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Adult Mentors
Our team mentors deserve a very special thank you! Without you, we wouldn't have the possibilities we have or a team. contributing your knowledge and time to help the future generation of engineers.
Media Mentor
Mrs. Chrisy Jenkins is usually the one behind the camera. She mentors FRC, FTC, and FLL. She is a special education teacher and can work well with kids.
Head Mentor
Marketing Mentor
Mrs. Andrea Chaney is the founder of the team. She has an Elementary K-8 Education degree with minors in Science, Math, and Social Studies along with a Master’s Degree as a Reading Specialist. She is the Kindergarten teacher at Carney-Nadeau Public School. Mrs. Chaney also mentored our FLL teams and FLL Discover team.
Head Mentor
Programming Mentor
Mr. Eric Janofski has a Bachelor of Arts. He has his own website-building business and is a vital teacher for our programmers.
Mrs. Janofski also mentors our new FTC team.
Electrical and Pneumatics Mentor
Mr. Tom Johnson has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology. He has helped out many teams and continues to do so in his spare time. He has helped in connecting and working with some of the other teams during build season.
We are proud to call him one of our mentors.
Fabrication Mentor
Mr. Jim Jenkins has a degree in business and is a buyer at Great Lakes Food. He is one of the best Fabrication Mentors that we have ever had. He seems to have the answer to all the questions that we have.
Fabrication Mentor
Mr. Joshua Chaney has a degree as an automotive and diesel mechanic and is Lead Maintenance at Superior Cedar. He is one of our main Fabrication Mentors. He and his son love what they do and will continue to do it after his son’s graduation.
Fabrication Mentor
Mr. Mark Haddock works at ChemDesign as a Chemical Operator and is a Fabrication Mentor. He has a Bachelor of Arts with a major in French and double minor in Portuguese and Spanish.
Fabrication Mentor
Mr. Bryan DeGrave has a degree in Machine Tool Technology and Numerical Controls. He has helped us with designing the robot and CAD. He also has manufactured some of our custom parts.
Steve Jenkins
Mentor
Mr. Jenkins has been a mentor since 2019. He has always come through for us returning cans from our bin every time he can. During our season, Steve has always willingly built our field elements we use to practice.
Michelle Tickler
Mentor
Mrs. Tickler has been a mentor since 2017. She is a big supporter of the team at competitions and always knows when to lift our spirits with her famous chocolate chip cookies.
Coria DeGrave
Mentor
Mrs. DeGrave started as a mentor in 2023 and has helped us with multiple areas of our team. She has a key part in helping with our marketing and fundraising ideas. Mrs. DeGrave always has a kind face and advice to share for everyone.
Laura Haddock
Mentor
Mrs. Haddock puts in the time and energy to volunteer at our local competitions. Allowing us to work concessions at our local school for some extra money.
Laurie Chaney
For the past two years she has taken the drive to NMU to get our Kit of Parts not just for our team but for the local teams as well. She has also brought us food on our Saturday meetings making sure no kid goes hungry.
Alumni Mentors
Through the years we have graduated many students we would like to thank the ones who come back and teach the new kids what they have learned during there time on the team.
Alumni Mentor
Mr. Nathan Pichè was a member of our team from 2019-2021. He helped the team in Programming, Scouting, and Marketing, as well as learning how to use CAD. Now he assists the team whenever he can.
Alumni Mentor
2020-2023 Driving Team
Mason Chaney has been our driver since 2020. Along with the drive team he served his role as Fabrication Lead and Pit Boss. Mason graduated last year and has come back as one of our mentors.
Alumni Mentor
2021-2023 Team Captain
Forrest makes sure that all team members feel welcome, included, and part of the team. He participated in fabrication, marketing, and programming. Along with all that, he was an expert at wiring and dabbled with CAD. He knew a little bit of everything for the team to assist where he is needed.
Alumni Mentor
2019-2020 Team Captain
Mrs. Lizzy Haddock was a member of our team from 2019-2021, as well as team captain her first two years of joining. She was an avid participant on our programming team and now has a passion for anything robotics. Lizzy currently refs at our local competitions and helps us throughout them.