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Tribune article on NYAN
Daily Herald article on NYAN
Season: September 2015 - March 2016
Sponsors: DDC, AND, Elenco, Snap Circuits, Baxter, Omnitron, and FTC Rookie grant
Approximate cost: $7000, mostly the robot, field setup, and parts
Lab: Donahoe basement, countless hours (used 10 hours/week early on, and ultimately 20 hours/week)
Tournaments: 7 total: 3 league play, 2 state qualifiers, state, and Nationals. Most tournaments had 30-35 teams.
Performance: We usually scored in top 30%-40%
Trophies: 4 trophies: Control Award, Northern Illinois Championship Winning Alliance, Outstanding Rookie, Connect Award
Other Awards: 3rd place Think Award, 3rd place Inspire Award (qualified us for State)
Outreach events: 11 outreach events: most youth inspiration, FLL team mentoring, and food pantry
Team Building: Countless team building events: go-karting, movies, music, science experiments, trampolining, arcade
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