Four athletes who will play in this weekend’s NCAA Women’s College Cup are among the 15 semifinalists for the 2010 Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy, the most prestigious individual award in intercollegiate soccer.

Cassie Dickerson (Ohio State/Kalamazoo, Mich.), Melissa Henderson (Notre Dame/Garland, Texas), Kristen Mewis (Boston College/Hanson, Mass.) and Christen Press (Stanford/Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.) will participate in the semifinal round of the NCAA women’s championships at WakeMed Field in Cary, N.C., Friday evening. Press and Sinead Farrelly (Virginia/Havertown, Pa.) are the only two players from last year’s semifinalists to make this year’s list.

Head coaches of Division I programs with current membership in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) will vote to determine the 2010 MAC Hermann Trophy recipient. Three finalists for the award will be announced on Friday, Dec. 10. They will be invited to the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis for a news conference on Friday, Jan. 7, 2011, where the winner will be announced. A dinner and formal presentation of the award will follow the news conference that evening.

For more information about the Missouri Athletic Club's Hermann Trophy, visit http://www.mac-hermann-trophy.org/.

2010 Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy Women’s Semifinalists

Cassie Dickerson
D, Sr., Ohio State, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Started all 23 games for the Buckeyes…has anchored a defense that has posted 12 clean sheets, allowed only 14 goals and sparked the program to its first College Cup appearance…earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year honors…her lone goal of the season was the game-winner in a 1-0 decision over Dayton…logged the most minutes (2,095) on the team this season.

Crystal Dunn
D, Fr., North Carolina, Rockville Centre, N.Y.
Started 23 games for the Tar Heels…scored nine goals and added eight assists for 26 points, third on the UNC squad…notched two game-winners…put 18 of her 30 shots on frame (.600)…earned ACC Defensive Player of the Year Honors…played each of the three field positions at some point during the season.

Sinead Farrelly
M, Sr., Virginia, Havertown, Pa.
Started all 22 games for the Cavaliers…led the team with 12 goals and seven assists for 31 points…tallied five game-winning goals…26 of her 51 shots were on frame (.510)…ACC Offensive Player of the Year…making her second appearance as a Hermann Trophy semifinalist…four-time first-team All-ACC selection.

Adrianna Franch
K, So., Oklahoma State, Salina, Kan.
Started all 26 games for the Cowgirls this season…allowed only 19 goals, good for a 0.73 goals-against average…recorded nine shutouts…stopped 90 of the 109 shots she faced for a .826 saves percentage…a first-team All-Big 12 selection for the second consecutive year.

Katy Frierson
M, Jr., Auburn, Homewood, Ala.
Started all 21 games….led the team with 28 points on eight goals and 12 assists…tallied four game-winning goals…her 0.57 assists per game tied for 8th in the nation…29 of her 65 shots were on goal (.446)…first-team All-SEC selection for the third consecutive season.

Sarah Hagen
F, Jr., Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Appleton, Wis.
Started all 21 games for the Panthers…led the team with 44 points on 19 goals and six assists…tallied seven game-winning goals…her 2.10 points per game ranked fourth in the nation, while her 19 goals tied for second in the nation in that category… Horizon League Offensive Player of the Year the past two seasons.

Melissa Henderson
F, Jr., Notre Dame, Garland, Texas
Started 23 games for the Irish…led the team in goals (17) and points (44) and shared the lead in assists (10)…ranked sixth in the nation with 1.91 points per game and 17 goals for the season…the Big East Offensive Player of the Year…has six game-winning goals…put 48 of her 72 shots on goal (.667)…converted four of five penalty kicks.

Bianca Henninger
K, Jr., Santa Clara, Los Gatos, Calif.
Started 21 games for the Broncos…saved 90 of 104 shots on goal, a .865 save percentage…posted eight shutouts on the was to a 13-6-2 record…an All-West Coach Conference first-team selection.

Kristen Mewis
F, So., Boston College, Hanson, Mass.
Played in 24 games this season…has 34 points on 10 goals and 14 assists…her 0.58 assists per game ranks seventh in the nation…had three game-winning goals…first-team All-ACC selection…was the NSCAA National Player of the Week on Sept. 29 after scoring the equalizer and assisting on the winner in BC’s first-ever win at then-No. 1 North Carolina.

Alex Morgan
F, Sr., California, Diamond Bar, Calif.
Played only 12 games due to being called up to the U.S. National Team for the Women’s World Cup qualifying tournament…still led her team in goals (14) and points (30)…put 32 of her 64 shots on frame (.500)…first-team All-Pac-10 selection…her stoppage-time goal against Italy gave the U.S. women a leg up in their playoff series to advance to next summer’s Women’s World Cup.

Christine Nairn
M, So., Penn State, Annapolis, Md.
Started all 21 games for the Nittany Lions…her six assists led the team…also had seven goals for 20 points…scored three game-winning goals and converted three of four penalty kicks…her goal 63 seconds into the match at Connecticut was the second-fastest in school history…first-team All-Big Ten selection.

Christen Press
F, Sr., Stanford, Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.
Started all 24 games for the Cardinal…leads the nation with 60 points, 2.50 points per game and 26 goals…had 10 game-winning goals…converted both of her penalty kicks….put 88 of her 171 shots on frame, a .515 accuracy rate…Pac-10 Player of the Year…two-time Hermann Trophy semifinalist.

Sophie Schmidt
M, Sr., Portland, Abbotsford, B.C.
Started all 15 games she was available for the Pilots…missed a month of the collegiate season while helping the Canadian National Team advance to the 2011 Women’s World Cup…played all 450 minutes for Canada in Mexico…tied for third for the Pilots in scoring with 19 points on seven goals and five assists…three of her goals were game-winners.

Katie Stengel
F, Fr., Wake Forest, Melbourne, Fla.
Started all 24 games for the Demon Deacons…set school records for goals (16) and points (37)…tied for ninth in the nation for total points…her 16 goals ties her for seventh in the nation…the ACC Freshman of the Year and a first-team All-ACC selection…had a string of three straight matches with the game-winning goal (vs. LSU, Kentucky and Vanderbilt).

Ingrid Wells
M, Jr., Upper Montclair, N.J., Georgetown
Started all 24 games for the Hoyas…leads the team in assists (10) and is tied for team lead in points (28)…shares the team lead with three game-winning goals…33 of her 57 shots were on goal (.571)…converted both of her penalty kick attempts…the Big East Midfielder of the Year.

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