MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalists named

by NSCAA

November 28, 2012

A total of 30 student-athletes have been selected as semifinalists for the country’s top soccer award.

Fifteen men and 15 women have been announced as the Missouri Athletic Club’s (MAC) Hermann Trophy semifinalists.

The MAC Hermann Trophy is the highest individual award in intercollegiate soccer. It is presented annually in January during a banquet at the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis.

NCAA Division I coaches who are NSCAA members may vote for their top choices starting today (Wednesday, Nov. 28) to Wednesday, Dec. 5. New this year is a fan voting component, conducted through LockerDome, which allows fans to also contribute to picking this year’s MAC Hermann Trophy winners.

Several players from this year’s Watch List were named semifinalists. On the men’s side, Connecticut’s Carlos Alvarez (Los Angeles), Coastal Carolina’s Ashton Bennett (Claredon, Jamaica), Akron’s Scott Caldwell (Braintree, Mass.), Georgetown’s Steve Neumann (New Hope, Pa.), and New Mexico’s Devon Sandoval (Albuquerque, N.M.).

On the women’s side, Watch List players turned semifinalists include Duke’s Natasha Anasi (Arlington, Texas), UCLA’s Zakiya Bywaters (Las Vegas), North Carolina’s Crystal Dunn (Rockville Centre, N.Y.), Florida State’s Ines Jaurena (Charenton le Pont, France), BYU’s Lindsi Lisonbee Cutshall (Park City, Utah), Boston College’s Kristen Mewis (Hanson, Mass.), Virginia’s Carolina Miller (Rockville, Md.), Florida’s Erika Tymrak (Bradenton, Fla.), and Penn State’s Maya Hayes (West Orange, N.J.) and Christine Nairn (Arnold, Md.).

The top three vote-getters for each gender will be announced Thursday, Dec. 6. The winner will be announced during the MAC Hermann Trophy banquet in St. Louis on Friday, Jan. 11, 2013.

About the Missouri Athletic Club
The Missouri Athletic Club has been presenting college soccer’s players 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.

2012 Men’s MAC Hermann Semifinalists

[+] Men's Semifinalists' 2012 Accomplishments

Name	Class	Pos.	School	Hometown
Carlos Alvarez	Sr.	M	Connecticut	Los Angeles
Don Anding	Sr.	F	Northeastern	Amity Harbor, N.Y.
Ashton Bennett	Sr.	F	Coastal Carolina	Clarendon, Jamaica
Scott Caldwell	Sr.	M	Akron	Braintree, Mass.
Mamadou Doudou Diouf	Jr.	F	Connecticut	Dakar, Senegal
Andrew Farrell	Jr.	D	Louisville	Louisville, Ky.
Ryan Finley	Sr.	F	Notre Dame	Lumberton, N.J.
Jose Gomez	Sr.	M	Creighton	Santa Ana, Calif.
Daniel Haber	Jr.	F	Cornell	Toronto
Robbie Kristo	So.	F	St. Louis	St. Louis
Patrick Mullins	Jr.	F	Maryland	New Orleans
Steve Neumann	Jr.	F	Georgetown	New Hope, Pa.
Dillon Powers	Sr.	M	Notre Dame	Plano, Texas
Devon Sandoval	Sr.	F	New Mexico	Albuquerque, N.M.
Chris Thomas	Sr.	F	Elon	Snellville, Ga.

2012 Women’s MAC Hermann Semifinalists

[+] Women's Semifinalists' 2012 Accomplishments

Name	Class	Pos.	School	Hometown
Natasha Anasi	Jr.	D	Duke	Arlington, Texas
Zakiya Bywaters	Sr.	M	UCLA	Las Vegas
Daphne Corboz	So.	M	Georgetown	Greenbrook, N.J.
Crystal Dunn	Jr.	F	North Carolina	Rockville Centre, N.Y.
Alina Garciamendez	Sr.	D	Stanford	Fairview, Texas
Maya Hayes	Jr.	F	Penn State	West Orange, N.J.
Ines Jaurena	Sr.	D	Florida State	Charenton le Pont, France
Julie Johnston	Jr.	M	Santa Clara	Mesa, Ariz.
Lindsi Lisonbee Cutshall	Sr.	D	BYU	Park City, Utah
Kristen Mewis	Sr.	M	Boston College	Hanson, Mass.
Caroline Miller	Sr.	F	Virginia	Rockville, Md.
Christine Nairn	Sr.	M	Penn State	Arnold, Md.
Kealia Ohai	Jr.	F	North Carolina	Draper, Utah
Rachel Quon	Sr.	D	Stanford	Lake Forest, Ill.
Erika Tymrak	Sr.	M	Florida	Bradenton, Fla.