Visible to the public 2018 Music City BEST Award WinnersConflict Detection Enabled

Submitted by MMetelko on Tue, 10/23/2018 - 10:29am

Congratulations to all 15 teams for creating robots and playing the game on October 20th in Lipscomb University Allen Arena! It was a challenging year and as always the students exceeded expectations. The awards presented were as follows:

BEST Award

  • 1st Place: Stewarts Creek Middle School (1042)
  • 2nd Place: Smyrna Robotics (1032)
  • 3rd Place: Borobotics (1023)
  • 4th Place: Dickson Area Robotics Team (1022)

BEST Award Individual Category Awards

  • Best Project Engineering Notebook: Dickson Area Robotics Team (1022)
  • Best Marketing Presentation: Brentwood Middle & High Schools (1028)
  • Best Team Exhibit and Interview: Stewarts Creek Middle School (1042)
  • Best Spirit and Sportsmanship: Merrol Hyde Magnet School (1030)

Robot Game Competition Award

  • 1st Place: Dickson Area Robotics Team (1022)
  • 2nd Place: Montgomery Bell Academy (1031)
  • 3rd Place: Borobotics (1023)
  • 4th Place: Smyrna Robotics (1032)

Robot Design Awards

  • Founder's Award for Creative Design: Montgomery Bell Academy (1031)
  • Most Robust Machine: Borobotics (1023)
  • Lipscomb University Award for Robotic Engineering Excellence: Dickson Area Robotics Team (1022)
  • Most Photogenic Machine: Stewarts Creek Middle School (1042)
  • Rube Goldberg Award for Meritorious Achievement in Design Complexity: Ensworth (1034)
  • Blood, Sweat and Duct Tape Award: Harpeth Hall (1044)

School Awards

  • Best Middle School Team: Smyrna Robotics (1032)
  • Best Home School Team: Dickson Area Robotics Team (1022)

People Awards

  • BEST Teacher of the Year: Roberto Marrero - Brentwood Middle & High Schools (1028)
  • BEST Mentor of the Year: Cameron Homer - Merrol Hyde Magnet School (1030)

Team Awards

  • TVA Safety Award: Merrol Hyde Magnet School (1030)
  • Best Exhibit Design and Construction: Stewarts Creek Middle School (1042)
  • Best Team Web Page Design: Stewarts Creek Middle School (1042)
  • Best Team Mascot: West End Middle School (1036)
  • Best Team Costume: Brentwood Middle and High Schools (1028)
  • Best Team Tee Shirt Design: Smyrna Robotics (1032)

Regional Invitational Tournament Invitee

  • Merrol Hyde Magnet School (1030)