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For rookie and veteran West Texas FTC coaches to ask questions and share any concerns they may have about the upcoming season.

September 16th, 7:00 - 8:00 PM CDT

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Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams

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Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams

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Please see the attached blog post on changes happening with the Dean's list for the 2025 - 2026 season.

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New Deadline for FIRST®Tech Challenge Dean's List Award Nominations

We're excited to announce some changes coming this season related to FIRST Tech Challenge Dean's List Award. In an effort to streamline the nomination process for teams, FIRST Tech Challenge will be implementing a single deadline for all Dean's List Award nominations globally.

Starting on September 6, 2025, at 12:00 p.m. ET, all regions will be able to access their dashboard to nominate eligible students on their team. All regions will have until Monday, December 15, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. ET to complete their nomination.

Dean's List Award Important Dates

September 6, 2025

Nominations open

December 15, 2025

Nominations due

December 15, 2025 - February 14, 2026

Interviews take place (dates vary)

February 15, 2026

Finalist selections due to FIRST (sent to FIRST from local Program Delivery Partner)

Various

Finalists announced at Regional Championship

April 2026

Winners announced at FIRST Championship

Why the Change?

In the past, FIRST Tech Challenge Dean's List Award had varying nomination deadlines depending on the region. This change to a single deadline for all regions will allow for consistent messaging from both FIRST® as well as local Program Delivery Partners (PDPs) to clearly communicate upcoming deadlines to teams.

The change also provides local PDPs and their Dean's List Award volunteers ample time to schedule Dean's List interviews in a way that is convenient for the region and best works around their tournament schedules. Teams will still be contacted directly from their local PDP to have their interviews scheduled anywhere between December 16, 2025 and February 14, 2026.

How to Nominate Students for the Dean's List Award

Please make sure to read the Dean's List Award Nomination Guide! This guide will walk through the award eligibility, what is needed to nominate a student or students, and provides a step-by-step walkthrough to complete the nomination through the www.firstinspires.org dashboard.

Have questions? Please send an email to FTCDeansList@firstinspires.org.

Good luck this season!

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Coaches, Mark your Calendars for the New FIRST Tech Challenge Dean's List Award Deadline

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We're streamlining your FIRST Tech Challenge Dean's List Award nominations with a single global deadline. Learn about the updated process and key dates for the 2025-2026 season.

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For West Texas teams that would like to have something promoted like a scrimmage or outreach event.

Send your opportunities to garrett.smith@ttu.edu

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2025-26 FTC SIM Argosy Grant – FIRST Robotics Canada

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Take your robotics experience from virtual…

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REV Robotics Control System Documentation

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REV Robotics Control System Documentation

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Contains useful information about the REV Control System, including the driver hub and the control hub.

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Introduction | REV Robotics Documentation

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The REV Control Hub is an affordable robotics controller providing a platform for the interfaces required for building robots. The Control Hub works with the Expansion Hub and Driver Hub to create a complete robotics control system for both the classroom and the competition. These devices are most commonly used within the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), FIRST Global Challenge (FGC), and in the classroom for educational purposes.

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Where teams can ask questions about FIRST Tech Challenge that does not have to do with the current game.

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This is where you can find the latest version of the FTC SDK. This is also a place to report issues with the FTC Control System.

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GitHub - FIRST-Tech-Challenge/FtcRobotController: FTC Android Studio Workspace for robot programming in Android Studio

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FTC Android Studio Workspace for robot programming in Android Studio - FIRST-Tech-Challenge/FtcRobotController

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This wiki contains all sorts of useful information about the technical side of working on an FTC robot. This includes advanced topics such as computer vision!

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FIRST Tech Challenge is a robotics program for middle and high school students. It's way more than building robots, see About the 𝘍𝘐𝘙𝘚𝘛 Tech Challenge to see why.

Note

This project is under active development. Anything contained herein is for informational purposes only; while this documentation is intended to support teams and in some way provide context to game rules, the game rules supercede all documentation found here. If you have feedback about this project, please use our feedback form .

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The official home of FIRST Tech Challenge Documentation.

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The West Texas Regional Championship will be on February 28th, 2026, at Lubbock-Cooper Liberty High School.

The plan is to invite 48 teams for a dual division-style event. Teams will advance from their local league tournament to the regional championship.

How many teams that will be invited from each league will be released in January after the third set of league meets have been completed.

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All league assignments will be posted here. Teams will be assigned to a league once they have paid national registration and have submitted their local league dues payment.

Questions about league assignments can be sent to: garrett.smith@ttu.edu

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 FTC West & Panhandle League Assignments 2025 - 2026

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All current scheduled league events and scrimmages are in the provided PDF document.

The contact for each league is also provided. Please reach out to your league coordinator for more specific event details.

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FTC West & Panhandle League Dates & Locations 2025 - 2026

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The following leagues will be available for the 2025 - 2026 season:

Amarillo

Lubbock-A

Lubbock-B

Midland

Odessa

El Paso