2009-2010
- Team Spyder continued our tradition of innovative design at the San Diego regional by winning both the GM Industrial Design Award, and the Autodesk Excellence in Design Award.
- In Las Vegas, Team Spyder won their fourth consecutive UL Industrial Safety Award, along with a Judges Award.
- At the Championship event, Team Spyder was selected to be on the 3rd seeded alliance, narrowly losing in the semi- finals to the division winning alliance.
2008-2009
- At the San Diego Regional, our innovative robot won the Motorola Quality Design Award, and finished qualification matches seeded 3rd. The team was selected by the number 1 seed and went on to the semi finals.
- In Las Vegas, our robot continued to show its innovation, winning the GM Industrial Design Award, and once again seeding 3rd. This time however, Team Spyder captained their own alliance and won the regional. For the third consecutive year, the team also won the UL Industrial Safety Award.
- At the Championship event, Team Spyder was selected for the fifth seed alliance. The alliance was eliminated in the quarter finals. This was the team's first time making the Championship finals.
2007-2008
- Safety team was filled with lots of new faces and continued to establish a reputation in safety.
- Underwriter’s Laboratories Safety Award in San Diego
- Our imagery and graphics teams created the popular “Think Safety, Team Spyder 1622” poster.
2006-2007
- The night before the FIRST 2007 kick off, the Team Spyder president, Tony Shafer was involved in a fatal car accident. The team struggled to get back on its feet.
- Eventually the robot “For Sale” began to take shape.
- In Los Angeles, Team Spyder's robot, "For Sale”, was eliminated in the quarter finals.
- The team won the Judges’ Award
- Team Spyder won the Underwriter’s Laboratories Industrial Safety Award
- During the San Diego Regional the robot was pitted against some of the best teams
- Team Spyder won the Safety Star of the Day for practicing safe handling of objects and materials.
- Team Spyder won the General Motors Industrial Design Award
- We went to Atlanta Nationals
2005-2006
- Poway senior, Alex DilMarzo took the lead in publicity
- Tony Shafer was promoted to team president
- In the summer of 2006 the parental advise committee was founded
2004-2005
- 2004 was the first year we entered into a FRC competition
- Michelle Blinco, a previous FIRST participant, helped to develop a workable design
- On the 3rd day of competition our team won the Highest Rookie Seed Award
Awards we have received:
Excellence in Design Award sponsored by Autodesk and Industrial Design sponsored by General Motors. These awards are given to the team showing knowledge of robotics in engineering in designing their robot. We showed knowledge of what we wanted to achieve (the game), and a unique approach in designing the robot.
Industrial Safety Award sponsored by Underwriters Laboratories, and the Judges’ Award. These awards are given to the team that is competitive but very safe too, and also qualifies for many different awards, although doesn't quite achieve those awards. This award recognizes a team for their own safety as well as their contribution toward 
the safety of others. Safety is the top priority on Team Spyder. The Judges' award is for the team that reaches the top 3 for several awards and are deserving of an award, but didn't achieve one.
Motorola Quality Award. The team receiving this award exhibits a quality in design of their robot. The operation of the robot is also a factor for this award.
General Motors Industrial Design Award, Regional Winner, Underwriters Laboratories Industrial Safety Award. These two awards are given to teams who have both shown superiordesign of their robot, when achieving the major goal, and also showing a major respect for the safety of themselves and others. The safety award goes to the team using safety procedures both on the field and off, while helping keep others safe too. The design award is given to the team who’s design is both unique and practical.
Highest Rookie Seed, Regional Winner, This award is given to the Rookie team that sits the highest in the standings at the regional. We received this award at the 2005 San Diego regional, which was our first year as a FIRST team.
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