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Know your stuff. Make sure you have alteast three people in the pits when the judges come around to talk to them about what you're doing as rookies. These three people have to know your team inside out. They should be exceptionally informed not only about the robot but about the team and its accomplishments as well. Ideally these three people would be the ones who wrote the rookie all star submission. Be calm, focussed and relaxed. You will usually know when judges come around to check out each team. Your performance throuhgout the competition will determine the award you will win. You must have a copy of your Rookie All-Star Award submission handy just in case, to show judges. Bring along a binder full of material to show judges about stuff that you did during build season and before.

It is NOT impossible to win more than one rookie all-star award in the season. You can win one at your first regional and another at your second. This is quite an accomplishment and you need to have some "Wow" factor in your submission for this to happen. I believe you can apply to all the regionals you attend.

Last year we handed in an Executive summary along with our rookie all star award submission.

Good luck!