Hallett	New Hampshire, USA
5016	Abigail Holmes	New York, USA
6579	Nicola Pang	New South Wales, Australia
4322	Jacob Rodriguez	California, USA
115	Divya Satrawada	California, USA
4946	Param Upadhyay	Ontario, Canada
3574	Lauren Vitellaro	Washington, USA

2018 Winners

Team	Name	Location
2468	Joseph Asfouri	Texas, USA
118	Reed Blanchard	Texas, USA
1418	Erik Boesen	Virginia, USA
135	McKenna Hillsdon-Smith	Indiana, USA
1868	Grace Lam	California, USA
1261	Natalie Luong	Georgia, USA
6024	Aarushi Majumder	Maharashtra, India
1506	Gabrielle Malson	Michigan, USA
4384	Sanket Nayak	Michigan, USA
1660	Malachi Patrick	New York, USA

2017 Winners

Team	Name	Location
5627	Xavier Balladarez	California, USA
1325	Tanreet Dhaliwal	Ontario, Canada
5811	Jared Dunn	Ohio, USA
5511	Sreekar Mantena	North Carolina, USA
8	Simran Pujji	California, USA
1165	Zachary Rolfness	Arizona, USA
226	Dikshant Sharma	Michigan, USA
2723	Maddie Smith	Oklahoma, USA
5806	Benjamin Spector	New York, USA
4087	Rebekah Travis	Louisiana, USA

2016 Winners

Team	Name	Location
846	Shikhar Jagadeesh	California, USA
3284	Brenden Babour	Missouri, USA
3250	Autumn Luna	California, USA
180	Shantanu Jakhete	Florida, USA
3061	Brandon John	Illinois, USA
1241	Shaqeeb Momen	Ontario, Canada
5830	Chenelle Foster	Maryland, USA
3494	Zarya deSouza	Indiana, USA
503	Mitchel Huang	Michigan, USA
118	Jessa Westheimer	Texas, USA

2015 Winners

Team	Name	Location
3990	Emilie Dufour	Quebec, Canada
830	David Earle	Michigan, USA
4964	Cynthia Erenas	California, USA
1684	Alyssa Garcia	Michigan, USA
125	Camilo Gonzalez	Massachusetts, USA
4118	Logan Hickox	Florida, USA
1629	Alexandra Miller	Maryland, USA
4013	Sebastian Orellana	Florida, USA
1912	Ben Rowley	Louisiana, USA
2980	Michael Uttmark	Washington, USA

2014 Winners

Team	Name	Location
2486	Kinney Anderson	Arizona, USA
1671	Callie Carbajal	California, USA
2471	Bryce Croucher	Washington, USA
1923	Michael Foley	New Jersey, USA
1311	Alec Kumpf	Georgia, USA
1912	Alexander Lew	Louisiana, USA
2177	Madeleine Logeais	Minnesota, USA
3504	Simran Parwani	Pennsylvania, USA
27	Camron Razdar	Michigan, USA
4201	Anthony Stuart	California, USA

2013 Winners

Team	Name	Location
4476	Kaley Bibic	Ontario, Canada
1533	Ephraim Bililign	North Carolina, USA
359	William Blaser	Hawaii, USA
3504	Naoka Gunawardena	Pennsylvania, USA
4159	Orfi Harlev	California, USA
3547	Kathryn Hite	Michigan, USA
2093	Kristina Landen	Oregon, USA
2834	Kristen Law	Michigan, USA
589	Isabel Martos-Repath	California, USA
704	Joshua Thomas	Texas, USA

2012 Winners

Team	Name	Location
3059	Ikechukwu Chima	New York, USA
1540	Marina Dimitrov	Washington, USA
128	Chase Douglass	Ohio, USA
1058	Tristan Evarts	New Hampshire, USA
3138	Danielle Gehron	Ohio, USA
3196	David Gomez	North Carolina, USA
1912	Rachel Holladay	Louisiana, USA
2996	Jasmine Kemble	Colorado, USA
842	John Rangel	Arizona, USA
704	Matthew Ricks	Texas, USA

2011 Winners

Team	Name	Location
1334	Nicholas Bandiera	Ontario, Canada
1985	Luther Banner	Missouri, USA
228	Tina Dutra	Connecticut, USA
2543	Santiago Garza	California, USA
1983	Lydia Johnston	Washington, USA
2534	JB Ring	Maryland, USA
135	Michael Schrager	Indiana, USA
78	Michael Violet	Rhode Island, USA
987	Cody Wall	Nevada, USA
1868	Christina Wettersten	California, USA

2010 Winners

Team	Name	Location
548	Beth Hadley	Michigan, USA
2437	Caitlin Mori	Hawaii, USA
1480	Carlos Pineda	Texas, USA
1712	Delia Votsch	Pennsylvania, USA
1535	Ian Graham	Ontario, Canada
3368	Ingrid Fiedler	Mostar, Bosnia & Hertzegovina
1002	Kyle Fender	Georgia, USA
2614	Luke Scime	West Virginia, USA
3132	Sarah Heimlich	New South Wales, Australia
694	Seth Berg	New York, USA

2025 Winners

Team	Name	Location
9029	Yiğit Efe Erdoğmuş	Ankara, Türkiye
3009	Maeli McNary	Nevada, USA
2557	Owen Gillick	Washington, USA
3616	Rudra Karadkhelkar	Louisiana, USA
6421	Keira Peterson	Wisconsin, USA
2531	Mahendran Madhan Kumar	Minnesota, USA
71	Melina Mata	Indiana, USA
469	Marcus Wong	Michigan, USA
3314	Kristia Nahas	New Jersey, USA
1155	Marlon Wald	New York, USA

2024 Winners

Team	Name	Location
4131	Akash Krishna	Washington, USA
4414	Alisha Ali	California, USA
9642	Darius De Biagi	New York, USA
4931	Edna Conness	Illinois, USA
6413	Elizabeth Seaton	Arizona, USA
7531	Ella Meyer	Iowa, USA
9134	Kamila Ortega Sandoval	Chihuahua, Mexico
4421	Max Du	Alberta, Canada
2202	Noah Ren	Wisconsin, USA
1188	Sarah Milligan	Michigan, USA

2023 Winners

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

2022 Winners

Team	Name	Location
5338	Ethan Brown	Virginia, USA
2905	Nazlı Eren	Istanbul, Turkey
2834	Thomas Gormley	Michigan, USA
3928	Leslie Kim	Iowa, USA
2129	Nate King	Minnesota, USA
5188	Trevor Langley	Indiana, USA
871	Christopher Palazzo	New York, USA
2383	Alicia Ramirez	Florida, USA
8027	Arvind Seshan	Pennsylvania, USA
1967	Joyce Yang	California, USA

2021 Winners

Team	Name	Location
931	Obike Anwisye	Missouri, USA
3932	Megan Enriquez	Florida, USA
7717	Ignacio Fernandez	Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
503	Arseniy Ilinich	Michigan, USA
6035	Mim Macdonell	New South Wales, Australia
8603	Kathleen O'Sullivan	New York, USA
3006	Fikir Teklemedhin	Utah, USA
604	Claudius Tewari	California, USA
118	Tatiana Vassiliev	Texas, USA
7461	Eric Zhou	Washington, USA

2020 Winners

Team	Name	Location
7435	Anastasia Cook	Missouri, USA
6821	Ashley Farrell	California, USA
7799	Tim Gubski	Alberta, Canada
7539	Shiv Kampani	Maharashtra, India
624	Kyna McGill	Texas, USA
1622	Madalyn Nguyen	California, USA
1086	Jack O'Leary	Virginia, USA
2383	Jose Ramirez	Florida, USA
1540	Tiffany Toh	Oregon, USA
3061	Jasmine Zhang	Illinois, USA

2019 Winners

Team	Name	Location
931	Chibale Anwisye	Missouri, USA
1718	Paige Drob	Michigan, USA
5740	Thomas Franco	Pennsylvania, USA
1073	Cameron Hallett	New Hampshire, USA
5016	Abigail Holmes	New York, USA
6579	Nicola Pang	New South Wales, Australia
4322	Jacob Rodriguez	California, USA
115	Divya Satrawada	California, USA
4946	Param Upadhyay	Ontario, Canada
3574	Lauren Vitellaro	Washington, USA

2018 Winners

Team	Name	Location
2468	Joseph Asfouri	Texas, USA
118	Reed Blanchard	Texas, USA
1418	Erik Boesen	Virginia, USA
135	McKenna Hillsdon-Smith	Indiana, USA
1868	Grace Lam	California, USA
1261	Natalie Luong	Georgia, USA
6024	Aarushi Majumder	Maharashtra, India
1506	Gabrielle Malson	Michigan, USA
4384	Sanket Nayak	Michigan, USA
1660	Malachi Patrick	New York, USA

2017 Winners

Team	Name	Location
5627	Xavier Balladarez	California, USA
1325	Tanreet Dhaliwal	Ontario, Canada
5811	Jared Dunn	Ohio, USA
5511	Sreekar Mantena	North Carolina, USA
8	Simran Pujji	California, USA
1165	Zachary Rolfness	Arizona, USA
226	Dikshant Sharma	Michigan, USA
2723	Maddie Smith	Oklahoma, USA
5806	Benjamin Spector	New York, USA
4087	Rebekah Travis	Louisiana, USA

2016 Winners

Team	Name	Location
846	Shikhar Jagadeesh	California, USA
3284	Brenden Babour	Missouri, USA
3250	Autumn Luna	California, USA
180	Shantanu Jakhete	Florida, USA
3061	Brandon John	Illinois, USA
1241	Shaqeeb Momen	Ontario, Canada
5830	Chenelle Foster	Maryland, USA
3494	Zarya deSouza	Indiana, USA
503	Mitchel Huang	Michigan, USA
118	Jessa Westheimer	Texas, USA

2015 Winners

Team	Name	Location
3990	Emilie Dufour	Quebec, Canada
830	David Earle	Michigan, USA
4964	Cynthia Erenas	California, USA
1684	Alyssa Garcia	Michigan, USA
125	Camilo Gonzalez	Massachusetts, USA
4118	Logan Hickox	Florida, USA
1629	Alexandra Miller	Maryland, USA
4013	Sebastian Orellana	Florida, USA
1912	Ben Rowley	Louisiana, USA
2980	Michael Uttmark	Washington, USA

2014 Winners

Team	Name	Location
2486	Kinney Anderson	Arizona, USA
1671	Callie Carbajal	California, USA
2471	Bryce Croucher	Washington, USA
1923	Michael Foley	New Jersey, USA
1311	Alec Kumpf	Georgia, USA
1912	Alexander Lew	Louisiana, USA
2177	Madeleine Logeais	Minnesota, USA
3504	Simran Parwani	Pennsylvania, USA
27	Camron Razdar	Michigan, USA
4201	Anthony Stuart	California, USA

2013 Winners

Team	Name	Location
4476	Kaley Bibic	Ontario, Canada
1533	Ephraim Bililign	North Carolina, USA
359	William Blaser	Hawaii, USA
3504	Naoka Gunawardena	Pennsylvania, USA
4159	Orfi Harlev	California, USA
3547	Kathryn Hite	Michigan, USA
2093	Kristina Landen	Oregon, USA
2834	Kristen Law	Michigan, USA
589	Isabel Martos-Repath	California, USA
704	Joshua Thomas	Texas, USA

2012 Winners

Team	Name	Location
3059	Ikechukwu Chima	New York, USA
1540	Marina Dimitrov	Washington, USA
128	Chase Douglass	Ohio, USA
1058	Tristan Evarts	New Hampshire, USA
3138	Danielle Gehron	Ohio, USA
3196	David Gomez	North Carolina, USA
1912	Rachel Holladay	Louisiana, USA
2996	Jasmine Kemble	Colorado, USA
842	John Rangel	Arizona, USA
704	Matthew Ricks	Texas, USA

2011 Winners

Team	Name	Location
1334	Nicholas Bandiera	Ontario, Canada
1985	Luther Banner	Missouri, USA
228	Tina Dutra	Connecticut, USA
2543	Santiago Garza	California, USA
1983	Lydia Johnston	Washington, USA
2534	JB Ring	Maryland, USA
135	Michael Schrager	Indiana, USA
78	Michael Violet	Rhode Island, USA
987	Cody Wall	Nevada, USA
1868	Christina Wettersten	California, USA

2010 Winners

Team	Name	Location
548	Beth Hadley	Michigan, USA
2437	Caitlin Mori	Hawaii, USA
1480	Carlos Pineda	Texas, USA
1712	Delia Votsch	Pennsylvania, USA
1535	Ian Graham	Ontario, Canada
3368	Ingrid Fiedler	Mostar, Bosnia & Hertzegovina
1002	Kyle Fender	Georgia, USA
2614	Luke Scime	West Virginia, USA
3132	Sarah Heimlich	New South Wales, Australia
694	Seth Berg	New York, USA

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