# Team 312: HeatWave

St. Petersburg, FL, USA. Rookie year 1999.

## Who backs them

- School: Lakewood High School
- Sponsors (2008): Baxter Healthcare of Tampa Bay
- Website: http://heatwave.cat.pinellas.k12.fl.us

## 2026 season

This team has no 2026 season on this site. It either did not compete that year, or the season is not one this site holds.

## 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.

- 2004 – 2008: HeatWave
- 2003: Heat Wave

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 3
- Awards: 19, over 7 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Team Spirit | 4 | 2005, 2001, 2000 |
| Finalist | 4 | 2003, 2002, 2001 |
| Winner | 2 | 2001, 2000 |
| Impact | 1 | 2004 |
| Creativity | 1 | 2003 |
| Driving Tomorrow's Technology (no longer given) | 1 | 2003 |
| Judges' | 1 | 2002 |
| #1 Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2000 |
| Best Offensive Round (no longer given) | 1 | 2000 |
| High Score (no longer given) | 1 | 2000 |
| Best Play of the Day (no longer given) | 1 | 1999 |
| Quality | 1 | 1999 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2008 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2008 | Florida Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2007 | Florida Regional | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2006 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2006 | Florida Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2005 | Curie Division | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2005 | Palmetto Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2005 | Florida Regional | Alliance 3 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four |
| 2004 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2004 | Florida Regional |  |  |
| 2003 | Galileo Division | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2003 | Central Florida Regional |  | Top four |
| 2002 | St. Louis Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist |
| 2002 | NASA KSC Southeast Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2008 | 25.2 | 120 / 1498 | 92.1 | 8-9-0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 12.0 | 355 / 1295 | 72.6 | 3-7-0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 8.5 | 597 / 1125 | 47.0 | 6-10-0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 19.7 | 17 / 747 | 97.9 | 22-16-0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 32.3 | 245 / 932 | 73.8 | 10-7-0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 22.0 | 204 / 785 | 74.1 | 16-11-0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 11.1 | 353 / 641 | 45.0 | 18-10-2 | 2 |

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The same page for a person: [https://www.match13.com/team/312](https://www.match13.com/team/312).

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