2026 Awards - Midwest Regional Presented by Baxter

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Award Name	Team Number	Winner
Regional FIRST Impact Award	3061	Huskie Robotics Naperville Central High School & Naperville North High School Molex/Dover Foundation/SmalTec/Bosch/SKF/Hendrickson/Linear/Gene Haas Foundation/Prismier/NNHS Boosters/DBI/Naperville Oral Surgery/Vulcan Materials/PTC/Quandary Peak Research/Last Anvil Innovations&Naperville Central High School&Naperville North High School
Regional Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX	2338	Gear It Forward Oswego High School & Oswego East High School Caterpillar Inc./School District 308/Molex/TE Connectivity/Chameleon Consulting Group&Oswego High School&Oswego East High School
FIRST Leadership Award Finalist	1781	Diego D Lindblom Electric Eagles
FIRST Leadership Award Finalist	2022	Olivia P Titan Robotics
Regional Winners	2338	Gear It Forward Oswego High School & Oswego East High School Caterpillar Inc./School District 308/Molex/TE Connectivity/Chameleon Consulting Group&Oswego High School&Oswego East High School
Regional Winners	48	Team E.L.I.T.E. Warren G Harding High School Warren City Schools/Howmet Aerospace/Aptiv&Warren G Harding High School
Regional Winners	8029	Steel Bronco Robotics Family/Community & Barrington High School Google/HAAS/US Navy/StateFarm&Barrington High School&Family/Community
Regional Finalists	111	WildStang Township High School District 214 & Wheeling High School & Rolling Meadows High School & Prospect High School & John Hersey High School & Elk Grove High School & Buffalo Grove High School Motorola Solutions Foundation/WildStang Robotics Support Assocation (WRSA)/West Coast Products/ATS Life Sciences/Nordson/Woodward/Gene Haas Foundation/Marcres Metalwerks/Trustmark/ServiceMater - Restore/Slack/Honeywell/AMT/Otus/Automatic Precision&Buffalo Grove High School&Elk Grove High School&John Hersey High School&Prospect High School&Rolling Meadows High School&Wheeling High School&Township High School District 214
Regional Finalists	5847	Ironclad Bradley-Bourbonnais High Sch BBCHS Academic Foundation/Motorola Solutions Foundation/Millipore Sigma/Turn-Key Environmental/Nucor Steel/CSL Behring/Haas Foundation/Dow Chemical/Special Waste Disposal/Valley Glass/Chicago Dough Pizza Company/Federal Signal/Bear Machine and Tool/Gotion&Bradley-Bourbonnais High Sch
Regional Finalists	8122	Mechanical Mustaches Taft High School Littelfuse/John Deere/Honeywell/Haas Foundation/Pentair/State Farm/Chicago Robotics alliance/Molex/Friends of Representative Lindsey LaPointe/Argosy Foundation&Taft High School
Woodie Flowers Finalist Award	111	Jamie Beedy WildStang
Industrial Design Award	5847	Ironclad Bradley-Bourbonnais High Sch BBCHS Academic Foundation/Motorola Solutions Foundation/Millipore Sigma/Turn-Key Environmental/Nucor Steel/CSL Behring/Haas Foundation/Dow Chemical/Special Waste Disposal/Valley Glass/Chicago Dough Pizza Company/Federal Signal/Bear Machine and Tool/Gotion&Bradley-Bourbonnais High Sch
Judges' Award	2704	Roaring Robotics Family/Community Society of Women Engineers/Caterpillar Inc&Family/Community
Rookie All Star Award	11173	STAR FORCE Family/Community NASA/Argosy Foundation/Molex/Bosch/MCC&Family/Community
Rising All-Star Award	10435	IRS - Intelligent Robotic Systems Mcc Academy College Prep Sahara Homecare&Mcc Academy College Prep
Team Sustainability Award sponsored by Dow	2022	Titan Robotics Illinois Math & Science Acad Caterpillar Inc/Gus Berthold Electric Co/Illinois Math and Science Academy&Illinois Math & Science Acad
Team Spirit Award	8122	Mechanical Mustaches Taft High School Littelfuse/John Deere/Honeywell/Haas Foundation/Pentair/State Farm/Chicago Robotics alliance/Molex/Friends of Representative Lindsey LaPointe/Argosy Foundation&Taft High School
Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Littelfuse	8020	CyberpunK Taipei Municipal Chien Kuo High School TSMC/Diodes Inc./Dept of Education, Taipei City Government/ILITEK/AmTRAN/Marketech International Corp/Dell Technologies&Taipei Municipal Chien Kuo High School
Gracious Professionalism Award	1781	Lindblom Electric Eagles Lindblom Math Science Academy Baxter, Inc./Shure Inc./RTX-Raytheon/State Farm/Molex/Gene Haas Foundation&Lindblom Math Science Academy
Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation	4645	The Chicago Style BotDogs Lane Technical College Prep HS Maquoketa Research/Friends of Lane/Lane Tech Alumni Association/Gene Haas Foundation/ASME Chicago Section&Lane Technical College Prep HS
Quality Award	2290	FLYT Family/Community Rockford Maker Space/304 Main&Family/Community
Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent	8096	Cache Money Univ of Chicago Lab School The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools/Molex/Gene Haas Foundation/Chicago Sky WNBA team/Chicago Robotics Alliance/Invenergy&Univ of Chicago Lab School
Autonomous Award sponsored by Google.org	111	WildStang Township High School District 214 & Wheeling High School & Rolling Meadows High School & Prospect High School & John Hersey High School & Elk Grove High School & Buffalo Grove High School Motorola Solutions Foundation/WildStang Robotics Support Assocation (WRSA)/West Coast Products/ATS Life Sciences/Nordson/Woodward/Gene Haas Foundation/Marcres Metalwerks/Trustmark/ServiceMater - Restore/Slack/Honeywell/AMT/Otus/Automatic Precision&Buffalo Grove High School&Elk Grove High School&John Hersey High School&Prospect High School&Rolling Meadows High School&Wheeling High School&Township High School District 214
Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen	3472	PrepaTec - Buluk Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Derrant/Golden Star/GIGA Robotics/VIVA/PrepaTec CEM&Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
Volunteer of the Year		Karina Powell

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2026 Awards - Midwest Regional Presented by Baxter

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