# Team 8517: Bounty Hunters

Essexville, Michigan, USA. Rookie year 2021. District FIM.

## Who backs them

- School: Garber High School
- Sponsors: Nexteer Automotive, Dow Chemical, Bay Composite, FIRST Great Lake Bay Region, SC Johnson, MDE, Larsen Graphics, Consumers Energy, Toyota, AT & T

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **160.27**, rank 214 of 3708 (94.3th percentile)
- Record: 33-17-0 over 50 matches (66% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 31.7, teleop 128.6, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 94%, RP2 33%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | 2026mimid | 2 | 7 | 8-4-0 | 34 | 5 | 71.7 | 48 |  |
| FIM District LSSU Event presented by Lake Superior State University | 2026milsu | 4 | 4 | 9-3-0 | 39 | 2 | 111.3 | 59 |  |
| FIRST in Michigan State Championship - DTE Energy Foundation Division | 2026micmp1 | 7 | 6 | 9-3-0 | 44 | 4 | 160.3 | 108 |  |
| Great Lakes Bay Bot Bash | 2026mimid1 | 35 | 9 | 4-2-0 | 15 | 4 | 123.1 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Event Finalist (2026milsu)
- Industrial Design Award (2026mimid)
- Industrial Design Award (2026micmp1)
- Rising All-Star Award (2026milsu)

## 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.

- 2024 – now: Bounty Hunters
- 2022 – 2023: E-Ville Bounty Hunters

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 19, over 5 seasons

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Industrial Design | 3 | 2026, 2024 |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 3 | 2022 |
| Finalist | 2 | 2026, 2024 |
| Quality | 2 | 2025, 2022 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 2 | 2022 |
| Rising All-Star | 1 | 2026 |
| Creativity | 1 | 2025 |
| Imagery | 1 | 2025 |
| Winner | 1 | 2024 |
| Judges' | 1 | 2023 |
| Team Spirit | 1 | 2023 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2022 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, Gracious Professionalism, Impact, Impact Finalist, Innovation in Control, Leadership, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - DTE Energy Foundation Division | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | FIM District LSSU Event presented by Lake Superior State University | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2026 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2025 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - DTE Energy Foundation Division |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2025 | FIM District Mt. Pleasant Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2024 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Consumers Energy Division | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |
| 2024 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2024 | FIM District Lake City Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2023 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2023 | FIM District Standish-Sterling Event |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Consumers Energy Division |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | FIM District Midland Event presented by Dow | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2022 | FIM District Escanaba Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 160.3 | 214 / 3708 | 94.3 | 33-17-0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 35.1 | 1391 / 3687 | 62.3 | 23-23-0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 32.6 | 297 / 3475 | 91.5 | 42-19-0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 28.6 | 1426 / 3284 | 56.6 | 12-16-0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 15.1 | 1349 / 3053 | 55.8 | 23-20-0 | 3 |

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