Historical Photos

1976-1977
Our first season to capture the College National Title

1976-1977 Men's Team Handball

Coach Thome in action, 1976

1977-1978

Coach Thome in 1977	Craig Gilbert shoots
	The 1977-1978 Team which featured: - Craig Gilbert, Olympian - Peter Lash , Olympian - Joe James, USA National Team
Future Olympian Peter Lash shoots on a fast break against Gettysburg College

1981-1982



1982-1983

The team did not capture the college title this season, but they did finish second in the West Point Invitational, the highest that we've ever finished. In this photo, Mark Mills squeezes between two teammates defending him in a Hayes gym practice session.

1984-1985
Army capped another year with another college championship in addition to victories at the Greater DC Open at Ft. Meade, Md in an overtime victory over SSC. The team played well in International competition posting a 3-2 record at the Estran Cup at Laval University in Canada before taking the College Title in Colorado Springs, CO.

1985-1986
Another college championship year for the Army team. Team captain was a future head coach, Mike Endres.

Back Row: Steve Hillary, Bill Turner, Glenn Yeaw, Matt Preston, Jeff Bradford, Tom Hoenstein, Pat Bearse, Joe Chatfield, Tony Johnson Front Row: Jody Petrey, Mike Gajewski, Jeff Hadjuk, Marc Moyer, Mike Endres, Dwayne Romero, Neil Freeman, Rick Tollifson

1986-1987
Garden City took gold at the 11th West Point Invitational.

1988-1989
Another season, another college title for West Point's Black. Here they are sporting their title medals.

Back Row: Marty Wegner, Stu Kinderr, Vic Lindenmeyer, John Newman, Ken Stevens, Kevin Hutchinson, Chip Anderson, Warren Smith, Jim Rupkalvis, Dave Bushee, Matt Van Houten Front Row: Rehtt Nichol, Kevin Wainwright, Le Haikal, John Zierdt, Cem Hacinglu, Kevin Volk
	West Pointers at US Olympic Festival 1989, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma sponsored by the US Olympic Committee From L to R: Jon Neumann ’89, Rhett Nichol ’91, Kevin Hutchison ’90, Vic Lindenmeyer ’91, Jim Thome ’68 [Coach, Gold Medal East Women], Skip Anderson ’89, Kevin Volk ’89, Stu Kinder ’89 and Matt Van Houten ’89

1989-1990
This year's squad brought home the college title from the tournament in Reno, Nevada.

Back Row: Rob Reddis, Harlan Hutcheson, Jeff Gabel, Tim Duekman, Ken Stevens, Jim Rupkalvis, Steve Johnson, Will Torpey Middle Row: Jay Fowler, Kevin Wainwright, Kevin Hutchison, Rhett Nichol, Vic Lindenmeyer, Dave Bushee, Brad Holden Front Row: Tom Djurdjevitch, Travis Hanson, Steve Smith, Glen Hopkins, John Zierdt, James Thome, Berkley Baker

1990-1991


1991-1992
This year's squad defeated the top team in the Canadian-American league during league play and brought home the Blue Cup for the second year in a row. A 27-19 victory over Air Force sealed the college national championship, while finishing 3rd in the second division of nationals and fourth at our own highly-competitive tournament.

Back Row: Harlan Hutcheson, Geoff Webb, Scott Longford, Derek Hasty, Steve Johnson, Marc Benjamin, Don Roy, Jason Schroeder, Scott Polk, Will Torpey Second Row: Geoff Adams, Kevin Clark, Eric Warren, Decker Cammack, Micheal Thornberry, David Francomb, Aaron Morgan Front Row: Steve Smith, JT Thome, Dan Taylor, Marcus Gaccione, Scott Aita, Bart Martin

Jason Schroeder in action in Hayes Gym

1992-1993
The team fared well in the Canadian-American League with three victories over top Canadian teams and finishing seventh in our own highly competitive tournament. We finished a close second at Carolina's Blue Cup and defeated Air Force for the 5th year in a row to take the college title for the 14th time since 1976. Army finished fourth at nationals, loosing to eventual national champion Garden City by only two goals.

Back Row: CPT Roland Jacobs, Derek Hasty, Matt Fix, Scott Langford, Decker Cammack, Devon Hatfield, Chris Nottcher, Don Roy, Andrew Benjamin, Jason Schroeder, Mike Thornberry, Richard Heine Second Row: Dwight Peters, James Healey, Bart Martin, Brian Wortinger, Spencer Kympton, Dan Taylor, Aaron Morgan Front Row: Geoffrey Adams, Jame Thome, Zachary Sikes, Scott Polk, Andrew Smith, Marcus Gaccione, Robert Conlin

1994-1995


1995-1996
Army Black takes the college championship over Air Force for the fourth straight year. This senior class never lost to the Zoomies. Despite defeating the defending national champs in the first day of competition at nationals, the team lost two close games and finished 8th.

Brad McNeilly shoots

Future head coach Chris Springer takes a shot

1996-1997
Another collegiate championship for the black squad, this time taking the title in Columbia, SC. The Black also took second at the Blue Cup and 4th at Nationals in Orlando, FL.

Army Black (Back Row): MAJ Mike Endres, Jeff martinez, Ryan Strom, Matt Sabatino, Chris Springer, Jonathan Hartley, Reubin Felkey, Dave Borden, Thad Weist, J. Kohowski, Keff Kunard, MAJ Greg Wise, Matt Farmer.	Black's starting line-up at the West Point Invitational (old Hayes Gym L-R): Sabatino, Springer, Hartley, Strom, Borden, Weist
1997 Nationals at Disney World (L-R): John Hartley, Thad Weist, Dave Borden, Chris Springer, Jeff Martinez, Ryan Strom	Outside Arvin before the tournament (L-R): Dave Borden, Chris Springer, Ryan Strom, Taylor Endres, MAJ Mike Endres, Jonathan Hartley

1997-1998
The Black squad took home Carolina's Blue Cup with a victory over the top squad from Garden City Athletic Club. Not faring quite as well at nationals, the team brought home the bronze in Atlanta.

	Back: MAJ Mike Endres, Mark Bennett, Josh Bookout, Josh Soper, Rodric Pauletto, J. William Kohowski, Lawrence Martin, Jonathan Hartley, Reuben Felkey, Jeff Martinez, Matt Farmer. Front: Mike Gilmartin, Matt Fromback, Ryan Smith, Thad Weist, Rick Capka, Joe Hudak, Jeff Kunard
The USA team was heavily populated with current and recent USMA grads and supplemented with AFA zoomies. Though the final standings were less than hoped for, the team played well against the likes of Holland and Nigeria and even beat the Belgian squad, 29-25.

1999-2000

Kevin Hutchison playing for Knight Air in the 2000 West Point Invitational. Knight Air would win the tourney.

2000-2001

Pete Exline in SI's "Faces in the Crowd"

2002-2003

2004-2005

Coach: MAJ Samuel "Kyle" Simpson Roster: (alphabetical) Justin Anderson, Kirby Atwell, Joshua Birenbaum, Benjamin Boyd, Johnathan Carter, Layne Christopher, Micheal Conway, Steven Davis, Alex Deep, Keith Fine, Andrew Fortune, Nicholas Fullmer, Sandro Carcia, Drew Hanson, Scott Harr, Alex Hensley, Adam Kenyon, Valton King, Cannon Kinnard, Brian Lucas, Robert McPeak, Alexander Mullin, Richard Pace, Scott Pace, Javier SanJuan, jaime SanJuan-Rubio, Justin Seehusen, John Thomas, Allen Von Plinsky, Chrisopther Young

2006-2007
Army takes the first Coach Springer's two college titles this season.

Dave Borden ('97) at the 2007 Nationals for Knight Air against Army.

OIC: CPT Chris Springer, Asst Coach: Matt Sabatino Players (Alph Order): Jake Abramowitz, Michael Aldaya, Eric Davis, Kieth Fine, Luke Freshwater, Luis Hare, Jonathan Harmeling, Darin Hunter, Adam Kenyon, Justin Key, Conner Lewis, Andrew Maybille, Robert McPeak, Daniel Miller, Thomas Moentmann, Alexander Mullin, James Peek, Sorin Portase, Javier San Juan, Jaime San Juan-Rubio, Randy Shed, Elmo Vance, Brian Walsh, Trevor Williams

2007-2008

The Black squad captured the College National Title for the 2nd year in a row, this time hosting the event in April 2008.

2008-2009
The Black squad won the Carolina Blue Cup for the 4th time and the first time in ten years. The team traveled to Germany over spring leave, practicing with Bayern Dormagen and scrimmaging with teams in the Colonge area. The team defeated Air Force twice - once at home in the Armed Forces Cup and once in Colorado, in the 2nd round of the College championships. We went on to beat UNC for our 23rd College National Title. We didn't fare quite as well at Open Nationals in Chicago. After a thrilling overtime shootout victory over the Miami Sharks on the opening night of the tournament, we stumbled a bit, finishing 8th out of 23 teams.

	Army Black's winning squad who defeated Air Force on 8 Nov 2008 at West Point to win the Armed Forces Cup Title Back Row: MAJ Travis Habhab, Jack Gibson, Marc Beaudoin, Elmo Vance, Thomas Giordano, Brian Walsh, Jason Borchik, Tim Flynn Front Row: Jake Abramowitz, Justin Key, Greg Durso, Preston Pham, Mike Cappomagi, Tim Wagner, Adam Moore
MAJ Habhab used his Texas A&M connections (he received his MBA from A&M) to arrange an early season trip to the Lone Star State. The team traveled to the Army vs Texas A&M Football game in College Station, TX after defeating the Houston Firehawks the night before. Here the guys take in some shade from the warm September Texas sun.

2009-2010 The class of 2010 team set new standards for excellence by winning Blue Cup in Chapel Hill, the Commander in Chief Trophy and Falcon Cup at Colorado Springs, and the USATH Collegiate National Championship (4th consecutive year) at Myrtle Beach, SC. The club was a founding member of the inaugural season of the USATH Northeast League. The Black squad also finished a solid 5th in the deepest and largest field of any US club home tourney: our own. The 2010 Club sent both Black AND Gold to the finals of the College Championships in Myrtle Beach, SC Back Row (L-R): Tim Flynn, Rickey Royal, Dexter Wise, Preston Pham, Jev Valles, Jared Mullane, Jason Borchik, TJ Giordano, Bob Allibone, Ian Emory, Mike Darden, Kristian Schott, Craig Champlin, Marc Beaudoin, Brendan Reber, Greg Ayers, MAJ Mike Tilton Front Row (L-R): Greg Durso, Richard Bullis, Adam Moore, Pat Saxby, Kevin Rice, Jack Gibson, MAJ Adam Hodges Sitting: Tim Wagner Not Pictured: Andy Theising The club cross-training with our national champion Judo squad The Black Squad took in a MLS match in Foxboro during our road trip to Boston during the final leg of the NEL

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