Denver Summit FC announced today that forward Jasmine Aikey, one of the club’s newest signings, has been awarded the 2025 Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy, presented annually to the top player in NCAA Division I women’s soccer. Aikey was honored Friday night at the Missouri Athletic Club’s annual banquet in St. Louis after a historic senior season at Stanford University.
Aikey played four seasons at Stanford, where she established herself as one of the most dynamic forwards in college soccer. She was an ACC Champion and ACC Tournament Champion in 2025 after previously winning a Pac-12 title in 2022, while helping her teams reach three NCAA College Cup appearances from 2023–25. Over four seasons at Stanford University, Aikey made more than 90 appearances for the Cardinals, scoring 43 goals and adding 29 assists across all competitions, and was a key contributor to Stanford’s 2023 NCAA Women’s College Cup championship run. Individually, she was named the 2025 TopDrawerSoccer Player of the Year, was a two-time Honda Sport Award for Soccer finalist, and a two-time United Soccer Coaches All-America First Team selection, in addition to receiving multiple All-Pac-12 honors.
Aikey is the sixth Stanford Cardinal to win the Hermann Trophy award. Including Aikey, a Cardinal player has claimed four of the last nine MAC Hermann Trophies, with Andi Sullivan earning the award in 2017, followed by Catarina Macario becoming a back-to-back winner in 2018 and 2019. Kelley O’Hara was the first Stanford player to win the MAC Hermann Trophy at the conclusion of the 2009 season. O’Hara was followed by Christen Press (2010) and Teresa Noyola (2011).
Aikey signed a professional contract with Denver Summit FC earlier this week and will join the club ahead of its inaugural 2026 NWSL season.
The MAC Hermann Trophy, first awarded in 1967, is considered the most prestigious individual honor in college soccer and is determined by a vote of United Soccer Coaches members nationwide.