Cooper Tabbed to 2022 Women’s Hermann Trophy Watch List

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The United Soccer Coaches announced Thursday that Duke women's soccer standout Michelle Cooper was one of 61 student-athletes named to the 2022 Hermann Trophy Watch list.

Cooper, the 2021 TopDrawerSoccer National and ACC Freshman of the Year, is coming off a season where she led Duke with 12 goals and 29 points, while tying for second with five assists. Her 12 goals were a Blue Devil freshman record. She became the first Duke player to score six goals over her first six career matches and went on to be a semifinalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy.

A native of Clarkston, Mich., Cooper also became the first freshman in program history to earn All-America status and was the only…