| Clubname: | West Point Team Handball |
| Fullname: | West Point Team Handball |
| Short Name: | WPTH |
| Founded: | 1976 |
| Ground: | Arvin Gymnasium |
| Manager: | CPT Craig Champlin |
| Captain: | Mark Miller and Ethan Flege |
| League: | The Northeast Team Handball League |
| Website: | https://www.facebook.com/WestPointTeamHandball |
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 their 15th consecutive College National Championship in 2023 at Tiffin University.[1]
| Season | Coach | Seasons | College Nationals Titles | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975–1978 | 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 | LTC Gert Evert | 1 | 1 | 100 | |||
| 1979–1981 | CPT Terry Freeman | data-sort-value="3.2" | 2/3 | data-sort-value="3.2" | 2/3 | 100/100 | |
| 1981–1983 | MAJ Bob Asiello | 2 | 1 | 50 | |||
| 1983–1985 | MAJ Jim Johnston | 2 | 1 | 50 | |||
| 1985–1986 | MAJ Terry Freeman (2) | data-sort-value="3.1" | 1/3 | data-sort-value="3.1" | 1/3 | 100/100 | |
| 1986–1988 | MAJ Howard Barton | 2 | 1 | 50 | |||
| 1988–1991 | 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 | MAJ John Turner | 1 | 1 | 100 | |||
| 1992–1993 | MAJ Bill Nanry | 1 | 1 | 100 | |||
| 1993–1994 | MAJ Rollie Jacobs | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1994–1996 | MAJ Bill Rapp | 2 | 1 | 50 | |||
| 1996–1997 | MAJ Greg Wise | 1 | 1 | 100 | |||
| 1997–1998 | MAJ Mike Endres | 1 | 1 | 100 | |||
| 1998–2000 | CPT Jonathan Negin | 2 | 2 | 100 | |||
| 2000–2002 | MAJ Kevin Volk | 2 | 1 | 50 | |||
| 2002–2004 | MAJ Darren Smith | 2 | 1 | 50 | |||
| 2004–2005 | MAJ Kyle Simpson | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2005–2008 | CPT Chris Springer | 3 | 2 | 67 | |||
| 2008–2009 | MAJ Travis Habhab | 1 | 1 | 100 | |||
| 2009–2010 | MAJ Adam Hodges | 1 | 1 | 100 | |||
| 2010–2012 | MAJ Michael Tilton | 2 | 2 | 100 | |||
| 2012–2014 | MAJ Harry Terzic | 2 | 2 | 100 | |||
| 2014–2016 | CPT Reginald Shelton | 2 | 2 | 100 | |||
| 2016–2018 | CPT Jonathan Harmeling | 2 | 2 | 100 | |||
| 2018–2021 | SFC Eric Lawson | 3 | 1 | 100 | |||
| 2021 - | CPT Craig Champlin | 3 | 3 | 100 |
Source: [6]
| Season | Captain | College Nationals | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975–76 | Marty Wisda | ||
| 1978-77 | Mike Harwood | ||
| 1977–78 | Joe James | ||
| 1978–79 | Mike Clark | ||
| 1979–80 | Mark House | ||
| 1980–81 | Jim Kons | ||
| 1981–82 | Mark Condry | ||
| 1982–83 | Brad Elrod | ||
| 1983–84 | Bill Rapp | ||
| 1984–85 | Rick Oleksyk | ||
| 1985–86 | Mike Endres | ||
| 1986–87 | Ross Brown | ||
| 1987–88 | Joe Chatfield | ||
| 1988–89 | Chip Anderson | ||
| 1989–90 | Kevin Hucthinson | ||
| 1990–91 | Rhett Nichol | ||
| 1991–92 | H. Huthison | ||
| 1992–93 | JT Thome | ||
| 1993–94 | R. Heine | ||
| 1994–95 | |||
| 1995–96 | |||
| 1996–97 | David Borden | ||
| 1997–98 | Jonathan Hartley | ||
| 1998–99 | J. Kohowski | ||
| 1999-00 | Frank Wendt | ||
| 2000–01 | Mike Gilmartin | ||
| 2001–02 | Adam Clements | ||
| 2002–03 | Kurtis Bennett | ||
| 2003–04 | Tim Lawrence | ||
| 2004–05 | |||
| 2005–06 | Alex Deep | ||
| 2006–07 | Alex Mullin | ||
| 2007–08 | Jonathan Harmeling | ||
| 2008–09 | Brian Walsh | ||
| 2009–10 | Jason Borchik & Pat Saxby | ||
| 2010–11 | Adam Moore, Marc Beaudoin, & Rickey Royal | ||
| 2011–12 | Mark Conard & Greg Ayers | ||
| 2012–13 | Craig Champlin & Ian Emory | ||
| 2013–14 | Andrew College and Sean Boyle | ||
| 2014–15 | |||
| 2015–16 | |||
| 2016–17 | |||
| 2017–18 | Nick Scheblar | ||
| 2018–19 | Nick Webster | ||
| 2019–20 | Rob Purdy | rowspan="2" | |
| 2020–21 | Ryan Thistlewood and Nathan Chilian | ||
| 2021–22 | Chris Frazier and Will Considine | ||
| 2022–23 | Colin Gray and Spencer Knudsen | ||
| 2023–24 | Mark Miller and Ethan Flege |
Source: [7]
See main article: 2017–18 USA Team Handball rankings.
| Month 1 | Month 2 | Month 3 | Month 4 | Month 5 | Month 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 |
See main article: 2018–19 USA Team Handball rankings.
| Month 1 | Month 2 | Month 3 | Month 4 | Month 5 | Month 6 | Month 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 |
| 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 | |
| Number | Name | Year | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Colin Gray | Senior | Center back | |
| 23 | Samuel Proctor | Junior | Pivot | |
| 14 | Carter Aycock | Junior | Right wing | |
| 19 | Samuel Killebrew | Senior | Right back | |
| 4 | Kevin Johnson | Junior | Left wing | |
| 1 | Adam Kramer | Senior | Left wing | |
| 9 | Gary Phillips | Sophomore | Right wing | |
| 19 | Mark Miller | Junior | Right back | |
| 26 | Spencer Knudsen | Senior | Goalie | |
| 24 | William Leary | Senior | Left back | |
| 27 | Camron Hicks | Junior | Goalie | |
| 5 | Noah Sheffield | Senior | Left back | |
| 13 | Wil Middlebrooks | Senior | Left back | |
| 7 | Blake Mitchell | Senior | Center back |