Thanks for all these posts. Over the years I have written a lot of student references and have had to tell some students I cannot write them a reference unless they change their email address. Sometimes in life we only have a few seconds to make an impression, and you want to make a good one!
In previous years I also sent the following out to the Maryland mentor list. The examples below were changed only very slightly for use in my email blast to mentors.
>>This might be a great time to discuss having a team email address like (Team0000@gmail.com) or to discuss the positives if students establish a more professional email address which can be used with sponsors, and for college and work inquiries. There are many teams who make up business cards to hand out for their team. These can be used for fundraising, to network, and to give to judges at the events.
Hat's off to the creativity of some of these email addresses, but ask them how this would look to a potential sponsor or employer. Emails containing words like "god, or "stanthereallyimportantman" or "hottie911" just don't look that professional.
Go teams!<<