STORRS, Conn. - UConn women's soccer junior forward Chioma Okafor has been named to the 2024 Hermann Trophy Watch List, given to the Player of the Year in Division I College Soccer. 

Okafor is one of 44 NCAA Division I women's soccer players to be named to to the watch list. 

The Hermann Trophy is presented annually by the Missouri Athletic Club and is the nation's highest individual honor recognizing the National Player of the Year as determined by voting of Division I head coaches who are members of United Soccer Coaches. It is named in honor of the late Robert Hermann, the legendary St. Louis, Mo., businessman and soccer executive who founded the National Professional Soccer League, the first pro soccer league in the United States which became the North American Soccer League. He was inducted in the U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame in 2012.

 A total of 15 players will be named 2024 Hermann Trophy semifinalists on December 4 at the conclusion of NCAA Division I All-American voting. From that list, head coaches will cast votes, and three players will be named finalists. The 2024 recipient will be announced January 3, 2025, in a ceremony at the historic Missouri Athletic Club in downtown St. Louis, Mo.

Okafor was named a 2023 NSCAA Third Team All-American after being named a First Team All-BIG EAST selection and NSCAA First Team All-East Region performer. 

The Blantrye, Malawi native led the Huskies with six goals and 15 points last season