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).

Accomplishments Nationals: Men's Elite: : 2014 : 2007 Men's Open / Division I: : 1998 : 2006 : 2014 Men's Division II: : 2017 College Nationals: Men: : 1976, 1979–1982, 1985–1987, 1989–1993, 1995–2001, 2003, 2007–2019, 2022–2026 : 2002–2006, 2010–2013, 2015–2016 : 2024–2025 Women: : 1980, 1990–1991, 1996, 1999–2003, 2005–2007, 2012–2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2026 : 2009–2011, 2022, 2025 : 2000, 2002, 2006 2010, 2015–2017, 2024 Northeast Team Handball League Men's Division I: : 2012/2013, 2013/14, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2022, 2023 : 2009/2010, 2011/12, 2014/15 Women's Division: : 2014/2015 Carolina Blue Cup (men) : 6 : 1991, 1992, 1998, 2009, 2010, 2024 : 1993, 1997, 2004, 2008, 2016 : 1994, 2000, 2007, 2011, 2023

Head coaches SeasonCoach SeasonsCollege Nationals Titles%1975–1978 CPT James J. Thome Sr.3/61/433/751978–1979 LTC Gert Evert111001979–1981 CPT Terry Freeman2/32/3100/1001981–1983 MAJ Bob Asiello21501983–1985 MAJ Jim Johnston21501985–1986 MAJ Terry Freeman (2)1/31/3100/1001986–1988 MAJ Howard Barton21501988–1991 LTC James J. Thome Sr. (2)3/63/4100/751991–1992 MAJ John Turner111001992–1993 MAJ Bill Nanry111001993–1994 MAJ Rollie Jacobs1001994–1996 MAJ Bill Rapp21501996–1997 MAJ Greg Wise111001997–1998 MAJ Mike Endres111001998–2000 CPT Jonathan Negin221002000–2002 MAJ Kevin Volk21502002–2004 MAJ Darren Smith21502004–2005 MAJ Kyle Simpson1002005–2008 CPT Chris Springer32672008–2009 MAJ Travis Habhab111002009–2010 MAJ Adam Hodges111002010–2012 MAJ Michael Tilton221002012–2014 MAJ Harry Terzic221002014–2016 CPT Reginald Shelton221002016–2018 CPT Jonathan Harmeling221002018–2021 SFC Eric Lawson311002021-2024 MAJ Craig Champlin331002024-2026 MAJ Dylan Hyde221002026- MAJ Coree Aten---

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

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Captains SeasonCaptainCollege Nationals1975–76Marty Wisda1978-77Mike Harwood1977–78Joe James1978–79Mike Clark1979–80Mark House1980–81Jim Kons1981–82Mark Condry1982–83Brad Elrod1983–84Bill Rapp1984–85Rick Oleksyk1985–86Mike Endres1986–87Ross Brown1987–88Joe Chatfield1988–89Chip Anderson1989–90Kevin Hucthinson1990–91Rhett Nichol1991–92H. Huthison1992–93JT Thome1993–94R. Heine1994–95 1995–96 1996–97David Borden1997–98Jonathan Hartley1998–99J. Kohowski1999-00Frank Wendt2000–01Mike Gilmartin2001–02Adam Clements2002–03Kurtis Bennett2003–04Tim Lawrence2004–05 2005–06Alex Deep2006–07Alex Mullin2007–08Jonathan Harmeling2008–09Brian Walsh2009–10Jason Borchik & Pat Saxby2010–11Adam Moore, Marc Beaudoin, & Rickey Royal2011–12Mark Conard & Greg Ayers2012–13Craig Champlin & Ian Emory2013–14Andrew College & Sean Boyle2014–15Coree Aten & Connor Holt2015–16Alec Zeck & Corinth Cross2016–17Paul Palmer2017–18Nick Scheblar 2018–19Nick Webster2019–20Rob Purdy rowspan="2" 2020–21Ryan Thistlewood & Nathan Chilian2021–22Chris Frazier & Will Considine2022–23Colin Gray & Spencer Knudsen2023–24Mark Miller & Ethan Flege2024–25Gary Phillips & Aidan Halloran2025–26Jamison Uptgraft & Caden Uptgraft2026–27Owen Rodgers & Samuel Neaves

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Rankings

2017–18

  Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4 Month 5 Month 6Final Black Men's 7 7 71110 7 College * 1 (9) * 1 (8) 1 (7) 1 (5) Gold Men's20NRNRNRNR24 College *NR *5тNR 3

2018–19

  Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4 Month 5 Month 6 Month 7Final Black Men's 6 6 7 College 1 (7) 1 (7) 1 (6) Women'sNVNRNR Gold Men's1722 тNR CollegeNVNVNV * 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 NumberName YearPosition1Caden UptgraftSeniorCenter back19Reid WesleySeniorPivot3Cooper JohnsonJuniorLeft wing7Jacob JohnsonJuniorRight wing21Owen RodgersJuniorRight back5Sam OrcuttJuniorRight back28Liam GilfillanSeniorGoalie10Jamison UptgraftSeniorLeft back4Jack KendrickSeniorPivot6Kalev KilgastJuniorLeft back24Sam NeavesJuniorCenter back22Tyson SmithSophomoreRight wing11Toby ThompsonJuniorPivot16Thomas NicholsonJuniorCenter back

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