[quinxorin]

There are a couple things that could be done to greatly improve the Dean's List award.

First and foremost, offer a scholarship to any college to Dean's List finalists. That, of course, is expensive. If there were 114 finalists, and each got 1000 dollars, that's $114,000. Of course, with 2000 teams, that's only $57 more per team.

Another thing to do that isn't quite as expensive: any Dean's List Finalist who comes to the Championship without their team should be given a floor pass bracelet for Einstein. Sitting near the field is a great thing, even if your view is actually worse sometimes.

Finally, the announcement of the Dean's List winners should be done in the main stadium (or, they should be re-announced there). That would make people more aware of the award, thereby increasing the number of teams that submit students for it.