North Carolina's Catherine Reddick and St. John's Chris Wingert , both seniors, were announced as winners of the Missouri Athletic Club's Hermann Award — college soccer's version of the Heisman Trophy — during festivities Friday night in St. Louis.
Reddick, a U.S. national-team defender, is a three-time All-American who earlier captured the Honda Award as college soccer's top female player. She also was announced Friday as one of 11 Soccer America College Women's MVPs. She was among the pivotal players as the Tar Heels went 27-0-0 and captured their 18th national championship.
Wingert, a U.S. under-23 defender, is a two-time All-American who earlier was selected the NSCAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year and the CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year. He captained the Red Storm to a 17-6-3 record and into the NCAA title game, where it was beaten by Indiana.
The men's Hermann Trophy has been awarded since 1967 and the MAC Award since 1986. The women's Hermann was first awarded in 1988 and the MAC Award in 1991. The awards were consolidated in 2002. Winners are determined through a vote of NCAA Division I coaches who are members of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
Reddick missed half the season while starting for the United States at the Women's World Cup, returning to score six goals with five assists in 13 games while anchoring a Tar Heels defense that shut out all six NCAA tournament foes en route to Carolina's first NCAA crown since 2000. She was the College Cup's Defensive MVP, an honor she also captured in 2000.
She's the sixth North Carolina player to win the MAC or Hermann awards, joining Shannon Higgins Cirovski (1989), Kristine Lilly (1991), Mia Hamm (1992-93), Tisha Venturini (1994) and Cindy Parlow (1997-98). Higgins Cirovski won the Hermann Trophy; the others won both the Hermann and MAC Award.
The other finalists for the women's award were North Carolina sophomore forward-midfielder Lindsay Tarpley and Penn State senior midfielder Joanna Lohman. Tarpley was selected Soccer America's College Women's Player of the Year, and Lohman was a Soccer America MVP.
Wingert scored five goals with five assists as St. John's won its 11th Big East Conference title in 12 seasons. He was selected the conference's Defensive Player of the Year for the second successive year.
The other men's finalists were Maryland senior midfielder Sumed Ibrahim, from Ghana, and Coastal Carolina senior forward Joseph Ngwenya, from Zimbabwe. Soccer America's College Men's Player of the Year and MVPs will be announced Monday.
Wingert is with the U.S. under-23 team at the National Training Center in Carson, Calif., where it is preparing for next month's final CONCACAF qualifying tournament for this summer's Athens Olympics. Reddick will join the U.S. women in Carson next week for an 11-day camp in advance of China's Four Nations tournament.
Previous winners:
WOMEN
MAC HERMANN TROPHY
2002 — Aly Wagner (Santa Clara)
2003 — Catherine Reddick (North Carolina)
HERMANN TROPHY
1988 — Michelle Akers, (Central Florida)
1989 — Shannon Higgins (North Carolina)
1990 — April Kater (Massachusetts)
1991 — Kristine Lilly (North Carolina)
1992 — Mia Hamm (North Carolina)
1993 — Mia Hamm (North Carolina)
1994 — Tisha Venturini (North Carolina)
1995 — Shannon MacMillan (Portland)
1996 — Cindy Daws (Notre Dame)
1997 — Cindy Parlow (North Carolina)
1998 — Cindy Parlow (North Carolina)
1999 — Mandy Clemens (Santa Clara)
2000 — Anne Makinen (Notre Dame)
2001 — Christie Welsh (Penn State)
MAC AWARD
1991 — Kristine Lilly (North Carolina)
1992 — Mia Hamm (North Carolina)
1993 — Mia Hamm (North Carolina)
1994 — Tisha Venturini (North Carolina)
1995 — Shannon MacMillan (Portland)
1996 — Cindy Daws (Notre Dame)
1997 — Cindy Parlow (North Carolina)
1998 — Cindy Parlow (North Carolina)
1999 — Mandy Clemens (Santa Clara)
2000 — Anne Makinen (Notre Dame)
2001 — Christie Welsh (Penn State)
MEN
MAC HERMANN TROPHY
2002 — Alecko Eskandarian (Virginia)
2003 — Chris Wingert (St. John's)
HERMANN TROPHY
1967 — Dov Markus (Long Island Univ.)
1968 — Manuel Hernandez (San Jose State)
1969 — Al Trost (Saint Louis)
1970 — Al Trost (Saint Louis)
1971 — Mike Seerey (Saint Louis)
1972 — Mike Seerey (Saint Louis)
1973 — Dan Counce (Saint Louis)
1974 — Farrukh Quraishi (Oneonta State)
1975 — Steve Ralbovsky (Brown)
1976 — Glenn Myernick (Hartwick)
1977 — Billy Gazonas (Hartwick)
1978 — Angelo DiBernardo (Indiana)
1979 — Jim Stamatis (Penn State)
1980 — Joe Morrone (Connecticut)
1981 — Armando Betancourt (Indiana)
1982 — Joe Ulrich (Duke)
1983 — Mike Jeffries (Duke)
1984 — Amr Aly (Columbia)
1985 — Tom Kain (Duke)
1986 — John Kerr (Duke)
1987 — Bruce Murray (Clemson)
1988 — Ken Snow (Indiana)
1989 — Tony Meola (Virginia)
1990 — Ken Snow (Indiana)
1991 — Alexi Lalas (Rutgers)
1992 — Brad Friedel (UCLA)
1993 — Claudio Reyna (Virginia)
1994 — Brian Maisonneuve (Indiana)
1995 — Mike Fisher (Virginia)
1996 — Mike Fisher (Virginia)
1997 — Johnny Torres (Creighton)
1998 — Wojtek Krakowiak (Clemson)
1999 — Ali Curtis (Duke)
2000 — Chris Gbandi (Connecticut)
2001 — Luchi Gonzalez (Southern Methodist)
MAC AWARD
1986 — John Kerr (Duke)
1987 — John Harkes (Virginia)
1988 — Ken Snow (Indiana)
1989 — Tony Meola (Virginia)
1990 — Ken Snow (Indiana)
1991 — Alexi Lalas (Rutgers)
1992 — Claudio Reyna (Virginia)
1993 — Claudio Reyna (Virginia)
1994 — Todd Yeagley (Indiana)
1995 — Matt McKeon (Saint Louis)
1996 — Mike Fisher (Virginia)
1997 — Johnny Torres (Creighton)
1998 — Jay Heaps (Duke)
1999 — Sasha Victorine (UCLA)
2000 — Ali Curtis (Duke)
2001 — Luchi Gonzalez (Southern Methodist)
