# Team 5525: Alcona Tool Cats

Harrisville, Michigan, USA. Rookie year 2015. District FIM.

## Who backs them

- School: Alcona Middle High School
- Sponsors: Alcona Community Schools, Northeast Michigan Community Foundation, Solid Works, FIRST in Michigan, MDE, AndyMark (FIRST Choice), Wolverine Credit Union
- Website: http://toolcats5525.wix.com/alconaschools
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alconatoolcats5525

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **17.31**, rank 2782 of 3708 (25.0th percentile)
- Record: 9-15-0 over 24 matches (38% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 4.8, teleop 12.1, endgame 0.4
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 15%, RP2 4%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | 2026mimid | 2 | 30 | 4-8-0 | 16 |  | 35.0 | 9 |  |
| FIM District Ferris State Event presented by Ferris State University | 2026mibig | 6 | 26 | 5-7-0 | 20 |  | 17.3 | 11 |  |

## 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.

- 2017 – now: Alcona Tool Cats
- 2015 – 2016: Tool Cats

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 0
- Awards: 4, over 4 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Quality | 1 | 2024 |
| Finalist | 1 | 2022 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2019 |
| Industrial Design | 1 | 2018 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIM District Ferris State Event presented by Ferris State University |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2025 | FIM District Lake City Event |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | FIM District Central Michigan University Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FIM District Lake City Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FIM District Troy Event #2 presented by Magna | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2023 | FIM District Standish-Sterling Event |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - DTE Energy Foundation Division |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | FIM District Traverse City Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2022 | FIM District Kettering University Event #2 presented by Ford |  | Not picked |
| 2020 | FIM District Traverse City Event |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | FIM District Traverse City Event |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | FIM District Alpena Event #1 |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | FIM District Alpena Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | FIM District Gaylord Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | FIM District - Traverse City Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | FIM District - Gaylord Event |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | FIM District - Traverse City Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | FIM District - Standish-Sterling Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | FIM District - Great Lakes Bay Region Event |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | FIM District - Standish Event |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 17.3 | 2782 / 3708 | 25.0 | 9-15-0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 23.5 | 2229 / 3687 | 39.6 | 11-17-0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 25.2 | 697 / 3475 | 80.0 | 17-11-1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 20.8 | 2096 / 3284 | 36.2 | 9-18-1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 14.2 | 1551 / 3053 | 49.2 | 19-23-2 | 4 |
| 2020 | 5.0 | 1939 / 2024 | 4.2 | 1-11-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 13.0 | 2610 / 3763 | 30.6 | 11-12-1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 85.1 | 1581 / 3617 | 56.3 | 15-13-0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 80.3 | 1420 / 3331 | 57.4 | 11-14-1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 27.9 | 1222 / 3114 | 60.8 | 12-15-2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 26.3 | 950 / 2873 | 67.0 | 0-0-24 | 2 |

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