Nimitz robotics team places second at MATE event

The Nimitz High School Renegators won second place at the Marine Advance Technology Education (MATE) Texas State competition held April 25-26 at NASA. The Renegators missed first place by 2.5 points to a team from Corpus Christi. Teams from across Texas competed in the Regional competition held at NASA’s Johnson Space Centers Neutral Buoyancy Lab this past Saturday.

Aldine ISD was represented by teams from Aldine High School, MacArthur High School and Nimitz High School. The teams were judged on the robots underwater abilities completing 16 missions, technical report, safety inspection and engineering evaluation.

Nimitz High Schools robotics program is under the direction of instructor David Ericson. The team consists of students Alcmene Gonzalez, Malik Randle, Jarmarius Monroe, Emanuel Sanchez, Victor Rivas, Ke’Andre Brown, Derrick Tchety and Jesus Rangel.

Also at the competition, Aldine High School’s Christian Guzman received the Outstanding Senior award, which included a $1,000 scholarship to the college of his choice. The Aldine High School robotics team is under the direction of Thomas (Mike) Tolson.

Pictured are, (l-r): team instructor David Ericson, and team members Alcmene Gonzalez, Jarmarius Monroe, Malik Randle, Derrick Tchety, Victor Rivas, Ke’Andre Brown, Jesus Rangel and Emanuel Sanchez.