Out of 25 members of our team (716) 13 are girls (2 juniors, the rest either freshman or sophomores). They make up most of our travel team. Someone said before that many of us girls don't have the initiative to do big things... but that's anything but true on our team. Last year i was head scout and also wrote the chairman's award by myself. Another team member, also a girl, and i co-wrote a woody flowers award paper for our engineer. This year i am one of the 2 drivers for our team and my drive team is all girls. My operator has been on the team since we started and she has overcome more than almost anyone on the team, due to the fact that when she began she was the only girl. At our last two off season competitions, our entire pit crew was made up of girls, and when we meet after school, most of the shop is made up of girls... doing most of the building.
So at your next competition, look for us... we're not as rare as you think!