[K-Dawg157]

My team is the Aztechs 157.Before this year, we were a mediocre team that did well, but never great.

This year, I really wanted to step us up a notch. I persuaded a mentor to join the team, and he helped us to our victories. We still haven't won any event, but we have done so much better in so many other things.

This year was the first in 9 years that the Aztechs won more than 1 award in a season. We won the Judge's award, and the the Excellence in Engineering award. That is HUGE for us. We had amazing spirit, and a very simple robot.

Another victory is that we designed a simple, yet robust robot that we never had to fix. Nothing broke, nothing had to change, we competed, and then went and helped other teams. The fact that our design was so versatile was amazing to me.

This is the first year in a looooong time that the Aztechs have been Alliance Captain at both events we competed in. Yes they were 7th and 8th seed, but we were ranked that high because of our robot's capabilities, which I am very, very proud of.

Lastly, I am excited for next year. This is the first year that the graduating seniors have been mentoring and teaching underclassmen how to do the job they will leave behind. I am a senior now, and I do not fear for next year, because I trust the students the team will have.

This year has been huge for the Aztechs, and I hope that it only gets better from here.