Albany Technical College’s Titan Alliance, composed of high school students who are dually enrolled in Engineering Technology, won All Star Rookie and Highest Rookie Seed Awards at the Georgia Southern Classic Regional tournament held on Saturday, February 28, at the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Ag Center in Perry, Georgia.

Recognizing outstanding achievement in Robotics by a first year team, the Rookie All-Star Award team was founded by Dean Kamen, who had a vision of changing the culture and creating the spirit of Gracious Professionalism open and friendly to new participants. The award recognizes the level of commitment teams and mentors must make to get a first year team “off the ground.”

Advisors for the Albany Tech team were Dennis Courtney, Engineering instructor and Lead Mentor, Manuel Hall, Chair of the Electronics Technology division, and Darren Hagler, Computer Information Systems instructor and Head Coach. These students will go on to compete at the national level in April at the World Championship in St. Louis, Missouri.