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Bios of This Year's Team

Ian Krieg Ian is this year's President of Alpha Omega; he is on the Programming and Electrical Team. His favorite subject in school is Chemistry, and his favorite colors are purple and dark green. He has tragically run out of spare time, so he forgets what he likes to do! He does have a web page that you can look at. He also answers to the names "One" and "Doogan".

Will Turner Will is one half of the infamous "Henk and Will Electrical Team". His favorite subject in school is Chemistry, and he likes the color blue. In his free time, he likes to play computer games, specifically Tribes, Unreal, and Half-Life. He also likes to play the guitar and baritone sax.

Henk Overkleeft Henk is part of the aforementioned "Henk and Will Electrical Team". He likes rock and metal music and playing computer games. In school, his favorite subject is Math. In his spare time, he likes to hang out with his girlfriend and go to Robotics. His favorite quote is "I cut it twice, and it's still too short!"

Melissa Jones Melissa works on the PR and Logistics Team. She enjoys all kinds of music, and her favorite subject in school is math. Her hobbies are swimming and playing the violin. Her favorite color is green, and in her spare time, she likes to read. She plans to learn more metal and wood working while she's on the team.

Jeremy Knox Jeremy is on the mechanical build team. He likes alternative music and his favorite subject in school is swimming. As a hobby, he enjoys bike riding. His favorite color is blue, and he sleeps in his spare time. When asked what he hoped to get from being on the team, he replied with a definitive "Hmmmmm.... stuff!"

Mike Custer Mike is on the mechanical build team. He enjoys listening to alternative and rock music. He likes to sleep, eat, and watch tv in his free time. His favorite subject in school is social studies, and his nickname is Mikey.

Jen Lowenberg Jen is Supervisor of PR and Logistics. She likes alternative and rock music. When she was in school, her favorite subject was English. Her hobbies include scrap booking, photography, and playing flute in the Ypsi Community Band. Her favorite color is purple and she works on her house in her spare time. Her nicknames are "Spunky" and "Tobor's Mommy". She enjoys saying, "Everything happens for a reason!"

Josh Kooistra Josh is Supervisor of the Mechanical Team. He is into classic, metal, rock, and techno music. His favorite subject in school is Computer Systems Technology. As far as hobbies, he likes Magic and Dungeons and Dragons. His favorite color is black and he likes to sleep when he has free time. He also goes by "Golem", and his favorite quote is, "Where there's chaos, you'll find me."

Scott Wolfe Scott is on the mechanical team this year. He likes Christian alternative and alternative music. His favorite subjects in school were Chemistry and Physics. His hobbies include computers and outdoors stuff, and he likes the colors yellow and orange. He hopes to gain leadership skills and help the students reach their goals this year. His nicknames include "Wolfeman" and "Wolfe-gang".

Allen Vasher Allen is on all of the build teams. He likes all types of music, except country. His favorite subject in school is art and he likes to collect comics. In his spare time, he works at University Catering. He plans to get experience and have fun this year. His favorite quote is, "Leap, fall, or get out of the way."

Khari Hawkins Khari is on the mechanical build team. His favorite type of music is rap, and his favorite class is Basic Electricity. He enjoys sports a lot, especially basketball. He plans to get experience in inventing and building this year.

Abi Schmidt Abi is on the PR and Logistics Team. Her favorite subject in school is chemistry and her hobbies include playing piano, flute, and going to her church youth group. She likes to read, write, and shop in her spare time. Her nicknames are "Beep"(long story) and "Abi Dabba Doo". One of her favorite quotes is, "Don't take life too seriously, none of us are getting out of this one alive."

Mike Lennon Mike is on the mechanical build team. He likes all kinds of music except for country and boy bands. His favorite subjects in school are chemistry, math, and English, and he likes to read fantasy novels, draw, and work with plastic models. From being on the team this year, he hopes to gain leadership skills and a better ability to work with other people to solve problems. His nicknames are "Harry Potter" and "Bosley".

Josh Alden Josh is on all of the build teams. He enjoys listening to R&B and rap. His favorite subjects in school are science and math, and he likes computer programming and model trains. He watches tv and plays games on his computer in his spare time. He hopes to get better at programming and electronics from being on the team. His nickname is Mr. Science (but he is not proud of this!)

Ashley Overkleeft Ashley is on the mechanical team and PR group. In school, her favorite subjects are Math and Art. She likes techno and all kinds of metal music. Her hobbies include playing guitar, listening to music, and playing computer games (refer to Will Turner for the specifics). In her spare time, she scouts boys and sleeps. Her nicknames include, "Ash Monash", "Fallon", and "Trinity".

Jenna Bak Jenna is on the Web Page and PR Teams. Her favorite subject in school is Math, and she likes most kinds of music. Her hobbies include reading, sleeping, and bidding on things on eBay that she cannot afford! Her favorite thing to say, ironically enough just like Jen Lowenberg's, is "Everything happens for a reason!"

Brandon Hogan Brandon helps the team as needed, especially with design. He likes to draw, and in school his favorite subjects are art, swimming, and lunch. He likes to listen to rock and roll and rap, and he would like to stress NOT OPERA!!!! His favorite thing to say is, "Bingo!"

Gregg Stefansky Triple G is the king of Team 470. He likes home improvement jobs, and his absolute favorite color is "cheddar cheese yellow" (this is a direct quote!) He enjoys canoeing, diesel equipment, and playing the piano. His favorite food is filet mignon with bernaise sauce and his nicknames include Triple G, oKTo, Octabonzo Contracting, and Cheddar. The Octabonzo Creed is "It's always better to learn on someone else's project".

Malcolm Meyer

Steve Gregory

Aaron Urick Aaron is on the electrical team. His favorite class in school is Production Tech. and his favorite color is blue. He enjoys running, playing the trumpet, and participating in robotics. We are sure he has more favorite things, he just can't remember them!

Erwin Peters Erwin is a Mechanical Engineer from Ford Motor Company helping out the team in the area of mechanical design layout and function. For music, he'll listen to everything from country to modern rock. He went to school at Arizona State University and his favorite classes dealt with fluid- and thermodynamics. His senior project also included a Lyshol supercharger design. His hobbies include working on cars (Mustangs in particular), computers, and reading. When looking at all the robot's part kit, his response was, "Just look at all the toys... "

Pat Franklin Pat is the head driver on the team, and is also on the mechanical team. He likes every kind of music, and his favorite subject in school is physics. From being on the team, he hopes to become a better driver!