# Team 1908: ShoreBots

Eastville, Virginia, USA. Rookie year 2006. District FCH.

## Who backs them

- School: Northampton High School
- Sponsors: NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Northampton County Public Schools, Rommel's ACE Hardware, Gene Haas Foundation, Eastern Shore Signs, LLC
- Website: https://shorebots.org
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shorebots1908

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **139.77**, rank 305 of 3708 (91.8th percentile)
- Record: 39-22-0 over 61 matches (64% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 16.3, teleop 123.5, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 89%, RP2 26%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCH District Alexandria VA Event presented by Qualcomm | 2026vaale | 1 | 3 | 9-3-0 | 36 | 1 | 96.8 | 71 |  |
| FCH District Chesapeake VA Event presented by Newport News Ship Yard / Hampton Roads Community Foundation (Norfolk Southern) | 2026vache | 3 | 13 | 6-6-0 | 28 | 2 | 94.7 | 57 |  |
| FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by C-CAM, VSU, Go Tec, and NASA | 2026chcmp | 7 | 4 | 10-2-0 | 44 | 3 | 157.0 | 123 |  |
| Johnson Division | 2026joh | 8 | 48 | 4-6-0 | 18 |  | 139.8 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Event Winner (2026vaale)
- District Event Finalist (2026vache)
- District Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026vache)
- Quality Award (2026vaale)

## Name history

Every name FIRST recorded for this team, newest first. A span states the first and last season the name was on the team.

- 2009 – now: ShoreBots
- 2006 – 2008: Yellow Jackets

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 10, over 5 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finalist | 2 | 2026, 2025 |
| Quality | 2 | 2026, 2022 |
| Creativity | 2 | 2023, 2018 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2026 |
| Winner | 1 | 2026 |
| Team Spirit | 1 | 2023 |
| Industrial Design | 1 | 2022 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Excellence in Engineering, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Innovation in Control, Judges', Leadership, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Johnson Division |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by C-CAM, VSU, Go Tec, and NASA | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2026 | FCH District Chesapeake VA Event presented by Newport News Ship Yard / Hampton Roads Community Foundation (Norfolk Southern) | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2026 | FCH District Alexandria VA Event presented by Qualcomm | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2025 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by Qualcomm | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2025 | CHS District Alexandria VA Event presented by US Department of Energy | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2025 | CHS District Portsmouth VA Event presented by Newport News Shipyard | Alliance 7 · captain | Top four |
| 2024 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | CHS District Severn MD Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four |
| 2024 | CHS District Portsmouth VA Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | CHS District Portsmouth VA Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2023 | CHS District Bethesda MD Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2022 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | CHS District Greater Richmond Event #2 Day 2 | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2022 | CHS District Greater Richmond Event #1 Day 1 | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2020 | CHS District Richmond VA Event sponsored by Dominion Energy | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | CHS District Portsmouth VA Event sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | CHS District Richmond VA Event sponsored by Dominion Energy | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | CHS District Hampton Roads Event sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | CHS District Central Virginia Event sponsored by Dominion Energy |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | CHS District - Central Virginia Event |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | CHS District - Hampton Roads Event sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | CHS District - Central Virginia Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | CHS District - Hampton Roads Event |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Virginia Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2014 | Virginia Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Virginia Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2012 | Virginia Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2011 | Virginia Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2010 | Virginia Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2009 | NASA VCU Regional | Alliance 3 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four |
| 2008 | NASA / VCU Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2007 | NASA / VCU Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2006 | NASA / VCU Regional | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 139.8 | 305 / 3708 | 91.8 | 39-22-0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 51.8 | 674 / 3687 | 81.7 | 25-24-0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 11.1 | 2161 / 3475 | 37.8 | 20-22-1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 38.0 | 841 / 3284 | 74.4 | 25-19-0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 26.0 | 587 / 3053 | 80.8 | 19-16-1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 23.4 | 1062 / 2024 | 47.6 | 4-10-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 18.2 | 1409 / 3763 | 62.6 | 13-13-2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 71.2 | 2284 / 3617 | 36.9 | 7-17-0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 79.4 | 1440 / 3331 | 56.8 | 9-16-1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 24.4 | 1638 / 3114 | 47.4 | 9-17-0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 13.2 | 1962 / 2873 | 31.7 | Not applicable (qual average) | 1 |
| 2014 | 24.5 | 1344 / 2697 | 50.2 | 6-3-0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 15.9 | 1134 / 2510 | 54.8 | 7-3-0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 5.4 | 1196 / 2332 | 48.7 | 6-5-1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 8.3 | 934 / 2053 | 54.5 | 5-4-0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0.6 | 1396 / 1801 | 22.5 | 4-6-2 | 1 |
| 2009 | 11.6 | 1487 / 1675 | 11.2 | 5-6-0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 11.0 | 802 / 1498 | 46.5 | 5-3-0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0.5 | 1264 / 1295 | 2.4 | 1-5-2 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2.1 | 1098 / 1125 | 2.4 | 2-7-1 | 1 |

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