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401 The Hokie GUARD

Our first year we were the Blacksburg Power Surge (big suprise that one didn't stick, but technically we weren't allowed to use the name "Blacksburg High School" since that year we had no official school support. Since our team is now more established and has more support, we're The Hokie GUARD
Hokie, from the mascot of Virginia Tech, where most of the team mentors are from, GUARD being both a regiment of soldiers, and an accronym, as inspired by the HOT team (heros of tomorrow). We're still debating to keep the accronym or just leave it as guard with no other meaning, but if we keep the accronym, its
GUARD - Gladiators of Uniquely Accelerated Robot Development
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