California Teams at FIRST Championship in Houston – 2023

We are so proud of all 81 FIRST teams from California who brought their “A” game to compete, collaborate, have fun and make memories along with hundreds of other student robotics teams from 59 countries around the globe!  

The 2023 FIRST Championship presented by BAE Systems, the world’s largest celebration of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) for students, celebrated the conclusion of the 2022-2023 robotics season, FIRST ENERGIZE presented by Qualcomm, with 50,000+ students, mentors/coaches, volunteers, sponsors, media, and supporters.

Congratulations to the following California teams, students and volunteers who are bringing home a huge amount of impressive awards.

CALIFORNIA AWARDS AT CHAMPIONSHIP

DIVISIONS:

• On the Winning Alliances: 
  • Archimedes – Team 972 from Los Gatos and Team 687 from Carson
  • Galileo – Team 1678 from Davis and Team 3476 from Irvine
  • Hopper – Team 1323 from Madera and Team 4414 from Ventura
  • Johnson – Team 973 from Atascadero
  • Milstein – Team 5419 from Berkeley
• On the Finalists Alliances:
  • Curie – Team 5940 from Redwood City and Team 649 from Saratoga
  • Newton – Team 1538 form San Diego and Team 4419 from San Marcos
• Engineering Inspiration:
  • Archimedes – Team 4 from Van Nuys
• Creativity Award: 
  • Curie – Team 5940 from Redwood City
  • Milstein – Team 604 from San Jose
• Excellence in Engineering
  • Archimedes – Team 254 from San Jose
• Rookie Inspiration:
  • Archimedes – Team 9038 from San Francisco
• Imagery Award: 
  • Curie – Team 4738 from San Diego
• Autonomous Award: 
  • Johnson – Team 971 from Mountain View
• Highest Rookie Seed: 
  • Milstein – Team 9125 from Newark
  • Newton – Team 9084 from Goleta
• Judges Award: 
  • Archimedes – Team 1700 from Palo Alto
• Industrial Design Award: 
  • Hopper – Team 1323 from Madera
• Quality Award: 
  • Newton – Team 1538 from San Diego
  • Hopper – Team 4414 from Ventura

DIVISIONS:

• On the Winning Alliances: 

  • Edison Division – Team 18457 from Newbury Park

  • Ochoa Division: Team 14496 from Escondido

• Inspire Award:
  • Jemison – Team 14140 from La Jolla
• Control Award:
  • Ochoa – Team 14496 from Escondido
• Judges Award:
  • Franklin: “I Am Phoenix” Award: Team 20500 from Sun Valley

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Many many thanks to all the mentors, volunteers, sponsors and parents who helped make this all possible! With extra special thanks to the 2023 FIRST Championship Presenting Sponsor Qualcomm who continues to fully embrace the FIRST community with open arms and great generosity.