Our Awards

2026

FIRST Impact Award - Heartland Regional
Winner - Heartland Regional
Excellence in Engineering Award - City of Fountains Regional
Winner - City of Fountains Regional
Autonomous Award - Greater Kansas City Regional
Winner - Greater Kansas City Regional

2025

Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors - Central Missouri Regional
FIRST Dean’s List Finalist Award (Jackson Reed) - Central Missouri Regional
Engineering Inspiration Award - Greater Kansas City Regional
Winner - Greater Kansas City Regional
Gracious Professionalism Award - Archimedes Division
Winner - MoKan State Championship
Winner - Gateway Robotics Challenge
Winner - CowTown ThrowDown

2024

Innovation in Control Award - Central Missouri Regional
Innovation in Control Award - Heartland Regional
Volunteer Of The Year (Hillary Griffith) - Greater Kansas City Regional
Gracious Professionalism Award - Greater Kansas City Regional

2023

Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors - Heartland Regional
Winner - Heartland Regional
FIRST Dean’s List Finalist (Matthew Allen) - Greater Kansas City Regional
Winner - Greater Kansas City Regional
Innovation in Control Award - Greater Kansas City Regional
Winner - CowTown ThrowDown

2022

Engineering Inspiration Award - Heartland Regional
Winner - Heartland Regional
Quality Award sponsored by the BOEING company - Central Missouri Regional
Winner - Central Missouri Regional
Winner - CowTown ThrowDown

2021

FIRST Woodie Flowers Finalist Award (Hillary Griffith) - MOKAN Regional
Excellence in Engineering Award - MOKAN Regional

2020

Quality Award sponsored by Motorola - Greater Kansas City Regional

2019

FIRST Dean’s List Finalist Award (Zane Dautenhahn) - Central Missouri Regional
Winner - Central Missouri Regional
Autonomous Award sponsored by Ford - Heartland Regional
Winner - Missouri Robotics State Championship

2018

Quality Award sponsored by Motorola - Greater Kansas City Regional
FIRST Dean’s List Finalist Award (Sarah Ahern) - Greater Kansas City Regional
Industrial Design Award - Oklahoma City Regional

2017

Winner - Greater Kansas City Regional
FIRST Dean’s List Finalist (Levi Madden) - Greater Kansas City Regional
Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Delphi - Greater Kansas City Regional
Engineering Inspiration Award - Iowa Regional
Industrial Safety Award sponsored by Underwriters Laboratories - Iowa Regional
Winner - Missouri Robotics State Championship
Winner - Kansas Cup

2016

FIRST Dean’s List Finalist (Connie Wentworth) - Greater Kansas City Regional
Entrepreneurship Award sponsored by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers - Greater Kansas City Regional
Industrial Safety Award sponsored by Underwriters Laboratories - Greater Kansas City Regional
Engineering Inspiration Award - Hub City Regional

2015

FIRST Dean’s List Finalist (Austin Ahern) - Greater Kansas City Regional
Creativity Award sponsored by Xerox - Greater Kansas City Regional
Creativity Award sponsored by Xerox - Buckeye Regional
Industrial Safety Award sponsored by Underwriters Laboratories - Buckeye Regional

2014

Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors - Greater Kansas City Regional
Industrial Safety Award sponsored by Underwriters Laboratories - Colorado Regional
Quality Award sponsored by Motorola - Colorado Regional

2013

Chairman’s Award - Alamo Regional

2012

Engineering Inspiration Award - St. Louis Regional
Website Award - St. Louis Regional
Judges’ Award - Greater Kansas City Regional
Website Award - Greater Kansas City Regional
Winner - Ozark Mountain Brawl

2011

Quality Award sponsored by Motorola - Midwest Regional
Website Award - Midwest Regional

2010

Chairman’s Award - Oklahoma Regional
Winner - Oklahoma Regional
Entrepreneurship Award sponsored by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers - Oklahoma Regional
Website Award - Oklahoma Regional

2009

Chairman’s Award - Colorado Regional
Woodie Flowers Award (Kevin Schimpf) - Colorado Regional
Winner - CowTown ThrowDown

2008

Engineering Inspiration Award - Minnesota Regional
Autodesk Visualization Award - Minnesota Regional
Website of Excellence Award - Minnesota Regional

2007

Autodesk Visualization Award - Colorado Regional
Delphi “Driving Tomorrow’s Technology” Award - Colorado Regional
Website of Excellence Award - Colorado Regional