Hermann Trophy


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

History

In 1967, Bob Hermann, the president of the National Professional Soccer League 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, named the Hermann Trophy, has been awarded each year since 1967. 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 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 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.
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)

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

Hermann Trophy (women's)

YearHermann TrophyMAC
Player of the Year		NSCAA
Player of the Year
2019Catarina Macario, Stanford
2018Catarina Macario, Stanford
2017Andi Sullivan, Stanford
2016Kadeisha Buchanan, West Virginia
2015Raquel Rodríguez, Penn State
2014Morgan Brian, Virginia
2013Morgan Brian, Virginia
2012Crystal Dunn, North Carolina
2011Teresa Noyola, Stanford
2010Christen Press, Stanford
2009Kelley O'Hara, Stanford
2008Kerri Hanks, Notre Dame
2007Mami Yamaguchi, Florida State
2006Kerri Hanks, Notre Dame
2005Christine Sinclair, Portland
2004Christine Sinclair, Portland
2003Cat Reddick, North Carolina
2002Aly Wagner, Santa Clara
2001Christie Welsh, Penn StateChristie Welsh, Penn State
2000Anne Mäkinen, Notre DameAnne Mäkinen, Notre Dame
1999Mandy Clemens, Santa ClaraMandy Clemens, Santa Clara
1998Cindy Parlow, North CarolinaCindy Parlow, North CarolinaDanielle Fotopoulos, Florida
1997Cindy Parlow, North CarolinaCindy Parlow, North CarolinaSara Whalen, UConn
1996Cindy Daws, Notre DameCindy Daws, Notre DameJennifer Renola, Notre Dame
1995Shannon MacMillan, PortlandShannon MacMillan, Portland
1994Tisha Venturini, North CarolinaTisha Venturini, North Carolina
1993Mia Hamm, North CarolinaMia Hamm, North Carolina
1992Mia Hamm, North CarolinaMia Hamm, North Carolina
1991Kristine Lilly, North CarolinaKristine Lilly, North Carolina
1990April Kater, MassachusettsApril Kater, Massachusetts
1989Shannon Higgins, North CarolinaShannon Higgins, North Carolina
1988Michelle Akers, Central FloridaMichelle Akers, Central Florida