Philadelphia Union rookie forward Fabian Herbers collected another award on Monday from his time at Creighton University, this time for his prowess in the classroom.
Herbers was honored with a 2015-16 Big East Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence for men’s soccer. One player per sport received the honor.
The Germany native who spent three years at Creighton before entering the 2016 MLS SuperDraft as a Generation adidas signing had a cumulative GPA of 3.567 while studying international business.
In addition to being on the Big East All-Academic team twice, Herbers was honored earlier this year by the Omaha Sports Hall of Fame as the Omaha Sports Man of the Year, was a first-team NSCAA all-American, and was runner-up to Seattle Sounders forward Jordan Morris for the 2015 MAC Hermann Trophy as national player of the year.