# Team 4956: RoboSharks Whitehall, Michigan, USA. Rookie year 2014. District FIM. ## Who backs them - School: Whitehall High School - Sponsors: Whitehall District Schools, Howmet Aerospace, Scheid Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling, Gerber Foundation, FIRST in Michigan, RENK, AB Electrical, BVW Property Management Company, GE Aerospace, Rivers ACE Hardware, The Gnarly Heifer - Website: https://whitelakerobotics.weebly.com/ - X: https://twitter.com/team4956 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/r0b0sharks ## 2026 season - xP rating: **52.45**, rank 1368 of 3708 (63.1th percentile) - Record: 26-15-0 over 41 matches (63% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 10.1, teleop 42.9, endgame -0.5 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 37%, RP2 8% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FIM District Lake City Event presented by AT&T | 2026milac | 2 | 5 | 9-3-0 | 31 | 4 | 52.7 | 31 | | | FIM District Muskegon Event presented by RENK | 2026mimus | 3 | 2 | 11-1-0 | 44 | 2 | 88.6 | 36 | | | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Hemlock Semiconductor Division | 2026micmp3 | 7 | 33 | 5-7-0 | 26 | | 52.5 | 42 | | | Ferris State Roboday | 2026mibr | 29 | 12 | 3-3-1 | 12 | 7 | 50.4 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - Team Sustainability Award sponsored by Dow (2026micmp3) ## 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. - 2018 – now: RoboSharks - 2016 – 2017: Robosharks - 2015: White Lake "Robosharks" - 2014: White Lake Robotics ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 3 - Awards: 19, over 10 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Imagery | 3 | 2025, 2017, 2015 | | Engineering Inspiration | 3 | 2023, 2018, 2016 | | Winner | 3 | 2019, 2014 | | Judges' | 3 | 2018, 2014 | | Team Spirit | 2 | 2023, 2022 | | Team Sustainability | 1 | 2026 | | Quality | 1 | 2019 | | Finalist | 1 | 2016 | | Creativity | 1 | 2014 | | Rookie All Star | 1 | 2014 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Excellence in Engineering, Gracious Professionalism, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Leadership, Rising All-Star, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Hemlock Semiconductor Division | | Not picked | | 2026 | FIM District Muskegon Event presented by RENK | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2026 | FIM District Lake City Event presented by AT&T | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2025 | FIM District Mason Event presented by LIFT | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2025 | FIM District St. Joseph Event presented by Whirlpool | | Not picked | | 2024 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FIM District Berrien Springs Event presented by Edgewater Automation | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FIM District Lakeview Event #2 | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FIM District Muskegon Event presented by RENK | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | FIM District Muskegon Event presented by Renk | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | FIM District Gull Lake Event presented by Parker Hannifin | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2019 | Michigan State Championship | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2019 | Michigan State Championship - Consumers Energy Division | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2019 | FIM District East Kentwood Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2019 | FIM District Muskegon Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | FIM District West Michigan Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2018 | FIM District Escanaba Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2018 | FIM District Traverse City Event | | Not picked | | 2017 | FIM District - Shepherd Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | FIM District - Gull Lake Event | | Not picked | | 2016 | FIM District - Traverse City Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2016 | FIM District - West Michigan Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2016 | FIM District - St. Joseph Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | FIM District - West Michigan Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2015 | FIM District - Kentwood Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2014 | Michigan FRC State Championship | | Not picked | | 2014 | West Michigan FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2014 | Gull Lake FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 52.5 | 1368 / 3708 | 63.1 | 26-15-0 | 4 | | 2025 | 23.8 | 2192 / 3687 | 40.6 | 13-16-0 | 3 | | 2024 | 22.9 | 879 / 3475 | 74.7 | 14-15-0 | 2 | | 2023 | 31.4 | 1248 / 3284 | 62.0 | 12-16-0 | 2 | | 2022 | 10.2 | 2055 / 3053 | 32.7 | 15-12-1 | 2 | | 2019 | 25.6 | 350 / 3763 | 90.7 | 36-26-2 | 6 | | 2018 | 97.5 | 1040 / 3617 | 71.3 | 20-23-0 | 4 | | 2017 | 81.1 | 1390 / 3331 | 58.3 | 11-15-0 | 3 | | 2016 | 25.3 | 1560 / 3114 | 49.9 | 22-24-2 | 4 | | 2015 | 22.5 | 1190 / 2873 | 58.6 | 0-0-34 | 2 | | 2014 | 37.2 | 749 / 2697 | 72.3 | 22-23-0 | 4 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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