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The Gila Monsters
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Rookie Year: 1998
Inactive Years: {{{inactive}}}
Location: Mesa, AZ, USA
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Approx. size: 25
Team Website: http://www.gilamonster.org/

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History

In 1997, the GM Desert Proving Ground sets out to find local High Schools interested in starting a F.I.R.S.T. Robotics team. Highland High School and Queen Creek High School take GM's offer to start a team. Thus a team is born and dubbed "The Gila Monsters" the students and team begin working on Gila I.

Over the years the Gila Monsters have represented themselves well - wining spirit awards, engineering awards, regional competitions, and finishing in the top 8 teams at the nationals on 3 occasions. The team is also active in local charitable, business, and civic events. There are now three High Schools, Desert Ridge High School, Highland High School, and Queen Creek High School, that make up the Gila Monsters.

Team projects

  • Working to mentor at FLL and start new teams. Community service and helping new F.I.R.S.T. teams.

Robots

2004 Gila Monster Robot

Accomplishments

  • 2005 Las Vegas Regional Winner, Denver Regional 2nd place finalist, Web Award, Imagery Award, Design Award, Animation Award, Safety Award.
  • 2004 Semi Finals- Atlanta, Spirit Award- Colorado
  • 2003 Southern California Regional Quarter Finals, Gracious Professionalism Award.
  • 2002 Pacific Northwest Regional Quarter Finalists, Southern California Regional Champions, Curie Division Champions, Animation Honorable Mention for Compelling Creativity, Delphi's "Driving Tomorrows Technology" Award, Leadership in Control Award.
  • 2001 Virginia Regional Competition Winners
  • 2000 California Regional Semi Finalists, and placing 5th in the Divisional Finals at Nationals.
  • 1999 Daimler Chrysler Team Spirit Award

Sponsors

  • GM
  • Highland High - Gilbert, AZ
  • Queen Creek HS - Queen Creek, AZ
  • Desert Ridge HS - School- Mesa, AZ

Members List

Students

Alumni

  • Ben First - Class of 2003
  • Justin Tiley - Class of 2003

Mentors

Index of teams:

1-100 101-200 201-300 301-400 401-500 501-600 601-700 701-800 801-900 901-1000 1001-1100 1101-1200 1201-1300 1301-1400 1401-1500 1501-1600 1601-1700 1701-1800 1801-1900 1901-2000 2001-2100 2101-2200 2201-2300 2301-2400 2401-2500 2501-2600 2601-2700 2701-2800 2801-2900 2901-3000

Index of teams by region:

NH NJ VA OR AZ FL GL PIT MO CT MD DT GA SAC LI OH CO IL NY PA CA ON TX SC SJ MI WI

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