Women’s Hermann Trophy Preseason Watch List: Top NCAA Players for 2026

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KANSAS CITY, MO – The IWSOC and United Soccer Coaches has announced the NCAA Division I Women’s Players to Watch lists for the 2026 intercollegiate season.

The lists are compiled and released by the Division I All-America Committees to promote college soccer leading up to the official start date for the regular season later this month. The lists include United Soccer Coaches All-Americans and All-Region players from 2025 who are scheduled to return for the 2026 season.

See below for a full rundown of players who are on the Watch List for the 2026 Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) Hermann Trophy, the top individual honor in college soccer.

2026 NCAA Division I Women’s Players to Watch – Forwards

Name	Class	School	Hometown
Bella Antonio	Sr.	College of Charleston	North Ridgeville, Ohio
Breece Bass	Jr.	Murray State	Indianapolis, Ind.
Kennedy Bell	Sr.	Michigan State	Cornelius, N.C.
Jade Bordeleau	Sr.	NC State	Terrabonne, Que.
Alex Buck	Jr.	Washington	Medina, Wash.
Annabelle Chukwu	Jr.	Notre Dame	Ottawa, Ont.
Katie Shea Collins	Jr.	Duke	Gallatin, Tenn.
Bella Diorio	Sr.	TCU	Lockport. Ill.
Izzy Engle	Jr.	Notre Dame	Edina, Minn.
Aaliyah Faddoul	Sr.	Georgia State	Windsor, Ont.
Bella Field	Sr.	Arkansas	Leawood, Kan.
Allie Fryer	GR-5	LSU	Spanish Fork, Utah
Ava Galligan	Sr.	LSU	Ashburn, Va.
Aliya Gomes	Sr.	South Alabama	Bradford, Ont.
Juju Harris	So.	Clemson	Pembroke Pines, Fla.
Ashley Henderson	Sr.	Florida State	Memphis, Tenn.
Sophia Henry	So.	Army	Springfield, Va.
Zoe Hevey	Sr.	Loyola Chicago	Pewaukee, Wis.
Wrianna Hudson	Jr.	Florida State	Rochester, N.Y.
Nixan Jackson	Sr.	Utah Valley	Mapleton, Utah
Hailey Johnson	Sr.	Mississippi State	Charlotte, N.C.
Ginny Lackey	Jr.	James Madison	Bolton, England
Stephanie Lathrop	Jr.	Dartmouth	Dayton, Md.
Hope Leyba	Sr	Colorado	Phoenix, Ariz.
Hailey Longwell	Jr.	UNC Wilmington	Moon Township, Pa.
Paige Luke	Sr.	Binghamton	Ilion, N.Y.
Lauren MacDonald	Sr.	Rhode Island	Gibsonia, Pa.
Zoe Main	Sr.	Florida	Missouri City, Texas
Kylie Maxwell	So.	Wake Forest	Langhorne, Pa.
Ava McDonald	So.	Texas	Allen, Texas
Sydney Middaugh	Sr.	South Carolina	Hesperia, Calif.
Mia Minestrella	Sr.	Duke	Redondo Beach, Calif.
Mailin Orozco	Sr.	Santa Clara	Salinas, Calif
Julia Quinonez	Sr.	Pepperdine	Torrance, Calif.
Kennedy Roesch	Jr.	Northwestern	San Diego, Calif.
Emerson Sargeant	GR-5	Michigan State	Hartland, Mich.
Kennedy Schoennauer	Sr.	Santa Clara	San Jose, Calif.
Maria Schuller	Jr.	Little Rock	Little Rock, Ark.
Blaine Schutte	Jr.	Tulsa	Eureka, Mo.
Annika Smith	Sr	Cal Poly	Scottsdale, Ariz.
Laney Smith	Jr.	Dayton	Fort Thomas, Ky.
Nyanya Touray	So.	Florida State	Silver Spring, Md.
Klarissa Vega	So.	South Dakota	Menifee, Calif.
Ellie Walbruch	Sr.	BYU	Highland, Utah
Sydney Watts	Sr.	Vanderbilt	Lenexa, Kan.
Ava Westlund	Sr.	Minnesota	Arden Hills, Minn.
Bella Winn	Jr.	Stanford	Ridgewood, N.J.
Taylor Zdrojewski	Sr.	Texas Tech	Celina, Texas

2026 NCAA Division I Women’s Players to Watch – Midfielders

Name	Class	School	Hometown
Helen Alormenu	Jr.	Texas State	Accra, Ghana
Jillian Anderson	Jr.	Boise State	Allen, Texas
Kennedy Ball	Sr.	Arkansas	Lookout Mountain, Ga.
Ava Bramblett	Sr.	Ohio State	Noblesville, Ind.
Kayla Briggs	Sr.	Michigan State	Toronto, Ont.
Sofia Bush	Sr.	Iowa	Marion, Iowa
Emme Butera	Sr.	Bowling Green	Willoughby Hills, Ohio
Bella Carapazza	Sr.	Texas A&M	Tarpon Springs, Fla.
Mia Casey	Sr.	Colorado State	Rialto, Calif.
Erin Connolly	Sr.	Wisconsin	Clayton, Mo.
Sam Courtwright	Jr.	Duke	Dallas, Texas
Camryn Cruz	Sr.	Cal State Fullerton	Long Beach, Calif.
Summer Denigan	GR-5	North Carolina	Union, Ky.
Aliyah Dockter	Sr.	Portland	Seattle, Wash.
Samantha Erbach	Jr.	Florida State	Lebanon, Ohio
Kamdyn Fuller	So	TCU	Southlake, Texas
Liv Grenda	Jr.	Dayton	Perkasie, Pa.
Honoka Hamano	Sr.	Georgia	Tokyo, Japan
Jadyn Holdenried	Sr.	Washington	Windsor, Calif.
Jace Holley	Sr.	Colorado	Fort Collins, Colo.
Andrea lljkic	Jr.	South Alabama	Littleton, Colo.
Taylor Jenkins	Jr.	USC	Milford, Conn.
Anja Jestrovic	Sr.	California Baptist	Belgrade, Serbia
Courtney Jones	Sr.	Vanderbilt	Orlando, Fla.
Annika Jost	Jr.	Air Force	Temecula, Calif.
U’I Kaaihue	Sr.	Seattle	Pulikani, Hawaii
Lucy Kesler	Jr.	BYU	American Fork, Utah
Ai Kitagawa	Jr.	Memphis	Itami City, Japan
Charlotte Kohler	Jr.	Stanford	Woodside, Calif.
Reagan Kotschau	Sr.	Colorado	Thornton, Colo.
Maddie Levy	Jr.	West Virginia	Manheim, Pa.
Laura Martinez	Sr.	Fairleigh Dickinson	Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Michaela McGowan	Jr.	Colorado	Broomfield, Colo.
Kendall Memoly	Sr.	Colorado College	Laguna Hills, Calif.
Y-Lan Nguyen	So.	Stanford	Fairfax, Va.
Joy Okonye	Sr	Brown	Lagos, Nigeria
Isabella Pontieri	Sr.	Ole Miss	Fleming Island, Fla.
Chiara Premoli	Sr.	Eastern Kentucky	Broni, Italy
Grace Restovich	Jr.	Notre Dame	St. Louis, Mo.
Amelia Severn	Jr.	Gonzaga	Shoreline, Wash.
Amanda Schlueter	Sr.	Ohio State	Union, Ky.
Amelia Swinarski	Jr.	Louisville	Madison, Ohio
Hannah Tate	Sr.	Texas	Omaha, Neb.
Kai Tsakiris	So.	Tennessee	Newport Beach, Calif.
Amalia Villarreal	Jr.	Texas	Lansing, Mich.

2026 NCAA Division I Women’s Players to Watch – Defenders

Name	Class	School	Hometown
Bella Ayscue	Jr.	Penn State	Apex, N.C.
Hailey Baumann	Sr.	Wisconsin	South Lyon, Mich.
Taylor Bloom	GR-5	South Carolina	Huntington Beach, Calif.
Morgan Brown	Jr.	TCU	Wylie, Texas
Amelia Campanella	Sr.	South Alabama	Ottawa, Ont.
Caroline Castans	Sr.	Kansas	Flower Mound, Texas
Fernanda Dantas	Jr.	Oklahoma	Salvador, Brazil
Isabelle De Buyl	So.	Santa Clara	Overland Park, Kan.
Jordan Dillingham	Jr.	Army	Sacramento, Calif.
Sophia Garofalo	Sr.	Binghamton	Aberdeen, N.J.
Kiara Gilmore	So.	Wisconsin	Allen, Texas
Millie Greer	Sr.	Iowa	Scottsdale, Ariz.
Kaya Hanson	Sr.	Georgetown	Seattle, Wash.
Paula Herranz	Sr.	Jacksonville	Madrid, Spain
Libby Holmes	Sr.	Old Dominion	Shefford, England
Nyema Ingleton	Sr.	West Virgina	Calgary, Alb.
Kameron Kloza	GR-5	UT San Antonio	San Antonio, Texas
Leah Klurman	GR-5	Alabama	Scotch Plains, N.J.
Ashlynn Kulha	Sr.	Old Dominion	Holly Springs, Miss.
Finley Lavin	Sr.	Memphis	Jarrettsville, Md.
Peyton Leonard	Sr.	Pepperdine	Ladera Ranch, Calif.
Anna Leschly	So.	Dartmouth	Brookline, Mass.
Faith Leyba	Sr.	Colorado	Phoenix, Ariz.
Lauren Littleton	Sr.	Liberty	Friendswood, Texas
Maya Loudd	Sr.	Washington	Tualatin, Ore.
Victoria Meza	Sr.	Texas State	San Salvador, El Salvador
Iba Oching	Jr.	Iowa	Coquitlam, B.C.
Mia Owens	Sr.	Utah Valley	San Clemente, Calif.
Cameron Patton	Jr.	TCU	Austin, Texas
Claire Palya	Jr.	Tennesee Tech	Knoxville, Tenn.
Emma Radoncic	Jr.	Central Connecticut State	Ridgefield, N.J.
Violet Rademacher	Sr.	Portland	Meridian, Idaho
Anna Rayhill	Sr.	Harvard	New Hartford, N.Y.
Ellie Rebmann	Sr.	Auburn	Libertyville, Ill.
Lillian Reuscher	Jr.	Rice	Kansas City, Mo.
Cameron Roller	Sr.	Duke	Sherman, Texas
Morgan Roy	Sr.	Notre Dame	Commerce, Mich.
Kaitlyn Slocum	Sr.	Boise State	Meridian, Idaho
Summer Sofonia	So.	Utah State	Hyrum, Utah
Izzi Stratton	Sr.	North Carolina	Alpine, Utah
Emma Theilbahr	Sr.	Colorado	Sandpoint, Idaho

2026 NCAA Division I Women’s Players to Watch – Goalkeepers

Name	Class	School	Hometown
Valentina Amaral	Sr.	Wake Forest	Oviedo, Fla.
Azul Alvarez	Sr.	Baylor	Round Rock, Texas
Caroline Birkel	So.	Stanford	St. Louis, Mo.
Sophie Dawe	Jr.	Kansas	Memphis, Tenn.
Ava de Leest	So.	Boise State	Fullerton, Calif.
Hannah Dickinson	Sr.	Villanova	Seattle, Wash.
Melina Ford	Sr.	Central Connecticut State	Portland, Conn.
Sierra Giorgio	Sr.	South Alabama	Vaughn, Ont.
Sophia Hills	Sr.	Portland	Boise, Idaho
Jasmine Kessler	Sr.	UT San Antonio	Spring, Texas
Abby Kudla	Jr.	Memphis	Strongsville, Ohio
Izzy Lee	Sr.	Illinois	Western Springs, Ill.
Jordan LeVasseur	So.	Eastern Kentucky	Pinckney, Mich.
Cayden Norris	Jr.	Tennessee	Johnson City, Tenn.
Mikayla O’Brien	Sr.	California Baptist	Fontana, Calif.
Kate Plachy	Jr.	Saint Mary’s (CA)	El Dorado Hills, Calif.
Victoria Safradin	Sr.	Virginia	Eastlake, Ohio
Drew Stover	Sr.	Wisconsin	Frisco, Texas
Eliza Teplow	Sr.	Northeastern	Wellesley, Mass.
Madi Valenti	Sr.	Illinois State	St. Charles, Mo.