Sarah Smith '25 Receives Motogo Award

Sarah Smith ’25 was honored as the first recipient of the Motogo Gearshifter Award at the 7th annual Bringin’ Back Shop Class Benefit at the Crawford Auto Aviation Museum in March 2025. This award, made possible by presenting sponsor Lighthouse Electric, celebrates failure as a rite of passage on the road to mastery. Smith was selected among the 500 students who participated in the Introduction to Engineering course Motogo runs at various Cleveland area schools, chosen for demonstrating that failure is a tool, not a roadblock, and exhibiting extreme growth in persistence, grit, and problem solving from day one to “Kickstart Day.”