Three players on defending champion and top-ranked Wake Forest -- Cody Arnoux, Sam Cronin and Marcus Tracy -- head the list of 15 players who have been named semifinalists for the 2008 Missouri Athletic Club Men's Hermann Trophy.
 
Also on the list is 2007 winner O'Brian White, who has been injured and missed Connecticut's last seven games. (He is reported to have suffered a knee injury and will be sidelined for an estimated six month.)
 
The three finalists for the award will be announced on Dec. 12 and invited to the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis for a news conference on Jan. 9, 2009, where the winner will be announced. A dinner and formal presentation of the award will follow the news conference that evening.
 
Hermann Trophy Semifinalists
Andre Akpan, Harvard
Cody Arnoux, Wake Forest
Alejandro Bedoya, Boston College
Jovan Bubonja, UIC
Sam Cronin, Wake Forest
Doug DeMartin, Michigan State
Omar Gonzalez, Maryland
Andrei Gotsmanov, Creighton
Mike Grella, Duke
Chris Pontius, UC Santa Barbara
Chris Salvaggione, Charlotte
Marcus Tracy, Wake Forest
O'Brian White, Connecticut
Steve Zakuani, Akron