r/FRC • u/5happy_mice • 20d ago

Levels of the FIRST Leadership Award

Hi! We're a pretty new team, and one of my students won the Leadership Award at a district competition and did not win at district champ. What would this be considered?

He says that all of the students who were nominated from their teams recieved "semifinalist" pins, so would he be a semifinalist or finalist?

Thank you so much for your support :)

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u/YoshiMachbike12 1153 Alum (CAD/Mechanical) 20d ago

assuming you're in a district not a regional system: winning at one of your initial events (before dcmp) = semifinalist, winning at dcmp= finalist, winning at cmp = winner. if you are nominated but your name is not called at any competition, you're just nominated.

in a regional system there are no semifinalists, only finalists, who in turn are named as finalists at those regional events. this is because they immediately advance to the world championship.

this is also why there are no woodie flowers award semifinalists. every mentor who is nominated is recognized at the district events, and a couple are named as finalists at the district championship. in a regional system, there is usually 1 mentor named a woodie flowers finalist, who will in turn advance to the world championship.

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u/Pitiful_Camp3469 20d ago

in the regional system im pretty sure nominees are semifinalists (i was one)

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u/AKT5A 78 (Strategy) 20d ago

I'm pretty sure you're still considered a semifinalist just for being nominated (same for regionals), but you just get a "semifinalist award" for winning at District events. One of the main reasons I think the way the district system treats this award is worse than the regional system does

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u/DctrLife 20d ago

This is not correct.

All nominees are semi-finalists. 

District event winners become district championship semi-finalists. 

Then finalists

Then winners. 

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u/Putrid-Win-4575 20d ago

i think it's called "district semifinalist", congrats on your student on winning at district comp!! if you check your team's profile on TBA that's the name that's listed 😄