Volunteer of the Year Award

2024 Recipients

Learn more about our 2024 recipients on this blog post.

• Scott Goering, FIRST^® Robotics Competition, Kansas, USA
• Clark and Peggy McChesney, FIRST^® Tech Challenge, Texas, USA
• Mehdi Troudi, FIRST^® LEGO^® League, Tunisia

2023 Recipients

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• Ali Marinari, FIRST Robotics Competition, Pennsylvania, USA
• Chris Johannesen, FIRST Tech Challenge, California, USA
• Nathan and Nicole Coulombe, FIRST^® LEGO^® League Explore, Indiana, USA
• Teresa Lanum, FIRST^® LEGO^® League Challenge, Mississippi, USA

2022 Recipients

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• Abdulmatin Adeniji, FIRST LEGO League Challenge, Lagos, Nigeria
• Andrew Snape, FIRST LEGO League Challenge, Billund, Denmark
• Chuck Dickerson, FIRST Robotics Competition, Mississippi, USA
• Dr. Patricia Gouws, FIRST LEGO League Explore, Gauteng, South Africa
• Jacob Burroughs, FIRST Tech Challenge, Illinois, USA

2021 Recipients

Learn more about our 2021 recipients on this blog post.

• Dave Greenley , FIRST Robotics Competition, Pennsylvania, USA
• David Baran, FIRST LEGO League Challenge, Maryland, USA
• Peter Johnson, FIRST Robotics Competition, California, USA
• Rick Ramhap, FIRST LEGO League Explore, New York, USA
• Sofia Ben Souda, FIRST LEGO League Challenge, Casablan, Morocco
• Thomas Barnette, FIRST Tech Challenge, North Carolina, USA
• Trey Woodlief, FIRST Tech Challenge, North Carolina, USA

2020 Recipients

• Brian Boyer, FIRST LEGO League  
• Cindy Nader, FIRST LEGO League, Michigan, USA
• Desh Bagley, FIRST LEGO League, Florida, USA
• Kevin Thorp, FIRST Tech Challenge, South Carolina, USA
• Laurie Shimizu, FIRST Robotics Competition, Minnesota, USA
• Phil Malone, FIRST Tech Challenge, Maryland, USA
• Sam Last, FIRST LEGO League, North Carolina, USA
• Sarah Plemmons, FIRST Robotics Competition, Florida, USA

2019 Recipients

• David Stolz, FIRST LEGO League, Texas, USA
• George Marchant, FIRST Tech Challenge, New Hampshire, USA
• James Lockman, FIRST Robotics Competition, Maine, USA
• Jill Wilker, FIRST Tech Challenge, California, USA
• Julia Wagner, FIRST^® LEGO^® League Jr., North Carolina, USA
• Pablo Tomas Hernandez Cruz, FIRST LEGO League Jr.  
• Pedro Alejandro Yang, FIRST LEGO League, Denmark
• Stacey Jones, FIRST LEGO League, Florida, USA
• Terrell Burch, FIRST Robotics Competition, South Carolina, USA

2018 Recipients

• Alan Green, FIRST LEGO League, Israel
• Carol Perrotto, FIRST Robotics Competition, Pennsylvania, USA
• Diane Michalczuk, FIRST LEGO League, Illinois, USA
• Ed 'Koko' Patterson, FIRST Robotics Competition, New York, USA
• Jill Zuehlke, FIRST LEGO League  
• Joyce Walters, FIRST LEGO League Jr., Florida, USA
• Liz Looney, FIRST Tech Challenge
• Lydean and David Spangler, FIRST Tech Challenge, Virginia, USA

2017 Recipients

• Bob Atkinson, FIRST Tech Challenge  
• Dave Ellisa, FIRST LEGO League, Ontario, Canada
• Jacob Komar, FIRST Robotics Competition, Massachusetts, USA
• Kevin Ross, FIRST Tech Challenge, Washington, USA
• Rich Berglund, FIRST LEGO League, Florida, USA
• Tim Bennington-David, FIRST Robotics Competition, Oregon, USA

2016 Recipients

• Chris Morgan, FIRST LEGO League, New Mexico, USA
• Liz Langdon, FIRST LEGO League, Florida, USA
• Mannie Lowe, FIRST Tech Challenge, Mississippi, USA
• MK Baldwin, FIRST LEGO League, South Carolina, USA
• Sandra 'Sandy' Trissell , FIRST LEGO League, New Mexico, USA

2015 Recipients

• Dale Jordan, FIRST Tech Challenge, Oregon, USA
• Paul George, FIRST Robotics Competition 
• Priscilla Bennett, FIRST LEGO League Jr.

2010-2014 Recipients

• 2014, Allen Bancroft, FIRST Robotics Competition
• 2014, Cynthia Stong, FIRST Robotics Competition
• 2014, Laura Schantz, FIRST LEGO League
• 2014, Mark Daniels, FIRST LEGO League
• 2014, Nicole Adewale, FIRST LEGO League
• 2014, Stephen Scherr, FIRST LEGO League
• 2014, Susie Mathieu, FIRST Tech Challenge
• 2013, Al Skierkiewicz, FIRST Robotics Competition
• 2013, Dave Price, FIRST LEGO League Jr.
• 2013, Kathie Rueter, FIRST LEGO League
• 2013, Kenny Meesters, FIRST LEGO League
• 2013, Mary Ellen Toebes, FIRST Tech Challenge
• 2013, Randall Hicks, FIRST LEGO League
• 2012, Aidan Browne, FIRST Robotics Competition
• 2012, Alice Wolfe, FIRST LEGO League Jr.
• 2012, Danny Diaz, FIRST LEGO League
• 2012, Ernie DiCicco, FIRST LEGO League
• 2012, Patty Smith, FIRST LEGO League
• 2011, Cathy Swider, FIRST LEGO League
• 2011, Ceci (Cecilia) Neuman, FIRST Robotics Competition
• 2011, Charlie and Cynthia Schmitz, FIRST LEGO League
• 2011, Mark Edelman, FIRST Tech Challenge
• 2010, Jake Ingman, FIRST LEGO League
• 2010, John Toebes, FIRST Tech Challenge
• 2010, Laura Melnik, FIRST LEGO League
• 2010, Vincent Wilczynski, FIRST Robotics Competition

2004-2009 Recipients

• 2009, Dave Lavery, FIRST Robotics Competition
• 2009, Vince Frascella, FIRST Tech Challenge
• 2008, Michael Coleman, FIRST Tech Challenge
• 2008, Mike Wade, FIRST Robotics Competition
• 2007, Joe Perrotto, FIRST Tech Challenge
• 2007, Karen Berger, FIRST LEGO League
• 2007, Mark Koors, FIRST Robotics Competition
• 2007, Ruel Faruque, FIRST LEGO League
• 2007, Shane Barnett, FIRST LEGO League
• 2007, Dave Patterson, FIRST LEGO League
• 2007, Jenny Totten, FIRST LEGO League
• 2007, Jim Hicks, FIRST LEGO League
• 2006, Bill and Susan Duggins, FIRST LEGO League
• 2006, Bill McGowen, FIRST LEGO League
• 2006, Dave Brooks, FIRST LEGO League
• 2006, Jena Daniels, FIRST LEGO League
• 2006, Kevin Lambe, FIRST LEGO League
• 2005, Marvin 'Skip' Gridley, FIRST LEGO League
• 2005, Robert 'Benge' Ambrogi, FIRST Robotics Competition
• 2005, Walt Hicock, FIRST LEGO League
• 2004, Camille Schroeder, FIRST LEGO League
• 2004, Marc Couture, FIRST LEGO League