Award-winning, on and off the field
Team 79 Krunch has earned numerous awards and recognitions at competitions throughout its history. But our greatest accomplishment is when the perception about STEM is changed in our society.
A few of our proudest wins
From Regional Winner blue banners to the Chairman’s Award — FIRST®’s most prestigious honor — here are highlights from more than two decades of competition.
Highlights from our history
Hunter's Humanitarian Award & Extreme Makeover
Krunch received the Hunter's Humanitarian Award from Lexington Homes, Inc. and the AmeriLex Foundation for designing and building a robotics-themed bedroom. ABC-TV invited us onto "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" to transform a 12- by 14-foot bedroom for 12-year-old Charlie Dolan, whose father was blinded in a shooting, into a cyber-wonderland featuring a 5-foot ceiling-mounted robotic arm over a 10-foot L-shaped clear acrylic desk with a hidden playing field of miniature robots the students built. (Season 2, Episode 21, Parts 1 & 2.)
Recognized by three counties
Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties honored Krunch members for inspiring young people and promoting STEM education, establishing a special "Robotic and STEM Education" week. In 2013, Pasco County recognized our summer internship program with corporate sponsors and community partners. These recognitions from three counties reached over 2.6 million people in our community.
MITRE underwater vehicle internship
Partnering with MITRE Corporation, FIRST® Robotics, Kettering University, and the Career Technical Education Foundation (CTEF), several members completed an 8-month internship designing, building, and programming an unmanned underwater vehicle capable of exploring depths up to 100 feet. After three months it performed before college professors, engineering-company heads, and government sponsors, and the team presented their work at MacDill Air Force Base to Army and Navy officials.
The TALOS "Iron Man" suit project
Building on that success, CTEF and MITRE joined with U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) to task Krunch members, alongside five other Florida FRC teams, with researching, designing, and prototyping parts of a Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (TALOS) to reduce human exposure in hazardous situations.
Awards by season
Orlando Florida Regional — Gracious Professionalism Award
Space Coast Showdown — Regional Winner
Roboticon — Gracious Professionalism Award
Rotary International — Interact Club of the Year Finalist
Roboticon — Competition Finalist
Orlando Florida Regional — Woodie Flowers Finalist Award
Orlando Florida Regional — FCA Foundation Team Spirit Award
Orlando Florida Regional — FCA Foundation Team Spirit Award
Rocket City Regional — Regional Finalists
Orlando Florida Regional — FCA Foundation Team Spirit Award
Roboticon — Winner, Spirit Award
Chesapeake Regional — General Motors Industrial Design Award
Orlando Florida Regional — Regional Finalist, Dean's List Finalist Award
Peachtree Atlanta Regional — Engineering Inspiration Award
Orlando Florida Regional — Regional Winner, Dean's List Finalist Award
Washington DC Regional — Regional Winner, Chrysler Team Spirit Award
Orlando Florida Regional — KPC&B Entrepreneurship Award
South Florida Regional — Regional Finalist, Regional Chairman's Award
Florida Regional — Judges Award
Smoky Mountain Regional — Regional Chairman's Award
Florida Regional — Engineering Inspiration Award, Dean's List Finalist Award, Regional Finalist
North Carolina Regional — Chrysler Team Spirit Award
Florida Regional — Motorola Quality Award, Regional Finalist
Minnesota North Star Regional — Regional Winner, KPC&B Entrepreneurship Award, Motorola Quality Award
Florida Regional — Motorola Quality Award
Florida Regional — Regional Chairman's Award, Governor's Award
Las Vegas Regional — Johnson & Johnson Sportsmanship Award
FIRST Championship — Galileo Division Championship Finalist, Xerox Creativity Award
Florida Regional — Florida Regional Champions, Hunter Humanitarian Award
Las Vegas Regional — Regional Chairman's Award
Florida Regional — Regional Chairman's Award, Governor's Award
Midwest Regional — General Motors Industrial Design Award
FIRST Championship — Judge's Award
Florida Regional — DaimlerChrysler Team Spirit Award
Colorado Regional — Regional Chairman's Award, GM Industrial Design Award, DaimlerChrysler Team Spirit Award
Florida Regional — Regional Chairman's Award, Regional Finalist
Granite State Regional — KPC&B Entrepreneurship Award
Motorola Midwest Regional — Judge's Award, Regional Finalist
Florida Regional — Johnson & Johnson Sportsmanship Award, Imagery Award
Florida Regional — Outstanding Defense Award
Houston Texas Regional — Rookie All Star Award