Hermann Trophy

Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy
Awarded for	Honoring the top collegiate soccer players in the United States.
History
First award	1986
Website	www.machermanntrophy.org

The Hermann Trophy is awarded annually by the Missouri Athletic Club to the United States's top men's and women's college soccer players.

History

In 1967, Bob Hermann, the president of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) and the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the NPSL's successor, the North American Soccer League, established a trophy to annually recognize the top men's collegiate soccer player. The trophy, which was first announced in the December 9, 1967 issue of The Sporting News, was named the Hermann Trophy and has been awarded each year since. In 1988, a second Hermann Trophy was inaugurated to recognize the top women's collegiate player of the year.

In 1986, the Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) began naming an annual player of the year as a rival to the Hermann Trophy. Then in 1996, the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) initiated its own annual player of the year award. These three competing awards began merging three years later when the NSCAA and MAC agreed to cooperate on naming a combined collegiate player of the year. Finally, beginning in 2002, the MAC/NSCAA and Hermann Trophy organization merged to create a unified trophy for the top college soccer player of the year.

The original Hermann Award Trophy is on display in the Hermann Atrium located in the McDonnell Athletic Center at MICDS in Ladue, Missouri. The original trophy was donated to the school by Hermann in 2003.^[1]

The current MAC Hermann Trophy is on display in the lobbies of the Missouri Athletic Club's Downtown and West County Clubhouses.

Selection process

Today, the process of selecting a winner begins at the start of the college soccer season when a list of potential nominees is compiled by a nominating committee. Near the end of the collegiate regular season, 15 players whom the committee considers the best in Division I soccer are announced as semifinalists for the award. That list is then voted on through an online voting process by men's and women's Division I soccer coaches whose teams are current NSCAA College Services members. In early December the top three vote-getters for both the men's and women's trophy are announced as finalists for the award. These six individuals are invited to an annual banquet held at the Missouri Athletic Club of St. Louis. That evening, the winners of the two awards are announced and receive a 10-pound crystal replica soccer ball made by Tyrone Crystal of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

Hermann Trophy (men's)

Year	Hermann Trophy	MAC Player of the Year	NSCAA Player of the Year
2023	Ousmane Sylla, Clemson
2022	Duncan McGuire, Creighton
2021	Dante Polvara, Georgetown
2020	Gloire Amanda, Oregon State
2019	Robbie Robinson, Clemson
2018	Andrew Gutman, Indiana
2017	Jon Bakero, Wake Forest
2016	Ian Harkes, Wake Forest
2015	Jordan Morris, Stanford
2014	Leo Stolz, UCLA
2013	Patrick Mullins, Maryland
2012	Patrick Mullins, Maryland
2011	Andrew Wenger, Duke
2010	Darlington Nagbe, Akron
2009	Teal Bunbury, Akron
2008	Marcus Tracy, Wake Forest
2007	O'Brian White, UConn
2006	Joseph Lapira, Notre Dame
2005	Jason Garey, Maryland
2004	Danny O'Rourke, Indiana
2003	Chris Wingert, St. John's
2002	Alecko Eskandarian, Virginia
2001	Luchi Gonzalez, SMU	Luchi Gonzalez, SMU
2000	Chris Gbandi, UConn	Ali Curtis, Duke
1999	Ali Curtis, Duke	Sasha Victorine, UCLA
1998	Wojtek Krakowiak, Clemson	Jay Heaps, Duke	Dema Kovalenko, Indiana
1997	Johnny Torres, Creighton	Johnny Torres, Creighton	Daniel Hernandez, SMU
1996	Mike Fisher, Virginia	Mike Fisher, Virginia	Mike Fisher, Virginia
1995	Mike Fisher, Virginia	Matt McKeon, St. Louis
1994	Brian Maisonneuve, Indiana	Todd Yeagley, Indiana
1993	Claudio Reyna, Virginia	Claudio Reyna, Virginia
1992	Brad Friedel, UCLA	Claudio Reyna, Virginia
1991	Alexi Lalas, Rutgers	Alexi Lalas, Rutgers
1990	Ken Snow, Indiana	Ken Snow, Indiana
1989	Tony Meola, Virginia	Tony Meola, Virginia
1988	Ken Snow, Indiana	Ken Snow, Indiana
1987	Bruce Murray, Clemson	John Harkes, Virginia
1986	John Kerr, Duke	John Kerr, Duke
1985	Tom Kain, Duke
1984	Amr Aly, Columbia
1983	Mike Jeffries, Duke
1982	Joe Ulrich, Duke
1981	Armando Betancourt, Indiana
1980	Joe Morrone, UConn
1979	Jim Stamatis, Penn State
1978	Angelo DiBernardo, Indiana
1977	Billy Gazonas, Hartwick
1976	Glenn Myernick, Hartwick
1975	Steve Ralbovsky, Brown
1974	Farrukh Quarishi, SUNY Oneonta
1973	Dan Counce, St. Louis
1972	Mike Seerey, St. Louis
1971	Mike Seerey, St. Louis
1970	Al Trost, St. Louis
1969	Al Trost, St. Louis
1968	Manuel Hernandez, San Jose State
1967	Dov Markus, Long Island

Unified with Hermann Trophy Award

Unified with MAC Award

Not awarded

Hermann Trophy (women's)

Year	Hermann Trophy	MAC Player of the Year	NSCAA Player of the Year
2023	Onyi Echegini, Florida State
2022	Michelle Cooper, Duke
2021	Jaelin Howell, Florida State
2020	Jaelin Howell, Florida State
2019	Catarina Macario, Stanford
2018	Catarina Macario, Stanford
2017	Andi Sullivan, Stanford
2016	Kadeisha Buchanan, West Virginia
2015	Raquel Rodríguez, Penn State
2014	Morgan Brian, Virginia
2013	Morgan Brian, Virginia
2012	Crystal Dunn, North Carolina
2011	Teresa Noyola, Stanford
2010	Christen Press, Stanford
2009	Kelley O'Hara, Stanford
2008	Kerri Hanks, Notre Dame
2007	Mami Yamaguchi, Florida State
2006	Kerri Hanks, Notre Dame
2005	Christine Sinclair, Portland
2004	Christine Sinclair, Portland
2003	Cat Reddick, North Carolina
2002	Aly Wagner, Santa Clara
2001	Christie Welsh, Penn State	Christie Welsh, Penn State
2000	Anne Mäkinen, Notre Dame	Anne Mäkinen, Notre Dame
1999	Mandy Clemens, Santa Clara	Mandy Clemens, Santa Clara
1998	Cindy Parlow, North Carolina	Cindy Parlow, North Carolina	Danielle Fotopoulos, Florida
1997	Cindy Parlow, North Carolina	Cindy Parlow, North Carolina	Sara Whalen, UConn
1996	Cindy Daws, Notre Dame	Cindy Daws, Notre Dame	Jennifer Renola, Notre Dame
1995	Shannon MacMillan, Portland	Shannon MacMillan, Portland
1994	Tisha Venturini, North Carolina	Tisha Venturini, North Carolina
1993	Mia Hamm, North Carolina	Mia Hamm, North Carolina
1992	Mia Hamm, North Carolina	Mia Hamm, North Carolina
1991	Kristine Lilly, North Carolina	Kristine Lilly, North Carolina
1990	April Kater, Massachusetts	April Kater, Massachusetts
1989	Shannon Higgins, North Carolina	Shannon Higgins, North Carolina
1988	Michelle Akers, UCF	Michelle Akers, UCF