1225 Over The Years
Our origins and growth as a team.
Team 1225 by Year
2003
In 2003, Team 1225 was founded by Dr. Helen Owen and Tom Patton. We competed in their first ever competition at the Peachtree
Regional event, held in Georgia, as Amperage.
2008
In 2008, when the team was still small, we performed well enough in our regional event to make it to the tournament round for the
first time ever, being eliminated in the quarterfinals.
2010
In 2010, Team 1225 made to the tournament round again, this time as an aliance captain, being elimited in the quarterfinals for an
overall ranking of 5th place. In the following offseason, the team rebranded as The Gorillas.
2012
In 2012, Team 1225 earned the Creativity Award, the first award we had earned as a team. We also advanced to the tournament round
in both of our events, including once as an alliance captain.
2015
In 2015, we won in our regional competition, and advanced to the FRC Worlds competition for the first time as a team. We also won our
second award, the Excellence in Engineering award. 2015 was also one of our busier years, with four competitions including the off-season.
2016
In 2016, FRC switched to the current district system. That year, our alliance in the tournament advanced to finals, but we had to
be replaced with a backup team for the final rounds due to damage to out robot.
2017
In 2017, we earned our third award, Excellence in Engineering once again, and competed in the Quarterfinals of two of our three events.
2018
In 2018, we earned our fourth award, Excellence in Engineering once again, and made it to the tournament round in every competition,
including twice as an alliance captain. This year was our busiest, with five competitions including the off-season.
2020
In 2020, Team 1225 performed excellently, advancing to the tournament round twice, including once as Captain of Alliance One. We also
earned out fifth award, Innovation in Control. We were on our way to compete at State, even World's, until the FIRST Competition season was
cancelled for the Pandemic.
2021
In 2021, There were no in-person competitions, due to health concerns. Instead, teams played the game remotely. Despite the challenges,
we competed, and ranked above more than half the teams in the FNC District.
2022
In 2022, Team 1225 jumped back into the competition, making it to the tournament in both of our official competitons and competing in
the final round in one, and competing in the tournament again in our off-season competition.
2023
In 2023, Team 1225 advanced to the tournament round once, being elimnated in the semifinals, and earned out sixth award, the Creativity
Award.
2024
In 2024, Team 1225, despite its now smaller size, advanced to the State competition, for the first time since they were instituted in
2016. We also earned out seventh and eighth awards: the Imagery Award and the Innovation in Control Award.
2025
In 2025, Team 1225 saw a lot of turnover. The team moved to a new location, and half the team was new to FIRST Robotics Competition
at the beginning of the build season. Even so, we managed to build an effective robot, performing well enough to be Alliance Captains in
the tournament round at both of our regional events.