Last Season's winner of the NCAA Division 1 Women's Soccer M.A.C Hermann Trophy,Former Notre Dame Forward keri Hanks.Seven (7) players from the Big East Conference made the Missouri Athletic Club's annual Hermann Trophy watch list. The award is given to the top male and female soccer players at the NCAA Division 1 level. The Hermann Trophy is often referred to as the Heisman trophy of soccer. The 10 Big East Conference Players who made the list are:West Virginia Senior Midfielder Carolyn Blank , Rutgers Senior Midfielder Gina DeMaio, Notre Dame Junior Lauren Fowlkes, Rutgers Senior Goalkeeper Erin Guthrie, Notre Dame Sophomore Forward Melissa Henderson, Notre Dame Senior Midifielder Courtney Rosen and Georgetown Sophomore Midfielder Ingrid Wells. With former Notre Dame stand out Forward Keri Hanks winning last seasons title, (The second of her Stella college career.) Here's to hoping the Big East Conference will retain the M.A.C Hermann Trophy for the 2009 Division 1 women's soccer season.
Here is the full list for the 2009 Women's Herman Trophy watch list.
2009 Women's Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy Watch List
| Name | Pos. | Yr. | School | Hometown |
| Kristin Arnold | K | Jr. | Texas A&M | Centennial, Colo. |
| Lauren Barnes | D | Jr. | UCLA | Upland, Calif. |
| Hailey Beam | M | Sr. | Charlotte | Cornelius, N.C. |
| Carolyn Blank | M | Sr. | West Virginia | Toms River, N.J. |
| Alysha Bonnick | F | Jr. | Missouri | North Gower, Ont. |
| Lauren Cheney | F | Sr. | UCLA | Indianapolis, Ind. |
| Amanda DaCosta | M | Jr. | Florida State | Katonah, N.Y. |
| Kelsey Davis | K | Sr. | Portland | Thousand Oaks, Calif. |
| Gina DeMaio | M | Sr. | Rutgers | Parsippany, N.J. |
| Gina DiMartino | F | Sr. | Boston College | Massapequa Park, N.Y. |
| Becky Edwards | D | Sr. | Florida State | Downingtown, Pa. |
| Whitney Engen | D | Sr. | North Carolina | Rolling Hills Estates, Calif. |
| Michelle Enyeart | M | Sr. | Portland | Hemet, Calif. |
| Sinead Farrelly | M | Jr. | Virginia | Havertown, Pa. |
| Lauren Fowlkes | D | Jr. | Notre Dame | Lee's Summit, Mo. |
| Erin Guthrie | K | Sr. | Rutgers | Sparta, N.J. |
| Sarah Hagen | F | So. | Wisconsin-Milwaukee | Appleton, Wis. |
| Tobin Heath | M | Sr. | North Carolina | Basking Ridge, N.J. |
| Melissa Henderson | F | So. | Notre Dame | Garland, Texas |
| Laura Heyboer | F | So. | Michigan State | Hudsonville, Mich. |
| Corky Julien | F | Sr. | James Madison | Williamstown, Ont. |
| Kasey Langdon | F | Sr. | Oklahoma State | Wylie, Texas |
| Sydney Leroux | F | So. | UCLA | Vancouver, B.C. |
| Nikki Marshall | F | Sr. | Colorado | Mead, Colo. |
| Jillian Mastroianni | K | So. | Boston College | Durham, Conn. |
| Alex Morgan | F | Jr. | California-Berkeley | Diamond Bar, Calif. |
| Alyssa Naeher | K | Sr. | Penn State | Seymour, Conn. |
| Christine Naim | M | Fr. | Penn State | Bowie, Md. |
| Veronica Napoli | F | So. | Northeastern | Newport, R.I. |
| Casey Nogueira | F | Sr. | North Carolina | Raleigh, N.C. |
| Teresa Noyola | M | So. | Stanford | Palo Alto, Calif. |
| Kelley O'Hara | F | Sr. | Stanford | Fayeteville, Ga. |
| Kristin Olsen | K | Sr. | Southern California | Orange, Calif. |
| Elizabeth Redmond | F | Sr. | Duke | Morristown, N.J. |
| Aline Reis | K | So. | Central Florida | Campinas, Brazil |
| Katherine Reynolds | M | Jr. | Santa Clara | Medina, Wash. |
| Courtney Rosen | M | Sr. | Notre Dame | Brecksville, Ohio |
| Malorie Rutledge | M | Sr. | LSU | Sharpsburg, Ga. |
| Sophie Schmidt | M | Jr. | Portland | Abbotsford, B.C. |
| Katie Schoepfer | F | Sr. | Penn State | Waterford, Conn. |
| Lindsay Taylor | F | So. | Stanford | Los Altos, Calif. |
| Ingrid Wells | M | So. | Georgetown | Upper Montclair, N.J. |
| Andrea Willis | D | Jr. | Brigham Young | Riverside, Calif. |
| Bri Young | D | So. | Texas A&M | Castle Pines North, Colo. |
| Tiffany Yovino | M | Jr. | Hofstra | Holtsville, N.Y. |