KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Aug. 16, 2022) – United Soccer Coaches has announced the Forwards on its NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Players to Watch lists for the 2022 intercollegiate season.The lists are comprised of 41 women and 30 men, led by 8 total returning All-Americans. The returning women’s All-Americans include Messiah Bright (TCU), Michelle Cooper (Duke), Nicole Douglas (Arizona State), Penelope Hocking (Penn State), Megan Nemec (Loyola-Chicago), Brittany Raphino (Brown), and Jaida Thomas (Tennessee). New Hampshire’s Tola Showunmi is the lone returning All-American on the men’s side.The lists are being released for the first time this season by the Division I All-America Committees to promote college soccer leading up to the official start date for the regular season later this month. The lists include United Soccer Coaches All-Americans and first or second team All-Region players from 2021, who are scheduled to return for the 2022 season.“United Soccer Coaches is pleased to be able to bring some additional focus to these outstanding student-athletes from our member schools as pre-season training gets underway,” said Ralph Polson, the Senior College All-America Administrator. “While other players will most certainly emerge, these previous honorees represent some of the best at their positions entering this season.”Here is the schedule for all of the position announcements this fall:
August 5 – Goalkeepers
August 9 – Defenders
August 12 – Midfielders
August 16 – Forwards
These positional announcements also lead up to the 2022 watch lists for the prestigious Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy on the official start date for regular season games on August 18 (women) and August 25 (men). The MAC Hermann Trophy is presented annually to the Division I National Players of the Year as voted by Division I College Coaches at the end of the regular season. The 2022 recipients will be announced on January 6, 2023, in St. Louis, Mo.
2022 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Players to Watch – Forwards
2022 NCAA Division I Women’s Players to Watch – Forwards
| Name | Class | School | Hometown |
| Tanya Boychuk | GR5 | University of Memphis | Edmonton, Alb. |
| Messiah Bright | GR5 | Texas Christian University | Dallas, Texas |
| Trinity Byars | So. | University of Texas | Richardson, Texas |
| Angela Caloia | Sr. | Harvard University | Washington, D.C. |
| Rebecca Cooke | Jr. | Quinnipiac University | Dublin, Ireland |
| Michelle Cooper | So. | Duke University | Clarkston, Mich. |
| Izzy D’Aquila | Jr. | Santa Clara University | Mission Viejo |
| Rylee Donaldson | Sr. | Bucknell University | Allentown, Pa. |
| Nicole Douglas | GR5 | Arizona State University | London, England |
| Kayla Fischer | GR5 | Ohio State University | Kent, Ohio |
| Brooklynn Fugel | So. | Georgia State University | Dacula, Ga. |
| Mackenzie George | GR5 | University of Tennessee | Lincoln, Calif. |
| Molly Grant | Jr. | Lipscomb University | Plainfield, Ill. |
| Maya Hansen | Sr. | South Dakota State University | Savage, Minn. |
| Emma Hawkins | Sr. | University of Oklahoma | Forney, Texas |
| Penelope Hocking | GR5 | Penn State University | Anaheim, Calif. |
| Meg Hughes | Jr. | Providence College | Ajax, Ont. |
| Kelsie James | Jr. | Valparaiso University | Carmel, Ind. |
| Jameese Joseph | Jr. | North Carolina State University | Beltsville, Md. |
| Louise Lillback | Jr. | Florida Gulf Coast University | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Taylor Moon | Sr. | Baylor University | Highland Village, Texas |
| Carla Morich | Sr. | Old Dominion University | Hamburg, Ga. |
| Daniella Murguia | GR5 | University of Georgia | Cleburne, Texas |
| Megan Nemec | Sr. | Loyola University Chicago | Tinley Park, Ill. |
| Beata Olsson | Jr. | Florida State University | Enkoping, Sweden |
| Ioanna Papatheodorou | So. | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | Nea Erithraia, Greece |
| Anna Podojil | GR5 | University of Arkansas | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Brittany Raphino | Sr. | Brown University | Randolph, Mass. |
| Ally Schlegel | Sr. | Penn State University | Parker, Colo. |
| Suzuna Shibukawa | Sr. | Saint Mary’s College of California | Hyogo, Japan |
| Lena Silano | Sr. | Long Beach State University | Agoura Hills, Calif. |
| Katie Soderstrom | Sr. | Butler University | Carmel, Ind. |
| Alexa Spaanstra | GR5 | University of Virginia | Brighton, Mich. |
| Jaida Thomas | Jr. | University of Tennessee | Dallas, Texas |
| Riley Tiernan | So. | Rutgers University | Voorhees, N.J. |
| Nicolette Trucco | Sr. | Cal Poly | San Ramon, Calif. |
| Reilyn Turner | Jr. | UCLA | Alisa Viejo, Calif. |
| Tori Waldeck | Jr. | Pepperdine University | Newhall, Calif. |
| Allie Winstanley | Sr. | Dartmouth College | Concord, Mass. |
| Summer Yates | GR5 | Washington | Pasco, Wash. |
2022 NCAA Division I Men’s Players to Watch – Forwards
| Name | Class | School | Hometown |
| Nonso Adimabua | Jr. | University of California | Asaba, Nigeria |
| Steven Afrifa | Jr. | Florida International University | Toronto, Ont. |
| Patrick Agyemang | Sr. | University of Rhode Island | East Hartford, Conn. |
| Zaki Alibou | Jr. | Rider University | Meknes, Morocco |
| Joshua Bolma | So. | University of Maryland | Accra, Ghana |
| Aadne Bruseth | GR5 | Missouri State University | Batnfjordsora, Norway |
| Wilmer Cabrera, Jr. | Sr. | Butler University | Bogota, Colombia |
| Taylor Calheira | Jr. | UMBC | Towson, Md. |
| Aboubacar Camara | Jr. | University of Louisville | Upper Darby, Pa. |
| Ryan Carmichael | Jr. | Hofstra University | Armagh, Northern Ireland |
| Paolo Carroll | Sr. | Yale University | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Shaun-Chris Joash | Sr. | Grand Canyon University | Hampton Hill, England |
| Gevork Diarbian | Jr. | Providence College | Cranston, R.I. |
| Lucca Dourado | So. | University of Central Florida | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Emeka Eneli | GR5 | Cornell University | Dublin, Ohio |
| Billy Hency | GR5 | Loyola University Chicago | Fenton, Mo. |
| Maxi Hopfer | Jr. | Duquesne University | Styria, Austria |
| Emil Jaaskelainen | Jr. | Long Island University | Bolton, England |
| Levonte Johnson | Sr. | Syracuse University | Brampton, Ont. |
| John Klein | Jr. | Saint Louis University | Columbia, Mo. |
| Bojan Kolevski | Jr. | Cleveland State University | Skopje, North Macedonia |
| Peter Mangione | Jr. | Penn State University | Hunt Valley, Md. |
| Declan McGlynn | Sr. | Seattle University | Kirkland, Wash. |
| Alex Meinhard | Jr. | University of Tulsa | Tartu, Estonia |
| Nelson Pereira | So. | Stetson University | Silveira, Portugal |
| Tola Showunmi | GR5 | University of New Hampshire | Enfield, England |
| Tyrese Spicer | Jr. | Lipscomb University | Trin City, Trinidad & Tobago |
| Jackson Temple | Sr. | Rutgers University | Millville, Pa. |
| Oladayo Thomas | GR5 | Santa Clara University | Lagos, Nigeria |
| Milo Yosef | Sr. | Marshall University | Aachen, Germany |
*GR5 Indicates student-athletes exercising their extra year of eligibility due to COVID-19