United Soccer Coaches announce MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List (Men)
(Via NSCAA) – United Soccer Coaches (formerly the NSCAA) and the Missouri Athletic Club announced today the 61 NCAA Division I players named to the 2017 MAC Hermann Trophy Watch Lists.
The MAC Hermann Trophy 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 winners will be announced Friday, Jan. 5, 2018 at the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis.
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Florida Gulf Coast University senior Albert Ruiz and University of Maryland junior Gordon Wild were MAC Hermann Trophy finalists a year ago and they lead a group of 31 players on the Men’s Watch List for the upcoming 2017 season. Fourteen of the 31 players were United Soccer Coaches All-Americans in 2016, including senior teammates Tomas Hilliard-Arce and Foster Langsdorf from back-to-back national champions Stanford University.
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 near the end of the college season based on voting by NCAA Division I coaches and from those candidates, three finalists will ultimately be placed on the ballot for the coveted award.
2017 Men’s MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List
| PLAYER NAME | YR | POS | SCHOOL | HOMETOWN |
| Marcelo Acuna | Sr. | F | Virginia Tech | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Mo Adams | So. | M | Syracuse | Nottingham, England |
| Will Bagrou | Sr. | F | Mercer | Dacula, Ga. |
| Siggi Benonysson | So. | F | High Point | Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland |
| Tristan Blackmon | Sr. | F | Pacific | Las Vegas, Nev. |
| Cory Brown | Sr. | D | Xavier | Nelson, New Zealand |
| Antonio Bustamante | Jr. | M | William and Mary | Springfield, Va. |
| Mauro Cichero | Sr. | M | SMU | Norman, Okla. |
| Brad Dunwell | Jr. | M | Wake Forest | Grand Rapids, Mich. |
| Sam Gainford | Sr. | F | Akron | Liverpool, England |
| Jon Gallagher | Sr. | F | Notre Dame | Dundalk, Ireland |
| Tomas Hilliard-Arce | Sr. | D | Stanford | Matthews, N.C. |
| Paul Hoffmeister | Sr. | M | Utah Valley | Hilden, Germany |
| Niki Jackson | Sr. | F | Grand Canyon University | Scottsdale, Ariz. |
| Tim Kubel | Sr. | D | Louisville | Stuttgart, Germany |
| Foster Langsdorf | Sr. | F | Stanford | Vancouver, Wash. |
| Grant Lillard | Sr. | D | Indiana | Hinsdale, Ill. |
| Cam Lindley | So. | M | North Carolina | Carmel, Ind. |
| Ricky Lopez-Espin | Sr. | F | Creighton | Miami, Fla. |
| Ian McGrath | Sr. | M | Evansville | New Lenox, Ill. |
| Chris Mueller | Sr. | F | Wisconsin | Schaumburg, Ill. |
| Danny Musovski | Sr. | F | UNLV | Henderson, Nev. |
| Wyatt Omsberg | Sr. | D | Dartmouth | Scarborough, Maine |
| Edward Opoku | Jr. | F | Virginia | Rye, N.Y. |
| Pablo Pelaez | So. | M | San Diego State | San Diego, Cal. |
| Frantzdy Pierrot | Sr. | F | Coastal Carolina | Boston, Mass. |
| Afonso Pinheiro | Sr. | F | Albany | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Albert Ruiz | Sr. | F | Florida Gulf Coast | Barcelona, Spain |
| Ryan Sierakowski | Jr. | F | Michigan State | McHenry, Ill. |
| Grant Stoneman | Jr. | D | Loyola Chicago | St. Charles, Ill. |
| Gordon Wild | Jr. | F | Maryland | Cologne, Germany |
