# Team 5216: E-Ville Empire Essexville, Michigan, USA. Rookie year 2014. District FIM. ## Who backs them - School: Garber High School - Sponsors: Bay Composite, Dow Chemical, FIRST of the Great Lake Bay Region, SC Johnson, Nexteer Automotive, MDE, Larsen Graphics, Consumers Energy, Toyota, AT & T, Aptar Group - Website: http://www.e-hps.net - X: https://twitter.com/garberrobotics - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/garberrobotics ## 2026 season - xP rating: **162.38**, rank 206 of 3708 (94.5th percentile) - Record: 38-24-0 over 62 matches (61% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 26.0, teleop 136.6, endgame -0.3 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 95%, RP2 35% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | 2026mimid | 2 | 6 | 8-4-0 | 34 | 2 | 128.5 | 58 | | | FIM District LSSU Event presented by Lake Superior State University | 2026milsu | 4 | 2 | 11-1-0 | 45 | 1 | 150.2 | 52 | | | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Aptiv Foundation Division | 2026micmp4 | 7 | 29 | 5-7-0 | 24 | 3 | 96.1 | 99 | | | Newton Division | 2026new | 8 | 21 | 5-5-0 | 31 | | 162.4 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - District Event Finalist (2026mimid) - District Championship Finalist (2026micmp4) - District Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026milsu) - Team Spirit Award (2026mimid) ## 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. - 2015 – now: E-Ville Empire - 2014: Garber Dukes ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 7 - Awards: 37, over 12 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Finalist | 6 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023 | | Safety (no longer given) | 6 | 2019, 2018, 2017 | | Impact | 4 | 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019 | | Winner | 3 | 2025, 2023, 2022 | | Quality | 3 | 2023, 2020, 2015 | | Engineering Inspiration | 2 | 2026, 2024 | | Innovation in Control | 2 | 2025, 2018 | | Excellence in Engineering | 2 | 2019, 2018 | | Team Spirit | 1 | 2026 | | Autonomous | 1 | 2025 | | Team Sustainability | 1 | 2025 | | Creativity | 1 | 2024 | | Leadership | 1 | 2020 | | Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2017 | | Imagery | 1 | 2016 | | Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2014 | | Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2014 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Judges', Rising All-Star, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2026 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Aptiv Foundation Division | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2026 | FIM District LSSU Event presented by Lake Superior State University | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2026 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2025 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2025 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Aptiv Division | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2025 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2025 | FIM District Mt. Pleasant Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2024 | Daly Division | | Not picked | | 2024 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Hemlock Semiconductor Division | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist | | 2024 | FIM District Lake City Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | Daly Division | | Not picked | | 2023 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship presented by DTE Foundation - CONSUMERS ENERGY Division | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2023 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | Alliance 2 · captain | Won the event | | 2023 | FIM District Standish-Sterling Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Finalist | | 2022 | Hopper Division | | Not picked | | 2022 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Consumers Energy Division | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2022 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2022 | FIM District Escanaba Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2019 | Michigan State Championship - Dow Division | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | FIM District Alpena Event #2 | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | FIM District Midland Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2018 | Michigan State Championship - DTE Energy Foundation Division | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2018 | FIM District Midland Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four | | 2018 | FIM District Lincoln Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | FIM District - Shepherd Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | FIM District - Midland Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | FIM District - Midland Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2016 | FIM District - Kettering University Event #2 | | Not picked | | 2015 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2015 | FIRST in Michigan District Championship | | Not picked | | 2015 | FIM District - Great Lakes Bay Region Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2015 | FIM District - Waterford Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2014 | Waterford FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Great Lakes Bay Region FIRST Robotics District Competition | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 162.4 | 206 / 3708 | 94.5 | 38-24-0 | 4 | | 2025 | 69.8 | 231 / 3687 | 93.8 | 42-22-0 | 5 | | 2024 | 29.8 | 398 / 3475 | 88.6 | 38-19-0 | 5 | | 2023 | 52.1 | 261 / 3284 | 92.1 | 43-18-1 | 5 | | 2022 | 36.2 | 228 / 3053 | 92.6 | 36-17-3 | 5 | | 2019 | 29.8 | 99 / 3763 | 97.4 | 29-24-1 | 5 | | 2018 | 108.5 | 618 / 3617 | 82.9 | 34-24-0 | 5 | | 2017 | 96.9 | 677 / 3331 | 79.7 | 11-17-0 | 2 | | 2016 | 27.9 | 1223 / 3114 | 60.7 | 14-13-0 | 2 | | 2015 | 42.7 | 373 / 2873 | 87.0 | 0-0-53 | 4 | | 2014 | 22.5 | 1595 / 2697 | 40.9 | 8-18-0 | 2 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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