2015 Competition

2015 Game – Pay Dirt

See the teaser of this year’s game at http://bestinc.org

For additional information, see Participants -> Resources and Participants -> File Manager

For bESTology about this year’s game, see Friends of BEST in Alabama – bESTology

2015_Awards_and_Judging_Policies & 2015 RM BEST Award Descriptions describe the 2015 Awards .

2015 Competition Results

Game Awards

1st Place	DSST Byers Middle School *
2nd Place	Ralston Valley High School *
3rd Place	DSST Stapleton High School *
Robotics Finalist	East High School

BEST Awards

1st Place	St. Mary’s Academy *
2nd Place	Ralston Valley High School *
3rd Place	DSST Stapleton High School *

* These teams qualified for the Regional Championship which take place in Ft. Smith, Arkansas on December 4 & 5, 2015!

Special Awards

Founders Award for Creative Design	St. Mary’s Academy
Most Robust Design	DSST Byers Middle School
Software Design and Simulation	St. Mary’s Academy
BEST Rookie Team	Ralston Valley High School
Craftsmanship	St. Mary’s Academy
Project Engineering Notebook (for non-BEST Award Team)	Innovation Center of St. Vrain Valley
Sportsmanship	St. Mary’s Academy

RM BEST and our sponsors are very proud of all 29 teams for their hard work!

Regional Championship

Five teams (DSST Byers, Manning Middle School, Ralston Valley High School, Skyline High School, St. Mary’s Academy) from our Rocky Mountain BEST hub attended the competition at the Fort Smith Convention Center in Ft. Smith, Arkansas on December 4 & 5, 2015. For more information, see

http://uafs.edu/ftbest/ft-best-home

RM BEST Teams earned these trophies at the Regional Championship.

Game Awards

2nd Place

DSST Byers Middle School

Special Awards

Most Robust – 1st Place	Manning Middle School
Most Photogenic – 2nd Place	Ralston Valley High School
Most Photogenic – 3rd Place	St. Mary’s Academy
T-Shirt – 2nd Place	Manning Middle School
Marketing Presentation – 1st Place	St. Mary’s Academy
Booth / Interview – 1st Place	Ralston Valley