High Point’s Daniel Lugo Named to MAC Hermann Trophy Midseason Watch List

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — High Point University’s Daniel Lugo has been named to the celebrated Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy Midseason Watch List, which was introduced by the United Soccer Coaches group on Friday afternoon. 
 
Lugo turns into the fifth Panther chosen to this distinguished watch record and the primary since 2021 when MD Myers and Sebastian Chalbaud represented High Point. The MAC Hermann Trophy is the Division I males’s soccer equal to the Heisman Trophy Winner for Division I soccer. He is one in all 31 DI males’s soccer gamers honored.
 
The sophomore has made a right away impression within the lineup, beginning in all 11 video games whereas scoring seven objectives — with three being game-winning scores — and aiding on two for a staff and conference-leading 16 factors. He netted his first collegiate objectives within the season opener in opposition to No. 14/25 Georgetown and has scored in six whole video games en path to High Point’s finest begin since 2012 at 7-1-3. Lugo additionally scored in opposition to No. 10 West Virginia, Charlotte, Central Arkansas, Presbyterian and UNC Asheville, whereas having three-point video games in opposition to Presbyterian and UNC Asheville. 
 
The 6-foot-2 ahead, who transferred from the University of North Carolina within the spring, continues so as to add onto his record of accolades. Along with being tabbed to the MAC Hermann Trophy Midseason Watch List, Lugo was named to the Big South Midseason Players to Watch List whereas incomes Big South Offensive Player of the Week twice.
 
The Hermann Trophy is introduced yearly by the Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) and is the nation’s highest particular person honor recognizing the National Player of the Year as decided by voting of Division I head coaches who’re members of United Soccer Coaches. It is called in honor of the late Robert Hermann, the legendary St. Louis, Mo., businessman and soccer govt who based the National Professional Soccer League, the primary professional soccer league within the United States which grew to become the North American Soccer League. He was inducted within the U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame in 2012.
 
The 2025 midseason watch record was compiled by members of the Hermann Trophy Midseason Watch List Committee. A complete of 15 gamers shall be named 2025 Hermann Trophy semifinalists on December 9 on the conclusion of NCAA Division I All-American voting. From that record, head coaches will solid votes, and three gamers shall be named finalists. The 2025 recipient shall be introduced January 9, 2026, in a ceremony on the historic Missouri Athletic Club in downtown St. Louis, Mo.
 
All-time High Point MAC Hermann Trophy Candidates
 
2011, Karo Okiomah
2017, Siggi Benonyddon
2020-21, MD Myers (Semifinalist)
2021, MD Myers
2021, Sebastian Chalbaud
2025, Daniel Lugo
 
About the Missouri Athletic Club
Located in St. Louis, Mo., the Missouri Athletic Club has been presenting school soccer’s participant of the 12 months awards since 1986. The MAC was established in 1903 as an athletic, eating and social membership. It has a “Platinum Club of America” standing, which is awarded to the highest non-public golf equipment within the nation. To study extra concerning the Missouri Athletic Club, go to mac-stl.org.
 
About United Soccer Coaches
Founded in 1941 and headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., United Soccer Coaches is the trusted and unifying voice, advocate and associate for coaches in any respect ranges of the sport. The largest group for soccer coaches on this planet, we united coaches of all ranges across the love of the sport. For extra info go to UnitedSoccerCoaches.org.
 
 

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