Nov. 6, 2002
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Wake Forest junior midfielder Brian Carroll was
selected as one of 15 finalists for the Missouri Athletic Club's Hermann
Trophy Award, given to the nation's top male and female soccer player.
Carroll, a junior from Springfield, Va., has started all 17 of Wake
Forest's games this fall and has helped the Deacons to unprecedented
regular season success. The Deacons are undefeated at 13-0-4, captured
the first regular season ACC title in school history and are the
nation's consensus number one team this week.
"Brian's leadership has been a major key to our growth as a program and
our success this year," head coach Jay Vidovich said. "He has a great
engine up and down the line and is an excellent two-way player."
"I feel honored to be on the list. The Hermann Trophy is something I
hadn't even thought about and is something I won't think about again
until after the season," Carroll said. "As a team, we're focused on
accomplishing our team goals."
Carroll has three goals and five assists from his flank midfield
position. Two of his three goals have come against Atlantic Coast
Conference competition including a one goal, one assist effort against
Virginia earlier this fall. That performance propelled Carroll to ACC
Player of the Week honors.
Carroll, a Soccer America preseason All-American, has spent each of the
last two summers with the U.S. National Teams in his age group. This
past summer, Carroll competed on the U-23 National Team in Italy,
England and Portugal alongside MLS stars DaMarcus Beasley and Bobby
Convey among others. On August 1, Carroll scored two goals against the
Bolton Wanders, an English side.
The winners of the M.A.C.'s Hermann Trophy will be decided by a vote of
current NSCAA members at the NCAA Division I level. Winners will be
announced at a news conference in Dallas, Texas, on Dec. 12 in
conjunction with the NCAA Division I Men's College Cup and the
announcement of the NSCAA/adidas All-America teams for intercollegiate
play. The winners will be honored at a dinner at the M.A.C. in St. Louis
on Friday, Jan. 10, 2003.
Past winners of the Hermann Trophy include U.S. National Team
superstars such as Claudio Reyna, Brad Friedel, Alexi Lalas and Tony
Meola.
M.A.C. Hermann Trophy Finalists:
| Brian Carroll |
Jr. |
M |
Wake Forest |
| Ryan Coiner |
Sr. |
F |
San Diego |
| Alecko Eskandarian |
Jr. |
F |
Virginia |
| Ryan Futogaki |
Sr. |
M |
UCLA |
| Sumed Ibrahim |
Jr. |
M |
Maryland |
| Nate Jaqua |
Jr. |
F |
Portland |
| Roger Levesque |
Sr. |
F |
Stanford |
| Ryan Mack |
Sr. |
M |
Indiana |
| Pat Noonan |
Sr. |
F |
Indiana |
| Jordan Quinn |
Sr. |
F |
South Carolina |
| Damani Ralph |
Sr. |
F |
Connecticut |
| David Stokes |
Jr. |
D |
North Carolina |
| Mike Tranchilla |
Sr. |
F |
Creighton |
| Diego Walsh |
Sr. |
M |
SMU |
| Chris Wingert |
Jr. |
M |
St. John's |
