2018 Music City BEST Award Winners

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)