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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
10/22/2019 Felipe Ruiz Men's Swimming
10/22/2019 Jayden Dignan Golf
10/11/2019 Jake Allgood Golf
10/11/2019 Sydney Krakat Women's Soccer
10/3/2019 Kaeley Boyd Women's XC
10/3/2019 Jorge Martinez Men's Soccer
9/19/2019 Michael Ecker-Randolph Men's XC
9/19/2019 Yasmin Del Valle Women's Soccer
9/5/2019 Carolina Bologna Volleyball
9/5/2019 Manuel Garcia Men's Soccer
8/28/2019 Kieren Samarakoon Golf
8/28/2019 Konstantina Pateli Volleyball
6/18/2019 Coming Soon Baseball
6/18/2019 Coming Soon Baseball
5/29/2019 Steven Smith Men's Track
5/29/2019 Luke Jobson Men's Track
5/2/2019 Calyb King Baseball
5/2/2019 Nick Lee Men's Track
4/26/2019 Kayte Blandford Softball
4/26/2019 Michael Rotenberry Baseball
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