# Team 8575: The Due Westerners

Due West, South Carolina, USA. Rookie year 2021. District FSC.

## Who backs them

- School: Due West Robotics
- Sponsors: Argosy Foundation
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theduewesterners
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theduewesterners
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theduewesterners
- GitHub: https://github.com/duewesternersprogramming

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **99.80**, rank 630 of 3708 (83.0th percentile)
- Record: 45-19-0 over 64 matches (70% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 24.0, teleop 76.3, endgame -0.5
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 70%, RP2 15%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FSC District Richland Event presented by Aflac & RCSD1 | 2026schop | 2 | 4 | 9-3-0 | 33 | 2 | 96.5 | 68 |  |
| FSC District Hartsville Event | 2026schar | 4 | 4 | 9-3-0 | 37 | 1 | 116.2 | 75 |  |
| FIRST South Carolina State Championship presented by Magna | 2026sccmp | 7 | 4 | 9-3-0 | 30 | 4 | 131.9 | 186 |  |
| Curie Division | 2026cur | 8 | 61 | 4-6-0 | 15 |  | 99.8 |  |  |
| South Carolina Robotics And Practicals | 2026scsc | 26 | 7 | 5-4-0 | 21 | 2 | 95.1 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District FIRST Impact Award (2026schar)
- District Championship FIRST Impact Award (2026sccmp)
- District Event Winner (2026schar)
- District Event Winner (2026schop)
- District Championship Finalist (2026sccmp)
- District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026schop)
- Autonomous Award sponsored by Google.org (2026schop)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 6
- Awards: 24, over 6 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Engineering Inspiration | 5 | 2025, 2024, 2023 |
| Impact | 3 | 2026, 2023 |
| Winner | 3 | 2026, 2024 |
| Finalist | 2 | 2026, 2025 |
| Leadership | 2 | 2026, 2023 |
| Team Sustainability | 2 | 2025, 2024 |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 2 | 2022 |
| Autonomous | 1 | 2026 |
| Industrial Design | 1 | 2025 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2022 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2022 |
| Rookie Game Changer (no longer given) | 1 | 2020 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | FIRST South Carolina State Championship presented by Magna | Alliance 4 · captain | Finalist |
| 2026 | FSC District Hartsville Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2026 | FSC District Richland Event presented by Aflac & RCSD1 | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2025 | Daly Division |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | FIRST South Carolina State Championship presented by Magna | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2025 | FSC District North Charleston Event presented by South Carolina Department of Education | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2025 | FSC District Hartsville Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |
| 2024 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Peachtree District Championship | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2024 | PCH District Charleston Event presented by South Carolina Department of Education | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | PCH District Anderson Event presented by MAGNA | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Daly Division |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | Peachtree District Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | PCH District Hartsville Event presented by South Carolina Department of Education | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | PCH District Anderson Event presented by Magna | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Hopper Division |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | Smoky Mountains Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Electric City Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 99.8 | 630 / 3708 | 83.0 | 45-19-0 | 5 |
| 2025 | 50.8 | 714 / 3687 | 80.7 | 40-22-0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 25.6 | 659 / 3475 | 81.1 | 31-25-0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 29.7 | 1366 / 3284 | 58.4 | 25-27-0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 20.4 | 969 / 3053 | 68.3 | 20-16-0 | 3 |

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