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.

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10/10/2018	Carolina Bologna	Volleyball
10/3/2018	Eduardo Gutierrez	Men's Soccer
10/3/2018	Kara Sandusky	Women's XC
9/27/2018	Meghan Rugel	Women's Soccer
9/27/2018	Katelyn Byrd	Volleyball
9/24/2018	Sawyer Hawgood	Volleyball
9/24/2018	Jose Domingo Xam-mar	Men's Soccer
9/19/2018	Jaelynn Parks	Women's XC
9/19/2018	Dan Nehnevaj	Men's XC
9/7/2018	Konstantina Pateli	Volleyball
9/7/2018	Gavin Shiels	Men's Soccer
8/29/2018	Sergio Sanchez	Men's Soccer
8/29/2018	Miriam Cortez	Women's Soccer
8/23/2018	Ana Monteiro	Volleyball
8/23/2018	Jesus Naves	Men's Soccer
6/5/2018	Coming Soon	Baseball
6/5/2018	Coming Soon	Baseball
5/2/2018	Allie White	Women's Track
5/2/2018	Alex Lee	Men's Track