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
2/25/2015	Conrad Lacey	Wrestling
2/25/2015	Nia Nolan	Women's Basketball
2/17/2015	Quentin Cooper	Men's Swimming
2/17/2015	Terry Nance II	Wrestling
2/10/2015	Ra'Shaud Kincaid	Men's Basketball
2/10/2015	LaKisha Adkins	Women's Basketball
2/3/2015	Noelani Woodson	Women's Basketball
2/3/2015	Sharife Sergeant	Men's Basketball
1/27/2015	Jaren Marino	Men's Basketball
1/27/2015	Roche Wimberly	Women's Basketball
1/20/2015	Rubhi Garcia-Mercado	Women's Swimming
1/20/2015	Wyatt Norfolk	Wrestling
1/14/2015	Shannon Wiercioch	Women's Swimming
1/14/2015	Dirk Ponchak	Wrestling
12/16/2014	Curtis Cox	Wrestling
12/16/2014	Nia Nolan	Women's Basketball
12/9/2014	Matheus Montarroyos	Men's Swimming
12/9/2014	Francine Meyer	Women's Swimming
12/3/2014	Cierra Mobley	Women's Basketball
12/3/2014	Leon Cooper, Jr.	Men's Basketball