OUR STORY
The Prosper Engineering Team’s origin story began in 2010 as an engineering club at Prosper High School. The club participated in the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC), FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), and the Solar Car Challenge, winning numerous awards over the years. As Prosper, Texas grew, so did the need for more schools. In 2019, Rock Hill High School opened to meet the growing demand and merged engineering efforts with Prosper High School. As a joint effort between the two schools, the engineering club evolved into an engineering team, complete with a team leadership structure that participates in the Texas University Interscholastic League (UIL) program. In 2023, Walnut Grove High School was constructed and the team moved to the new location that had the space to support the now 150-person team to include a new All-Girls FRC team and new Drone team in Bell’s Advanced Vertical Robotics Competition.
In a structured environment with the help of adult mentors, students are fully immersed in engineering with other dedicated, like-minded students to explore the different disciplines of engineering and to acquire valuable hands-on skills. Team members also gain experience in corporate tasks, such as team building, project management, leadership, and fundraising. Students start out by building fundamental skillsets and eventually transition to a team leadership position to perpetuate team growth.
MISSION
The mission of the Prosper Engineering Team is to inspire students to grow, learn and apply the principles of engineering, math, science and technology through hands-on experience.
CORE VALUES
● We are a team. We have fun!
● We do the work to find solutions with guidance from our coaches and mentors.
● We know our coaches and mentors do not have all the answers; we learn together.
● We honor the spirit of friendly competition and interact with respect with everyone.
● What we discover and learn is more important than winning.
● We share our experiences with others.
● We include everyone on our team in our work and respect our teammates.
● We display Gracious Professionalism® and Coopertition® in everything we do.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
FRC TEAM 5411 ROBOTALONS
2022-2023: Charged Up
-Fight Like a Girl Off-Season Competition, Event Winners
-Texas Talon Throwdown Off-Season Competition
-FIRST World Championship Milstein Division – Rank 21st of 77
-UIL STATE Championship – Won Semi-finals, Rank 10th; Sustainability Award
-FIRST in Texas (FIT) Amarillo District Event – Semi-finalist, Rank 5th; Engineering Inspiration Award
-FIT Fort Worth District Event – Innovation in Control Award
2021-2022: Rapid React
-UIL STATE Championship – Quarterfinalist; Safety All-Star Award
-FIT Irving District Event – Quarterfinalist; Safety All-Star Award
-FIT Fort Worth District Event – Quarterfinalist; Creativity Award
-NTX Tournament of Robots and STEM Gals Off-Season Competition
2020-2021: Infinite Recharge
-At Home Event: Quality Award
-Texas Cup Off-Season Competition – Rank 5th
2019-2020: Infinite Recharge
(Note: the remaining season for the year was suspended due to the pandemic “blip”)
-FIT Dripping Springs – Semi-finalist, Rank 4th; Excellence in Engineering Award
2018-2019: Destination: Deep Space
-FIRST World Championship Roebling Division – Rank 4th of 67
-UIL STATE Championship – Rank 12th
-FIT Greenville District Event – Quarterfinalist, Rank 16th; Gracious Professionalism Award
-FIT Dallas District Event – Quarterfinalist, Rank 3rd; Team Spirit Award
-NTX Tournament of Robots and STEM Gals Off-Season Competition – Semi-finalist; Rank 3rd
2017-2018: PowerUP
-FIT Dallas Regional – Rank 59th
2016-2017: STEAMWorks
-FIRST World Championship Galileo Division – Rank 57th
-FIT Hub City Regional – Rank 8th
2015 -2016: Stronghold
-FIT Dallas Regional – Quarterfinalist, Rank 17th
2014- 2015 Rookie Season; Recycle Rush
-FIT Dallas Regional – Quarterfinalist; Rank 15th
FRC TEAM 9105 TECHNOTALONS
2022-2023 Rookie Season: Charged Up
-Fight Like a Girl Off-Season Competition, Event Winners
-Texas Talon Throwdown Off-Season Competition, Event Winners
-FIRST World Championship Galileo Division – Rank 43rd of 77
-UIL STATE Championship – Won Semifinals, Rank 5th; Highest Rookie Seed
–FIT Amarillo District Event – Won Semifinals, Rank 9th; Rookie All-Star Award, Highest Rookie Seed
-FIT Fort Worth District Event – Finalist; Dean’s List Semi-Finalist
FRC TEAM 9492 LADYTALONS
2022-2023 Rookie Season: Charged Up
-Fight Like a Girl Off-Season Competition
-Texas Talon Throwdown Off-Season Competition, Finalists
-Fight Like a Girl and Texas Talon Throwdown Off-Season Event
–All-girls team of 18 created, August 2023
PROSPER SOLAR CAR
2023: EarthX Expo
-1st Place, Best Solar Car Team Display
2021: Texas Motor Speedway
-1st Place, Cruiser Division with our 4-seater “Esther”
-4th place, Advanced Classic Division with “Apollo”
2020: No competition due to the pandemic “blip”
2019: Texas Motor Speedway
-1st Place, Advanced Classic Division; Michael Forre Award
IN THE MEDIA