[EricH]

Originally Posted by kapolavery

Ok that's what I thinking regarding the Rookie All Star award and the Chairman's award.
But when I say rookie, I mean like 2nd year teams, 3rd year teams, teams that aren't technically rookie, but still in a way are..

I think some have. I don't remember who or when (other than in 1993 ), but I'm 90% sure it's happened somewhere sometime.

As for the "resume of wins/awards/community outreach", that's not necessarily all of it. Wins almost certainly isn't, as it's possible to win the RCA without winning a single career match. (Though that hasn't been done...) Awards, same thing.

The CA (and RCA) are for the team that best exemplifies the spirit of FIRST. Spreading it helps. Teams win for different reasons--could be reaching minorities, inner city, other nations, or just reaching out. You'd have to ask some of the RCA winning teams how they won.