Meet the incredible people who make up our team, LASA students who share a passion for robotics.
Subteams: Fabrication, Electrical, Business
Grade: 11
Outside of Robotics: I love playing marimba, crocheting, and embroidering.
Fun Fact About Me: I'm 6'5!
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Subteams: Fabrication
Grade: 10
Future Aspirations: I want to be an aeronautical engineer
Outside of Robotics: I like to sleep and build things
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Subteams: Strategy Software
Grade: 10
Future Aspirations: Something combining computer science and mathematics. Using artificial intelligence to help solve real world issues.
Outside of Robotics: I enjoy swimming, procrastinating homework, and spending time with my family.
Fun Fact About Me: I have double jointed thumbs, so I can bend them in unnatural. I guess I can type faster because of it (yay?)
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: Collaborating with my friends to make something pretty awesome!
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Subteams: Fabrication, Design, Drive
Grade: 11
Outside of Robotics: I am a Captain of the LASA Archerg Team, and I do woodworking in my spare time
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: Staying late and working with only a dozen or so people
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Subteams: Fabrication, Electrical
Grade: 11
Outside of Robotics: Play the flute and piccolo in marching band, do my own weather forecasting, and hang out with friends
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: Making robot parts, and then making them again because i messed up somewhere :)
Subteams: Strategy Software
Grade: 11
Outside of Robotics: I play chess, do math and science, and sell military secrets.
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: Teaming up with the rest of strategy team to convince Ayan that we forgot the scouting server at IHOP.
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Subteams: Fabrication, Electrical
Grade: 10
Outside of Robotics: I enjoy spending time with my friends, usually playing competitive games, ranging from water polo to spot it.
Fun Fact About Me: Nutella is my favorite food and I love finding combinations that taste really good, current favorite is pancakes with Nutella and strawberries.
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Subteams: Fabrication
Grade: 12
Outside of Robotics: I hang out with friends, learn interesting history, and follow Formula 1.
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: Going deep into the playoffs at Belton in 2023, and having by far the loudest alliance!
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Subteams: Embedded Software
Grade: 11
Future Aspirations: In my ideal future I work a nice stable job doing something cool and fun like machine learning or embedded software for a robotics company.
Fun Fact About Me: I play guitar
Subteams: Embedded Software, Strategy Software
Grade: 11
Future Aspirations: I aspire to reach FIRST Championships and beyond with LASA Robotics. I also want to create a positive impact on society through computer science and robotics technology.
Outside of Robotics: I love playing soccer and watching sci-fi movies with my brother.
Fun Fact About Me: I enjoy showcasing my creativity through drawing and folding origami!
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: Winning the Autonomous Award with the rest of the software team! I remember talking with the judges in our pit (along with my teammates) about the code we used for the autonomous portion of the game, which was a very exciting opportunity.
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Subteams: Fabrication, Electrical
Grade: 9
Outside of Robotics: I like to crochet, read, and go for walks/runs!
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: Meeting new people
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Subteams: Fabrication, Business
Grade: 10
Future Aspirations: I want to work in medicine, specifically doing orthopedic surgery.
Outside of Robotics: I like to do practice archery, do band, and rock climb!
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Subteams: Fabrication
Grade: 10
Outside of Robotics: I play clarinet, do archery, and am in Girl Scouts
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: Being in the pit at my first competition over the summer
Subteams: Fabrication, Design
Grade: 10
Future Aspirations: My future aspirations are to continue pursuing my interests in mechanical and electrical engineering and coding.
Outside of Robotics: I enjoy playing guitar and reading horror books.
Fun Fact About Me: I don’t like Ketchup.
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: Staying after school and working on a robot with my friends.
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Subteams: Design, Embedded Software
Grade: 9
Outside of Robotics: I play hockey, do video editing, and write stupid programs in whatever language I feel like using.
Fun Fact About Me: I have an uncountable amount of abandoned side projects
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Subteams: Fabrication
Grade: 10
Outside of Robotics: I enjoy watch American football and soccer
Fun Fact About Me: I was born in New Orleans
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Subteams: Design
Grade: 12
Future Aspirations: I want to go to space!
Outside of Robotics: Make things in Blender 3D
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Subteams: Fabrication
Grade: 10
Outside of Robotics: I play guitar, go on walks with my dog, and play video games.
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: Attending competitions with friends and watching the robot we invested so much time into compete in competitions.
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Subteams: Fabrication, Business
Grade: 10
Outside of Robotics: I enjoy painting, thrifting, dancing, and sillying around.
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: Dancing Super Shy in business room
Subteams: Fabrication, Design, Strategy Software
Grade: 11
Outside of Robotics: I love to referee soccer and watch F1. I also love to play tennis with friends.
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: Losing my voice after our amazing playoff run in the 2023 Belton competition.
Subteams: Electrical
Grade: 12
Future Aspirations: Electrical Engineering
Outside of Robotics: I love reading mystery books, going on hikes and trails, and Bollywood dance!
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: Wiring the robot with the team until 10pm!
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Subteams: Embedded Software, Electrical
Grade: 12
Outside of Robotics: I enjoy history, investing, 3D printing, progamming projects, competing with my team in CyberPatriot, and collecting watches. I also love to travel and collect coins!
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: Working on the climber with my roommates in our hotel room the day before competition! Our room number was 418 too :O!
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Subteams: Fabrication
Grade: 9
Outside of Robotics: I enjoy playing guitar, playing with my dog, and sleeping.
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: Going to the competitions with my friends
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Subteams: Embedded Software
Grade: 11
Outside of Robotics: I like making cool stuff with Arduino
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: Making my first ever commit to the LASA Robotics code repository
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Subteams: Fabrication, Electrical
Grade: 12
Outside of Robotics: I enjoy coding personal projects and going thrifting.
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: Playing ultimate frisbee with crescendo notes
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Subteams: Fabrication, Design, Drive
Grade: 12
Future Aspirations: I hope to pursue a degree in nuclear engineering. I want to help contribute to what I see as best and most interesting energy systems in the world
Outside of Robotics: I paint, play guitar, and write poetry but because I spend so much time in the shop I mostly just sleep.
Fun Fact About Me: I have lived in 5 states
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: “It was fine at Belton” -Cg
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Subteams: Electrical
Grade: 9
Outside of Robotics: I like to play tennis, code, and hang out with friends.
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: My favorite purple haze memory is the catapult challenge we did on the first day
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Subteams: Fabrication, Electrical
Grade: 11
Outside of Robotics: I play the clarinet and am a drum major! I also enjoy puzzles, crafts, and petting my rabbit.
Fun Fact About Me: I love puns and fist bumping people in 30 different ways.
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Subteams: Strategy Software
Grade: 10
Future Aspirations:I want to major in computer science and become a software engineer.
Outside of Robotics: I like to solve puzzles, I’m a serious chess player, and play cello. I also like to just hang out and chill.
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Subteams: Fabrication, Design
Grade: 9
Outside of Robotics: I swim for Lasa and Westlake and I love to travel.
Fun Fact About Me: I can name almost every country just by seeing its flag.
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Subteams: Fabrication, Design
Grade: 9
Fun Fact About Me: I am an avid car enthusiast and love building things, especially LEGO!
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: Building popsicle stick arms before thanksgiving
Subteams: Strategy Software
Grade: 10
Future Aspirations: Computer Engineer
Outside of Robotics: I enjoy doing personal coding projects
Fun Fact About Me: I compete in Rubik's cube competitions
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: Making new friends on the team
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Subteams: Fabrication, Design
Grade: 11
Future Aspirations: I want to be a mechanical engineer
Outside of Robotics: I like to draw and play videogames
Subteams: Fabrication, Business
Grade: 11
Outside of Robotics: I enjoy taking naps
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: The incredible feeling working in the pits!!!
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Subteams: Fabrication, Electrical
Grade: 11
Outside of Robotics: You’ll find me curled up with a good book.
Fun Fact About Me: I frequently wear tie-dye shirts.
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Subteams: Fabrication
Grade: 11
Outside of Robotics: I like to hike outdoors, play piano, and read Latin
Fun Fact About Me: My favorite book is "The Prince" by Niccolo Machiavelli
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Subteams: Fabrication, Drive
Grade: 11
Future Aspirations: To become an engineer and hopefully work on renewable or nuclear energy.
Outside of Robotics: I do art, participate in the model UN, and do my own personal engineering projects.
Fun Fact About Me: I am a princess, the fairy kind.
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: The Huston texas pool.
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Subteams: Fabrication, Design
Grade: 12
Future Aspirations: I am planning on majoring in aerospace engineering, and the LASA Robotics team has been a great experience in preparing me for college.
Outside of Robotics: I enjoy playing board games, playing hockey, and riding my bike
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Subteams: Fabrication, Design
Grade: 9
Future Aspirations: I hope to become a birder or engineer, or both!
Fun Fact About Me: I love birding, birds are awesome!
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Subteams: Embedded Software
Grade: 9
Outside of Robotics: I enjoy meeting up with friends and spending time with family
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: Seeing purple haze competing during the 2024 season
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Subteams: Fabrication
Grade: 10
Future Aspirations: I want to pursue a job in the biotech industry and learn to ride a motorcycle.
Outside of Robotics: I like to read, rock climb, and build Lego sets
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: Representing the team in alliance selection!
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Subteams: Fabrication
Grade: 10
Outside of Robotics: Play guitar and recently started archery.
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: Collecting other teams' pins in the pits while meeting their members.
Subteams: Fabrication, Electrical, Drive
Grade: 12
Future Aspirations: Electrical Engineer
Outside of Robotics: I am a classical Bharatanatyam dancer, and a part-time court jester.
Fun Fact About me: I defend the walls of my castle.
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: Going from a 7th alliance to semifinals at Belton (2023)
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Subteams: Electrical
Grade: 11
Outside of Robotics: I am a competitive water polo player and I love crocheting and crafting. I have about a hundred hobbies and am always looking for more.
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: Getting to play sharks and minnows in the hotel pool at my first competition.
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Subteams: Strategy Software
Grade: 11
Outside of Robotics: I love playing piano and guitar and I'm learning drums.
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: Late-night dinners at IHOP after competition
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Subteams: Fabrication, Design
Grade: 11
Future Aspirations: I want to become an astrobiologist (someone who studies life in a cosmic context), and potentially travel to Earth’s orbit and beyond
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: Representing Purple Haze during alliance selection in 2024 season. This was very intimidating but ended up being a great experience!
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Subteams: Embedded Software
Grade: 11
Outside of Robotics: I do karate, like playing board games and card games, and read books every day.
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: Watching the driver tryouts because I enjoyed the music and the other distractions.
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Subteams: Embedded Software, Electrical
Grade: 11
Future Aspirations: I plan to major in Robotics and study lots about control systems
Outside of Robotics: I play piano
Fun Fact About Me: I'm very good at whistling
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: Listening to Taylor Swift in the coder den with all the coders
Subteams: Outreach, Fabrication
Grade: 12
Outside of Robotics: I enjoy singing, taking long runs, and spending time with my goofy dog Phyllis.
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: Making new friends in the pits.
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Subteams: Fabrication
Grade: 9
Future Aspirations: I hope to be an electrical or mechanical engineer.
Outside of Robotics: I enjoy reading books and writing software.
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Subteams: Fabrication, Design
Grade: 11
Outside of Robotics: Play the cello, do quizbowl, and play chess
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: Watching the robot turn on and move for the first time.
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Subteams: Fabrication, Business
Grade: 11
Future Aspirations: I want to go into engineering
Outside of Robotics: I do theater tech
Fun Fact About Me: I do astronomy.
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: Going to the first Belton competition
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Subteams: Fabrication
Grade: 9
Outside of Robotics: I love to read, sew, and hang out with friends.
Fun Fact About Me: I have two guinea pigs!
Subteams: Fabrication
Grade: 10
Future Aspirations: I hope to become a mechanical engineer.
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: My favorite purple haze memory was going to state.
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Subteams: Fabrication, Electrical
Grade: 11
Outside of Robotics: Like to play my instruments and spending time with my awesome cat.
Fun Fact About Me: I've lived in 5 different states.
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Subteams: Fabrication, Drive
Grade: 10
Future Aspirations: Astronaut, and owner of the LEGO death star
Outside of Robotics: Do chem homework
Fun Fact About Me: I am from New York
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: the pool at the hotel at r4
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Subteams: Fabrication, Electrical
Grade: 10
Fun Fact About Me: im actually 10 cats in a trenchcoat
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: random conversations we have while working on projects
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Subteams: Strategy Software
Grade: 10
Outside of Robotics: I enjoy listening to music and watching sports with friends! I am always working on homework but love spending time on passion projects with AI, which kind of relates to my Robotics work.
Fun Fact About Me: I am a big fan of the NFL, World Poker Tour and PGA Tour!
Favorite Purple Haze Memory: Scouting!
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Subteams: Electrical
Grade: 12
Outside of Robotics: I like biking aimlessly, watching sitcoms, and keeping up with my favorite soccer teams!
Fun Fact About Me: I refuse to wear matching socks.
