The people behind the robot

Meet the Team

27019 Solar Storm is student-run from the ground up — every subteam is led and staffed by students, supported by our mentors and coaches.

Students

Team Roster

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Team Captain

Willy

River Hill High School 10th Grade

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Lead Builder

Raghav

Marriots Ridge High School 9th Grade

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Lead Programmer

Atharva

just an chill dude.

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CAD

Ray

Clarksville Middle School 8th Grade

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Outreach Lead

Leah

Clarksville Middle School 8th Grade

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Software

Sam

River Hill High School 9th Grade

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Driver/Hardware

Arnav

just a chill guy

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Software

Ayan

10th Grade

Structure

How the team is organized

Build & Design

Owns CAD, fabrication, and the mechanical systems on the robot — from first sketch to competition-ready.

Programming

Writes and tunes the autonomous and driver-controlled code that runs on the robot.

Business & Outreach

Runs sponsorship, community events, social media, and the FIRST-required Engineering Notebook.

Drive Team

Pilots the robot in competition — drivers, coach, and human player working as one unit.