Tiago Costa (11/23/2025) - Athlete Awards

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Tiago Costa

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Week Of

11/23/2025
Sport

Men's Soccer
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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
10/13/2020	Pablo Muniz Rocandio	Men's Soccer
10/13/2020	Brittany Dye	Women's Soccer
9/29/2020	Carmen Camino Falcon	Women's XC
9/29/2020	Michael Ecker-Randolph	Men's XC
9/21/2020	Jacinda Chapman	Women's Soccer
9/21/2020	Jenna Miller	Women's Soccer
5/26/2020	Coming Soon	Baseball
5/26/2020	Coming Soon	Baseball
5/4/2020	Kelsey Moore	Softball
5/4/2020	Logan Dudley	Women's Basketball
4/27/2020	Paulo Dias Ignacio, Jr.	Men's Swimming
4/27/2020	Ana Carolina Loureiro	Women's Swimming
4/22/2020	Brent Daniels	Men's Basketball
4/22/2020	Laura Requena	Women's Basketball
4/13/2020	Courtney Miles	Softball
4/13/2020	Darrin Martin	Men's Basketball
4/6/2020	Corey Lewis	Baseball
4/6/2020	Manuel Laguna Gomez	Men's Swimming
3/31/2020	Tamon Scruggs	Men's Basketball
3/31/2020	Gregory Panther	Men's Track