Santana Robotics Team Wins Rookie All-Star Award and Chance at World Championship

Santana High School's robotic's team won the "Rookie All-Star Award" at the FIRST Robotics Competition last weekend has earned their way to the World Championships in April.

It was the team's first cometition and they earned the highest award possible for a rookie team. Now they need to fundraise to get to the World Championships in St. Louis.

Held at the Valley View Casino Center on March 2-4, 56 student teams competed to earn a spot at the FIRST Championship held April 25-28 in St. Louis. With the hope of winning one of the several coveted awards, high school students worked with professional mentors to design and build a robot over a six week period that solved a problem using a kit of parts and a standard set of rules. This year’s game, “Rebound Rumble” had robots participating in a basketball style game where teams had two corner and one center goal to throw balls into.

Out of six years of competitions in San Diego, this year had the largest turn out to date.

Students participating in FIRST are eligible to apply for over $14 million dollars in scholarships from leading universities, colleges and companies. Scholarship announcements will be made at the FIRST championship in St. Louis.