Who are we?
Phoenix is an FRC team operating out of the East Cooper Center for Advanced Studies in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Each member of our team grows and applies skills that are directly relevant to future work in STEM fields. Since our 2013 debut, team 4533's robots have competed at a high level, earning many awards and honors.
Our History
Team 4533 was founded as Wando Advanced Robotics during the 2012-13 school year and first competed in the 2013 FRC game, Ultimate Ascent. In 2014, our team reached the playoff rounds for the first time at the South Florida Regional, ultimately making it to the semifinals. In 2015, our team continued to improve, becoming an alliance captain for the first time and earning the General Motors Industrial Design Award at the North Carolina Regional. During the 2017 season, our team won the Imagery Award at the Palmetto Regional and placed highly at the Smoky Mountains Regional. In the 2018 game, Power Up, our team captained alliances at both the Rocket City Regional and the South Florida Regional and recieved the Quality Award at Rocket City. In 2020, the team became an alliance captain at the Palmetto Regional. In 2021, despite the cancellation of in-person FRC events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our team continued to improve by experimenting with new designs and participating in at-home challenges. Following our move to the East Cooper CAS ahead of the 2022-23 school year, our team rebranded as Phoenix. We are beyond excited to continue to grow our team's legacy in the coming years!
