Here are the finalists for the 1997 MAC Collegiate Player of the Year awards, which will be presented Jan. 9, 1998 in St. Louis. Men’s Award: Lazo Alavanja (Jr., Indiana), Leo Cullen (Sr., Maryland), Daniel Hernandez (Sr., SMU) and Johnny Torres (Sr., Creighton). Women’s Award: Justi Baumgardt (Sr., Portland), Holly Manthei (Sr., Notre Dame), Cindy Parlow (Jr., North Carolina) and Sara Whalen (Sr., Connecticut).