# Team 122: NASA Knights

Hampton, Virginia, USA. Rookie year 1997. District FCH.

## Who backs them

- School: New Horizons Regional Education Center
- Sponsors: NASA Langley Research Center, Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) - Atlantic - DoD STEM
- Website: http:// www.frcteam122.org
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frc122
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nasaknight.122
- GitHub: https://github.com/frc-team-122-nasa-knights

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **123.51**, rank 422 of 3708 (88.6th percentile)
- Record: 25-23-0 over 48 matches (52% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 22.8, teleop 100.7, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 82%, RP2 20%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCH District Alexandria VA Event presented by Qualcomm | 2026vaale | 1 | 31 | 4-8-0 | 15 | 5 | 30.1 | 14 |  |
| FCH District Chesapeake VA Event presented by Newport News Ship Yard / Hampton Roads Community Foundation (Norfolk Southern) | 2026vache | 3 | 6 | 8-4-0 | 34 | 1 | 115.5 | 68 |  |
| FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by C-CAM, VSU, Go Tec, and NASA | 2026chcmp | 7 | 20 | 6-6-0 | 31 | 8 | 123.5 | 66 |  |
| RoboJAWN | 2026paphi1 | 19 | 13 | 3-5-0 | 18 |  | 78.6 |  |  |
| Rumble 11 | 2026vagle2 | 34 | 18 | 2-3-0 | 9 | 5 | 74.9 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Event Winner (2026vache)
- Team Spirit Award (2026vache)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 10
- Awards: 46, over 22 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Winner | 7 | 2026, 2018, 2016, 2005, 2004, 2001, 2000 |
| Finalist | 5 | 2022, 2016, 2006, 2005, 2002 |
| Judges' | 4 | 2025, 2009, 2008 |
| Sportsmanship (no longer given) | 4 | 2005, 2003, 2000 |
| Leadership | 2 | 2025, 2024 |
| Industrial Design | 2 | 2024, 2002 |
| Quality | 2 | 2019, 2016 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 2 | 2014, 2012 |
| Imagery | 2 | 2013, 2004 |
| Excellence in Design (no longer given) | 2 | 2011, 2010 |
| Impact | 2 | 2011, 2010 |
| #1 Seed (no longer given) | 2 | 2002, 2000 |
| Team Spirit | 1 | 2026 |
| Team Sustainability | 1 | 2025 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2023 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2022 |
| Coopertition (no longer given) | 1 | 2011 |
| Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2011 |
| Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 1 | 2010 |
| Leadership in Control (no longer given) | 1 | 2002 |
| Driving Tomorrow's Technology (no longer given) | 1 | 2001 |
| Best Offensive Round (no longer given) | 1 | 2000 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Impact Finalist, Innovation in Control, Rising All-Star, VOTY.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by C-CAM, VSU, Go Tec, and NASA | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | FCH District Chesapeake VA Event presented by Newport News Ship Yard / Hampton Roads Community Foundation (Norfolk Southern) | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2026 | FCH District Alexandria VA Event presented by Qualcomm | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by Qualcomm | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | CHS District Alexandria VA Event presented by US Department of Energy | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | CHS District Portsmouth VA Event presented by Newport News Shipyard | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2024 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2024 | CHS District Falls Church VA Event presented by Department of Energy | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2024 | CHS District Portsmouth VA Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | CHS District Portsmouth VA Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | CHS District Blacksburg VA Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding | Alliance 7 · captain | Finalist |
| 2022 | CHS District Greater Richmond Event #2 Day 1 | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2022 | CHS District Greater Richmond Event #1 Day 2 | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2020 | CHS District Richmond VA Event sponsored by Dominion Energy |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | CHS District Portsmouth VA Event sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | CHS District Richmond VA Event sponsored by Dominion Energy | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | CHS District Hampton Roads Event sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2018 | CHS District Northern Virginia Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2016 | CHS District - Central Virginia Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2016 | CHS District - Hampton Roads Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2015 | Archimedes Division  |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Greater DC Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | Virginia Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | Virginia Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | North Carolina Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Chesapeake Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | North Carolina Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | North Carolina Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2012 | Virginia Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2011 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2011 | Virginia Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2011 | Peachtree Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2010 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2010 | North Carolina Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2010 | Virginia Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2009 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2009 | NASA VCU Regional | Alliance 5 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four |
| 2009 | Washington DC  Regional | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2008 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2008 | NASA / VCU Regional | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2007 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2007 | Chesapeake Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2007 | NASA / VCU Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2006 | Newton Division | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2006 | Chesapeake Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2006 | NASA / VCU Regional | Alliance 5 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2005 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2004 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2004 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Won the event |
| 2004 | Chesapeake Regional | Alliance 5 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four |
| 2004 | NASA / VCU Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2003 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2003 | Philadelphia Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2003 | NASA / VCU Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2002 | Philadelphia Alliance Regional | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist |
| 2002 | NASA Langley / VCU Regional |  |  |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 123.5 | 422 / 3708 | 88.6 | 25-23-0 | 5 |
| 2025 | 51.2 | 695 / 3687 | 81.2 | 23-22-0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 31.6 | 328 / 3475 | 90.6 | 26-21-0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 39.4 | 784 / 3284 | 76.1 | 21-18-2 | 4 |
| 2022 | 21.0 | 871 / 3053 | 71.5 | 22-22-0 | 5 |
| 2020 | 17.9 | 1319 / 2024 | 34.8 | 5-7-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 18.0 | 1445 / 3763 | 61.6 | 12-15-1 | 5 |
| 2018 | 117.4 | 383 / 3617 | 89.4 | 29-21-0 | 5 |
| 2016 | 46.2 | 160 / 3114 | 94.9 | 41-23-0 | 4 |
| 2015 | 29.9 | 705 / 2873 | 75.5 | Not applicable (qual average) | 3 |
| 2014 | 23.6 | 1427 / 2697 | 47.1 | 6-14-0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 14.3 | 1287 / 2510 | 48.7 | 9-15-1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 13.0 | 354 / 2332 | 84.9 | 13-9-2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 22.7 | 263 / 2053 | 87.2 | 23-12-3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3.4 | 103 / 1801 | 94.3 | 23-12-1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 30.3 | 43 / 1675 | 97.5 | 15-13-0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 19.9 | 238 / 1498 | 84.2 | 10-9-0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 11.4 | 341 / 1295 | 73.7 | 10-12-0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 17.9 | 138 / 1125 | 87.8 | 16-16-0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 11.8 | 189 / 747 | 74.8 | 4-3-0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 36.4 | 152 / 932 | 83.8 | 21-19-0 | 4 |
| 2003 | 19.1 | 379 / 785 | 51.8 | 9-14-0 | 3 |
| 2002 | 12.5 | 51 / 641 | 92.2 | 16-8-0 | 2 |

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