VEX Awards List
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competitions & Awards
Our students and mentors are dedicated to STEM and VEX core values. We take pride in the awards our team has received by celebrating not only the recognition of our efforts but the memories that have been made along the way. Each award represents countless hours of hard work, collaboration, and unyielding passion that define the essence of our team.
2023-2024
Over-Under
Jr. Searider VRC Tournament
Waianae, HI, USA 9/9/23
Waianae High School VRC Tournament #1
Waianae, HI, USA 9/23/23
Judges Award
West Oahu VRC Tournament #1
Waianae, HI, USA 10/14/23
Think Award
PCHS VRC Tournament
Pearl CIty, HI, USA 10/21/23
Robot Skills Champion
Judges Award
Waianae #2 VRC Tournament
Waianae, HI, USA 11/11/23
North Shore VRC Tournament
Waialua, HI, USA 12/9/23
Tournament Champions
Think Award
West Oahu VRC Tournament #2
Waianae, HI, USA 12/15/23
Design Award
MS Hawaii #2 VRC Regional
Kapolei, HI, USA 1/28/24
Tournament Champion
Robot Skills 2nd Place
Innovate Award
HS Hawaii #2 VRC Regional
Kapolei, HI, USA 1/26/24
Innovate Award
2022-2023
Spin up
Crusader VEX Tournament #1
Honolulu, HI, USA 9/9/22 – 9/10/22
Design Award
JR Searider 2nd Annual VEX Tournament
Waianae, HI, USA 10/7/23 – 10/8/23
Excellence Award
Design Award
Crusader VEX Tournament #2
Honolulu, HI, USA 11/4/22 – 11/5/22
Tournament Champions
Design Award
Innovate Award
Build Award
Big Island VEX Tournament
Hilo, HI, USA 11/19/22
Innovate Award
Think Award
West Oahu VEX Tournament
Waianae, HI, USA 12/9/22 – 12/10/22
Excellence Award
Tournament Champions
North Shore VEX Tournament
Waialua, HI, USA 12/17/22
Excellence Award
Robot Skills Champion
Robot Skills 2nd Place
Jr Searider VEX 2nd annual Tournament
Honolulu, HI, USA 1/27/23 – 1/28/23
Excellence Award
Tournament Champions
Robot Skills Champion
Hawaii VEX High School Regional Championship
Honolulu, HI, USA 2/19/23 – 2/20/23
Excellence Award
Tournament Finalists
Amaze Award
Hawaii VEX Middle School Regional Championship
Honolulu, HI, USA 2/19/23 – 2/20/23
Tournament Champions
Tournament Finalists
Robot Skills Champion
Design Award
Think Award
2021-2022
Tipping Point
Big Island East VEX Tournament 2
Honolulu, HI, USA 12/11/22 – 12/11/22
Innovate Award
West Oahu VEX Robotics Tournament
Waianae, HI, USA 12/9/22 – 12/10/22
Tournament Champions
Design Award
Hawaii VEX State Championship
Honolulu, HI, USA 2/25/22 – 2/26/22
Build Award
2019-2020
TOWER TAKEOVER
VEX VRC Signature Event: Mark Leon Invitational
Honolulu, HI, USA 07/15/19 – 07/18/19
Think Award
Hawaii VEX State Championship
Hilo , HI, USA 01/10/20 – 01/11/20
Tournament Finalist
Educate Award
Island Pacific Academy VEX EDR Tournament
Kapolei , HI, USA
Excellence Award
Tournament Champion
West Oahu VEX EDR League Tournaments
Waianae , HI, USA
Tournament Champion
Judges Award
2018-2019
TURNING POINT
East Oahu VEX Competition
Honolulu, HI, USA 08/17/18 – 08/17/18
Build Award
ECUH VEX Tournament
Honolulu, HI, USA 11/03/18
Tournament Champion
Waipahu Marauders VEX Robotics Tournament
Waipahu, HI, USA 11/10/18
Tournament Champion
North Shore VEX EDR Tournament
Waialua, HI, USA 11/18/18
Tournament Finalist
Think Award
Hawaii Electric Companies Hawaii State VEX VRC Championships
Honolulu, HI, USA 01/11/19 – 01/12/19
Excellence Award
2017-2018
IN THE ZONE
North Shore VEX Middle/High School (Grades 6-12)
Tournament
Waialua, HI, USA 09/29/17 – 09/30/17
Excellence Award
Tournament Champion
Tournament Finalist
Robot Skills Champion
West Oahu VEX at UHWO
Kapolei, HI, USA 10/13/17 – 10/14/17
Tournament Champion
Robot Skills Champion
Build Award
Hawaiian Electric Companies ECUH Pan Pacific
VEX EDR Championships
Honolulu, HI, USA 4/4/18 – 4/7/18
Tournament Champion
Robot Skills Champion
Build Award
Hawaii Island Robotics Expo And Showcase(HI-RES)
Kailua-Kona, HI, USA 11/10/17 – 11/11/17
Tournament Champion
Robot Skills Champion
Think Award
Hawaiian Electric Hawaii State VEX Robotics Championship
Honolulu, HI, USA 01/12/18 – 01/13/18
Innovate Award
2015 - 2016
Nothing But the net
Central Oahu VEX Robotics Tournament
Mililani, HI, USA 08/28/15 – 08/29/15
Tournament Champion
Maui VEX Robotics Tournament
Kahului, HI, USA 10/16/15 – 10/17/15
Excellence Award
Tournament Champions (2x)
Design Award
Robot Skills Champion
Programming Skills Champion
ECUH VEX Challenge (University of Hawaii)
Honolulu, HI, USA 10/24/15
Excellence Award
Tournament Champion
Tournament Finalist
Hawaii Island TMT VEX Tournament
Kailua-Kona, HI, USA 09/18/15 – 09/19/15
Tournament Champion
North Shore VEX Middle School Tournament
Waialua, HI, USA 10/02/15 – 10/03/15
Judges Award
West Oahu Robotics at UH West Oahu
Waianae, HI, USA 10/16/15 – 10/17/15
Tournament Champion
East Oahu VEX Robotics Competition
Honolulu, HI, USA 04/15/15 – 04/18/15
Think Award
Tournament Finalist
Hawaiian Electric Companies Hawaii State High School VEX Championship
Pearl City, HI, USA 12/11/15 – 12/12/15
Tournament Finalist
Think Award
Hawaiian Electric Companies Middle School VEX Championship
Honolulu, HI, USA 01/15/16 – 01/16/16
Tournament Champion
Innovate Award
Build Award
2016 - 2017
Starstruck
Hawaii VEX VRC Pan Pacific Championship
Honolulu, HI, USA 10/07/16 – 10/09/16
Build Award
TMT East Hawaii VEX Tournament
Hilo, HI, USA 11/04/16 – 11/05/16
Tournament Champion
North Shore VEX Middle/High School Tournament
Waialua, HI, USA 11/18/16 – 11/19/16
Amaze Award
Hawaii State Middle School VEX Championship
Honolulu, HI, USA 01/06/17 – 01/07/17
Innovate Award
Tournament Finalist
Hawaiian Electric Hawaii State VEX Robotics Championship
Honolulu, HI, USA 01/12/18 – 01/13/18
Innovate Award
2014 - 2015
sky rise
McKinley VEXhibition 2014
Honolulu, HI, USA 08/15/14 – 08/16/14
Excellence Award
Tournament Champions (2x)
Design Award
Programming Skills Winner
McKinley VEXposition 2014
Honolulu, HI, USA 09/19/14 – 09/20/14
Excellence Award
Tournament Champion
Robot Skills Champion
VIV Maui Fair VRC Tournament
Wailuku, HI, USA 10/03/14 – 10/04/14
Excellence Award
Tournament Champion (2x)
Robot Skills Champion
West Oahu at UH West Oahu
Kapolei, HI, USA 11/14/14/ – 11/15/14
Tournament Champions
Robot Skills Champion
Kohala TMT Big Island Tournament
Kapaau, HI, USA 11/21/14 – 11/22/14
Excellence Award
Tournament Champions (2x)
Programming Skills Champion
Robot Skills Champion
Asia-Pacific Robotics Championship – High School
Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China 12/01/14 – 12/04/14
Excellence Award
Programming Skills Finalist
Hawaiian Electric Companies Middle School VEX Championship
Honolulu, HI, USA 12/12/14 – 12/13/14
Tournament Champion (2x)
Excellence Award
Hawaiian Electric Companies Hawaii State VEX Championship
Pukalani, HI, USA 01/09/15 – 01/10/15
Excellence Award
Tournament Champion
Robot Skills Award
Programming Skills Award
Think Award
VEX Robotics World Championship High School Division Presented by The Northrop Grumman Foundation
Louisville, KY, USA 04/15/15 – 04/18/15
Technology Division Tournament Champion
World Finalist
Design Award Champion
North Shore VEX Middle School Tournament
Waialua, HI, USA 09/12/14 – 09/13/14
Excellence Award
Tournament Champions
Robot Skills Champion
Tournament Finalist
2013 - 2014
toss up
McKinley Vexhibition 2013
Honolulu, HI, USA 08/16/13 – 08/17/13
Excellence Award
Tournament Champion
Robot Skills Champion
Design Award
East Oahu VEX Competition
Honolulu, HI, USA 09/13/13 – 09/14/13
Excellence Award
Tournament Champions (2x)
Programming Skills Champion
Robot Skills Champion
West Oahu-Golden Hawks Vex Tournament
Waianae, HI, USA 10/19/13
Excellence Award
Tournament Champion
Robot Skills Champion
Programming Skills Champion
Central Oahu VEX Robotics Tournament
Mililani, HI, USA 11/01/13 – 11/02/13
Excellence Award
Tournament Champion (2x)
Robot Skills Champion
Programming Skills Champion
ASIJ VEX Robotics Challenge
Tokyo, Japan 01/12/18 – 01/13/18
Excellence Award
Tournament Finalist
Hawaii Middle School VEX Championship
Honolulu, HI, USA 12/13/13 – 12/14/13
Tournament Finalist
Robot Skills Champion
Hawaii State VEX Championship
Honolulu, HI, USA 12/20/13 – 12/21/13
Tournament Finalist
Excellence Award
Tournament Champion
Programming Skills Champion
Robot Skills Champion
VEX Robotics World Championship High School Division Presented by The Northrop Grumman Foundation
Anaheim, CA, USA 04/23/14 – 04/26/14
Teamwork Award
International VEX Summer Games – Toss Up Division
Honolulu, HI, USA 07/10/14 – 07/12/14
Robot Skills Champion
Amaze Award
International VEX Summer Games – Skyrise Division
Honolulu, HI, USA 07/10/14 – 07/12/14
Robot Skills Champion
Excellence Award
Tournament Champion
2012 - 2013
snack attack
McKinley Vexhibition 2012
Honolulu, HI, USA 08/17/12 – 08/18/12
Excellence Award
Tournament Champion
Programming Skills Champion
Maui Fair VEX Robotics 2012 Regional Tournament
Wailuku, HI, USA 09/28/12 – 09/29/12
Programming Skills Champion
Robot Skills Champion
Oahu VEX League
Honolulu, HI, USA 10/06/12 -10/07/12
Tournament Champion
Ring of Fire Invitational
Kapolei, HI, USA 11/02/12 – 11/03/12
Excellence Award
Tournament Finalist
Programming Skills Champion
Create Award
Oahu VEX Tournament
Honolulu, HI, USA 11/09/12 – 11/10/12
Tournament Champion
Design Award
Hawaii Middle School VEX Invitational
Honolulu, HI, USA 12/07/12 – 12/08/12
Tournament Champion
Pan Pacific VEX Robotics Championship 2013
Honolulu, HI, USA 02/22/13 – 02/24/13
Programming Skills Champion
Robot Skills Champion
Amaze Award
Think Award
2011 - 2012
gateway
McKinley VEXhibition 2011
Honolulu, HI, USA 08/19/11 – 08/20/11
Robot Skills Champion
Big Island VEX Robotics Invitational Tournament
Hilo, HI, USA 10/07/11 – 10/08/11
Tournament Champion
Programming Skills Champion
Robot Skills Champion
Build Award
Pan Pacific VEX Robotics Championship
Honolulu, HI, USA 12/01/11 – 12/03/11
Tournament Finalist
Programming Skills Finalist
Robot Skills Champion
2010 - 2011
Round up
Oahu West VEX Robotics Competition
Honolulu, HI, USA 10/29/10 – 10/30/10
Tournament Champion
Imiloa Invitational VEX Robotics Festival
Hilo, HI, USA 11/20/10
Create Award
Pan Pacific VEX Robotics Championship
Honolulu, HI, USA 12/02/10 – 12/04/10
Tournament Finalist
Judges Award
Middle School VEX Invitational
Honolulu, HI, USA 01/29/11
Tournament Champions
Leeward Coast VEX Robotics
Waianae, HI USA 03/04/11 – 03/05/11
Tournament Champion
Judges Award
2009 - 2010
Clean sweep
Japan VEX Robotics Competition Championship
Tokyo 182, Japan 11/11/09
Build Award
Think Award
Hawaii Council of Engineering Societies VEX Tournament
Honolulu, HI, USA 02/20/10
Tournament Champion
Leeward VEX Tournament
Waianae, HI, USA 03/19/10 – 03/20/10
Tournament Champion