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Ian Harkes wins Hermann Trophy as college soccer’s best player

Fairfax’s Ian Harkes, a Gonzaga High School graduate who last month capped a sterling college career by leading Wake Forest to the national final, was awarded the Hermann Trophy on Friday as NCAA soccer’s best male player.

Maryland sophomore Gordon Wild and Florida Gulf Coast junior Albert Ruiz were the other finalists.

West Virginia senior Kadeisha Buchanan, a Canadian national team defender slated to sign with a French club, won the women’s award, beating out Stanford junior Andi Sullivan (South County High School, Lorton, Va.) and Southern California senior Morgan Andrews.

The ceremony took place at the Missouri Athletic Club in St.