[tkwetzel]

If we only let teams get awards at their first regional of the season, what about the teams that don't go to a regional until one of the last two weeks in the season? They will have a greatly increased chance of winning awards because many of the other teams will have already been to another regional. Say half of the teams in a given regional already attended a regional that season, there would be half as much competition for the awards because you already know that half of the teams are ineligible.

Steve W's thoughts would work, because it still allows teams to win even if they already went to a regional and did not win anything, but I still think that the most deserving teams are very hard-working teams and they will and should ultimately win the awards.