Thirty-one players named to 2025 Men’s Hermann Trophy Midseason Watch List

KANSAS CITY, MO – United Soccer Coaches announced the 31 NCAA Men’s Division I college soccer players named to the 2025 Hermann Trophy Midseason Watch List.
The Hermann Trophy is presented annually by the Missouri Athletic Club and is the nation’s highest individual honor recognizing the National Player of the Year as determined by voting of Division I head coaches who are members of United Soccer Coaches. It is named in honor of the late Robert Hermann, the legendary St. Louis, Mo., businessman and soccer executive who founded the National Professional Soccer League, the first pro soccer league in the United States which became the North American Soccer League. He was inducted in the U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame in 2012.
The 2025 midseason watch list was compiled by members of the Hermann Trophy Midseason Watch List Committee. A total of 15 players will be named 2025 Hermann Trophy semifinalists on December 9 at the conclusion of NCAA Division I All-American voting. From that list, head coaches will cast votes, and three players will be named finalists. The 2025 recipient will be announced January 9, 2026, in a ceremony at the historic Missouri Athletic Club in downtown St. Louis, Mo.
2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Hermann Trophy Midseason Watch List
Position | Name | Class | School | Hometown |
K | Mitch Budler | Sr. | Akron | Lincoln, Neb. |
K | Sebastian Conlon | Sr. | Kentucky | Reston, Va. |
K | Logan Erb | Sr. | NC State | Houston, Texas |
K | Andrew Samuels | Jr. | Princeton | Burlingame, Calif. |
D | Kamran Acito | Sr. | Duke | Manhattan, N.Y. |
D | Nikola Markovic | So. | NC State | Gatineau, Que. |
D | Abdel Talabi | Sr. | Bryant | Derbyshire, England |
D | Giuliano Fravolini Whitchurch | Sr. | Princeton | San Diego, Calif. |
M | Richie Aman | Sr. | Washington | Hanover, N.H. |
M | Zach Bohane | Sr. | Stanford | Monte Sereno, Calif. |
M | Arnau Farnos | Sr. | Oregon State | Riudoms, Spain |
M | Cooper Flax | Sr. | Wake Forest | Dix Hills, N.Y. |
M | Cooper Forcellini | Sr. | Xavier | Olathe, Kan. |
M | Ransford Gyan | So. | Clemson | Sunyani, Ghana |
M | Diego Hernandez | Jr. | Furman | Mesquite, Texas |
M | Kenan Hot | Sr. | Duke | Lincroft, N.J. |
M | Eduoard Nys | Jr. | Illinois – Chicago | Dottignies, Belgium |
M | Zach Zengue | Sr. | Georgetown | North Oaks, Minn. |
F | David Agjabe | So. | Portland | Surrey, B.C. |
F | Palmer Ault | Sr. | Indiana | Noblesville, Ind. |
F | Marcus Caldeira | Sr. | West Virginia | Mississauga, Ont. |
F | Junior Diouf | Fr. | Grand Canyon | Thies, Senegal |
F | Enzo Dovlo | Jr. | UNC Greensboro | Paris, France |
F | Joe Highfield | So. | Portland | Plymouth, Minn. |
F | Maximilian Kissell | Sr. | Vermont | Wiesbaden, German |
F | Ricky Louis | So. | Georgia Southern | Fort Myers, Fla. |
F | Daniel Lugo | So. | High Point | St. Petersburg, Fla. |
F | Donavan Phillip | Jr. | NC State | Castries, Saint Lucia |
F | Pablo Pozos | Jr. | West Virginia | Madrid, Spain |
F | Nicholas Simmonds | Fr. | Virginia | Midlothian, Va. |
F | Marius Stenner | So. | Delaware | Svendborg, Denmark |