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
4/26/2018	Kieren Samarakoon	Golf
4/26/2018	Hannah Calhoun	Softball
4/19/2018	Kayla Harbin	Softball
4/19/2018	Dan Nehnevaj	Men's Track
4/11/2018	Jerod Jobst	Baseball
4/11/2018	Skylar Connelly	Softball
4/5/2018	Karina Atanacio	Softball
4/5/2018	Alex Lim	Men's Track
3/28/2018	Journee Wheeler	Women's Track
3/28/2018	Jayden Dignan	Golf
3/22/2018	Daniel Lynch	Men's Track
3/22/2018	MaKayla Waugh	Softball
3/10/2018	Manuel Serrano Laguna	Men's Swimming
3/10/2018	Luke Jobson	Men's Track
3/7/2018	Manuel Laguna Gomez	Men's Swimming
3/7/2018	Kendra Monnin	Women's Swimming
2/27/2018	Bryan Overton	Wrestling
2/27/2018	Laura Requena	Women's Basketball
2/23/2018	Paulo Dias Ignacio, Jr.	Men's Swimming
2/23/2018	Isabela Kiesewetter Zandavalli	Women's Swimming