# Team 2557: SOTAbots

Tacoma, Washington, USA. Rookie year 2008. District PNW.

## Who backs them

- School: Industrial Design Engineering and Art High School & Science & Math Institute & Tacoma School of the Arts
- Sponsors: Ash Grove (a CRH Company), FIRST Washington, Olympic Kennel Club, Boeing, Puget Sound Marine Services, TCF Architecture, Hewitt Cabinetry, TAPCO Credit Union, Tacoma School District, Zumar Industries Incorporated, Gray Lumber Company, Elements of Education Partners, City of Fircrest, FIRST Inspires Leadership Winner's Award, Automated Systems of Tacoma
- Website: http://www.sotabots.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sotabots2557
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/sotabots2557
- X: https://twitter.com/sotabots
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sotabots

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **63.38**, rank 1139 of 3708 (69.3th percentile)
- Record: 8-22-0 over 30 matches (27% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 9.0, teleop 53.5, endgame 0.8
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 54%, RP2 11%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PNW District Bonney Lake Event | 2026wabon | 1 | 34 | 1-11-0 | 5 | 7 | 39.5 | 11 |  |
| PNW District Clackamas Academy Event | 2026orore | 4 | 19 | 5-7-0 | 27 | 7 | 63.4 | 19 |  |
| Bordie Through Time | 2026wabe | 32 |  |  |  |  | 63.4 |  |  |

## CAD

Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform.

- 2019, Comp Robot, STEP: https://grabcad.com/library/2557-official-2019-cad-1
- 2016, Comp Robot, STEP: https://grabcad.com/library/first-team-2557-iota-year-1

## 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.

- 2012 – now: SOTAbots
- 2011: SOTABots
- 2009 – 2010: SOTA-Bots
- 2008: Renegades

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 18
- Awards: 58, over 16 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Impact | 13 | 2025, 2023, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 |
| Finalist | 9 | 2022, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2008 |
| Leadership | 6 | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2016 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 5 | 2015, 2014, 2011 |
| Winner | 4 | 2024, 2018, 2012, 2010 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 4 | 2022, 2019 |
| Team Sustainability | 3 | 2024, 2023 |
| Team Spirit | 3 | 2018, 2014, 2010 |
| Creativity | 2 | 2024, 2012 |
| Quality | 2 | 2018, 2010 |
| Safety (no longer given) | 2 | 2012, 2011 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2022 |
| Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2017 |
| Industrial Design | 1 | 2016 |
| Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 1 | 2014 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2008 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | PNW District Clackamas Academy Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | PNW District Bonney Lake Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Pacific Northwest FIRST District Championship | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | PNW District Auburn Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | PNW District Clackamas Academy Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Pacific Northwest FIRST District Championship | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | PNW District Bonney Lake Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | PNW District Clackamas Academy Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Won the event |
| 2023 | Pacific Northwest FIRST District Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | PNW District Auburn Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2023 | PNW District Bonney Lake Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Galileo Division | Alliance 8 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Pacific Northwest FIRST District Championship | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2022 | PNW District Bonney Lake Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2022 | PNW District Clackamas Academy Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2019 | Roebling Division | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2019 | Pacific Northwest FIRST District Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | PNW District West Valley Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | PNW District Auburn Mountainview Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | Turing Division | Alliance 1 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | Pacific Northwest District Championship | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2018 | PNW District Auburn Mountainview Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2018 | PNW District Auburn Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2017 | Carver Division | Alliance 6 · 3rd pick | Top four |
| 2017 | Pacific Northwest District Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | PNW District - Glacier Peak Event |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | PNW District - Auburn Mountainview Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2016 | Curie Division | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2016 | Pacific Northwest District Championship sponsored by Autodesk | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | PNW District - Central Washington University Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2016 | PNW District - Auburn Mountainview Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four |
| 2015 | Curie Division | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2015 | Pacific Northwest District Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | PNW District - Shorewood Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | PNW District - West Valley Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2015 | PNW District - Auburn Mountainview Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2014 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2014 | Autodesk PNW FRC Championship | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2014 | PNW FIRST Robotics Shorewood District Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2014 | PNW FIRST Robotics Eastern Washington University District Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2014 | PNW FIRST Robotics Auburn Mountainview District Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2013 | Central Washington Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2013 | Autodesk Oregon Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2012 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2012 | Seattle Olympic Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Won the event |
| 2012 | Autodesk Oregon Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2011 | Autodesk Oregon Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2011 | Seattle Cascade Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2010 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2010 | Microsoft Seattle Regional | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2010 | Autodesk Oregon Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2009 | Microsoft Seattle Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2009 | Oregon Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2008 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2008 | Microsoft Seattle Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 63.4 | 1139 / 3708 | 69.3 | 8-22-0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 61.4 | 408 / 3687 | 89.0 | 17-27-0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 28.1 | 482 / 3475 | 86.2 | 30-16-0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 27.5 | 1528 / 3284 | 53.5 | 23-19-1 | 5 |
| 2022 | 36.8 | 205 / 3053 | 93.3 | 37-28-0 | 6 |
| 2019 | 28.0 | 184 / 3763 | 95.1 | 25-30-1 | 7 |
| 2018 | 137.6 | 47 / 3617 | 98.7 | 51-18-0 | 7 |
| 2017 | 109.0 | 310 / 3331 | 90.7 | 26-25-0 | 6 |
| 2016 | 54.8 | 60 / 3114 | 98.1 | 37-27-1 | 6 |
| 2015 | 30.4 | 751 / 2873 | 73.9 | 1-2-68 | 5 |
| 2014 | 60.5 | 158 / 2697 | 94.2 | 51-29-0 | 6 |
| 2013 | 37.6 | 318 / 2510 | 87.4 | 19-12-0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 13.8 | 320 / 2332 | 86.3 | 27-18-0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 28.9 | 146 / 2053 | 92.9 | 13-11-1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 3.4 | 95 / 1801 | 94.8 | 24-11-3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 14.9 | 1056 / 1675 | 37.0 | 4-12-0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 15.7 | 462 / 1498 | 69.2 | 12-9-3 | 2 |

A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL.

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