Men’s Hermann Trophy Watch List announced as 2024 NCAA season begins
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – United Soccer Coaches announced the 16 NCAA Men’s Division I college soccer players named to the 2024 Hermann Trophy Watch List, as the regular season officially gets underway.
The Hermann Trophy is presented annually by the Missouri Athletic Club and is the nation’s highest individual honor recognizing the National Player of the Year as determined by voting of Division I head coaches who are members of United Soccer Coaches. It is named in honor of the late Robert Hermann, the legendary St. Louis, Mo., businessman and soccer executive who founded the National Professional Soccer League, the first pro soccer league in the United States which became the North American Soccer League. He was inducted in the U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame in 2012.
Highlighting the watch list are five players who were 2023 Division I All-Americans including senior midfielder Sam Bassett (University of Denver); junior midfielder Nick Fernandez (University of Portland); senior midfielder Bailey Sparks (Southern Methodist University); senior forward Lineker Rodrigues dos Santos (Marshall University) and senior forward Samuel Sarver (Indiana University).
The watch 2024 list was compiled by members of the Division I Men’s All-America Council from a list of returning 2023 All-Americans as well as First Team All-Region players. A total of 15 players will be named 2024 Hermann Trophy semifinalists on December 11 at the conclusion of NCAA Division I All-American voting. From that list, head coaches will cast votes, and three players will be named finalists. The 2024 recipient will be announced January 3, 2025, in a ceremony at the Missouri Athletic Club in downtown St. Louis, Mo.
2024 Men’s Hermann Trophy Watch List
| Pos | Name | Class | School | Hometown |
| D | Leo Burney | Sr. | Pennsylvania | Seattle, Wash. |
| D | Nick Dang | Jr. | Virginia | Brentwood, Tenn. |
| D | Max Miller | Jr. | Kentucky | Lexington, Ky. |
| D | Jonathan Robinson | Jr. | Western Michigan | Gurnee, Ill. |
| M | Sam Bassett | Sr. | Denver | Littleton, Colo. |
| M | Nick Fernandez | Jr. | Portland | Downers Grove, Ill. |
| M | Bailey Sparks | Sr. | SMU | Plano, Texas |
| M | Jonathan Stout | Jr. | Michigan State | Wyoming, Mich. |
| F | Chris Album | Jr. | Wisconsin-Green Bay | Vancouver, B.C. |
| F | Yaniv Bazini | GR-5 | Vermont | Beit Hanan, Israel |
| F | Marcus Caldeira | Jr. | West Virginia | Mississauga, Ont. |
| F | Lucca Duorado | Jr. | Central Florida | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| F | Luis Flores | Sr. | Oral Roberts | Lufkin, Texas |
| F | Marc Pitarch Bayot | Sr. | Bryant | Ares del Maestrat, Spain |
| F | Lineker Rodrigues dos Santos | Sr. | Marshall | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| F | Samuel Sarver | Sr. | Indiana | Chesterland, Ohio |
Note: GR-5 indicates student-atheletes in their 5th year of eligibility
