[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 80 (Thursday, May 31, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E928]
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  RECOGNIZING BATTLEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL'S ROBOTICS AND TECHNOLOGY TEAMS

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                           HON. FRANK R. WOLF

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 31, 2012

  Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Inspiring 
Leaders in Technology and Engineering, ILITE, Robotics Team at 
Battlefield High School in Haymarket, Virginia, for its outstanding 
performance in winning the FIRST Robotics World Championship.
  Ninety thousand students from around the world competed in the FIRST 
Robotics competition. Battlefield's FIRST Tech Challenge team won the 
world championship title at the world championship in St. Louis, 
Missouri, this April, while the First Robotics Competition, FRC, team 
finished as a quarter-finalist. Both teams won awards at the regional 
and state level prior to participating in the world championship.
  I was pleased to visit Battlefield High School on May 21, and meet 
with students from the robotics team after their championship victory. 
Educating American students in science, technology, engineering and 
mathematics, STEM, is critical to maintaining U.S. competitiveness, and 
I commend ILITE Robotics at Battlefield High School on their success.
  The ILITE Robotics Team is coached by Professor Gail Drake, and is 
comprised of: Chris Blaylock, Gaelan Dean, Jon Gallion, Aaron Guo, 
Logan Hambrick, John Hitt, Jacob Hogan, Natalie Jones, Terri Jones, 
Joel Kaminski, Colin Kauv, Kent Komine, Jakob Kressel, William Lahann, 
Jaehoon Lee, Daniel Lopez, Jacob Maltbie, Joseph Melir, Alex Missar, 
Deanna Moser, Matt Moser, Sara O'Malley, Garrett Ormond, Wonsik (David) 
Park, David Powell, Rainier Rabena, Cary Reese, Melanie Sattler, Erik 
Seastead, Joanna Senseng, Clayton Shablom, Donny Shaw, Justin Shaw, 
Jordan Soriano, Evan Teitelman, Michael Toman, Logan Wilding.

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