

Two (2) players from the Big East Conference were selected to this seasons prestigious Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy watch list. The players are Saint Johns Senior Defender Joel Gustafsson and Connecticut Senior Midfielder Toni Stahl . Both players go up against a very competitive field that includes front runner and preseason favorite, Creighton Senior Forward Byron Darby. Let us hope that the 2 watch listed players have an outstanding season and become finalists for the 2009 M.A.C Hermann Trophy.
Here is the 2009 list for the M.A.C Hermann Trophy Watch list.
2009 Men's Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy Watch List
Name | Pos. | Yr. | School | Hometown |
Andre Akpan | F | Sr. | Harvard | Grand Prairie, Texas |
Anthony Ampaipitakwong | M | Jr. | Akron | Carrollton, Texas |
Ben Arikian | M | Jr. | Massachusetts | West Islip, N.Y. |
Rafael Baca | M | Jr. | Loyola Marymount | Lawndale, Calif. |
Phil Bannister | F | Jr. | Loyola (Md.) | Newcastle Upon Tyne, England |
Chase Barbiere | M | Jr. | Monmouth | Hillsborough, N.J. |
Mark Blades | D | Sr. | Northwestern | Lakewood, Ohio |
Corben Bone | M | Jr. | Wake Forest | Plano, Texas |
Jovan Bubonja | K | Sr. | Illinois-Chicago | Belgrade, Serbia |
Devan Carroll | F | Sr. | North Carolina-Wilmington | Jacksonville, N.C. |
Conor Chinn | F | Sr. | San Francisco | San Diego, Calif. |
Byron Dacy | F | Sr. | Creighton | Omaha, Neb. |
Jamie Darvill | F | Sr. | Loyola (Md.) | London, England |
Two-Boys Gumede | F | Sr. | UAB | Durbin, South Africa |
Joel Gustafsson | D | Sr. | St. John's | Gothenburg, Sweden |
Ryan Kinne | M | Jr. | Monmouth | Naugatuck, Conn. |
Samson Malijani | F | Sr. | Fairleigh Dickinson | Lusaka, Zambia |
Jimmy Maurer | K | Jr. | South Carolina | Lawrenceville, Ga. |
Ashley McInnes | F | Jr. | Tulsa | Aberdeen, Scotland |
Tennant McVea | D | Sr. | Loyola (Md.) | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Kyle Nakazawa | F | Sr. | UCLA | Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. |
J.T. Noone | M | Sr. | Temple | Harrisburg, Pa. |
Conor O'Brien | M | Sr. | Bucknell | Mt. Sinai, N.Y. |
Ike Opara | D | Jr. | Wake Forest | Durham, N.C. |
Barry Rice | D | Sr. | Kentucky | Parma, Ohio |
Joe Salem | M | Sr. | Tulsa | Akron, Ohio |
Chris Schuler | D | Sr. | Creighton | Aurora, Ill. |
Kevin Shrout | M | Sr. | Drake | Lee's Summit, Mo. |
Patrick Sigler | D | So. | Cal Poly | Windsor, Calif. |
Seth Sinovic | D | Sr. | Creighton | Leawood, Kan. |
Andy Stadler | M | Sr. | George Washington | Wauwatosa, Wis. |
Toni Stahl | M | Sr. | Connecticut | Tuusula, Finland |
Michael Stephens | M | Sr. | UCLA | Naperville, Ill. |
Tony Tchani | M | So. | Virginia | Norfolk, Va. |
Bobby Warshaw | M | Jr. | Stanford | Mechanicsburg, Pa. |
Garrett Webb | F | Sr. | Drake | Prairie Village, Kan. |
Alex Weekes | F | Sr. | Colgate | Stroudsburg, Pa. |
Andrew Wiedeman | F | Jr. | California | San Ramon, Calif. |