Aug. 19, 2008
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kentucky junior defender Barry Rice has been named one of 48 players in the nation to the 2008 Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy National Player of the Year Watch List, the National Soccer Coaches Association of America announced Tuesday morning.Rice, the 2007 Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year, returns as the physical and emotional leader of the Wildcats. The coaches’ selection as the 2008 C-USA Preseason Defensive Player of the Year, Rice led UK in nearly every category in 2007, including goals (7), points (15) and game-winners (3). Rice, who started 18 games and played 1642 minutes in 2007, scored six of his seven goals off headers, with his seventh goal coming off a free kick. A native of Parma, Ohio, Rice led the conference in game-winning goals in 2007.
As a true freshman in 2006, Rice started all 21 games, totaling one goal and five assists, including one game-winning goal.
Considered the highest individual honor in intercollegiate soccer, the recipients of the MAC’s Hermann Trophy are selected by Division I head coaches who are current members of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. A list of 15 semifinalists is selected by a coaches committee in November, with three finalists announced in early December. They will invited to the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis, Mo., for a news conference on Jan. 9, 2009, where the winner will be announced, with a presentation banquet following.
2008 Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy Watch List
Andre Akpan, Harvard
Calum Angus, Saint Louis
Cody Arnoux, Wake Forest
Alejandro Bedoya, Boston College
Rhett Bernstein, Brown
Joshua Boateng, Liberty
Graciano Brito, Quinnipiac
Jovan Bubonja, Illinois-Chicago
Nick Cardenas, San Diego State
Chris Clements, Tulsa
Sam Cronin, Wake Forest
Byron Dacy, Creighton
Chris DeAbreau, St. Peter’s
Kyle Evans, Lehigh
Michael Ferguson, Loyola-Chicago
Stefan Frei, California
Michael Fucito, Harvard
Omar Gonzalez, Maryland
Andrei Gotsmanov, Creighton
Mike Grella, Duke
George John, Washington
Cameron Keith, Binghamton
Yan Klukowski, Central Connecticut State
Milos Kocic, Loyola (Md.)
Stephen McCarthy, Santa Clara
Tennant McVea, Loyola (Md.)
Patrick Murray, Furman
Kyle Nakazawa, UCLA
Kevon Neaves, South Florida
Conor O’Brien, Bucknell
John Pardini, Fordham
Liam Parrington, Hartwick
Kyle Patterson, Saint Louis
Brad Peters, Eastern Illinois
Chris Pontius, UC-Santa Barbara
Akeem Priestley, Connecticut
Daniel Revivo, Winthrop
Barry Rice, Kentucky
Brad Ring, Indiana
Toni Stahl, Connecticut
Eric Sweetin, Saint Louis
Alex Torda, Dayton
Marcus Tracy, Wake Forest
David Tyrie, Central Connecticut State
Collen Warner, Portland
O’Brian White, Connecticut
Kareem Yearwood, College of Charleston
Steve Zakuani, Akron
