Turns out Denver Summit FC’s new rookie is the best college soccer has to offer.
Stanford striker Jasmine Aikey, whom the Summit signed on Thursday to a two-year deal with a mutual option for 2028, won the Hermann Trophy on Friday. The honor is the equivalent of college football’s Heisman Trophy and is presented annually by the Missouri Athletic Club.
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Summit FC general manager Curt Johnson says Aikey “has the tools to be an important part of our attack as we build this club for the long term.”
In her Stanford career, Aikey had 43 goals and 29 assists in 89 games. By winning the Hermann Trophy, Aikey joins a long list of notable women’s soccer stars who claimed the honor, including Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly and Kelley O’Hara.
Colorado native Jaelin Howell, a Fossil Ridge graduate who is a midfielder for Gotham FC, also won the award in consecutive years in 2020 and ’21 while at Florida State. The women’s award was first given out in 1988, when Central Florida’s Michelle Akers won, while the men’s award dates back to 1967.
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