Butler junior Brandon Guhl has been selected to the 2018 MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List.

United Soccer Coaches and the Missouri Athletic Club announced the 77 NCAA Division I players (men and women) Thursday, Aug. 9.

The MAC Hermann Trophy, presented by World Wide Technology, is the most prestigious individual award in college soccer and is presented annually to the most outstanding male and female players of the year. This year's winners will be announced Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 at the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis.

Guhl was selected as a Second-Team All-American by College Soccer News following the 2017 season, which was his first as a Bulldog after transferring from SMU.

Guhl led the BIG EAST with 13 goals and 31 points and was named the conference's Co-Offensive Player of the Year in addition to landing a spot on the conference's first team. That included five game-winning goals. In NCAA Tournament play, Guhl scored both goals in the 2-0 win over Lipscomb in the first round before netting the game-winner at VCU in the second round.

Air Force senior Tucker Bone and Florida International senior Santiago Patino were MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalists a year ago and they lead a group of 32 players on the Men's Watch List for the upcoming 2018 season. Ten of the 32 players were United Soccer Coaches All-Americans in 2017.

The MAC Hermann Trophy Watch Lists are compiled by members of the United Soccer Coaches Men's and Women's NCAA Division I All-America Committees. Fifteen semifinalists will be named for both the men's and women's MAC Hermann Trophy near the end of the college season based on voting by NCAA Division I coaches and from those candidates, three finalists will ultimately be placed on the ballot for the coveted award.

For more information about the MAC Hermann Trophy, including a list of past winners, visit MACHermannTrophy.org.

2018 Men's MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List Name Yr. Pos School Hometown Joris Ahlinvi Jr. M Florida International Saint-Aubin des Bois, France Mertcan Akar Jr. K Old Dominion Cologne, Germany  Nathan Aune Sr. D Seattle  Arlington, Wash. Jakov Basic  Sr.  M  Massachusetts-Lowell Zagreb, Croatia  Tucker Bone* Sr. M  Air Force  Granite Bay, Calif.  Niklas Brodacki  Jr. F  Central Arkansas Norrkoping, Sweden  Antonio Bustamante Sr. M  William and Mary Springfield, Va.  Drake Callender  Jr. K California Fair Oaks, Calif.  Kyle Clinton  Jr. D  Georgia State Havant, England  Alex Cosmia  Sr. D North Carolina Vancouver, B.C.  Mark Forrest Sr. F Lehigh Douglassville, Pa.  Allen Gavilanes So. F Marist North Plainfield, N.J. Brandon Guhl Jr. F Butler Houston, Texas Andrew Gutman Sr. D Indiana Hillsdale, Ill. Jimmy Hague Sr. K Michigan State Walled Lake, Mich. Jack Hallahan Jr. F Michigan Redditch, England Erik Holt Jr. D UCLA San Diego, Calif. Jean-Christoph Koffi Sr. M Virginia Potomac, Md. Daniel Krutzen Sr. M Albany Lanaken, Belgium Janos Loebe Sr. F Fordham Kierspe, Germany Brendan McDonough Sr. D Georgetown Matthews, N.C. Zac McGraw Jr. D Army West Point Torrance, Calif. Garrett McLaughlin Jr. F SMU Edmond, Okla. Benji Michel Jr. F Portland Orlando, Fla. Rey Ortiz Jr. M Portland Acapulco, Mexico Elliott Otmani Sr. F Rider La Ciotat, France Santiago Patino* Sr. F Florida International Orlando, Fla. Brian Saramago Jr. F Loyola Maryland New Hyde Park, N.Y. Andrew Shinyashiki Sr. F Denver Sao Paulo, Brazil Davis Smith So. F Massachusetts Amherst, Mass. Jonny Sutherland Sr. K Clemson Chester, England Faouzi Taieb Jr. D UC Santa Barbara Marseille, France   * - 2017 MAC Hermann Semifinalist ** - 2017 MAC Hermann Finalist

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