Re: FIRST-Based Mock Awards
 

We had a banquet last year and made little awards "certificates" for each member of the team. And by that, I mean five or so of us hung out at our president's house that afternoon and made all of them by hand! Here are some of our favorites:

Compulsive Coffee Addict (mine)
FIRST Fanboy (for el presidente)
The "Hey Man" (one of our underclassmen's catchphrase)
Batt-man (for our electrical lead, who now wears it on his team sweatshirt)
Where the Party's At (for the kid who hosted all of our parties and various get-togethers over the season)

And many others! It was a bit of a process to come up with all of them, but we had fun with it!

Re: FIRST-Based Mock Awards
 

Last year mine was "Most Likely to be a Freshman Forever" or something to that effect. Hoping for one that's a little more memeingful this year.

Re: FIRST-Based Mock Awards
 

Ha! I actually do remember that. And...it was quite fitting. :D

I'm sure you'll be pretty dankful for whatever award we give you this year!

Re: FIRST-Based Mock Awards
 

When I hear that I think of a line from a song: Right now I'm a freshman in my fourth year at UCLA,
But, my goal is to become a veterinarian 'cause I love children!

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I always wanted to give out a James Bond or some other spy themed reward/gag gift for head scout/scouts (I got into scouting because an older student wrote a very persuasive document that compared it to being a spy and gaining intel on the other teams).

Re: FIRST-Based Mock Awards
 

We did mock awards for the first time this year! They went over really well. A couple of my favorites include the OSHA Award (to the least safe team member) and Favorite Freshman (to a sophomore). I received the Lead Animator award (:deadhorse:). I got all the seniors on the team together one night to think of the awards. Everything went well, I'd really recommend teams do this. It's a great way to show your appreciation of your teammates, especially ones you may not know as well as others. Sometimes you don't realize just how many team jokes have been created throughout the course of the season.