FINAL WINNERS

[Yan Wang]

From The Awards rules:

The “Rising Star” award will not be awarded on a regional level. For the purposes of this award, the
“Rookie” designation is given to any school that has not submitted for the Autodesk Visualization Award
previously. Teams submitting with a “Rookie” designation (R plus team number) will also be part of the
Autodesk Visualization Awards being judged at the regional level if they have met all the qualifications and
pass the prescreen process. Schools that have submitted previously but have been disqualified do not qualify
as “Rookie” teams under these Guidelines. Should a “Rookie” team win the 2004 Championship Award, there
will be no ”Rising Star” Award presented.

That doesn't say that the rookie teams qualifying for the Rising Star award has to have won at the regional level - it just says that it must be the first year that the team has submitted an animation to be judged. Our team is in its 4th year but it is our rookie year as animators. Technically, even though we didn't win the animation award in Canada, we would still be eligible for the rising star award at Championships.

Or am I getting this all wrong?