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

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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
11/21/2016	Colton Rowe	Wrestling
11/21/2016	Kohen Kerr	Men's Swimming
11/18/2016	Isabela Kiesewetter Zandavalli	Women's Swimming
11/18/2016	Francisco Neto	Men's Soccer
11/10/2016	Douglas Negrete	Men's XC
11/10/2016	Konstantina Pateli	Volleyball
11/4/2016	Saul Montealegre	Men's Soccer
11/4/2016	Michala Dean	Volleyball
10/27/2016	Ana Monteiro	Volleyball
10/27/2016	Douglas Negrete	Men's XC
10/21/2016	Francine Meyer	Women's Swimming
10/21/2016	Daniel Ramirez	Men's Soccer
10/13/2016	Keyonna Morrow	Volleyball
10/13/2016	Paulo Dias Ignacio, Jr.	Men's Swimming
10/6/2016	Andres Echeveste	Golf
10/6/2016	Tyler Graves	Women's Soccer
9/29/2016	Drew Lytton	Men's Soccer
9/29/2016	Nikki Aleshire	Women's XC
9/22/2016	Ignacio Tellechea	Men's Soccer
9/22/2016	Michala Dean	Volleyball