Team Awards & Recognition

FIRST recognizes both on-field performance and the attributes that help FIRST achieve its mission to change culture. While a few awards are based solely for on-field performance, the judges determine the majority of the awards. The highest honor is the Chairman's Award, which recognizes the team that best accomplishes the FIRST mission to change the culture of the U.S. It is bestowed to one team at each regional. The Chairman’s Award winner for the Championship event is selected from the regional Chairman’s Award winners.

The awards FIRST judges bestow are a combination of awards based on the machine, creativity and innovation, and team performance. These awards are designed to help FIRST achieve its mission of demonstrating that science and technology can be enjoyable and rewarding. The judges select teams to win awards at each of the regional competitions and at The Championship. Other awards are selected by the teams themselves, Safety Advisors and outside panels of experts.

Below is the list of awards that TJ2 has received over the past 15 years!
We continue to work as hard as we can to accrue as many awards as possible. We'll see what happens this year!

2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996

2010

• 2010 Boston Regional Champion
• 2010 Boston Regional / Innovation in Control Award
• 2010 Boston Regional / Best Website Award
• 2010 Chesapeake Regional / Best Website Award
• 2010 Chesapeake Regional / Autodesk Excellence in Design Award

  2009

• 2009 NASA/VCU Regional Champion
• 2009 Boston Regional Chairman's Award
• Website Excellence Award

2008

• 2008 MD Regional Finalist
• 2008 MD Chrysler Team Spirit Award
• 2008 MA Chrysler Team Spirit Award

2007

• GM Industrial Design Award - Boston Regional
• Autodesk Visualization Award- Boston Regional
• Website Excellence Award

  2006 < top >

• DaimlerChrysler Team Spirit Award - New Jersey Regional
• Runner up: Safetly Award - Boston Regional

2005

• 1st place @ Savage Soccer w/ Mass Academy Team
• Best Costume Award @ River Rage

2004 < top >

• Engineering Inspiration Award - New Jersey Regional
• Two Spirit Awards given out by teams 365 and 173 - New Jersey
• Judges Award - Long Island Regional
• Semi-Finalists - Long Island
• Seeded 16th in the Newton Division - Nationals
• Seeded 5th and selected by the 3rd seeded team - Beantown Blitz
• Finalists with teams 190 and WPI's 2003 robot - Mayhem on the Merrimack
• Spirit Award given by Team Paragon 571 - BattleCry

2003

• Delphi Driving Tomorrow's Technology Award - Granite State Regional
• Best Effort - Rally in the Valley

2002 < top >

• Finalist - Connecticut Regional

2001

• Loudest Team from Team 365, M.O.E. - Mid-Atlantic Regional
• Best T-shirt design from Team 175, Buzz - Nationals

2000 < top >

• Best Play of the Day Award with Team 223 - Mid-Atlantic Regional
• Highest Score Award with Teams 442, 312, 388 - Nationals

1999

• Xerox Design Creativity Award - Mid-Atlantic Regional
• Best Floppy pick up from Team 71, Team Hammond - Nationals
• Best Alliance Award with X-Cats by Team 65, The Huskie Brigade - Nationals
• Best Offensive Round - Mayhem on the Merrimack

1998 < top >

• Best Offensive Round - Mid-Atlantic Regional
• Honeywell Leadership in Control Award - Mid-Atlantic Regional
• Best T-Shirt Design from Team 191, the X-Cats - Nationals
• First Place - Rumble at the Rock III

1997

• Best Offensive Round - Mid-Atlantic Regional
• Finalist - Mid-Atlantic Regional
• Woodie Flowers Award presented to Liz Calef (first recipient of this award)- Nationals
• Finished 2nd - Rumble at the Rock II
• Appeared at the Massachusetts State House for Senate Recognitions

1996 < top >

• Team Spirit - Granite State Regional