ST. LOUIS – Sophomore forward Catarina Macario was awarded the 2018 Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy Friday, the highest individual honor in college soccer.
Macario, who hails from San Diego, California, is Stanford's fifth Hermann Trophy recipient, joining Kelley O'Hara (2009), Christen Press (2010), Teresa Noyola (2011) and Andi Sullivan (2017). Senior midfielder Jordan DiBiasi was also a finalist – it was the second time in program history multiple Cardinal were named finalists for the award – in 2011, Lindsay Taylor joined eventual winner Noyola as two of the three finalists.
.@catarinamacario is your 2018 MAC @HermannTrophy winner! She joins @sunshine_sully, @TeresaNoyola, @ChristenPress and @kelleymohara as Stanford's winners of the award, the highest individual honor in college soccer. #GoStanford pic.twitter.com/3fx38YwJHT
— Stanford Women's Soccer (@StanfordWSoccer) January 5, 2019
"I am so happy that Catarina has been recognized with the Hermann Trophy," said the Knowles Family Director of Women's Soccer Paul Ratcliffe. "Catarina is a humble and intelligent student-athlete. She is a tremendous talent and has been a dominant player at Stanford. Her creativity and goal-scoring ability are a joy to watch."
Macario has been named the ESPNW Player of the Year in each of her two seasons at Stanford. The two-time Pac-12 Forward of the Year led the conference in points (36) and goals (14), including several strikes of the highest quality during Stanford's undefeated regular season and run to the College Cup. She also garnered first-team All-America, first-team All-Region, TopDrawer Soccer Player of the Year and All-Pac-12 first-team honors to go along with CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 first-team recognition.
As a freshman in 2017, Macario led the nation in points (50) and assists (16). Through two seasons on The Farm, she ranks just outside the top-10 in program history in goals and assists, while her nine postseason assists are a program record, passing the previous mark shared by Christen Press and Chioma Ubogagu (7). During Macario's two seasons, Stanford is 45-2-2 with a 21-0-1 clip in Pac-12 play and 27-0-1 record in home games.