Appreciation Reception Awards
Iron Bimba Award
Our MVP Award
The IRON BIMBA is used to honor excellence in robotics, and is distributed by the Technology Department in our school.
2008–2025
2025
Kushagra Saxena and Andrew Fan
2024
Trevor Boshnack, Beatrice Malfi, Shaan Merchant
2023
Eric Yachbes and Ishaan Zaveri
2022
Sarah Bernstein, Eden Katz, Sana Merchant
2021
Reid Fleishman
2020
Julia Motchkavitz and Cole Knisely
2019
Deep Datta, Jonathan Neves, and Saad Satter
2018
Kevin Chen and Clara Goldberger
2017
Ben Newman and Ryan Motchkavitz
2016
Jonathan Perlman and Allyson Mittler
2015
Brett Kolodny and Haley Strongin
2014
Denson George
2013
David Erlich and David Dressner
2012
Chris Rocco and Josh Graber
2011
Eddie Hsu
2010
Chris Sanabria
2009
Arnie Cooper
2008
Michael Rocco and Nicholas Rocco
Rebel With a Cause Award
The Rebel With A Cause is awarded to a person who goes above and beyond in helping our team. This award is to show our support for those who go out of their way to help our team succeed.
2013–2025
2025
Anita Cheung
2024
Maddie Dressner
2023
Optimum/Altice
2022
Colleen Bowler
2021
Michael Passuello
2020
Dr. Christopher Gitz
2019
Tom Donlon
2018
John Duggan
2017
Andrea Zinn
2016
Dr. Stephen Lando and George Motchkavitz
2015
Stuart Lempert - Charles Schwab and The Gold Coast Lake Success Rotary Club
2014
John Powell and Judi Bosworth
2013
Dr. Tom Dolan
Team Support Award
The Team Support Award is given to a team member to recognize all the work they have done to help the team from behind the scenes. These members are the true backbone of our team.
2015–2025
2025
Sam Fisk and Szymon Sliwka
2024
Szymon Sliwka and Sam Fisk
2023
Sophia Gal and Bernice Wong
2022
Andrew Dea
2021
Daniel Moon
2020
Julia Motchkavitz
2019
Erick Zizic
2018
Ben Kobliner
2017
Joshua Prisamt
2016
Adam Krieger and Steven Chasen
2015
Aaron Ratner
NEMO Award
In recognition of Ellen Dressner, the NEMO award is given to a team member that excels in helping the team from a non-technical standpoint. This award was created in 2016.
2016–2025
2025
Anant Gupta
2024
Beatrice Malfi and Nathan Gaysynsky
2023
Beatrice Malfi
2022
Ziya Jiwani
2021
Reid Fleishman
2020
Alice Zhang
2019
Jonathan Neves
2018
Ryan George
2017
Sarina Chan
2016
Jenna Kolodny and Billy Miecuna
Mentor's Award/Leadership Award
The Mentor’s Award/Leadership Award recognizes students who go above and beyond to promote the values of the team in unique ways through projects that they are involved in. These members directly help our team grow as a whole.
2020–2025
2025
Sam Fisk
2024
Trevor Boshnack, Bernice Wong, Beatrice Malfi, Shaan Merchant
2022
Eden Katz
2021
Reid Fleishman
2020
Reid Fleishman
Volunteer/Community Impact Award
The Volunteer/Community Impact Award recognizes students who work on the many aspects of our team’s volunteering component. They help promote our team while encouraging others to get involved in the field of robotics through outreach.
2020–2024
2024
Bernice Wong
2023
Sophia Gal
2022
Sophia Gal
2021
Sophia Gal
2020
Sabrina DePaulis
Up-And-Coming Member Award
The Up-And-Coming Member Award is given to a new team member who showed great promise and commitment during their first year on the team. These members are our future.
2015–2025
2025
Afraz Merchant
2023
Michael Melamed
2022
Beatrice Malfi
2020
Carter Shea
2019
Entire Freshmen Class
2018
Reid Fleishman
2017
Sebastian Kaczor
2016
Tyler Warren
2015
Clara Goldberger
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