# Team 597: The Wolverines Los Angeles, California, USA. Rookie year 2001. District CA. ## Who backs them - School: James a Foshay Learning Ctr - Sponsors: The Boeing Company, BAE Systems, Vertirbi School of Engineering, USC-MESA, X-treme Solutions, Perkins Grant, Foshay Learning Center, Citizen Business Bank, Robnett Education Foundation, American Institute of Aerospace & Astronautics, City of Los Angeles Council District 8, Gene Haas Foundation, LAUSD EOP for after school STEM programs - Website: http://www.team597.org - X: https://twitter.com/team597 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/team597 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **49.19**, rank 1458 of 3708 (60.7th percentile) - Record: 11-14-0 over 25 matches (44% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 11.8, teleop 37.9, endgame -0.6 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 41%, RP2 9% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | CA District Los Angeles Event | 2026calas | 3 | 24 | 5-6-0 | 20 | | 57.0 | 20 | | | CA District Glendale Event | 2026cagle | 4 | 21 | 6-6-0 | 27 | 7 | 49.2 | 24 | | ### Awards in 2026 - District Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026calas) - Team Spirit Award (2026cagle) ## 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. - 2016 – now: The Wolverines - 2003 – 2015: Wolverines ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 10 - Awards: 68, over 21 seasons - Einstein appearances: 1 (2017) | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Safety (no longer given) | 13 | 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2007 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 11 | 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013 | | Website (no longer given) | 11 | 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2006, 2005 | | Engineering Inspiration | 5 | 2026, 2015, 2014, 2011, 2008 | | Impact | 5 | 2015, 2012, 2010, 2007 | | Judges' | 4 | 2024, 2022, 2014, 2009 | | Team Spirit | 3 | 2026, 2025, 2012 | | Imagery | 3 | 2024, 2023 | | Winner | 3 | 2019, 2018, 2017 | | Finalist | 3 | 2013, 2009, 2007 | | Leadership | 2 | 2025, 2015 | | Woodie Flowers | 2 | 2024, 2017 | | Team Sustainability | 1 | 2025 | | Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2016 | | Quality | 1 | 2006 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Excellence in Engineering, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Rising All-Star, VOTY. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | CA District Glendale Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | CA District Los Angeles Event | | Not picked | | 2025 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2025 | Las Vegas Regional | | Not picked | | 2025 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2024 | Las Vegas Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Top four | | 2024 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | Milstein Division | | Not picked | | 2023 | Las Vegas Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2023 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | Hopper Division | | Not picked | | 2022 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2022 | Orange County Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2020 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2019 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Orange County Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2018 | Tesla Division | | Not picked | | 2018 | Aerospace Valley Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2018 | San Diego Regional presented by Qualcomm | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2017 | Einstein Field (St. Louis) | Alliance 3 · 3rd pick | Top four | | 2017 | Carson Division | Alliance 3 · 3rd pick | Won the event | | 2017 | Orange County Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | Hopper Division | | Not picked | | 2016 | Las Vegas Regional | | Not picked | | 2016 | Sacramento Regional | | Not picked | | 2016 | Los Angeles Regional | | Not picked | | 2015 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2015 | Las Vegas Regional | | Not picked | | 2015 | Los Angeles Regional sponsored by The Roddenberry Foundation | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Inland Empire Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2014 | New York City Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Top four | | 2014 | Inland Empire Regional | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2013 | Las Vegas Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist | | 2013 | Los Angeles Regional sponsored by The Roddenberry Foundation | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2012 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2012 | Silicon Valley Regional | | Not picked | | 2012 | Los Angeles Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2011 | Los Angeles Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | Florida Regional | | Not picked | | 2010 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2010 | Los Angeles Regional | | Not picked | | 2010 | Utah Regional sponsored by NASA & Platt | | Not picked | | 2009 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2009 | Los Angeles Regional | Alliance 2 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist | | 2009 | Washington DC Regional | | Not picked | | 2008 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2008 | Hawaii Regional | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2008 | San Diego Regional | | Not picked | | 2007 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2007 | Las Vegas Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Finalist | | 2007 | Los Angeles Regional | | Not picked | | 2006 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2006 | Las Vegas Regional | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2006 | Southern California Regional | Alliance 5 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2005 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2004 | Southern California Regional | | Not picked | | 2003 | Southern California Regional | | Not picked | | 2002 | Southern California Regional | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 49.2 | 1458 / 3708 | 60.7 | 11-14-0 | 2 | | 2025 | 42.7 | 1040 / 3687 | 71.8 | 9-23-0 | 4 | | 2024 | 29.4 | 413 / 3475 | 88.1 | 23-15-0 | 5 | | 2023 | 47.6 | 426 / 3284 | 87.1 | 18-18-1 | 5 | | 2022 | 28.4 | 513 / 3053 | 83.2 | 14-22-0 | 4 | | 2020 | 28.3 | 896 / 2024 | 55.8 | 6-6-0 | 2 | | 2019 | 21.2 | 869 / 3763 | 76.9 | 21-15-1 | 4 | | 2018 | 112.8 | 487 / 3617 | 86.6 | 26-13-0 | 4 | | 2017 | 93.5 | 816 / 3331 | 75.5 | 17-15-1 | 5 | | 2016 | 26.3 | 1441 / 3114 | 53.7 | 15-22-0 | 4 | | 2015 | 42.9 | 369 / 2873 | 87.2 | 0-0-47 | 5 | | 2014 | 50.6 | 347 / 2697 | 87.2 | 23-15-1 | 4 | | 2013 | 17.9 | 1094 / 2510 | 56.4 | 12-15-0 | 2 | | 2012 | 8.4 | 823 / 2332 | 64.7 | 14-15-0 | 3 | | 2011 | 18.3 | 414 / 2053 | 79.9 | 14-14-2 | 3 | | 2010 | 2.2 | 297 / 1801 | 83.6 | 12-14-4 | 3 | | 2009 | 22.9 | 250 / 1675 | 85.1 | 20-8-0 | 3 | | 2008 | 13.8 | 609 / 1498 | 59.4 | 13-15-1 | 3 | | 2007 | 7.5 | 646 / 1295 | 50.2 | 12-19-1 | 3 | | 2006 | 11.1 | 429 / 1125 | 61.9 | 19-15-0 | 3 | | 2005 | 5.8 | 550 / 747 | 26.4 | 1-6-0 | 1 | | 2004 | 25.9 | 446 / 932 | 52.2 | 2-2-3 | 1 | | 2003 | 18.8 | 420 / 785 | 46.6 | 3-4-0 | 1 | | 2002 | 10.7 | 465 / 641 | 27.5 | 4-5-0 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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