The award for "Leadership In Control" traditionally goes to a team who uses a new and great method to control or drive their robot. This doesn't necessarily mean going above the standard 2 joystick drive and making some crazy contraption, but it could also be awarded to a team who uses a unique program method to take those inputs and control their robot.
The team i remember winning this off the top of my head is the 04 NJ regional winner, team 25.
Heres a link to their winning design.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...threadid=26067
Heres the award criteria from last year.
http://www2.usfirst.org/2004comp/8-T...corporated.pdf