Senior Spotlight '26 Part 2!

Lukas K. is a senior at Howardsville Christian and has been involved in Stryke Force’s FRC program for 3 years. Unlike other students, Lukas fills many different roles on the team, depending on who needs help. His usual tasks include helping the Build Team with CAD, building, or wiring. Additionally, he is also our Human Player, which performs certain tasks during the match that help our team earn more points or feed our robot so it can score more efficiently. Lukas initially became involved by being introduced to the program by one of our other current members, Aiden V. Winning the State Championship in 2025 and being friends with another FRC team, the Goon Squad, are both of Lukas' memories while being a part of Stryke Force. A big takeaway he had from the program is being able to work as a team and having your input not necessarily be the final product but being able to have input into achieving the final product. This year's FRC game, Rebuilt, is his favorite because he gets to throw balls in his role as the Human Player. Although he isn't fully decided, Lukas would like to major in mechanical or aerospace engineering and possibly join the Air Force! We thank him for the work he's put into our program, and we hope everything works out for him!

Isaac H. is a homeschooled senior who's been involved in the high school program for 4 years, along with a couple years in elementary school. As the Programming Lead, his role mainly involves creating new systems and fixing bugs in others. He also works on creating different autonomous paths. Isaac's involvement in robotics started initially when his dad introduced the idea of trying something new, that involved the concepts of thinking and problem-solving. When considering his favorite memory while being on the team, Isaac would sum it up with one word: optimizing. This is the process where the programming team goes through the code for the autonomous path and attempts to change the efficiency by tweaking with the various functions the robot goes through to save time. Specifically, there was one time where he felt satisfied because he was able to cut off several seconds by merely making one fix to the code. The biggest takeaway from the program, in
Isaac's experience, he describes as "The deep knowledge of how to control systems and a knowledge of what typically goes wrong in the real world." Rebuilt, this year's FRC game, is his favorite because of the lack of restrictions in the game, such as how many balls a robot can hold at one time. He enjoys games with few restrictions because it allows more freedom when considering robot design. For his future, Isaac plans on attending Western Michigan University and majoring in computer engineering. A big thank you to him for his impact on our program, and we can't wait to see where his future takes him!

Huck R. is a homeschooled senior who has been apart of Stryke Force for two years. As the technician on the team, Huck is in charge of making sure the code works properly before each match. He also is a member on the programming team, which works on the software aspect of the robot including autonomous paths and the vision system. The initial spark for joining the program was through his good friend, Aleks! Huck also seemed interested in robotics, and thought that it would be a fun experience. Speaking of fun experiences, winning the Michigan State Championship in 2025 was his favorite memory. "The importance of hard work and persistence" along with the "value of knowledgeable people" were the two biggest takeaways he got out of Stryke Force. Huck's favorite FRC game is REBUILT because he's enjoyed how the teams have evolved in their building processes, made improvements, and "rebuilt" their robot (pun intended). Huck plans on attending Western Michigan University in the fall and majoring in electrical engineering, and we wish him well on his future endeavors!