In the Fall of 2001, Mountain View High School Physics Teacher Todd Andresen received a cold call from Oregon State University offering a $10,000 grant to start a robotics team and participate in the F.I.R.S.T. FRC program. He said yes. With a team of 8 students led by Kyle Wiens (who went on to be the founder IFIXIT) MVHS traveled to Seattle, Washington to take part in the inaugural Pacific Northwest Regional. The team got to meet Woody Flowers and have their robot (epiI+1) signed by Dean Kamen. They also drafted a team from Hawaii after the qualification rounds and were regional champions. They were such newbies they didn't even have team shirts, just some Hawaiian shirts their teacher mentor had picked up on a whim from Palm Springs. That team then raised the funds and traveled to Orlando for the National Tournament.
For the last 22 years Team 753 has continued to grow and attract students from all over Central Oregon, getting as large as 45 students and raising over $30,000 annually in a predominately rural community. We have multiple alumni who have become successful engineers and even have a couple of PhD's. As one of the original 7 teams in Oregon, the team has ebbed and flowed with the economy and the student population. We have always prided ourselves in providing an alternative to the normal sports and other high school activities in an environment that welcomes everyone and ecourages them to solve problems, take ownership and challenge themselves.
Competition Year & Robot Name
2002 - epiI+1 (Zero)
2003 - epiI+2
2004 - FatMav
2005 - BILsinx
2006 - D=rt
2007 -
2008 - PV=nRT
2009 - mhuFn
2010 - E=nhf
2011 - Nine
2012 - wI=L
2013 - Tamra
2014 - Viper
2015 - Wake
2016 - Tia
2017 - mCat
2018 - vRap
2019 - Evelyn V=Veln(Mo/Mf)
2020 - Joe
2021 - FIPSSR Inter Squad
2022 - W=qEd
2023 - QH=W+QC
2024v=fx
District / Regionial Team Championships
2002
NW Regional Champions
2003
NW Regional Champions
2004
Sacramento Regional Champions
2006
NW Regional Champions
2013
Central Washington Regional Champions
2022
Wilsonville District Champions
District / Regionial Team Awards
2004
NW Regional Motorola Quality Award
Sacramento Regional GM Industrial Design Award
2005
Utah Regional GM Industrial Design Award
2006
Sacramento Regional Engineering Inspiration Award
2016
Wilsonville District Creativity in Design Award
Philomath District Judges Award
2017
Wilsonville District Creativity in Engineering Award
Clackamas District Creativity in Engineering Award
PNW District Championships Creativity in Engineering Award
2018
Wilsonville District Imagery Award
2023
Wilsonville District Innovation in Control Award
2024
Oregon State Fair District Team Sustainability Award