USAF Team Handball is a handball club from Air Force Academy, Colorado, United States. They are the handball team of the United States Air Force Academy. They are one of the most successful men's college teams. Besides the Adelphi University and UCLA they are the only college team which has won an adult national title in 1978.[2]
| USAFA Team Handball | |||
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| Full name | United States Air Force Team Handball | ||
| Short name | Air Force | ||
| Founded | 1976 by Bob Djokovich & Thomas Schneeberger | ||
| Arena | Cadet Gymnasium | ||
| Head coach | Mike Cavanaugh[1] | ||
| Club colours | |||
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| Website Official site | |||
History
editAfter the Falcons men's basketball became second at the 1976 USA Team Handball Nationals in the adults and collegiate divisions the club was founded in 1976 by the two basketball captains Bob Djokovich and Thomas Schneeberger they both played at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics.[3][4]
At the 2015 Summer Universiade the club represented the national team. They had additionally one student from the Colorado State University.[5][6]
Accomplishments
edit- Nationals:
- Men's Division I (as top tier):
- Men's Division I (as second tier):
- Men's Division II (as third tier):
- College Nationals:
- Carolina Blue Cup (men) :
Bronze : 1991
Notable former players
editSource:[2]
| Class | Name | Olympia | World | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Bob Djokovich | 1984 Los Angeles | None | Founder of the club; President of United States Team Handball Federation (2001–2004) and of USA Team Handball (2018–2019) |
| Tom Schneeberger | Founder of the club | |||
| 1984 | Kathy Callaghan | 1988 Seoul | 1986 United States Armed Forces Athlete of the Year; Coached the USAFA women's team and won the 1988 College Nationals | |
| 1986 | David W. Allvin | None | Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force since 2023; Highest ranked club alumni of all time | |
| 1993 | David DeGraaf | 1996 Atlanta | 1995 Iceland | 1996 United States Air Force Athlete of the Year; Was member of the United States Air Force World Class Athlete Program |
| 2015 | Andrew Donlin | None | 2023 Poland / Sweden | First US born player who played professionally in Europe; 2019 & 2023 United States Air Force Athlete of the Year; Was member of the United States Air Force World Class Athlete Program |
Rankings
edit2017-18
edit| Month 1 | Month 2 | Month 3 | Month 4 | Month 5 | Month 6 Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USAF Team Handball | Men's | 19 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| College | * | 2 | * | 3 | 2т | 4 |
* No Ranking was released.
2018-19
edit| Month 1 | Month 2 | Month 3 | Month 4 | Month 5 | Month 6 | Month 7 Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USAF Team Handball | Men's | NR | 12 | 22 | ||||
| College | 3 | 4 | NR |
| Improvement in ranking | ||
| Drop in ranking | ||
| Not ranked previous week | ||
| No change in ranking from previous week | ||
| NR | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of men's poll or Top 5 College poll | |
| т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
References
edit- ^ Donlin, Andrew (2015-05-11). "US Air Force Academy THC Preview". USA Team Handball. Archived from the original on 2018-07-05. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ a b Bergeman, David (March 2013). "USAFA Team Handball Excellence". Checkpoints: 38–43. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- ^ Djokovic, Bob (2019). ""I am hoping that one of the US clubs will qualify to the 2019 Super Globe" - Bob Djokovic". 2019 IHF Super Globe (Interview). Archived from the original on 2019-05-07. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
Our team heard that there was a national championship in this sport, so we sent our varsity basketball team to the tournament, where we finished second.
- ^ "Bob Djokovich Independent Director". USA Team Handball. Archived from the original on 2018-07-05. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
- ^ Godwin, Maurice (2015-07-07). "Michael Cavanaugh Leads Colorado-Based Team to Korea for World University Games". USA Team Handball. Archived from the original on 2018-07-08. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
- ^ Cavanaugh, Mike (2015-07-17). "Michael Cavanaugh Leads Colorado-Based Team to Korea for World University Games Report". USA Team Handball. Archived from the original on 2018-07-08. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
External links
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