[gburlison]

At our end of year banquet, the students usually do something to show their appreciation to the mentors. This year it was gift cards, in the past it was more of a gag gift. We also have an award named after a former team member who was very inspirational to the team. We consider it our "Chairman's Award", as it is the highest award that we can give to a student. The mentors decide who is the Senior who has contributed the most to the team during his/her entire tenure with the team. Last year we had so many students that were deserving, the choice was very hard, so we started a "Mentors Award". It is similar to the "Judges Award" in that if we find a student that deserves recognition, but the student did not get other recognition, we give that student a "Mentor's Award".