West Point Team Handball

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| founded = 1976

| ground = Arvin Gymnasium

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| manager = MAJ Dylan Hyde

| captain = Gary Phillips and Aidan Halloran

| league = The Northeast Team Handball League

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West Point Team Handball is a handball club from West Point, New York, United States. They are the handball team of the United States Military Academy. They play with four teams at various competitions. There are two teams for each gender. The West Point Black team (men and women) is the first team and the West Point Gold team (men and women) is the second team. They have won the most College National Championships in their collegiate league with the men's team winning 38 College National Championships, with their 16th consecutive College National Championship in 2024 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Three past members have competed in the Summer Olympics for Team USA to include Peter Lash (’81) - 1984 & 1988 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and Korea; LTC (R) Craig Gilbert (’78) - 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and Mike Thornberry (’93) - 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Many other players have competed for the USA National Team.{{cite web|last1=mterzic|title=West Point Men's Team Handball|url=http://wpteamhandball.wikifoundry.com/|website=West Point Men's Team Handball|access-date=12 October 2017|date=2013-09-26}}

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File:West Point Team Handball Logo (-2015).png

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Accomplishments

Nationals:
Men's Elite:
{{bronze medal}} : 2014{{Cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.org/-/media/USA_Team_Handball/Documents/2014ClubNationalsResults.pdf|title=2014 USA Team Handball National Championships|last=Godwin|first=Maurice|website=USA Team Handball|type=PDF; 207 KB|access-date=2018-03-26}}
{{silver medal}} : 2007{{Cite web |title=New York City wins Gold, Army Black Silver. – Team Handball News |url=https://teamhandballnews.com/2007/04/new-york-city-wins-gold-army-black-silver/ |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=teamhandballnews.com}}
Men's Open / Division
Men's Division I:
{{silver medal}} : 2012/2013, 2013/14, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2022, 2023
{{bronze medal}} : 2009/2010, 2011/12, 2014/15
Women's Division:
{{gold medal}} : 2014/2015
Carolina Blue Cup (men) : 6
{{gold medal}} : 1991, 1992, 1998, 2009, 2010, 2024
{{silver medal}} : 1993, 1997, 2004, 2008, 2016
{{bronze medal}} : 1994, 2000, 2007, 2011, 2023

Head coaches

Season	Coach	Seasons	College Nationals Titles	%
class="wikitable sortable"
1975–1978	15x15px CPT James J. Thome, Sr.	data-sort-value="6.3"\|3/6	data-sort-value="4.1"\|1/4	data-sort-value="75"\|33/75
1978–1979	15x15px LTC Gert Evert	1	1	100
1979–1981	15x15px CPT Terry Freeman	data-sort-value="3.2"\|2/3	data-sort-value="3.2"\|2/3	100/100
1981–1983	15x15px MAJ Bob Asiello	2	1	50
1983–1985	15x15px MAJ Jim Johnston	2	1	50
1985–1986	15x15px MAJ Terry Freeman (2)	data-sort-value="3.1"\|1/3	data-sort-value="3.1"\|1/3	100/100
1986–1988	15x15px MAJ Howard Barton	2	1	50
1988–1991	15x15px LTC James J. Thome, Sr. (2)	data-sort-value="6.3"\|3/6	data-sort-value="4.3"\|3/4	data-sort-value="75"\|100/75
1991–1992	15x15px MAJ John Turner	1	1	100
1992–1993	15x15px MAJ Bill Nanry	1	1	100
1993–1994	15x15px MAJ Rollie Jacobs	1	0	0
bgcolor=#8CF \|1994–1996	15x15px MAJ Bill Rapp	2	1	50
1996–1997	15x15px MAJ Greg Wise	1	1	100
bgcolor=#8CF \|1997–1998	15x15px MAJ Mike Endres	1	1	100
1998–2000	15x15px CPT Jonathan Negin	2	2	100
bgcolor=#ddffdd \|2000–2002	15x15px MAJ Kevin Volk	2	1	50
2002–2004	15x15px MAJ Darren Smith	2	1	50
2004–2005	15x15px MAJ Kyle Simpson	1	0	0
bgcolor=#ddffdd \|2005–2008	15x15px CPT Chris Springer	3	2	67
2008–2009	15x15px MAJ Travis Habhab	1	1	100
2009–2010	15x15px MAJ Adam Hodges	1	1	100
bgcolor=#ddffdd \|2010–2012	15x15px MAJ Michael Tilton	2	2	100
2012–2014	15x15px MAJ Harry Terzic	2	2	100
2014–2016	15x15px CPT Reginald Shelton	2	2	100
bgcolor=#8CF \|2016–2018	15x15px CPT Jonathan Harmeling	2	2	100
2018–2021	15x15px SFC Eric Lawson	3	1	100
bgcolor=#8CF \|2021-2024	15x15px MAJ Craig Champlin	3	3	100
2025-	?	1	1	100

{{legend|#8CF|Was a captain and coach of the West Point Team Handball}}

{{legend|#ddffdd|Was a player and coach of the West Point Team Handball}}

2020 and 2021 edition were cancelled due to Covid. Therefor Eric Lawson won 100% of the possible College Nationals.

Source: {{Cite web|url=http://wpteamhandball.wikifoundry.com/page/Head+Coaches|title=Head Coaches|date=2013-09-25|website=West Point Men's Team Handball|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404145950/http://wpteamhandball.wikifoundry.com/page/Head+Coaches|archive-date=2019-04-04|url-status=live|access-date=2019-04-04}}{{Col-2}}

Captains

Season	Captain	College Nationals
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1975–76	Marty Wisda	{{won\|1st Place: 1976\|place=1}}
1978-77	Mike Harwood	{{won\|Attended: 1977\|place=?}}
1977–78	Joe James	{{won\|Attended: 1978\|place=?}}
1978–79	Mike Clark	{{won\|1st Place: 1979\|place=1}}
1979–80	Mark House	{{won\|1st Place: 1980\|place=1}}
1980–81	Jim Kons	{{won\|1st Place: 1981\|place=1}}
1981–82	Mark Condry	{{won\|1st Place: 1982\|place=1}}
1982–83	Brad Elrod
bgcolor=#8CF \|1983–84	Bill Rapp
1984–85	Rick Oleksyk	{{won\|1st Place: 1985\|place=1}}
bgcolor=#8CF \|1985–86	Mike Endres	{{won\|1st Place: 1986\|place=1}}
1986–87	Ross Brown	{{won\|1st Place: 1987\|place=1}}
1987–88	Joe Chatfield	{{won\|1st Place: 1988\|place=1}}
1988–89	Chip Anderson	{{won\|1st Place: 1989\|place=1}}
1989–90	Kevin Hucthinson	{{won\|1st Place: 1990\|place=1}}
1990–91	Rhett Nichol	{{won\|1st Place: 1991\|place=1}}
1991–92	H. Huthison	{{won\|1st Place: 1992\|place=1}}
1992–93	JT Thome	{{won\|1st Place: 1993\|place=1}}
1993–94	R. Heine
1994–95		{{won\|1st Place: 1995\|place=1}}
1995–96		{{won\|1st Place: 1996\|place=1}}
1996–97	David Borden	{{won\|1st Place: 1997\|place=1}}
1997–98	Jonathan Hartley	{{won\|1st Place: 1998\|place=1}}
1998–99	J. Kohowski	{{won\|1st Place: 1999\|place=1}}
1999-00	Frank Wendt	{{won\|1st Place: 2000\|place=1}}
2000–01	Mike Gilmartin	{{won\|1st Place: 2001\|place=1}}
2001–02	Adam Clements	{{won\|2nd Place: 2002\|place=2}}
2002–03	Kurtis Bennett	{{won\|1st Place: 2003\|place=1}}
2003–04	Tim Lawrence	{{won\|2nd Place: 2004\|place=2}}
2004–05		{{won\|2nd Place: 2005\|place=2}}
2005–06	Alex Deep	{{won\|2nd Place: 2006\|place=2}}
2006–07	Alex Mullin	{{won\|1st Place: 2007\|place=1}}
bgcolor=#8CF \|2007–08	Jonathan Harmeling	{{won\|1st Place: 2008\|place=1}}
2008–09	Brian Walsh	{{won\|1st Place: 2009\|place=1}}
2009–10	Jason Borchik & Pat Saxby	{{won\|1st Place: 2010\|place=1}}
2010–11	Adam Moore, Marc Beaudoin, & Rickey Royal	{{won\|1st Place: 2011\|place=1}}
2011–12	Mark Conard & Greg Ayers	{{won\|1st Place: 2012\|place=1}}
bgcolor=#8CF \|2012–13	Craig Champlin & Ian Emory	{{won\|1st Place: 2013\|place=1}}
2013–14	Andrew College and Sean Boyle	{{won\|1st Place: 2014\|place=1}}
2014–15		{{won\|1st Place: 2015\|place=1}}
2015–16		{{won\|1st Place: 2016\|place=1}}
2016–17		{{won\|1st Place: 2017\|place=1}}
2017–18	Nick Scheblar	{{won\|1st Place: 2018\|place=1}}
2018–19	Nick Webster	{{won\|1st Place: 2019\|place=1}}
2019–20	Rob Purdy	rowspan="2" {{N/A\| No tournament due to COVID-19}}
2020–21	Ryan Thistlewood and Nathan Chilian
2021–22	Chris Frazier and Will Considine	{{won\|1st Place: 2022\|place=1}}
2022–23	Colin Gray and Spencer Knudsen	{{won\|1st Place: 2023\|place=1}}
2023–24	Mark Miller and Ethan Flege	{{won\|1st Place: 2023\|place=1}}
2024–25		{{won\|1st Place: 2025\|place=1}}

Source: {{Cite web|url=http://wpteamhandball.wikifoundry.com/page/Team+Captains|title=Team Captains|date=2013-09-25|website=West Point Men's Team Handball|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404145803/http://wpteamhandball.wikifoundry.com/page/Team+Captains|archive-date=2019-04-04|url-status=live|access-date=2019-04-04}}{{Col-end}}

Rankings

=2017–18=

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style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Army Black Knights\|border=0\|color=white}}" \| Black ! Men's \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 7 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 7 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 7 \| style="background:#ffe6e6;" \|11 \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \|10 \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 7
style="text-align:center;" ! College \| * \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 1 (9) \| * \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 1 (8) \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 1 (7) \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 1 (5)
style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" style="{{CollegeSecondaryStyle\|Army Black Knights\|border=0\|color=white}}" \| Gold ! Men's \| style="background:#FFF;" \|20 \| style="background:#ffe6e6;" \|NR \| style="background:#FFF;" \|NR \| style="background:#FFF;" \|NR \| style="background:#FFF;" \|NR \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \|24
style="text-align:center;" ! College \| * \| style="background:#FFF;" \|NR \| * \| style="background:#ffffe6;" \|5т \| style="background:#ffe6e6;" \|NR \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 3

Non of the women's team received votes for the women's poll.

=2018–19=

colspan=2 style="background:white; border-top-style:hidden; border-left-style:hidden;" \|	Month 1	Month 2	Month 3	Month 4	Month 5	Month 6	Month 7 Final
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style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="3" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Army Black Knights\|border=0\|color=white}}" \| Black ! Men's \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 6 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 6 \| style="background:#ffe6e6;" \| 7 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \|
style="text-align:center;" ! College \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 1 (7) \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 1 (7) \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 1 (6) \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \|
style="text-align:center;" ! Women's \| style="background:#FFF;" \|NV \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \|NR \| style="background:#FFF;" \|NR \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \|
style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" style="{{CollegeSecondaryStyle\|Army Black Knights\|border=0\|color=white}}" \| Gold ! Men's \| style="background:#FFF;" \|17 \| style="background:#ffe6e6;" \|22 т \| style="background:#ffe6e6;" \|NR \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \|
style="text-align:center;" ! College \| style="background:#FFF;" \|NV \| style="background:#FFF;" \|NV \| style="background:#FFF;" \|NV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \|

* No Ranking was released.

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|+ Legend

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| Improvement in ranking

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| Drop in ranking

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| Not ranked previous week

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| No change in ranking from previous week

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| Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of men's poll or Top 5 College poll

| Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

Current Roster

Number	Name	Year	Position
class="wikitable sortable"
6	Caden Uptgraft	Junior	Center back
19	Reid Wesley	Junior	Pivot
8	Aidan Halloran	Senior	Right wing
9	Gary Phillips	Senior	Right back
1	Bedford Fagan	Senior	Left back
12	Ian Cavana	Senior	Left wing
28	Liam Gilfillan	Junior	Goalie
3	Jamison Uptgraft	Junior	Left wing
20	Jack Kendrick	Junior	Pivot
13	Patrick Rancan	Senior	Right wing
23	Ku'ili Bandmann	Junior	Center back

References

External links

{{official|http://wpteamhandball.wikifoundry.com/}} (men)

Category:Handball clubs established in 1975

Category:1975 establishments in New York (state)

Category:Army Black Knights team handball