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West Point Team Handball | |
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Full name | West Point Team Handball |
Short name | WPTHB |
Founded | 1976 |
Arena | Arvin Gymnasium |
Head coach | CPT Dylan Hyde |
Captain | Gary Phillips and Aidan Halloran |
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 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. [1]
Head coaches
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Source: [5] | Captains
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Month 1 | Month 2 | Month 3 | Month 4 | Month 5 | Month 6 Final | ||
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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 |
Non of the women's team received votes for the women's poll.
Month 1 | Month 2 | Month 3 | Month 4 | Month 5 | Month 6 | Month 7 Final | ||
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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.
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 |
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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 |
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