# Team 8889: Project W

Waterbury, Connecticut, USA. Rookie year 2022. District NE.

## Who backs them

- School: Wilby High School
- Sponsors: Waterbury Public Schoos, medtronics, DeWalt, Sikorsky, Thomaston Savings Bank, Argosy Foundation, CT Manufacturing
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/projectw8889

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **49.50**, rank 1450 of 3708 (60.9th percentile)
- Record: 18-23-0 over 41 matches (44% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 11.0, teleop 34.4, endgame 4.1
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 31%, RP2 7%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NE District Waterbury Event | 2026ctwat | 3 | 13 | 7-5-0 | 26 | 8 | 49.0 | 28 |  |
| NE District Hartford Event | 2026cthar | 4 | 9 | 7-5-0 | 31 | 6 | 76.3 | 27 |  |
| New England FIRST District Championship - Newsom Division presented by GE Aerospace | 2026necmp2 | 7 | 49 | 2-9-0 | 12 |  | 49.5 | 12 |  |
| CIAC CT State Championship 2026 | 2026ctgla | 11 | 25 | 1-5-0 | 5 |  | 50.1 |  |  |
| Where is Wolcott Invitational | 2026wiwi | 15 | 6 | 4-2-0 | 12 | 4 | 37.4 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Gracious Professionalism Award (2026ctwat)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 7, over 2 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 3 | 2022 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 2 | 2022 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2026 |
| Winner | 1 | 2022 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | New England FIRST District Championship - Newsom Division presented by GE Aerospace |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | New England FIRST District Championship - Sosik Division presented by GE Aerospace |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2024 | NE District Western NE Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2023 | New England FIRST District Championship - MEIR Division |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2023 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | New England FIRST District Championship - Titanium Division |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | NE District Hartford Event |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 49.5 | 1450 / 3708 | 60.9 | 18-23-0 | 5 |
| 2025 | 39.8 | 1159 / 3687 | 68.6 | 18-24-0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 22.1 | 954 / 3475 | 72.6 | 13-18-0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 41.9 | 659 / 3284 | 80.0 | 22-19-1 | 4 |
| 2022 | 11.8 | 1837 / 3053 | 39.8 | 20-22-0 | 3 |

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