Less than a week after helping to lead the Florida State University women's soccer team to the first national championship game in its history, Tokyo native Mami Yamaguchi was named a finalist for the 2007 MAC Hermann Trophy, presented to the United States' top collegiate player.
The FSU forward is also a finalist for the Soccer Buzz National Player of the Year Award and was named the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Offensive Player of the Year in November.
"It feels good of course," Yamaguchi said of her accomplishments this season in a telephone interview with the Japan Times on Friday from the FSU campus in Tallahassee, Fla. "I really appreciate it. The awards come from my teammates and having such a great staff. Without them I couldn't get such awards. Of course my family will be proud."