KANSAS CITY, Mo. (January 28, 2021) – United Soccer Coaches and the Missouri Athletic Club announced today the 2020-21 MAC Hermann Trophy Watch Lists.
The MAC Hermann Trophy, presented by World Wide Technology, is the most prestigious individual award in college soccer and is presented annually to the most outstanding male and female players of the year. This year’s award was pushed back to accommodate the seasons affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Winners will be announced May 27 at the 2021 MAC Hermann Trophy Press Conference and Banquet taking place at the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis, Mo.
A total of 33 players are included on the men’s watch list. The list includes nine United Soccer Coaches All-Americans from 2019. The nine All-Americans on the list are SMU junior Gabriel Costa, Missouri State seniors Josh Dolling and Kyle Hiebert, Lehigh junior Josh Luchini, Georgetown senior Jacob Montes, Virginia senior Colin Shutler, Clemson senior Kimarni Smith, Stanford junior Andrew Thomas and Marshall sophomore Milo Yosef.
Five Hermann Trophy semifinalists from a year ago lead the group of 54 players on the women’s watch list. The returning semifinalists are Rutgers senior Amirah Ali, BYU senior Mikayla Colohan, Texas Tech senior Kirsten Davis, Southern California senior Tara McKeown, and North Carolina junior Brianna Pinto.
The MAC Hermann Trophy Watch Lists are compiled by members of the United Soccer Coaches Men’s and Women’s NCAA Division I All-America committees. Fifteen semifinalists will be named for both the men’s and women’s MAC Hermann Trophy at the end of April based on voting by Division I coaches and from those candidates, three finalists will be determined for the coveted award.
For more information about the MAC Hermann Trophy, including a list of past winners, visit MACHermannTrophy.org.
2020-2021 Men’s MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List
| Name | Yr. | Pos. | School | Hometown |
| Ousseni Bouda | So. | F | Stanford | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |
| Liam Butts | So. | F | Penn State | Lawrenceville, Ga. |
| Gabriel Costa* | Jr. | M | SMU | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Austin DaSilva | Jr. | F | Albany | Brookfield, Conn. |
| Josh Dolling* | Sr. | F | Missouri State | Liverpool, England |
| Spencer Glass | Sr. | D | Indiana | Fort Wayne, Ind. |
| Jacob Graiber | Sr. | D | UIC | Plainfield, Ill. |
| Kyle Hiebert* | Sr. | D | Missouri State | La Salle, Man. |
| Patrick Hogan | Sr. | D | Charlotte | Charlotte, N.C. |
| Tom Judge | Sr. | D | James Madison | Freehold, N.J. |
| Yanis Leerman | Jr. | D | UCF | Troyes, France |
| Gerardo Lopez | Sr. | D | Loyola Marymount | Moreno Valley, Calif. |
| Josh Luchini* | Jr. | F | Lehigh | Wexford, Pa. |
| Justin Malou | Sr. | D | Clemson | Kedougou, Senegal |
| Jacob Montes* | Sr. | M | Georgetown | Lake Worth, Fla. |
| Papa Ndoye | So. | F | SMU | Mbour, Senegal |
| Giannis Nikopolidis | Jr. | K | Georgetown | Athens, Greece |
| Matt Nocita | Jr. | D | Navy | Porter Ranch, Calif. |
| Valentin Noel | So. | M | Pittsburgh | Niort, France |
| Tani Oluwaseyi | Jr. | F | St. John’s | Mississauga, Ont. |
| Veljko Petkovic | So. | M | Pittsburgh | Nis, Serbia |
| George Proctor | Sr. | D | Georgia State | Leeds, England |
| Jackson Ragen | Sr. | D | Michigan | Seattle, Wash. |
| Jamil Roberts | Sr. | M | Marshall | Langport, England |
| Tor Saunders | Sr. | K | Coastal Carolina | Bothell, Wash. |
| Sebastian Schacht | Jr. | M | Saint Mary’s | Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Colin Shutler* | Sr. | K | Virginia | Middleburg, Va. |
| Kimarni Smith* | Sr. | F | Clemson | Nottingham, England |
| Yoni Sorokin | Sr. | M | UCF | Jerusalem, Israel |
| Kristo Strickler | Sr. | M | Virginia Tech | Hilliard, Ohio |
| Andrew Thomas* | Jr. | K | Stanford | London, England |
| Chase Vosvick | Sr. | K | Loyola Maryland | Phoenix, Md. |
| Milo Yosef* | So. | F | Marshall | Aachen, Germany |
2020-2021 Women’s MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List
| Name | Yr. | Pos. | School | Hometown |
| Amirah Ali*# | Sr. | F | Rutgers | Voorhees, N.J. |
| Emily Alvarado | Sr. | K | TCU | El Paso, Texas |
| Angelina Anderson* | So. | K | California | Danville, Calif. |
| Joelle Anderson | Sr. | M | Pepperdine | San Jose, Calif. |
| Maycee Bell* | So. | D | North Carolina | Wichita, Kan. |
| Jordyn Bloomer* | Sr. | K | Wisconsin | Hartland, Wisc. |
| Jordan Brewster | Jr. | D | West Virginia | North Canton, Ohio |
| Sabrina Bryan* | Sr. | F | Hofstra | Cecil, Pa. |
| Maia Cella | Sr. | M | Wisconsin | Evanston, Ill. |
| Sam Coffey | Sr. | M/F | Penn State | Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. |
| Grace Collins | So. | F | TCU | Houston, Texas |
| Mikayla Colohan*# | Sr. | M | BYU | Fruit Heights, Utah |
| Kirsten Davis*# | Sr. | F | Texas Tech | St. Louis, Mo. |
| Savannah DeMelo* | Sr. | M | Southern California | Bellflower, Calif. |
| Emina Ekic* | Sr. | M | Louisville | Louisville, Ky. |
| Brookelynn Entz | Sr. | M | Kansas State | Newton, Kan. |
| Channing Foster | Sr. | M | Mississippi | Murray, Ky. |
| Alyssa Francese | Sr. | F | Stony Brook | Yorktown Heights, N.Y. |
| Parker Goins | Sr. | F | Arkansas | Broken Arrow, Okla. |
| Julia Grosso* | Jr. | M | Texas | Vancouver, B.C. |
| Madison Haley* | Sr. | F | Stanford | Dallas, Texas |
| Cassie Hiatt* | Jr. | D | Texas Tech | Parker, Colo. |
| Penelope Hocking | Jr. | F | Southern California | Anaheim, Calif. |
| Haley Hopkins | Sr. | F | Vanderbilt | Newport Beach, Calif. |
| Jaelin Howell | Jr. | M | Florida State | Lone Tree, Colo. |
| Rachel Jones | Jr. | F | North Carolina | Lawrenceville, Ga. |
| Sophie Jones | So. | M | Duke | Menlo Park, Calif. |
| Zsani Kajan | Sr. | F | St. John’s | Budapest, Hungary |
| Civana Kuhlmann | Jr. | F | Stanford | Centennial, Colo. |
| Clarissa Larisey* | Sr. | F | Memphis | Ottawa, Ont. |
| Alexis Loera | Sr. | M | Santa Clara | Thornton, Colo. |
| Jimena Lopez | Sr. | D | Texas A&M | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Alia Martin | Sr. | D | Michigan | Carmel, Ind. |
| Addie McCain | Sr. | M | Texas A&M | Wylie, Texas |
| Tara McKeown*# | Sr. | F | Southern California | Newbury Park, Calif. |
| Roma McLaughlin* | Jr. | M | Central Connecticut | Donegal, Ireland |
| Esther Okoronkwo | Sr. | F | Lamar | Richmond, Texas |
| Ashley Orkus | Jr. | K | Mississippi | Vestavia Hills, Ala. |
| Lucy Parker* | Sr. | D | UCLA | Cambridge, England |
| Kiki Pickett* | Sr. | D | Stanford | Santa Barbara, Calif. |
| Brianna Pinto*# | Jr. | M | North Carolina | Durham, N.C. |
| Anna Podojil* | So. | F | Arkansas | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Lucy Porter* | Sr. | M | Hofstra | Birmingham, England |
| Jordan Rhodes | So. | F | Kentucky | South Lebanon, Ohio |
| Kim Rodriguez* | Sr. | D | Oklahoma State | Porter, Texas |
| Yazmeen Ryan | Sr. | M | TCU | Norman, Okla. |
| Ally Schlegel | So. | F | Penn State | Parker, Colo. |
| Emily Smith | Sr. | D | California | Los Gatos, Calif. |
| Alexa Spaanstra | Jr. | F | Virginia | Brighton, Mich. |
| Sarah Stratigakis* | Sr. | M | Michigan | Woodbridge, Ont. |
| Kelsey Turnbow | Sr. | F | Santa Clara | Scottsdale, Ariz. |
| Haley VanFossen* | Sr. | D | Arkansas | Broken Arrow, Okla. |
| Viviana Villacorta | Sr. | M | UCLA | Lawndale, Calif. |
| Yujie Zhao* | Jr. | M | Florida State | Shanghai, China |
* – Previous United Soccer Coaches All-American
# – 2019 MAC Hermann Semifinalist
About the Missouri Athletic Club
Located in St. Louis, Mo., the Missouri Athletic Club has been presenting college soccer’s player of the year awards since 1986. The MAC was established in 1903 as an athletic, dining and social club. It has a “Platinum Club of America” status, which is awarded to the top private clubs in the country. To learn more about the Missouri Athletic Club, go to mac-stl.org.
About United Soccer Coaches
Founded in 1941 and headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., United Soccer Coaches is the trusted and unifying voice, advocate and partner for coaches at all levels of the game. The largest community for soccer coaches in the world, we unite coaches of all levels around the love of the game and we elevate the game through advocacy, education and service. To learn more visit UnitedSoccerCoaches.org.