The Rookie All-Star Award celebrates the rookie team exemplifying a young but strong partnership effort, as well as implementing the mission of FIRST to inspire students to learn more about science and technology.

Award Guidelines

  • This team seems like a “FIRST Impact Award team in the making.” (Community activities, leadership, vision, spirit, etc.)
  • The team is a true partnership between school or organization and sponsors.
  • The team understands what FIRST is really trying to accomplish – realizes that technical stuff is fun, challenging, and offers a future.
  • This team has built a robot appropriate to the game’s challenges

Eligibility

This award is only for rookie (first year) teams