Women's Soccer: Blank On Hermann Watch List
August 11, 2009 02:16 PM | General
By Tim Goodenow for MSNsportsNET.com
August 11, 2009
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| 2008 BIG EAST Midfielder of the Year Carolyn Blank with coach Nikki Izzo-Brown. |
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University women’s soccer player Carolyn Blank has been named to the 2009 Missouri Athletic Club (M.A.C.) Hermann Trophy Watch List, released by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) today.
The award is college soccer’s version of the Heisman Trophy and represents the highest level of individual achievement in the sport. Players are selected to the M.A.C. Hermann Trophy Watch List by a committee of Division I coaches who are NSCAA members.
“I am so excited and happy for Carolyn to have her name listed alongside the best players in the country,” says coach Nikki Izzo-Brown. “This is a great honor as a result of all her hard work. It’s great to see a Mountaineer on this award list for the sixth time.”
Blank is one of 45 players named to the preseason listing. The Toms River, N.J., native earned All-America honors at midfield from the NSCAA, Soccer Buzz and TopDrawerSoccer as a junior in 2008. Blank was also named first team all-BIG EAST and became the school’s second BIG EAST Midfielder of the Year winner.
Blank, a 2009 unanimous preseason all-BIG EAST selection, is the sixth Mountaineer in program history to be named to the watch list, including two later named semifinalists: Ashley Banks (2007) and Chrissie Abbott (2003).
A list of 15 semifinalists is selected by a coaches committee in November, with three finalists announced in early December. They will be invited to the M.A.C. in St. Louis, Mo., for a news conference on Jan. 8, 2010, where the winner will be announced, with a presentation banquet following.
