Sports
(2009-08-11)
COLUMBIA, MO
(KBIA) -
A MISSOURI TIGER ATHLETE HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR HER SPORT'S HIGHEST AWARD. THE MISSOURI ATHLETIC CLUB OF ST. LOUIS ANNOUNCED THE "WATCH LIST" FOR THIS YEAR'S HERMANN AWARD, GIVEN TO THE NATION'S TOP PLAYER IN COLLEGE SOCCER, AND THE LIST INCLUDES MU JUNIOR FORWARD ALYSHA BONNICK.BONNICK EARNED THE TOURNAMENT MVP AWARD WHEN THE TIGERS WON THE BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP LAST YEAR, AND SHE WAS NAMED A 4TH TEAM ALL-AMERICAN BY SOCCER AMERICA MAGAZINE FOLLOWING LAST SEASON. BONNICK, A NATIVE OF ONTARIO, HAS ALSO PLAYED AS PART OF THE CANADIAN UNDER-20 NATIONAL TEAM.
PAST WINNERS OF THE HERMANN AWARD INCLUDE MIA HAMM, KRISTINE LILLY AND MICHELLE AKERS, WHILE THE AWARD FOR MEN'S SOCCER HAS GONE TO SUCH GREATS AS JOHN HARKES, ALEXI LALAS, TONY MEOLA AND CLAUDIO REYNA. IT HAS NEVER BEEN WON BY A BIG 12 ATHLETE.
THE AWARD WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED FOLLOWING THE 2009 SEASON. MIZZOU BEGINS PLAY AUG.21ST AT IOWA, AND THE HOME OPENER WILL BE AUGUST 28TH WHEN THE TIGERS HOST NORTHWESTERN.
IN ADDITION TO THE HONORS SHE'S RECEIVED FOR HER PLAY ON THE SOCCER FIELD, BONNICK WAS RECOGNIZED AS PART OF LAST YEAR'S BIG 12 ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM.
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