Our Beginning
Spearheaded by an enthusiastic assistant superintendent, a willing director, and two teachers that didn’t know any better, the CTC Inspire Robotics team was founded in the Spring of 2015. With help from other local teams and FIRST regional mentors, the team registered in the system as rookies with the Fort Osage School District as our home school. The team is housed and run at the The Career and Technology Center at Fort Osage, the CTC receives students from 5 high schools for 14 different programs. These schools include Fort Osage High School, Blue Springs High School, Blue Springs South High School, Grain Valley High School, and Oak Grove High School. The robotics team is open to any student that attends the CTC (11 & 12th) or Fort Osage High School (9-12th).
As we began our rookie season in the 2016 year we were very excited to participate in the Stronghold competition. The team was a small group of very persistent, intellectual, and determined students who were excited to compete in robotics competitions. This was a team made up of all first year FIRST members; everyone had little to no experience with being on a robotics team before. The team started with 20 members; 14 boys and 6 girls.
We still hold true to the spark of our first season - the team is excited to learn more about FIRST’s mission. The students of the CTC Inspire team already value STEM skills and are eager to build self-confidence, communication and leadership skills.
Awards
Highest Seed Rookie
Rookie All Star
First Year Roster
Mason O’Brien
Megan Elsloo
Amber Stewart
Alex Johnson
Lewis Chastain
Alex Hill
Nickoli Robinson
Eluid Lisboa
Sheridan Beckenbach
Orion Radford
Oghenbrorhie Ighoviywi
Artie Johnson
Gage Bergschneider
Jon Calvert
Doug McIntosh
Tim Barnett
Meet the team
Staff and mentors
Brandon Allen (Mentor)
Joe Blood (Mentor)
Lou Giordano (Mentor)
Brent Mammen (Mentor)
Aaron Waller (Mentor)
Mark Benefiel (Coach)
Alex Hill (Coach)
Ginger McCabe (Coach)
Current Members
Seniors
Jacob Criner
Miller Hanson
Xander Hill
Zach Huffstutler
Aidan Litton
Samuel Ramdhani
Parker Robinson
Ean Wilson
Sophomores
Jose Banales
Adam Borra
James Stringer
Juniors
Dylan Daugherty
Kristen Isbell
Mercadies Kendrick
Joey Mancini
Cade Marsey
Kaleb Smith
Anaid Tapia
Sheldon Walker
Maddie Wilt
Freshmen
Trevin Conway
Phoenix Jordan
Taylor Sanders
James Volk