Alabama Soccer’s Reyna Reyes, Riley Mattingly Parker Named Semifinalist For MAC Hermann Trophy

KANSAS CITY, Mon- Alabama soccer’s Riley Mattingly Parker and Reyna Reyes have been named semifinalists for the 2022 MAC Hermann Trophy, it was announced Wednesday.

Both Parker and Reyes have been key cogs in pacing the Crimson Tide to its best season in program history while rewriting the Alabama record book in 2022. UA’s record-setting season includes its first-ever College Cup appearance as the Tide captured more than one win in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history. The Tide enters the College Cup with a 23-2-1 overall record and also won its first Southeastern Conference Championship with a perfect 10-0 record in league play.

The Hermann Trophy is the highest individual honor awarded in intercollegiate soccer and is given to the best individual male and female player, as voted on by NCAA Division I soccer coaches and announced by the United Soccer Coaches and Missouri Athletic Club (MAC).

• Snapped a pair of 17-year-old records for single-season goals (17) and points (41)
• Scored an NCAA-leading seven game-winning goals this season, topping the program record set in 1994
• Ranks sixth in both goals and points nationally while ranking 14th nationally in points per game (1.64)
• Paced by Parker, Alabama leads the nation in total goals (76), total points (220) and total assists (68) and ranks second in scoring offense (2.92) and points per game (8.46)
• Three-time SEC Offensive Player of the Week (8/29, 9/5, 10/24)
• Named to the United Soccer Coaches First Team All-Southeast Region Team
• Was the first Alabama player to be named SEC Forward of the Year
• Sixth UA player to earn SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year and first to do so since Nealy Martin in 2019

• Anchored the Alabama defensive line to a program-record 12 shutouts and 23 wins this season
• The Crimson Tide ranks 19th nationally in goals-against average (0.648), while outscoring its opponents 76-17 in 2022
• Despite playing on the backline, Reyes has notched eight goals, third-most on the team, and recorded an assist for 17 points on the season
• Has scored two game-winning goals, including the Tide’s go-ahead goal in overtime against Duke in the NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
• The UA senior’s goal against Duke was her second in the 2022 NCAA Tournament after netting a goal to help lift UA to a 9-0 victory over Jackson State in the opening round
• Helped Alabama to a 0.648 goals-against average that ranks 19th in the NCAA
• Made her fourth appearance on the United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region team and earned her second consecutive nod as a first-team all-region honoree
• Named the SEC Defender of the Year

The Hermann Trophy

• Parker and Reyes join a group of 15 players named Hermann Trophy semifinalists
• The Hermann Trophy, presented annually by the Missouri Athletic Club, is the nation’s highest individual honor recognizing the National Player of the Year as determined by the voting of Division I coaches who are members of United Soccer Coaches
• On Dec 7, the top three players from a final round of voting will be named the 2022 finalists
• The 2022 winner is revealed on Jan. 6, 2023, at a ceremony at the historic Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis, Mo.

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