West Point Team Handball

West Point Team Handball
West Point Team Handball
Full name	West Point Team Handball
Short name	WPTH
Founded	1975
Arena	Arvin Gymnasium
Head coach	CPT Craig Champlin
Captain	Chris Frazier and Will Considine
League	The 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.^[1]

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Location of West Point Team Handball

Former logo until 2015

Accomplishments[]

Nationals:
- Men's Elite:
  - Bronze : 2014^[2]
  - Silver : 2008
- Men's Open / Division I:
  - Bronze : 1998
  - Gold : 2006^[3]
  - Silver : 2014^[2]
- Men's Division II:
  - Bronze : 2017^[4]

College Nationals:
- Men:
  - Gold : 1976, 1979-1982, 1985-1987, 1989-1993, 1995-2001, 2003, 2007-2019
  - Silver : 2002-2006, 2010-2013, 2015-2016
- Women:
  - Gold : 1980, 1990-1991, 1996, 1999-2003, 2005-2007, 2012-2017, 2019
  - Silver : 2009-2011
  - Bronze : 2000, 2002, 2006 2010, 2015-2017

Northeast Team Handball League
- Men's Division I:
  - Silver : 2012/2013, 2013/14, 2015/16, 2016/17
  - Bronze : 2009/2010, 2011/12, 2014/15
- Women's Division:
  - Gold : 2014/2015

Carolina Blue Cup (men) : 5
- Gold : 1991, 1992, 1998, 2009, 2010
- Silver : 1993, 1997, 2004, 2008, 2016
- Bronze : 1994, 2000, 2007, 2011

Head coaches[]

Season	Coach	Seasons	College Nationals Titles
1975 - 1978	CPT James J. Thome, Sr.	3/6	1/4
1978 - 1979	LTC Gert Evert	1	1
1979 - 1981	CPT Terry Freeman	2/3	2/3
1981 - 1983	MAJ Bob Asiello	2	1
1983 - 1985	MAJ Jim Johnston	2	1
1985 - 1986	MAJ Terry Freeman (2)	1/3	1/3
1986 - 1988	MAJ Howard Barton	2	1
1988 - 1991	LTC James J. Thome, Sr. (2)	3/6	3/4
1991 - 1992	MAJ John Turner	1	1
1992 - 1993	MAJ Bill Nanry	1	1
1993 - 1994	MAJ Rollie Jacobs	1	1
1994 - 1996	MAJ Bill Rapp	2	1
1996 - 1997	MAJ Greg Wise	1	1
1997 - 1998	MAJ Mike Endres	1	1
1998 - 2000	CPT Jonathan Negin	2	2
2000 - 2002	MAJ Kevin Volk	2	1
2002 - 2004	MAJ Darren Smith	2	1
2004 - 2005	MAJ Kyle Simpson	1	0
2005 - 2008	CPT Chris Springer	3	2
2008 - 2009	MAJ Travis Habhab	1	1
2009 - 2010	MAJ Adam Hodges	1	1
2010 - 2012	MAJ Michael Tilton	2	2
2012 - 2014	MAJ Harry Terzic	2	2
2014 - 2016	CPT Reginald Shelton	2	2
2016 - 2018	CPT Jonathan Harmeling	2	2
2018 - 2021	SFC Eric Lawson	3	1
2021 -	CPT Craig Champlin	0	0

Was a captain and coach of the West Point Team Handball

Was a player and coach of the West Point Team Handball

Source: ^[5]

Captains[]

Season	Captain	College Nationals
1975-76	Marty Wisda	1st Place:
1978-77	Mike Harwood	Attended:
1977-78	Joe James	Attended:
1978-79	Mike Clark	1st Place:
1979-80	Mark House	1st Place:
1980-81	Jim Kons	1st Place:
1981-82	Mark Condry	1st Place:
1982-83	Brad Elrod
1983-84	Bill Rapp
1984-85	Rick Oleksyk	1st Place:
1985-86	Mike Endres	1st Place:
1986-87	Ross Brown	1st Place:
1987-88	Joe Chatfield	1st Place:
1988-89	Chip Anderson	1st Place:
1989-90	Kevin Hucthinson	1st Place:
1990-91	Rhett Nichol	1st Place:
1991-92	H. Huthison	1st Place:
1992-93	JT Thome	1st Place:
1993-94	R. Heine
1994-95		1st Place:
1995-96		1st Place:
1996-97	David Borden	1st Place:
1997-98	Jonathan Hartley	1st Place:
1998-99	J. Kohowski	1st Place:
1999-00	Frank Wendt	1st Place: 2000
2000-01	Mike Gilmartin	1st Place: 2001
2001-02	Adam Clements	2nd Place: 2002
2002-03	Kurtis Bennett	1st Place: 2003
2003-04	Tim Lawrence	2nd Place:
2004-05		2nd Place:
2005-06	Alex Deep	2nd Place:
2006-07	Alex Mullin	1st Place: 2007
2007-08	Jonathan Harmeling	1st Place:
2008-09	Brian Walsh	1st Place:
2009-10	Jason Borchik & Pat Saxby	1st Place:
2010-11	Adam Moore, Marc Beaudoin, & Rickey Royal	1st Place:
2011-12	Mark Conard & Greg Ayers	1st Place:
2012-13	Craig Champlin & Ian Emory	1st Place:
2013-14	Andrew College and Sean Boyle	1st Place:
2014-15		1st Place: 2015
2015-16		1st Place:
2016-17		1st Place:
2017-18	Nick Scheblar	1st Place: 2018
2018-19	Nick Webster	1st Place: 2019
2019-20	Rob Purdy	Did not compete due to COVID-19
2020-21	Ryan Thistlewood and Nathan Chilian	Did not compete due to COVID-19
2021-22	Chris Frazier and Will Considine

Source: ^[6]

Rankings[]

2017-18[]

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

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

2018-19[]

		Month 1	Month 2	Month 3
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
Gold	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[]

Number	Name	Year	Position
2	Colin Gray	Junior	Center Back
3	Luke Windish	Senior	Right Back
7	Jackson Morris	Senior	Right Wing
12	Will Considine	Senior	Left Back
13	Chris Frazier	Senior	Pivot
14	Carter Aycock	Sophomore	Right Wing
15	Samuel Killebrew	Junior	Left Back
17	Blake Havern	Senior	Left Wing
18	Adam Kramer	Junior	Left Wing
19	Mark Miller	Sophomore	Right Back
24	Spencer Knudsen	Junior	Goalie
24	Will Leary	Junior	Right Back
27	Dãn Peede	Senior	Goalie
54	Zachery Schneider	Junior	Pivot
55	Noah Sheffield	Junior	Left Back
	Will Middlebrooks	Junior	Right Back
	Blake Mitchell	Junior	Center Back

References[]

^ mterzic (26 September 2013). "West Point Men's Team Handball". West Point Men's Team Handball. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
^ ^a ^b Godwin, Maurice. "2014 USA Team Handball National Championships" (PDF). USA Team Handball (PDF; 207 KB). Retrieved 26 March 2018.
^ Sewell, Robert A. (2 May 2006). "Nat2006". teamhandballnews.com (XLS; 82 KB). Archived from the original on 26 October 2007. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
^ "USATH Open Nationals 2017". USA Team Handball. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
^ "Head Coaches". West Point Men's Team Handball. 25 September 2013. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
^ "Team Captains". West Point Men's Team Handball. 25 September 2013. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.

External links[]

Official website (men)

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[1] terzic (26 September 2013). "West Point Men's Team Handball". West Point Men's Team Handball. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

[n2014-2] Godwin, Maurice. "2014 USA Team Handball National Championships" (PDF). USA Team Handball (PDF; 207 KB). Retrieved 26 March 2018.

[3] Sewell, Robert A. (2 May 2006). "Nat2006". teamhandballnews.com (XLS; 82 KB). Archived from the original on 26 October 2007. Retrieved 26 March 2018.

[4] "USATH Open Nationals 2017". USA Team Handball. Retrieved 26 March 2018.

[5] "Head Coaches". West Point Men's Team Handball. 25 September 2013. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.

[6] "Team Captains". West Point Men's Team Handball. 25 September 2013. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.

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