--- title: Thank You For An Outstanding FIRST Championship! description: Recap of the 2025 FIRST Championship image: https://community.firstinspires.org/hubfs/champsblog-4.28.25.jpg --- It’s been a little over a week since we wrapped the 2025 *FIRST*® Championship presented by BAE Systems and the REEFSCAPESM presented by Haas season, and I feel like I’m still running on adrenaline from the event. The *FIRST* Championship is a massive undertaking each year that would not be possible without the nearly 1400 volunteers and students and mentors from 601 teams. Thank you all for all that you do to make this event a life-changing experience every season!   Congratulations to our *FIRST *Impact Award winning team, Project Bucephalus from Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia!   Congratulations also to our 5 other *FIRST* Impact Award Finalists: - Team 316, LUNATECS from Carneys Point, NJ, USA - Team 1156 Under Control from Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - Team 2438 ‘Iobotics from Honolulu, HI, USA - Team 4788 Can’t Control from Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Team 5089 Robo-Nerds from Los Angeles, CA, USA   I’d also like to congratulate Francisco “Paco” Guerra from team 4635 of Monterey, Mexico for winning the 2025 Woodie Flowers Award and Thad House for being recognized as the *FIRST *Robotics Competition Volunteer of the Year!   A big congratulations to our *FIRST* Robotics Competition Dean’s List Award winners: - Yigit Efe E, Team 9029, Team NF, Ankara, Türkiye - Maeli M, Team 3009, High Scalers, Nevada, USA - Owen G, Team 2557, SOTAbots, Washington, USA - Rudra K, Team 3616, Team Phenomena, Louisiana, USA - Keira P, Team 6241, WarriorBots, Wisconsin, USA - Mahendran M, Team 2531, RoboHawks, Minnesota, USA - Melina M, Team 71, Team Hammond, Indiana, USA - Marcus W, Team 469, Las Guerrillas, Michigan, USA - Kristia N, Team 3314, Mechanical Mustangs, New Jersey, USA - Marlon W, Team 1155, SciBorgs, New York, USA   Finally, congratulations to our 2025 *FIRST* Championship Winning Alliance! - Team 1323, MadTown Robotics, Madera, California, USA - Team 2910, Jack in the Bot, Mill Creek, WA, USA - Team 4272, Maverick Robotics, Lafayette, IN, USA - Team 5026, Iron Panthers, Burlingame, CA, UA   I wish you all a safe and happy summer! Registration for the [2026 *FIRST* season](https://info.firstinspires.org/first-age) opens on May 14. Only [256 days](https://www.firstinspires.org/kickoff-calendar) until we kick off REBUILT™ presented by Haas! ** [FRC](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/frc) #### Share it: [** ](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://community.firstinspires.org/2025-thank-you-for-an-outstanding-first-championship) [** ](https://twitter.com/share?url=https://community.firstinspires.org/2025-thank-you-for-an-outstanding-first-championship) [** ](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://community.firstinspires.org/2025-thank-you-for-an-outstanding-first-championship) ![Default Author Image](https://community.firstinspires.org/hubfs/Community%20Blog%20v2/images/FIRST-author-icon.svg) Author [Collin Fultz, Senior Director, FIRST Robotics Competition](https://community.firstinspires.org/author/collin-fultz-senior-director-first-robotics-competition) ### Related Posts ** [Alumni](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/alumni), [STEM for Everyone](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/stem-for-everyone), [#PeopleofSTEAM](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/peopleofsteam), [Featured](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/featured), [Mentor Stories](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/mentor-stories) FIRST Alum Turned Mentor Earns Scholarship and Pursues STEAM May 28, 2026 ** [Volunteers](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/volunteers) Meet FIRST VISTA Angel Jones January 17, 2021 ** [STEM for Everyone](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/stem-for-everyone), [#PeopleofSTEAM](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/peopleofsteam), [Featured](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/featured), [Educators](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/educators), [Team Stories](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/team-stories), [Parents & Families](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/parents-families), [Mentor Stories](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/mentor-stories) #PeopleofSTEAM: Meet Team Heschel RoboHawks August 27, 2025 ![](https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=1200203950045814&ev=PageView&noscript=1) ![](https://ct.pinterest.com/v3/?tid=2615041699514&noscript=1) ![](https://ct.pinterest.com/v3/?tid=2615041699514&event=PageVisit&noscript=1)