About our History
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Well, It all started in Karl Schulze's garage about a year ago, as we began to build RC Submarines out of a peanut butter jar and some RC car parts. This is what first sparked our interests in Submarines. Our first sub was like our first taste of ice cream, we never knew it could be so good and interesting. After the USS Peanut Butter (left) subsequently sank in Karl's pool due to faulty seals, we began to think bigger.  Going down to the local Home Depot, Chris Crutchfield's dad bought us some 4" diameter ABS pipe to make our new and improved submarine.  At the same time, in school, Chris C. and Karl S. wanted to join a club.  However, there were no clubs around that piqued their interest.  Chris suggested starting a club, and Karl followed with the idea of starting a Robotics club to make submarines for fun.  We then attracted many of our fellow  students to join our group, one of which was Chris LaFlash.  While browsing the internet looking for electronic layouts for our next creation, he stumbled across the IAUVC page. After careful overview of the competition, we got excited and began to think about entering this competition. The downside was that we would have to represent our school in Florida, where the competition was held. However we were determined, so here we are, the Amador Valley High School Robotics Club, entering in the International Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition for the second time. 

Our first year in the competition proved very fruitful as we placed 6th amongst 12 of the top Universities and tech schools in the world. We learned a lot in the friendly, yet swelteringly hot atmosphere of Orlando Florida, and with our new found knowledge are all determined to return as the first high school in this collegiate event, and bring pride to our names, school, and community.