Penn Robotics Black Knights - Team 135 (History)

Team 135 - Penn Robotics Black Knights

From Mishawaka, Indiana, USA
aka PHM Education Foundation/Schafer Gear Works/United Beverage/JPD Controls INC./Crowe/IN-MaC/Penn High School, Penn Boosters, and Penn PTO/Penn Robotics Parent Organization/Indiana Department of Education&Penn High School
Rookie Year: 1998
Details on firstinspires.org

Competition List:

Year	Event	Awards
2026	WIN District Seven Rivers Event
2026	FIN District Lafayette Event
2026	FIN District Mishawaka Event	Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent
2025	FIRST Indiana State Championship	FIRST Dean's List Finalist Award (Grant S) Gracious Professionalism Award
2025	FIN District Lafayette Event	District FIRST Impact Award District Championship Dean's List Semi-Finalist (Grant S)
2025	FIN District Mishawaka Event	District Engineering Inspiration Award District Event Finalist
2024	Boiler Bot Battle
2024	FIRST Indiana State Championship
2024	FIN District Plainfield Event presented by Carrier	District Event Winner
2024	FIN District Mishawaka Event	Quality Award
2023	Milstein Division
2023	FIRST Indiana State Championship	Regional FIRST Impact Award
2023	FIN District Greenwood Event	District Championship Dean's List Semi-Finalist (Sera McClain)
2023	FIN District Tippecanoe Event	District FIRST Impact Award
2023	FIN District Mishawaka Event	Judges' Award
2022	Boiler Bot Battle
2022	FIRST Indiana State Championship
2022	FIN District Tippecanoe Event	District Chairman's Award
2022	FIN District Columbus Event presented by Toyota
2021	FIRST Indiana District Awards Event	Regional Chairman's Award
2021	Chlorine Group - Game Design Challenge
2021	Game Design Challenge Event
2021	Molybdenum Group - INFINITE RECHARGE At Home Challenge
2021	INFINITE RECHARGE At Home Challenge Event
2021	Hydrogen Group - FIRST Innovation Challenge
2021	FIRST Innovation Challenge Event presented by Qualcomm
2021	2021 Season Participation for FIN District Teams
2020	* IN District Perry Meridian Event (Cancelled)
2020	* IN District St. Joseph Event (Cancelled)	District Chairman's Award
2020	FIM District Macomb Community College Event
2019	Indiana State Championship
2019	IN District Tippecanoe Event	Gracious Professionalism Award sponsored by Johnson & Johnson
2019	IN District St. Joseph Event	District Chairman's Award
2018	Boiler Bot Battle
2018	Einstein Field (Detroit)	FIRST Dean's List Award (McKenna Hillsdon-Smith)
2018	Indiana State Championship	FIRST Dean's List Finalist Award (McKenna Hollsdon)
2018	IN District Plainfield Event sponsored by Toyota	Gracious Professionalism Award sponsored by Johnson & Johnson
2018	IN District St. Joseph Event	District Chairman's Award
2017	Carson Division
2017	Indiana State Championship	Regional Chairman's Award
2017	IN District - Perry Meridian Event	District Chairman's Award
2017	IN District - St. Joseph Event
2016	Boiler Bot Battle
2016	Carson Division
2016	Indiana State Championship	Regional Engineering Inspiration Award
2016	IN District - Perry Meridian Event	District Engineering Inspiration Award
2016	IN District - Tippecanoe Event	Judges' Award
2015	Archimedes Division
2015	Indiana FIRST District Championship	Regional Chairman's Award
2015	IN District - Purdue Event	Judges' Award
2015	IN District - Kokomo City of Firsts Event sponsored by AndyMark	District Chairman's Award District Event Winner
2014	Curie Division
2014	Boilermaker Regional	Regional Winner Judges Award
2014	Crossroads Regional	Regional Winner
2013	Curie Division
2013	Wisconsin Regional
2013	Boilermaker Regional
2012	Wisconsin Regional
2012	Boilermaker Regional
2011	Indiana Robotics Invitational
2011	Einstein Field	Deans List (Michael Schrager)
2011	Curie Division
2011	Midwest Regional
2011	Wisconsin Regional	Woodie Flowers Award (James Langfeldt) FIRST Dean's List Finalist Award (Michael Schrager)
2010	Indiana Robotics Invitational
2010	Boilermaker Regional
2010	Greater Kansas City Regional
2009	Indiana Robotics Invitational
2009	Newton Division	Newton - Division Finalist
2009	Boilermaker Regional
2009	Midwest Regional	Regional Finalist
2008	Indiana Robotics Invitational
2008	Archimedes Division
2008	Boilermaker Regional
2008	St. Louis Regional	Autodesk Visualization Award
2007	Indiana Robotics Invitational
2007	Galileo Division
2007	Palmetto Regional
2007	Boilermaker Regional	Regional Engineering Inspiration Award
2006	Galileo Division
2006	Boilermaker Regional
2006	Buckeye Regional
2005	Newton Division	Division Finalist
2005	Buckeye Regional	Regional Finalist Autodesk Visualization Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers Motorola Quality
2005	Boilermaker Regional	Regional Finalist Quality
2004	Galileo Division
2004	Midwest Regional	Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Entrepreneurship
2004	St. Louis Regional
2003	Curie Division
2003	Midwest Regional	Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Entrepreneurship
2003	Pittsburgh Regional
2002	Motorola Midwest Regional	Leadership in Control Award
2002	Buckeye Regional
2001	Galileo Division	Division Finalist
2001	Motorola Midwest Regional	Regional Finalist Delphi "Driving Tomorrow's Technology"
2001	NASA KSC Southeast Regional
2000	National Championship
2000	Motorola Midwest Regional	Featherweight in the Finals
1999	National Championship
1999	Great Lakes Regional	Best Offensive Round
1998	National Championship
1998	Motorola Midwest Regional	Against All Odds Award