# Team 4717: Westerner Robotics

Lubbock, Texas, USA. Rookie year 2013. District FIT.

## Who backs them

- School: Lubbock Senior High School
- Sponsors: The Noggin Foundation, Gene Haas Foundation, Teinert Metals, Inc., City Bank, Texas Workforce Commission, Altice USA, Sanco Metal Fabricators, LLC, Panda Express, X-Fab, LEARN Inc., Texas Tech University, Our Amazing RoboParents
- Website: https://lhsrobotics.weebly.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/team4717
- X: https://twitter.com/lhsrobo
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lhsrobo

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **8.52**, rank 3244 of 3708 (12.5th percentile)
- Record: 9-18-0 over 27 matches (33% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 3.5, teleop 5.1, endgame -0.1
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 12%, RP2 4%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FIT District San Antonio Event | 2026txsan | 2 | 31 | 3-9-0 | 11 |  | 5.4 | 13 |  |
| FIT District Farmersville Event | 2026txfar | 4 | 19 | 5-7-0 | 24 | 7 | 8.5 | 23 |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent (2026txfar)
- Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent (2026txsan)

## 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.

- 2019 – now: Westerner Robotics
- 2018: The Westerners
- 2013 – 2017: The Outlaws

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 2
- Awards: 15, over 8 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Judges' | 5 | 2025, 2022, 2020, 2019 |
| Innovation in Control | 2 | 2026 |
| Leadership | 2 | 2025, 2023 |
| Team Sustainability | 2 | 2024, 2023 |
| Winner | 1 | 2025 |
| Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2024 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2023 |
| VOTY | 1 | 2016 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Excellence in Engineering, Finalist, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIT District Farmersville Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | FIT District San Antonio Event |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Apollo Division | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FIT District Fort Worth Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2025 | FIT District Belton Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2024 | FIT District Dallas Event |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | FIT District Belton Event |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | FIT District Amarillo Event |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | FIT District Waco Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2022 | FIT District Irving Event |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | FIT District Waco Event |  | Not picked |
| 2020 | FIT District Greenville Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | FIT District Amarillo Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2019 | FIT District El Paso Event |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | Hub City Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2017 | Hub City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Hub City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Hub City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | Hub City Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Hub City Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 8.5 | 3244 / 3708 | 12.5 | 9-18-0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 16.4 | 2870 / 3687 | 22.2 | 20-25-1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 3443 / 3475 | 0.9 | 11-13-0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 14.8 | 2732 / 3284 | 16.8 | 9-18-1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0.9 | 3019 / 3053 | 1.1 | 8-16-0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 7.5 | 1857 / 2024 | 8.3 | 5-10-0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 15.6 | 1989 / 3763 | 47.2 | 12-15-1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 63.0 | 2732 / 3617 | 24.5 | 10-4-0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 36.6 | 3124 / 3331 | 6.2 | 6-5-0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 5.0 | 3110 / 3114 | 0.1 | 2-9-0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 12.5 | 2114 / 2873 | 26.4 | 0-0-12 | 1 |
| 2014 | 8.2 | 2588 / 2697 | 4.0 | 5-7-0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2.5 | 2366 / 2510 | 5.7 | 4-7-0 | 1 |

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

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