West Point Team Handball


West Point Team Handball is a handball club from West Point, New York, United States. They are the handball team of the United States Military Academy. They play with four teams at various competitions. There are two teams for each gender. The West Point Black team is the first team and the West Point Gold team is the second team. They have won the most College National Championships in their collegiate league with the men's team winning 38 College National Championships, with their 16th consecutive College National Championship in 2024 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Three past members have competed in the Summer Olympics for Team USA to include Peter Lash - 1984 & 1988 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and Korea; LTC Craig Gilbert - 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and Mike Thornberry - 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Many other players have competed for the USA National Team.

Accomplishments

  • Nationals:
  • *Men's Elite:
  • ** : 2014
  • ** : 2007
  • *Men's Open / Division I:
  • ** : 1998
  • ** : 2006
  • ** : 2014
  • *Men's Division II:
  • ** : 2017
  • College Nationals:
  • *Men:
  • ** : 1976, 1979–1982, 1985–1987, 1989–1993, 1995–2001, 2003, 2007–2019, 2022–2025
  • ** : 2002–2006, 2010–2013, 2015–2016
  • * : 2024–2025
  • *Women:
  • ** : 1980, 1990–1991, 1996, 1999–2003, 2005–2007, 2012–2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024
  • ** : 2009–2011, 2022, 2025
  • ** : 2000, 2002, 2006 2010, 2015–2017, 2024
  • Northeast Team Handball League
  • *Men's Division I:
  • ** : 2012/2013, 2013/14, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2022, 2023
  • ** : 2009/2010, 2011/12, 2014/15
  • *Women's Division:
  • ** : 2014/2015
  • Carolina Blue Cup : 6
  • * : 1991, 1992, 1998, 2009, 2010, 2024
  • * : 1993, 1997, 2004, 2008, 2016
  • * : 1994, 2000, 2007, 2011, 2023

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Rankings

2017–18

Non of the women's team received votes for the women's poll.

2018–19

* No Ranking was released.

Current roster