Spirit of the Award

The Regional and District Championship Woodie Flowers Awards celebrate effective communication in the art and science of engineering and design. This award is known as the Woodie Flowers Finalist Award. Being selected as a WFFA is a requirement to be eligible for the Championship Woodie Flowers Award.

This award recognizes an individual who has done an outstanding job of motivation through communication while also challenging the students to be clear and succinct in their communications.

Source: FIRST INSPIRES WOODIE FLOWERS FINALIST AWARD INFORMATION PAGE

Roaring Riptide has been fortunate to have 2 team mentors be considered for the prestigious “Woodie Flowers Finalist”. As such, our team was asked to present at the Destination Deep Space Pre-Launch FRC Workshop and FIRST Expo Event in Orange County Technical Center in 2018. Here are the essays of our Woodie Flowers Finalists –

Dr. Dan Frank’s Woodie Flowers Finalist Essay

Dr. Carl Crane’s Woodie Flowers Finalist Essay

Special Thanks to FRC 1902 Exploding Bacon and FRC 5816 GRA-V for inviting us out to present!

image of high-school robotics team members getting autographs from Woodie Flowers
image of hatch panel game piece with the words "RIP Woodie Flowers"