Willis Named to 2009 Hermann Watch List

PROVO -- BYU senior Andrea Willis has been named to the 2009 Missouri Athletic Club's Hermann Trophy Watch List.

Willis, a 5-foot-7-inch senior from Riverside, Calif., who attended Riverside Poly High School, was chosen among 45 of the top collegiate women’s soccer athletes and is the only player from the Mountain West Conference on this year’s list.

Willis is the fourth Cougar to be a candidate for this award. Aleisha Cramer Rose, now an assistant coach at BYU, was a two-time candidate in 2003 and 2004. Jessica Carter was nominated in 2007 and Katie Larkin became a two-time candidate after being nominated in 2007 and 2008.

The Hermann Trophy is considered one of the highest individual honors a player can receive in intercollegiate soccer. Recipients and nominees for this award are chosen by Division I head coaches who are current members of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. 15 semifinalists are to be selected in November with three finalists announced in early December. The final winner will be announced Jan. 8, 2010.

Two opponents for the Cougars this season also have players nominated to the Watch List. Oklahoma State’s Kasey Langdon and West Virginia’s Carolyn Blank. The Cougars will host Oklahoma State on Sept. 7th and will travel to Pennsylvania to play West Virginia on Aug. 31st.