West Point Team Handball

West Point Team Handball
Full nameWest Point Team Handball
Short nameWPTHB
Founded1976
ArenaArvin Gymnasium
Head coachMAJ Coree Aten
CaptainOwen Rodgers and Samuel Neaves
LeagueThe Northeast Team Handball League
Club colours     
Website
Official site

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 40 College National Championships, with their 18th consecutive College National Championship in 2026 at North Carolina State University. 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 to include Mark Miller ('24) and Gary Phillips ('25).

Location of West Point Team Handball
West Point Team Handball
West Point Team Handball
Location of West Point Team Handball
Current logo since 2015

Accomplishments

Rankings

2017–18

 Month 1Month 2Month 3Month 4Month 5Month 6
Final
Black Men's 7 7 7 11 10 7
College * 1 (9) * 1 (8) 1 (7) 1 (5)
Gold Men's 20 NR NR NR NR 24
College * NR * 5т NR 3


2018–19

 Month 1Month 2Month 3Month 4Month 5Month 6Month 7
Final
Black Men's 6 6 7
College 1 (7) 1 (7) 1 (6)
Women's NV NR NR
Gold Men's 17 22 т NR
College NV NV NV

* No Ranking was released.

Legend
    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  No change in ranking from previous week
NR Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of men's poll or Top 5 College poll
т Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

Current roster

NumberNameYearPosition
1Caden UptgraftSeniorCenter back
19Reid WesleySeniorPivot
3Cooper JohnsonJuniorLeft wing
7Jacob JohnsonJuniorRight wing
21Owen RodgersJuniorRight back
5Sam OrcuttJuniorRight back
28Liam GilfillanSeniorGoalie
10Jamison UptgraftSeniorLeft back
4Jack KendrickSeniorPivot
6Kalev KilgastJuniorLeft back
24Sam NeavesJuniorCenter back
22Tyson SmithSophomoreRight wing
11Toby ThompsonJuniorPivot
16Thomas NicholsonJuniorCenter back

References

  1. ↑ mterzic (26 September 2013). "West Point Men's Team Handball". West Point Men's Team Handball. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  2. 1 2 Godwin, Maurice. "2014 USA Team Handball National Championships" (PDF). USA Team Handball (PDF; 207 KB). Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "New York City wins Gold, Army Black Silver. – Team Handball News". teamhandballnews.com. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  4. ↑ Sewell, Robert A. (2 May 2006). "Nat2006". teamhandballnews.com (XLS; 82 KB). Archived from the original on 26 October 2007. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "USATH Open Nationals 2017". USA Team Handball. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Head Coaches". West Point Men's Team Handball. 25 September 2013. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  7. ↑ "Team Captains". West Point Men's Team Handball. 25 September 2013. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.