About Us
The Career Academy Robotics team was established in 2015 by the still lead mentor David Ebersol. Team 5484 was the 5484th team to register with FIRST robotics, participating in the competition every year since.
There wasn’t a single student interested in joining the team when it was created, but after a day of talking to students he had a 10 member team. In the team’s first year, they won the Rookie All-Star award and competed in the State Competition. After their first year was a success, they qualified for the State Championship in 2016 and got placed very high in the competition.
From a small start in 2015 with 10 members, team 5484 now has 37 members and 6 mentors in 2020. Our mentors are focused on transforming these young adults into the generation of the future. The members are learning how to troubleshoot, think critically, design, and be creative. Our team is ready to compete and WIN the State Competition this year!
Awards We've Won
Our Team
Cameron Allen
11th Grade
"Your answer will always be no if you refuse to ask." - Mr. Ebersol
Trinity Bean
9th Grade
"Even if you get it wrong, at least have fun."
Zander Bean
10th Grade
"Helping anyone, anytime."
Orren Beatty
12th Grade
"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." -Alan Watts
Alec Cleveland
12th Grade
"Think smarter not harder."
Alyssa Colpitts
11th Grade
"Working until the end."
Sergio Cruz
11th Grade
"Not everyone knows everything, but everyone knows how to learn new things."
Deitrick Nelson
11th Grade
"If you don't struggle, you're not doing something right. No pain, no gain."
Luke Cysewski
11th Grade
"It's stronger than you think."
Boubacar Diallo
9th Grade
"The Key to success is to start before you're ready."
Tristen Fleisher
9th Grade
"This is my first year on an FRC team but I've done one year of FTC."
Gavin Torok
10th Grade
"I like to specialize in block coding because of my experience, and I enjoy engineering for the creativity."
Jacob Hood
11th Grade
"Robotics has taught me valuable professional skills and is the hardest fun I have ever had. "
Cameron Gerencser
11th Grade
"I'm new to the team and wish to peruse marketing."
Addison Godsey
9th Grade
"I wish to learn engineering and possibly go into welding."
Dahlia Gonzalez
10th Grade
"If you have a dream, don’t let anybody take it away. Believe that the impossible is possible." - Selena Quintanilla
Jazmine Holley
11th Grade
"I don’t know where I'm going but I'm on my way." - Voltaire
Kaira Lula
10th Grade
"Sometimes it takes years for a person to become an overnight success." - Prince
Kayden Howard
10th Grade
"I'm extremely interested in recording videos and taking pictures of our robots and progress."
Nicholas Kaiser
9th Grade
"Oogway: Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present."
Maxwell Kelsey
12th Grade
"Actual thoughts create concrete results."
Ian Le Doux
12th Grade
"With great power comes great responsibility."
Rachel Stout
10th Grade
"Keep working and experimenting, the worse you can do is fail."
Ezra McCabe
10th Grade
"I came looking for friends, I found a family instead."
Francis Milliman
12th Grade
"Do not repay evil with evil, but give your kindness and love."
Tobin Naragon
9th Grade
"If you don’t know what path to take, step back, and look again."
Connor Norvell
11th Grade
Reece Reinholtz
9th Grade
"This is my first year on the team and my role is engineering."
Thomas Rossi
12th Grade
"I enjoy doing strategy for competitions."
Aylee Rupert
11th Grade
"There are three ways to ultimate success: the first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind." - Mr. Rogers
Ryleigh Rutkowski
10th Grade
"All of our dreams can come true, if we have enough courage to pursue them." - Walt Disney
Sydney Rutkowski
11th Grade
"Smile, it's good for the soul."
Our Coaches
Dave Ebersol
Head Coach
"Work until your idols becomes your rivals."
Roger Johnson
Assistant Coach
"It's not about robots, it's about making the next generation of solution providers."
Morgan Mead
Pit Coach
"If you're not having fun then you're doing it wrong."
Marie Foster-Bruns
Marketing Coach
“Sometimes later becomes never. Do it now.”