The preseason honors keep rolling in for Long Island Rough Riders forward Gianna Paul.
Only a few days after she was named to the United Soccer Coaches’ Players to Watch List for forwards, the University of Alabama junior was named to the Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Club Watch List.
The Huntington Station, N.Y. native was one of 44 players on the list.
Paul helped the Rough Riders women to win the USL W League Metropolitan Division crown with a 10-0-2 record.
The Hermann list was compiled by members of the Division I Women’s All-America Council from a list of returning 2023 All-Americans and first team All-Region players. Fifteen players will be named 2024 Hermann Trophy semifinalists on Dec. 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 Jan. 3, 2025, in a ceremony at the Missouri Athletic Club in downtown St. Louis, Mo.
Paul was named a 2023 United Soccer Coaches first team All-Region honoree after a commanding offensive performance last season with a team-leading eight goals and 17 points. In her two years with the Tide, the UA junior has scored 16 goals and tallied an impressive 38 points. She also enters the 2024 college season ranked sixth all-time in program history for goals per game (0.33).
Paul, who starred at Walt Whitman High School standout, boasts an impressive resume.
She was named a 2023 United Soccer Coaches All-Region honoree, the seventh first-team recipient in program history.
She earned 2023 first team All-Southeast honors, her second league honor in as many years after being named a second-team honoree and the SEC freshman of the year in 2022.
Paul finished the 2023 campaign ranked 27th nationally and first within the SEC in shots per game (3.71)
She ranked fifth in the conference in shots on goal (1.52) and sixth in goals (8) during the 2023 campaign
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