# Team 1501: Team THRUST

Huntington, Indiana, USA. Rookie year 2005. District FIN.

## Who backs them

- Sponsors: PHD, Inc., Carrier, Medical Informatics Engineering, Indiana Department of Education, Ecolab, Duke Energy, Don Wood Foundation, Huntington County Community Learning Center, BAE Systems, Raytheon, Rockwell Automation, Gene Haas Foundation, Beacon Credit Union, YRG Robotics, Community Link FCU, Shuttleworth, Northern Indiana Anodize, Huntington County 4H
- Website: http://huntingtonrobotics.org
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/team1501
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@teamthrust1501
- X: https://twitter.com/team1501
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamthrust1501

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **119.48**, rank 472 of 3708 (87.3th percentile)
- Record: 45-15-0 over 60 matches (75% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 40.7, teleop 74.9, endgame 3.8
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 79%, RP2 19%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FIN District Mishawaka Event | 2026inmis | 1 | 1 | 12-0-0 | 48 | 1 | 196.9 | 73 |  |
| FIN District Lafayette Event | 2026inlaf | 4 | 2 | 10-2-0 | 43 | 1 | 200.7 | 72 |  |
| FIRST Indiana State Championship | 2026incmp | 7 | 6 | 9-3-0 | 39 | 5 | 144.2 | 105 |  |
| Archimedes Division | 2026arc | 8 | 62 | 3-7-0 | 15 |  | 119.5 |  |  |
| RiverBOaT Rumble | 2026kylou | 19 | 5 | 5-5-0 | 25 | 2 | 132.8 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Event Winner (2026inmis)
- District Event Winner (2026inlaf)
- Quality Award (2026incmp)
- Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen (2026inmis)
- Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent (2026inlaf)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 16
- Awards: 70, over 19 seasons
- Einstein appearances: 1 (2016)

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Winner | 15 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012 |
| Finalist | 13 | 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2011, 2010, 2006 |
| Safety (no longer given) | 8 | 2019, 2018, 2017, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008 |
| Quality | 6 | 2026, 2019, 2016, 2014 |
| Autonomous | 5 | 2025, 2024, 2020 |
| Imagery | 4 | 2026, 2017, 2012, 2009 |
| Innovation in Control | 4 | 2026, 2025, 2016, 2015 |
| Industrial Design | 3 | 2023, 2022, 2012 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 3 | 2016, 2010 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 2 | 2017, 2013 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 2 | 2015 |
| Judges' | 1 | 2019 |
| Leadership | 1 | 2012 |
| Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2011 |
| Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 1 | 2010 |
| Driving Tomorrow's Technology (no longer given) | 1 | 2006 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Creativity, Impact, Impact Finalist, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | FIRST Indiana State Championship | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | FIN District Lafayette Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2026 | FIN District Mishawaka Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2025 | Galileo Division | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FIRST Indiana State Championship | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2025 | FIN District Washington Event presented by Toyota Indiana and Vincennes University | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2025 | FIN District Kokomo Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2025 | FIN District Mishawaka Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2024 | Milstein Division | Alliance 6 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FIRST Indiana State Championship | Alliance 5 · captain | Won the event |
| 2024 | FIN District Washington Event presented by Toyota Indiana and Vincennes University | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FIN District Plainfield Event presented by Carrier | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FIN District Mishawaka Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Top four |
| 2023 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | FIRST Indiana State Championship | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2023 | FIN District Greenwood Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Won the event |
| 2023 | FIN District Mishawaka Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2022 | FIRST Indiana State Championship | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | FIN District Tippecanoe Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2022 | FIN District Kokomo Event presented by AndyMark | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2020 | IN District Bloomington Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2019 | Curie Division | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Indiana State Championship | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | IN District Center Grove Event sponsored by Toyota | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | St. Louis Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Won the event |
| 2019 | IN District St. Joseph Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2018 | Indiana State Championship | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | IN District Tippecanoe Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2018 | IN District St. Joseph Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2017 | Indiana State Championship | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | IN District - Perry Meridian Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Won the event |
| 2017 | IN District - St. Joseph Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | IN District - Tippecanoe Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2016 | Einstein Field | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2016 | Indiana State Championship | Alliance 1 · captain | Finalist |
| 2016 | IN District - Perry Meridian Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2016 | IN District - Tippecanoe Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | NC District - Guilford County Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2015 | Carson Division | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2015 | Indiana FIRST District Championship | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist |
| 2015 | IN District - Purdue Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |
| 2015 | IN District - Kokomo City of Firsts Event sponsored by AndyMark | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |
| 2015 | IN District - Indianapolis Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2014 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2014 | St. Louis Regional | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2013 | Crossroads Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2013 | Boilermaker Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2012 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | Boilermaker Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2012 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2011 | Boilermaker Regional | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2010 | Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist |
| 2010 | Boilermaker Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four |
| 2009 | Boilermaker Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2008 | Boilermaker Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2007 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2007 | Boilermaker Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2006 | Boilermaker Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 119.5 | 472 / 3708 | 87.3 | 45-15-0 | 5 |
| 2025 | 80.0 | 71 / 3687 | 98.1 | 60-19-2 | 6 |
| 2024 | 36.7 | 156 / 3475 | 95.5 | 48-25-1 | 6 |
| 2023 | 48.3 | 402 / 3284 | 87.8 | 46-14-0 | 6 |
| 2022 | 37.9 | 179 / 3053 | 94.2 | 34-16-2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 41.6 | 450 / 2024 | 77.8 | 12-6-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 26.8 | 267 / 3763 | 92.9 | 39-35-1 | 5 |
| 2018 | 117.3 | 349 / 3617 | 90.4 | 32-20-0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 100.8 | 535 / 3331 | 84.0 | 41-25-1 | 5 |
| 2016 | 70.3 | 11 / 3114 | 99.7 | 68-22-0 | 7 |
| 2015 | 57.0 | 131 / 2873 | 95.5 | 2-3-84 | 5 |
| 2014 | 61.5 | 142 / 2697 | 94.8 | 28-19-0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 51.5 | 96 / 2510 | 96.2 | 13-15-0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 16.6 | 189 / 2332 | 91.9 | 24-16-1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 32.5 | 92 / 2053 | 95.6 | 13-4-0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2.9 | 149 / 1801 | 91.8 | 23-9-0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 16.1 | 869 / 1675 | 48.1 | 6-8-0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 20.0 | 244 / 1498 | 83.8 | 5-7-0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 20.9 | 100 / 1295 | 92.3 | 10-12-0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 14.6 | 240 / 1125 | 78.7 | 11-7-0 | 1 |

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