Seniors

Isaac - is in his fourth season and has served as a captain the last two years. He is our team lead programmer, robot driver, and assists the build team, dedicating numerous hours to designing parts and bot construction. Isaac has been a major asset to the pit crew with his efficiency and problem solving skills.

Jacob - is in his fourth season with Team 2847. He has spent time supporting the build team and documenting our team’s progess as part of the media subteam. At competitions, he is excited to meet and make connections with other teams.

Wylee - Is in his third season for our team and current team captain. He has been a dedicated build team member and leader in the pit, and has become our lead CAD engineer. He has shown perseverance as he faced and overcame several challenges in his subsystem.

Illyana - It is her third season on our team, and she serves as one of our captains. She has worked with the build and business teams and is a frequent outreach participant. She has become our resident swerve expert and keeps our robot moving! Her enthusiasm and infectious energy is a great bonus for our team.

Emma - is a fourth-year returning member to Team 2847. She has spent her time on the team supporting our marketing, outreach projects, and Impact Award efforts as well as the build team. She serves as the author of our Engineering Notebook. This season she has taken on a new challenge with the CAD subteam.

Katie - joined the team in her junior year. She has been a jack-of-all-trades, helping the build team, fundraising, creating animations, and crafting writing samples for our Impact submission. She is also a key member of our advocacy team.

Josh - joined our team this year. He has spent the majority of his time working on building the robot’s different components. He also serves as a scouter at competitions.

Juniors

Gabbie - is a junior and is participating in her third season of FIRST Robotics. She is up for any project, has worked with the build team on the robot, field kit bot and bumpers and joined the Impact subteam last year.

Jacob (JK) - followed in the footsteps of his dad and older brother to join the Megahertz team in his freshman year. He has become a valuable field crew member and worked with our build team on their various projects. He has recently joined the CAD subteam and serves as one of our team’s drivers.

Jonas - comes to our team all the way from Germany as he is spending this school year in Fairmont. He assists the build and programming subteams and serves as a scouter during competitions.

Christian - is in his second season with Team 2847. He works with the build team and was human player in our first regional competition last year. He is an essential member of our scouting subteam and represents Team 2847 during alliance selections.

Sophomores

Michael - joined The MegaHertz last season after first honing his skills on the junior high robotics team. He assists the build team, helps out with outreach, and scouts during competitions. He also assists with 3D printing.

Tyler - is another former junior high robotics team member who has become an important part of the build team for The MegaHertz. He serves on the pit crew at competitions, as well.

Brooklyn - continues the Stone legacy by joining the MegaHertz this season. She works primarily with the build team but also serves as a scouter and assists with alliance selection at competitions.

Elias - joined The MegaHertz in the offseason after he was recruited by one of our seniors. He has become an important part of the media team and has already shown his skill working with the fundraising, advocacy and Impact subteams.

Freshmen

Sean - was also member of our junior high team. He joined the MegaHertz during our summer sessions and is lending his skills to the build team.

Hannah- This is Hannah’s first season with the team, joining her brother Michael. Hannah has been working with our Impact team, with outreach and advocacy and with the XRP project.

Cooper - assists the build team and has worked on several components of the robot as well as learned how to use some of the more complex tools in the shop.

Bruno- Bruno is a first year member who is an up and coming coder who assists on the programming subteam and has cheered on the team this season.

Mentors

 

Head Mentor Sam Viesselman is a MegaHertz alumni (FHS 2011 graduate). He served as an assistant mentor in 2017 and has been the head mentor since the 2018 season. He is a software engineer at Kahler Automation in Fairmont.

Assistant Mentor Logan Kahler has been with the team since 2019 and specializes in programming. He is the Chief Software Architect at Kahler Automation in Fairmont.

Assistant Mentor Celia Simpson joined the MegaHertz during the 2022-23 season. She assists with the build and business teams. Celia is an alumni of the team (2018 FHS graduate). She works as a Community and Business Development Specialist with CEDA.

Assistant Mentor Cindy Viesselman joined Team 2847 in 2018. She is a retired educator. She helps with fundraising, marketing, social media and branding for the team.

Assistant Mentor Bryan Kastning joined the team in 2023. He works with the build team. Bryan is employed at Olson Rentals.

.Assistant Mentor Sam Cave works with the build team . He is employed at Kahler Automation.

Assistant Mentor Aaron Hendricks is another Team 2847 alumni (FHS 2020 graduate). He assists the build and scouting teams. Aaron is a mechanical engineer at Easy Automation

Assistant Mentor Missy Olson joined the team last year. She is a MegaHertz alumni (FHS 2014 graduate). She assists the build team and advises the scouting subteam. She is a Public Health Nurse at Human Services of Faribault and Martin Counties.

Assistant Mentor Crystal Jerred joined the team this year. She is our spirit mentor and works with the advocacy subteam but will step in wherever needed. Crystal is a domestic engineer and jack of all trades.

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We are always looking for volunteers! Our area includes many community experts who could benefit our team’s efforts. If you are interested, contact Sam Viesselman at (507) 236 - 9748