MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University senior defender Kadeisha Buchanan was named the 2016 Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) Hermann Trophy recipient, tonight, at the MAC Hermann Trophy Award Banquet, held at the Downtown Clubhouse, in St. Louis, Missouri.
College soccer’s version of the Heisman Trophy, Buchanan is the first Mountaineer student-athlete to claim the storied award. The Brampton, Ontario, native is the first defender to win the honor since Cat Reddick (North Carolina) did so first in 2003.
“It is an amazing feeling to win the MAC Hermann Trophy,” Buchanan, a two-time finalist, said. “Tonight’s honor is not just for me – it’s for my friends, my family, my teammates and my coaches.