Aikey (center) with the MAC Hermann Trophy Friday night. Photo courtsey of Stanford University

AIKEY WINS MAC HERMANN TROPHY

 

By WPSL Communications Staff

 

WPSL alumna, Jasmine Aikey, was announced the winner of the 2025 Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy in St. Louis on Friday. 

 

Aikey, a senior midfielder from Stanford University, played in the WPSL in 2021 for MVLA Wolves. She was a semifinalist for the award in 2023.

 

Aikey is the second consecutive WPSL alumnae to win the award given to college soccer’s top player. Last year’s winner, Kate Faasse from the University of North Carolina, played in 2023 and 2024 for SC del Sol. 

 

And for the first time in the 28-season history of the league, all three of Friday night’s finalist for most prestigious individual award in women’s college soccer were WPSL alumnae. Jordynn Dudley, a junior at Florida State, played in the WPSL for UFA Gunners in 2024, and Izzy Engle, a sophomore at Notre Dame, played in the WPSL from 2021 through 2024 for the Minnesota Thunder.

 

With the ability to play all over the field, Aikey was used primarily as an attacking midfielder in her record-setting senior year. She finished her final collegiate season third in the NCAA Division I in scoring with 21 goals and 11 assists—tallying six in the 2025 NCAA Tournament, propelling Stanford to its third consecutive College Cup appearance, falling to Florida State in the final 1-0 this year. Aikey’s 2025 accolades include: All-ACC, All-America, TopDrawer Soccer National Player of the Year, and Academic All-American. She is just the second Academic All-American in the 37-year history of the award to win the MAC Hermann Trophy. Longtime Canadian National Team and NWSL icon, Christine Sinclaire (University of Portland), was the first in 2005. 

 

Earlier this week, Aikey signed a professional contract with to play in the NWSL with expansion side, Denver Summit FC. 

 

Aikey joins a growing list of WPSL alumnae to recognized as the top individual player in college soccer, which began on the women’s side in 1988. Aikey and Faasse join Jalen Howell (Motor City FC 2021: Florida State University) winner in 2020 and 2021, and Catarina Marcario (San Diego SeaLions 2018, ’19: Stanford University) in 2018 and 2019. 

 

Five additional current and former WPSL players were also named to the MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist list: 
Seven Castain - Utah Avalanche 2025, '24, '23, '22, '21: Texas Christian University
Elsie Evans - Bay Area Surf 2021: Stanford University
Lia Godfrey - United Soccer Alliance 2021: University of Virginia
Leah Klenke - AHFC Royals 2021, '22, '23: University of Notre Dame
Hope Leyba - Royals AZ 2025, '23: University of Colorado

 

WPSL MAC HERMANN TROPHY WINNERS

2025: Jasmine Aikey - MVLA Wolves 2021: Stanford University 2022-2025

2024: Kate Faasse - SC Del Sol 2023, ’24: University of North Carolina 2022-2025

2021: Jaelin Howell - Motor City FC 2021: Florida State University 2018-2021

2020: Jaelin Howell - Motor City FC 2021: Florida State University 2018-2021

2019: Catarina Marcario - San Diego SeaLions 2018, ’19: Stanford University 2017-2020

2018: Catarina Marcario - San Diego SeaLions 2018, ’19: Stanford University 2017-2020