[JackN]

The town of Goodrich likes to tout that we are the only school in the country to use our school's mascot: The Martians. We are named after the soldiers of Mars, the Roman God of War and Agriculture. The school's choice dates back to the early history of the 1900s when Goodrich was a school in a farming community and wanted to recognize the Mars.

The team name was chosen long before I was on the team, but the reason it was chosen was because of the relationship the school has to the name. The logo with the grinning Martian head that we have used since our beginning and the green color is unique to the robotics team and were chosen and created to give the team a strong brand and a unique color that stands out among all of the teams in our competitions. The school's mascot is a helmet with the word Goodrich incorporated into the helmet and has recently became a constant fixture on the team's robots.