Canadian soccer star Kadeisha Buchanan wins MAC Hermann Trophy
ST. LOUIS — Kadeisha Buchanan won the Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy on Friday night, joining national team captain Christine Sinclair as the only Canadian women to win the award.
The 21-year-old defender from Brampton, Ont. — who helped lead West Virginia University to the NCAA College Cup final — beat out Morgan Andrews (USC) and Andi Sullivan (Stanford) for the high-profile honour billed as U.S. college soccer’s version of the Heisman Trophy.
Sinclair won in 2004 and 2005.
“When I first stepped into this college soccer arena, I had little knowledge of this award — sorry, I’m from Canada,” Buchanan said, prompting laughter from the audience at the award presentation ceremony. “I only knew Christine Sinclair won it twice and I knew that I wanted to get on that list with her.”