About Team 980

So whats special about Team 980?

Most teams get established one place and stay there. Other teams only consist of members from only one school. Such is not the case for Team 980, for we have members from various schools and backgrounds. Now in our ninth year, we have built robots in six different locations, with the NEY Community Technology Center in Altadena our current “home”.

A history of Team 980

Team 980 was founded in 2002 by Doug Hogg. The team won the “Rookie All-Star” award at Southern California Regional in 2002, and went on to the “Nationals”. Since then, Team 980 has been quite successful.

Here’s a list of our achievements in the past seven years:

2003 AZ Regional: Semifinals, Motorola Quality; SoCal Regional: Quarterfinals, Xerox Creativity

2004 AZ Regional: Semifinals, GM Industrial Design; SoCal Regional: Winners, Leadership in Controls; Championship: Galileo Division #2 seed, Quarterfinalist; IRI: Champions; CalGames: Champions

2005 AZ Regional: #1 Seed, Xerox Creativity; SoCal Regional: Finalist, Radio Shack Innovation in Controls; Silicon Valley Regional: Winners, Delphi “Driving Tomorrow’s Technologies”; Championship: Archimedes Semifinalist; IRI: Finalist

2007 LA Regional: Finalist; San Diego Regional: Quarterfinalist; CalGames: Finalist

2008 San Diego Regional: Quarterfinalist; LA Regional: Winners; CalGames: Finalist

2009 LA Regional: Semifinalist; Las Vegas Regional: Quarterfinalist; IRI:#1 Seed, Finalist