Where Are They Now?
Robotics Club Alumni
Louis Ray - Club Founder
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2011
College Attended: University of Akron
Major: Biochemistry
Club offices held: President (2010/2011)
Louis was an original founder of the after-school club but graduated before we started competing in VEX Robotics competitions.
David Cardew - Club Founder
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2012
College Attended: The Ohio State University
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Club Offices held: President (2011/2012)
David was a member of the original Firestone VEX team, the father of Stringbot.
VEX Robotics Teams:
Gateway - 2011/2012 - 7316 (non-competitive team)
Lilith Freed - Club Founder
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2014
College Attended: Case Western Reserve University, with a full scholarship
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Club offices held: President (2013/2014); Vice President (2012/2013)
VEX Robotics Teams:
Gateway - 2011/2012 - 7316 (non-competitive team)
Sack Attack - 2012/2013 - 7316A
Toss Up - 2013/2014 - 7316B
Gavin Markowitz - Club Founder; Treasurer (2011/2012)
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2012
College Attended: Case Western Reserve University
Major: Electrical Engineering
Joshua "Jshoff" Hoffman
Year of Graduation from FHS: 204
College Attended: University of Akron, with a full scholarship
Major: Mechanical Engineering
VEX Robotics Teams:
Sack Attack - 2012/2013 - 7316A
Toss Up - 2013/2014 - 7316C
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2011
College Attended: University of Akron
Major: Biochemistry
Club offices held: President (2010/2011)
Louis was an original founder of the after-school club but graduated before we started competing in VEX Robotics competitions.
David Cardew - Club Founder
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2012
College Attended: The Ohio State University
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Club Offices held: President (2011/2012)
David was a member of the original Firestone VEX team, the father of Stringbot.
VEX Robotics Teams:
Gateway - 2011/2012 - 7316 (non-competitive team)
Lilith Freed - Club Founder
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2014
College Attended: Case Western Reserve University, with a full scholarship
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Club offices held: President (2013/2014); Vice President (2012/2013)
VEX Robotics Teams:
Gateway - 2011/2012 - 7316 (non-competitive team)
Sack Attack - 2012/2013 - 7316A
Toss Up - 2013/2014 - 7316B
Gavin Markowitz - Club Founder; Treasurer (2011/2012)
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2012
College Attended: Case Western Reserve University
Major: Electrical Engineering
Joshua "Jshoff" Hoffman
Year of Graduation from FHS: 204
College Attended: University of Akron, with a full scholarship
Major: Mechanical Engineering
VEX Robotics Teams:
Sack Attack - 2012/2013 - 7316A
Toss Up - 2013/2014 - 7316C
Club Graduates 2015
Kerry Holmes -
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2015
College Attended: University of Akron, with a full scholarship; member of U of A Honors College
Major: Computer Science and software development
Club offices held: President (2014/2015); Vice President; Secretary
VEX Accomplishments while at FHS:
Gateway - 2011/2012 - 7316 (non-competitive team)
Sack Attack - 2012/2013 - 7316A
Toss Up - 2013/2014 - 7316A - State Qualifier/State Award Winner/World Qualifier
Skyrise - 2014/2015 - 7316D
Steven Edwards
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2015
College Attended: University of Akron
Major: Computer Science and software development
Club offices held: Vice President (2014/2015)
VEX Accomplishments while at FHS:
Toss Up - 2013/2014 - 7316A - State Qualifier/State Award Winner/World Qualifier
Skyrise - 2014/2015 - 7316C
Erica Kraus
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2015
College Attended: Cleveland Institute of Art
Major: Biomedical Illustration with an emphasis on Industrial Design
Club offices held: Secretary (2014/2015 & 2013/2014)
VEX Accomplishments while at FHS:
Toss Up - 2013/2014 - 7316A - State Qualifier/State Award Winner/World Qualifier
Skyrise - 2014/2015 - 7316C
Tyler Stallsmith
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2015
College Attended: University of Akron (three semesters); transferred to Stark State College
Major: Corrosion Engineering (U of A); Digital Media & Design (Stark State)
Club offices held: Treasurer (2014/2015)
VEX Accomplishments while at FHS:
VEX Robotics Teams:
Sack Attack - 2012/2013 - 7316A
Toss Up - 2013/2014 - 7316A - State Qualifier/State Award Winner/World Qualifier
Skyrise - 2014/2015 - 7316D
Christopher Morris
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2015
College Attended: University of Akron, with a full scholarship; member of U of A Honors College
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Club offices held: President (2014/2015); Vice President; Secretary
VEX Accomplishments while at FHS:
Gateway - 2011/2012 - 7316 (non-competitive team)
Sack Attack - 2012/2013 - 7316A
Toss Up - 2013/2014 - 7316A - State Qualifier/State Award Winner/World Qualifier
Skyrise - 2014/2015 - 7316A - State Qualifier
Haley Calhoun
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2015
College Attended: Ohio University
Major: Theater Arts
VEX Robotics Teams:
Toss Up - 2013/2014 - 7316B
Skyrise - 2014/2015 - 7316D
Emily Michalec
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2015
College Attended: Cleveland State University
Major: Musical Education
VEX Robotics Teams:
Skyrise - 2014/2015 - 7316D - State Qualifier
Alexander Horwitz
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2015
College Attended: University of Akron
Major: Electrical Engineering
VEX Robotics Teams:
Toss Up - 2013/2014 - 7316C
Skyrise - 2014/2015 - 7316E
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2015
College Attended: University of Akron, with a full scholarship; member of U of A Honors College
Major: Computer Science and software development
Club offices held: President (2014/2015); Vice President; Secretary
VEX Accomplishments while at FHS:
- member of first competition team, 7316A
- member of first team to advance to the VEX State of Ohio competition
- member of the first team to advance to the VEX Robotics World Championship
- Internationally ranked VEX Robotics programmer
Gateway - 2011/2012 - 7316 (non-competitive team)
Sack Attack - 2012/2013 - 7316A
Toss Up - 2013/2014 - 7316A - State Qualifier/State Award Winner/World Qualifier
Skyrise - 2014/2015 - 7316D
Steven Edwards
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2015
College Attended: University of Akron
Major: Computer Science and software development
Club offices held: Vice President (2014/2015)
VEX Accomplishments while at FHS:
- member of first team to advance to the VEX State of Ohio competition
- member of the first team to advance to the VEX Robotics World Championship
Toss Up - 2013/2014 - 7316A - State Qualifier/State Award Winner/World Qualifier
Skyrise - 2014/2015 - 7316C
Erica Kraus
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2015
College Attended: Cleveland Institute of Art
Major: Biomedical Illustration with an emphasis on Industrial Design
Club offices held: Secretary (2014/2015 & 2013/2014)
VEX Accomplishments while at FHS:
- member of first team to advance to the VEX State of Ohio competition
- member of the first team to advance to the VEX Robotics World Championship
- Created a style of engineering logs that FHS loggers still use today
Toss Up - 2013/2014 - 7316A - State Qualifier/State Award Winner/World Qualifier
Skyrise - 2014/2015 - 7316C
Tyler Stallsmith
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2015
College Attended: University of Akron (three semesters); transferred to Stark State College
Major: Corrosion Engineering (U of A); Digital Media & Design (Stark State)
Club offices held: Treasurer (2014/2015)
VEX Accomplishments while at FHS:
- member of first team to advance to the VEX State of Ohio competition
- member of the first team to advance to the VEX Robotics World Championship
- primary spokesperson and film maker for the Robotics Club
- social media representative for international video game company, Konami at several events, including the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, CA
VEX Robotics Teams:
Sack Attack - 2012/2013 - 7316A
Toss Up - 2013/2014 - 7316A - State Qualifier/State Award Winner/World Qualifier
Skyrise - 2014/2015 - 7316D
Christopher Morris
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2015
College Attended: University of Akron, with a full scholarship; member of U of A Honors College
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Club offices held: President (2014/2015); Vice President; Secretary
VEX Accomplishments while at FHS:
- member of first competition team, 7316A
- member of first team to advance to the VEX State of Ohio competition
- member of the first team to advance to the VEX Robotics World Championship
- Internship at NASA
- Winner of Firestone's 2017/2018 VEX Robotics Volunteer of the Year Award
Gateway - 2011/2012 - 7316 (non-competitive team)
Sack Attack - 2012/2013 - 7316A
Toss Up - 2013/2014 - 7316A - State Qualifier/State Award Winner/World Qualifier
Skyrise - 2014/2015 - 7316A - State Qualifier
Haley Calhoun
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2015
College Attended: Ohio University
Major: Theater Arts
VEX Robotics Teams:
Toss Up - 2013/2014 - 7316B
Skyrise - 2014/2015 - 7316D
Emily Michalec
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2015
College Attended: Cleveland State University
Major: Musical Education
VEX Robotics Teams:
Skyrise - 2014/2015 - 7316D - State Qualifier
Alexander Horwitz
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2015
College Attended: University of Akron
Major: Electrical Engineering
VEX Robotics Teams:
Toss Up - 2013/2014 - 7316C
Skyrise - 2014/2015 - 7316E
Club Graduates 2016 |
Christopher Wertenberger - President (2015/2016)
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2016
College Attended: University of Akron
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Club offices held: President (2015/2016)
VEX Accomplishments while at FHS:
Skyrise - 2014/2015 - 7316E
Nothing But Net - 2015/2016 - 7316E - State Qualifier/State Tournament Champion/World Qualifier/International Award Winner (Judges Award)
Jasper Nitzsche
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2016
College Attended: Embry-Riddle University in Daytona Beach, FL
Major:
VEX Accomplishments while at FHS:
Toss Up - 2013/2014 - 7316A - State Qualifier/State Award Winner/World Qualifier
Skyrise - 2014/2015 - 7316C
Nothing But Net - 2015/2016 - 7316A
Aaron Bowie
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2015
College Attended: University of Akron
Major:
VEX Robotics Teams:
Skyrise - 2014/2015 - 7316B
Nothing But Net - 2015/2016 - 7316C - State Qualifier
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2016
College Attended: University of Akron
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Club offices held: President (2015/2016)
VEX Accomplishments while at FHS:
- member of first FHS team to become VEX Robotics State of Ohio Tournament Champions
- qualifier for VEX Robotics World Championships
- member of first FHS team to win an award at the VEX Robotics World Championship
Skyrise - 2014/2015 - 7316E
Nothing But Net - 2015/2016 - 7316E - State Qualifier/State Tournament Champion/World Qualifier/International Award Winner (Judges Award)
Jasper Nitzsche
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2016
College Attended: Embry-Riddle University in Daytona Beach, FL
Major:
VEX Accomplishments while at FHS:
- member of first team to advance to the VEX State of Ohio competition
- member of the first team to advance to the VEX Robotics World Championship
Toss Up - 2013/2014 - 7316A - State Qualifier/State Award Winner/World Qualifier
Skyrise - 2014/2015 - 7316C
Nothing But Net - 2015/2016 - 7316A
Aaron Bowie
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2015
College Attended: University of Akron
Major:
VEX Robotics Teams:
Skyrise - 2014/2015 - 7316B
Nothing But Net - 2015/2016 - 7316C - State Qualifier
Club Graduates 2017
Madisyn Hillyard
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2017
College Attended:
Major:
Club offices held: President (2016/2017)
VEX Robotics Teams:
Skyrise - 2014/2015 - 7316B
Nothing But Net - 2015/2016 - 7316C - State Qualifier
Starstruck - 2016/2017 - 7316C - State Qualifier
Kelsea Ray
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2017
College Attended: University of Akron
Major:
Club offices held:
VEX Robotics Teams:
Nothing But Net - 2015/2016 - 7316B - State Qualifier
Starstruck - 2016/2017 - 7316B - State Qualifier
Melissa Cardew
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2017
College Attended: University of Akron
Major:
Club offices held:
VEX Robotics Teams:
Nothing But Net - 2015/2016 - 7316B - State Qualifier
Starstruck - 2016/2017 - 7316B - State Qualifier
Mike Skerlong
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2017
College Attended: University of Akron
Major:
VEX Robotics Teams:
Skyrise - 2014/2015 - 7316B
Nothing But Net - 2015/2016 - 7316D - State Qualifier
Starstruck - 2016/2017 - 7316D - State Qualifier
Nicholai Van Rueter
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2017
College Attended: University of Akron
Major:
VEX Robotics Teams:
Skyrise - 2014/2015 - 7316C
Nothing But Net - 2015/2016 - 7316D - State Qualifier
Connor May
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2017
College Attended:
Major:
VEX Robotics Teams:
Starstruck - 2016/2017 - 7316D - State Qualifier
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2017
College Attended:
Major:
Club offices held: President (2016/2017)
VEX Robotics Teams:
Skyrise - 2014/2015 - 7316B
Nothing But Net - 2015/2016 - 7316C - State Qualifier
Starstruck - 2016/2017 - 7316C - State Qualifier
Kelsea Ray
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2017
College Attended: University of Akron
Major:
Club offices held:
VEX Robotics Teams:
Nothing But Net - 2015/2016 - 7316B - State Qualifier
Starstruck - 2016/2017 - 7316B - State Qualifier
Melissa Cardew
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2017
College Attended: University of Akron
Major:
Club offices held:
VEX Robotics Teams:
Nothing But Net - 2015/2016 - 7316B - State Qualifier
Starstruck - 2016/2017 - 7316B - State Qualifier
Mike Skerlong
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2017
College Attended: University of Akron
Major:
VEX Robotics Teams:
Skyrise - 2014/2015 - 7316B
Nothing But Net - 2015/2016 - 7316D - State Qualifier
Starstruck - 2016/2017 - 7316D - State Qualifier
Nicholai Van Rueter
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2017
College Attended: University of Akron
Major:
VEX Robotics Teams:
Skyrise - 2014/2015 - 7316C
Nothing But Net - 2015/2016 - 7316D - State Qualifier
Connor May
Year of Graduation from FHS: 2017
College Attended:
Major:
VEX Robotics Teams:
Starstruck - 2016/2017 - 7316D - State Qualifier
Project Lead the Way Graduates
Class of 2014
Michael Cole - University of Akron Melvin Yates - Ohio State University: Radiology Todd Rexroad - University of Akron: Electrical Engineering Kevin Williams - University of Akron: Mechanical Engineering JaBreg Campbell - Pittsburgh Arts Institute: Culinary Arts Christina Aronholt - University of Akron Jacob Eberly - University of Akron: Mechanical Engineering Matt Wilson - University of Akron: Mechanical Engineering Quinn Gilbert - University Miami of Ohio: Engineering Lilith Freed - Case Western Reserve University: Biomedical Engineering Michael Nabors - University of Akron: Corrosion Engineering Owen Barnhill - University of Akron: Electrical Engineering Harry Backus - University of Akron: Civil Engineering Josh Hoffman - University of Akron: Mechanical Engineering Jamie LaVigne - Ohio State University: Psychology |
Class of 2013
David Krichbaum - Self-Educated Entrepreneur Dustin Hentosz - Kent State Stark: Computer Animation Alix Schmidt Traevon Scott - University of Akron: Computer Science Mike Tedesco - University of Akron: Mechanical Engineering Marcus Anderson - University of Toledo: Engineering Sam Allread - Mount Union University: Sports Business Morgan Schroeder - Ohio University: Chemical Engineering Trevor Jenkins - University of Akron Chloe Comunale - Cleveland Institute of Art: Industrial Design Sandeed Taugir - University of Akron: Corrosion Engineering Spencer Nikitin - University of Akron: Biochemical Engineering Ben Wilson - University of Akron: Mechanical Engineering David Cardew - Ohio State University: Mechanical Engineering Rachel Robertson - University of Akron: Aerospace Engineering |
Class of 2012
Chantella Dent - University of Akron: Electrical Engineering Arian Daneshvar - University of Illinois Connor Boss - University of Akron Sterling Shriber II - Ohio State University: Biochemistry/Physics Raven Edwards - RIT: Mechanical/Electrical Engineering Adam Warner - University of Akron: Political Science Caitlin Ballinger - Bowling Green State University: Music Education Xavier Curry - University of Akron: Electrical Engineering Leanna Sherman - University of Akron: Mechanical Engineering Grant Gallo - Cleveland State University: Mechanical Engineering Alex James Pica - Ohio State University: Biomedical Engineering Mike Eberly - University of Akron: Corrosion Engineering |
Class of 2011
Bryce Mitchell - Cleveland State University: Electrical Engineering Alex Russell - University of Akron: Mechanical Engineering Taylor Weida - Malone University: Bible & Theology Karyn Hickman - Kent State University: Biology Josh Palan - Robert Morris University: Graphic Design/Business Jordan Shaffer - University of Akron: Chemical Engineering John Hoffman - Ohio State University: Biomedical/Civil Engineering Matt Adams - Kent State University: Psychology Abigail Freitag - University of Akron: Mechanical Engineering Louis Ray - University of Akron: Biochemistry Ephraim Nehemiah Butler - Kent State University Becca Aronholt - University of Akron Ren Napolatano - University of Cincinnati: Chemical Engineering Liam O'Rourke - University of Cincinnati: Civil Engineering Danicha Neal - University of Akron: Corrosive Engineering Andrew Knops - Stark State |
Class of 2010
Tanzi Johnson - University of Akron Nicholas Kienzle - University of Cincinnati: Civil Engineering/Business Tony Craig - University of Akron: Biomedical Engineering Angel Pay - Ohio State University: Biomedical Engineering James Ray - Ohio University: Biochemistry Allison Latham - University of Rochester: Chemical Engineering |
Class of 2009
Robert Culp - MIT: Software Engineering Zach Schroeder - University of Akron: Mechanical Engineering Austin Kettner - University of Advancing Technology: Network Engineering Stephen Freitag - University of Akron: Civil Engineering Katie Graham - Miami University: Biology Parker Miller - University of Akron: Engineering Alex Darkow - University of Akron: Civil Engineering |
Class of 2008
Dillon Bonine Trevor Kennedy - Mercyhurst University Kevin Herbruck - Kent State University Sam Brenn - University of Akron Serif Krkic - University of Akron Janetia Ray - Kent State University Brandy Cannon - Shawnee State University Alex Snyder - University of Akron: Architecture Alanna Gippin - Kettering University |
Class of 2007
Anna Dorfi - Ohio State University: Bio-Engineering/German Bruce Perry - Northwestern University; McCormick School of Engineering |