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Athlete Awards

Athletes of the Week

Tiago Costa

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    11/23/2025
  • Sport
    Men's Soccer
  • Bio
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The WVU Tech Athletic Department has announced its Golden Bear Athletes of the Week for Nov. 17–23, 2025. This week’s honors go to freshman Tiago Costa of WVU Tech men’s soccer and sophomore Troy Harris of WVU Tech wrestling, who delivered championship-winning performances.

Tiago Costa (Lisbon, Portugal)

Costa delivered one of the most unforgettable moments of WVU Tech’s postseason, smashing home the golden goal in the 100th minute to lift the Golden Bears to a 4–3 overtime victory over No. 14 Madonna in the NAIA National Championship Second Round.

The freshman defender rose at the back post on a corner from Hugo Roman, redirecting the service for the walk-off winner that sent Tech to the Round of 16 in Orange Beach. Costa’s poise in the biggest moment helped extend Tech’s unbeaten season to 19 matches and secure one of the program’s most dramatic national tournament victories.



Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
2/8/2023 Alyssa Taylor Women's Basketball
2/8/2023 Pau Eslava Men's Swimming
11/2/2022 Lukas Lange Golf
11/2/2022 Emanuele Bossi Men's Soccer
10/20/2022 Samantha Adele Pepevnik Women's Swimming
10/20/2022 Angelica Taylor Women's Soccer
10/19/2022 Sandra Garcia Quílez Women's Soccer
10/19/2022 Colson Ford Esports
10/18/2022 Pau Eslava Men's Swimming
10/18/2022 Brooklyn Cook Volleyball
9/28/2022 Luka Felix Men's Soccer
9/28/2022 Waleed Alghamdi Esports
9/19/2022 Bryson Beaver Golf
9/19/2022 Nathan Morton Men's XC
9/12/2022 Carmen Camino Falcon Women's XC
9/12/2022 Christopher Grassi Esports
9/6/2022 Ana Gay Mesa Women's Soccer
9/6/2022 Madison Boswell Volleyball
8/29/2022 Endjick Albert Men's Soccer
8/29/2022 Ana Muniz Rocandio Volleyball
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