[GeeTwo]

We did this a bit in our first couple of years, when we had more an "end-of-year party in the workspace" than a "banquet". As we've moved towards a more formal banquet (this year catered, with a nominal fee for mentors and family members so that we get a good head count), we've dropped to only awards that actually are an honor. About 20% of the team will receive an award or honorable mention.

Even thinking back, I believe that most of the "mock" awards were presented by a student (or coalition of students), almost as often to mentors as to other team members. The only one that stands out was actually a serious award with a mock name - the "Tony Stark Award" was given to a particularly creative programmer who didn't write a line of code for the cRIO - but his vision processing code on the raspberry pi has been usable for multiple games.