[James Tonthat]

When we were changing our team name, we were looking at lot at how our team would grow from being recognized on a local level to a national level. Our name before the change was "Northside Roboteers" which didn't make sense once we got to Champs. "Texas Torque" is our new name and at least places us on a geographic area.

We had a lot of good and bad history with Northside Roboteers, a couple bad years, then a couple good years but we decided that our team would be a lot more recognizable with a name change. At first there was a bit of "I remember you being called something else last year" from other teams but this year, I haven't heard anything about it. Our team is actually a lot more united, a lot more team pride, alumni support is higher since they identify with it more.

A lot comes with a name and I think what made a successful name change for us was a good name, cool logo, and some good performance.

Good luck with your name change, I hope I was helpful.